Update: Tweaked/rewritten August 2020
Games
Heliopolis was a small colony (its only function being to ship raw materials to the PLANTs and other satellites) compared to the other two that Eclipse had previously been at. However, since she really never spent a sufficient amount of time roaming around, her observation was more of a guess than an actual fact.
She had arrived at a facility in the L3 district soon after signing up for the military. This sudden move barely gave her any time to settle in on Aprilias 2, which was her original idea after fleeing Orb. The basic training that she was assigned to wasn't as strict as the one on Januarias 4, but the length of time that she was allowed off the base was still limited. Once a month, she and two other female trainees would use their free time to go shopping. Eclipse wasn't exactly the "shopping" kind of girl even back then, but the longing to get outside was too great. Mostly the other two girls would look around, try on goofy outfits and spend large amounts of cash. The redhead would tag along, laugh at the jokes, make her own quips, and even approve of the outfit no matter how negative of an opinion she had had of it. No, Eclipse didn't dislike the girls in any way. In fact, she respected them mostly because they had already been there for a year, but that didn't change the fact that while they were like the color pink, Eclipse was like black.
Once she arrived at the facility on Januarias 4, such wanderings outside ceased to exist. For the past year Eclipse had been cooped up in a building with only brief glimpses outside to keep her sane. At first the longing for the fresh air became almost unbearable, but during those times, the Coordinator would attempt to stick her head out of the small, circular window in her lavatory. Because the facility was housed right next to an abandoned housing district the "fresh air" wasn't often worth the haunted noises that wafted from that particular corner of space. Looking out of the window then at the sights and hearing the various sounds of the satellite, Eclipse found herself taking deep breaths and basking in the noon sun that sifted through the glass.
The apartment was small and quite dirty, but useful enough to the ones staying in it. There were three cots spread out into the corners, each with a blanket or two folded at one end. The bathroom off to the east side of the room was just like the rest of the place, small and dirty, but still served its purpose. The toilet flushed and the sink had running water, but they were positioned so close together that one could literally wash their hair in the sink and sit down on the toilet at the same time. The door swung inward, which made things a little snug when someone tried to close it after them, but at least there was a door.
There was only one window that looked out to the northern part of the colony. The apartment wasn't exactly situated in the richest neighborhood that held the most ribbons for the greenest lawns and whitest fences, but the small sense of danger that hung in the air kept people away from each other. That at least allowed the three of them to work without being questioned.
"Hopefully the roof doesn't leak," Chronos had muttered as soon as he stepped through the doorway. Avalanche and Eclipse had readily agreed, but they couldn't exactly not be thankful for it. The apartment was free after all. Le Creuset had given them the address as soon as they boarded the shuttle, mentioning information about a man named Stanley Poakia that was meeting them at the harbor in Heliopolis. Stanley drove them to the place, dropped off a small amount of food—mostly dry foods because they didn't have a kitchen to cook it in. There was a refrigerator, but that was already stocked full of beverages ranging from soda pops to an expensive wine bottle. He had given them a few more instructions before heading back to wherever he had come from.
They had spent the first half hour setting things up and plugging in laptops, but because none of them had any desire to hack into the military system just yet, they found themselves sitting apart from each other and staring into space.
Planning perhaps.
"What should we do now?" Avalanche asked, finally breaking the silence as he plopped down on one of the cots. He was definitely the tallest of the three, shy of two meters, which was going to make things a little difficult if they tried to sneak into the base. Neither Eclipse nor Chronos were what a person would call short, but they didn't stick out as much as he did. The redhead had to wonder when Avalanche had his growth spurt though. She could've sworn that he was only about her height when they had first met.
Damn, that feel like a long time ago.
Avalanche had black hair that made his emerald eyes seemingly bounce off his face. If he had brighter hair those gems wouldn't have looked half as good and Eclipse had to admit that those eyes were very stunning. Yay for contrast.
Avalanche looked over at Chronos first, as if sizing him up as well as waiting for an answer. Chronos was the youngest, only being fourteen years old. However, if anyone thought that his age made him naïve then he or she was in for quite a surprise. Dark blonde, almost brown hair brushed lightly against his scalp, making it look as if his head was covered in feathers rather than hair. That detail alone made him look even younger than he really was. Or perhaps innocent? Yellow, cat-like eyes threw off the feathery hair theory as well as the innocent one. What kind of cat would have bird feathers for fur? And what cat alive could ever be called innocent?
When neither answered, the boy went on, "At any rate, I think we should do this together. We'd probably get more information that way, not to mention we'd keep each other out of trouble."
Eclipse looked at him then, noting the small glint of humor in his eyes. He didn't mean what he had said, the Coordinator knew. To him this was a game.
It was always a game.
Back at the facility, every class, drill, and battle scenario had some kind of prize attached to it; survival and recognition. While the winner received both, the loser (and sometimes losers) was rewarded with some kind of punishment. The fear of that punishment alone caused everyone to work flawlessly if not desperately and sometimes the recruits would even attempt to sabotage each other's efforts. Eclipse had found herself at the end of that ploy many times, but she understood their reasoning.
The punishments were torturous.
Even though Avalanche was used to such rules, Eclipse was sure that this mission had nothing remotely close to the term "game" attached to it. Their job was to try and infiltrate a well-guarded, if not expertly sealed, compound and steal some information. The price of getting caught was most likely death and knowing their position, it would probably be by their own hands. None of them were suicidal, but just the thought of someday returning to Januarias 4 after being released or rescued made each of them shiver. Death was far more merciful than any welcome party that that facility could conduct.
No, this was not a game; never a game.
Eclipse knew that, but still she smirked.
Let Avalanche believe that one of them was going to be the winner and the other two the losers. Let him think that her and Chronos were going to get all the information and then give it to him without so much as a sweat drop from his lazy brow.
He wasn't going to win.
No, because the weapon knew that she would.
"This is the best time," FS said, covering his mouth as he chewed and talked. Like Avalanche, although not as much, FS sprouted up and now stood to be just shy of two meters. However, since he was slouching and bending over in his chair, no one would've guessed. If anything, it looked as if he shrunk. The rest of him looked relatively the same, but because of the large amount of abuse over the year, his body had definitely shaped out. Muscles were toned and bulky, but not enough so for anyone to be intimidated. His height stretched them out so much that he was more likely to be underestimated before he would be feared.
Bad mistake.
His lunch mate nodded but said nothing more. While his friend had grown so tall, Stray remained his same old self. His hair had gotten a little shaggier over the year but was still chopped at his ears as to not be a hindrance.
Like some of the other trainees, Stray had gotten his share of battle scars. One in particular sliced across his left eyebrow and down into the eye socket, but stopped just above the eyelid. When he got it, the cut ran so far into the socket and had looked so serious, that everyone thought he'd lose the eye for sure. Although, after a good cleaning and some stitches, it turned out to be a one inch deep and four inch long cut that actually never touched the eye. Thank goodness the immediate diagnosis was wrong. After careful observation, Stray had taken a liking to the pinkish mark, thinking it made him look unique, and decided to leave it, though he had been told it would fade away in time.
Not like he needed to look any more unique than he already acted.
Looking up at his friend again, the grey-eyed boy just sighed. He honestly didn't think that it was the "best" time to enact their plan, but since hearing about Eclipse's disappearance, he too was feeling on edge and a little jumpy. They noticed her empty seat earlier that afternoon, but knew better than to ask questions. None of the recruits had gotten executed recently, at least not deliberately, so they figured she wasn't dead. Stray had been on the other side of the building for most of the day and knew that she wasn't over there, but other than those two options, the duo didn't know where she could have gone. The trainees could never be late for classes and the punishment for skipping was immoral and painful, to say the least, so they knew that she couldn't be in her room. The only things that they could think of were that she was either sent out on a mission, or transferred to another place entirely.
"She is the top one here," Stray said aloud, continuing with his own train of thought.
"The question is, though, is she coming back?" FS knew what his friend was talking about, having been running through the same options himself. "Because if she comes back and we're—"
"We'll just have to contact her later." Stray lifted the top piece of bread off his sandwich and glanced at the lettuce sitting on a piece of ham. Grimacing at the rotting blotches on the slice, he decided to at least pick off the leaf and stuck it in his mouth. Seeing nothing else he wanted, he just pushed the rest off to the side.
"So, you agree?"
Stray hesitated, but when he finally nodded, FS stretched and got to his feet. "Let's get out of here," he muttered and grabbed the glass plate on his tray. He threw it hard onto the ground and couldn't suppress the smirk when heard the sound of the others getting to their feet.
Their plan was in motion.
Yes, let's get out of here.
"Whose bright idea was this anyways?" Avalanche complained, pulling at the collar on his red polo. "I hate dressing up." He winked at the waitress when she dropped off a glass of water and received a small blush. Only after she was gone did he scowl again and tamper with his shirt.
"Blame the girl. And this isn't dressing up," Chronos responded, opening the top two buttons of his own dress shirt. "Dressing up is a suit and tie."
And you're lucky I didn't drag you out in those, Eclipse thought because she was almost going to do it. Knowing that it was still early evening and since no one really wanted to start digging into the complexities of Earth Alliance databases, the redhead figured that they should at least scout out the area. They really only had one lead as to where the prototypes would be and as she looked around the colony at the war-oblivious civilians, the ritzy restaurants, grocery stores, and bars, she guessed that the high-tech facility called Morgenroete was the only place of its kind on the satellite. They all knew that they couldn't just walk onto the compound without some kind of ID—that would be too easy—so they figured they would just observe. After all, the first step of breaking in was to learn the security.
The two boys had been all for the idea at first, but when they heard the rest of the plan, which involved a small café and possibly some role playing, and especially what they were going to wear, they were quick to argue. Eclipse wasn't in the mood to bicker so one stern glance was enough to shut them up.
Ah, the wrath of a woman.
The redhead was about to make a complaint of her own addressing her attire, but she knew they wouldn't understand. For some reason, these guys in particular seemed to think that all girls enjoyed wearing legless pants. "Yes, I'll have a cup of regular coffee, please." The waitress nodded and turned to Chronos.
"Oh me? I'll just have some green tea." The soldier smiled sweetly before turning to Eclipse, giving her a strange look. Eclipse sighed, wondering how no one could see through their game.
The waitress nodded a thank you and turned to Avalanche. "And for you, sir?"
"I'll just have another glass of water." He watched her, almost too obviously, walk away before returning to the other two. "So why does it have to be you two that are dating?"
Chronos and Eclipse just groaned, not wanting to go through that argument again. They weren't sure if Avalanche was acting like a child on purpose or if he was honestly pouting about the situation. Words were rarely exchanged at the facility (other than the threats and curses spewed during the battle simulations) so neither of them knew his true nature, but after everything that happened, the idea that a personality like his was still around seemed impossible.
Was it a ruse?
If not, they planned on kicking the mannerism out of him before the day was over. If they didn't it was going to be a long week. But if it was a show, they were going to attack him for putting them through the torment and then try to kick it out of him just in case.
Either way Avalanche was doomed.
"So why did you bring us here?" Chronos asked, returning to his redheaded companion. Eclipse looked back, but didn't respond right away. "I know we have to eat and all, but I'm sure just some kind of fast food would've been fine."
"Because this café's near—" she paused and took a breath. Did she really need to explain herself? "It's near my aunt's house," she said, hoping that her partners weren't as dumb as they looked. She really didn't want to say the name "Morgenroete" out loud just in case someone overheard and thanks to the confident looks they gave her, she knew she didn't have to. She smiled then, more of a smirk, and reached out to take a sip of the water glass in front of her.
The café was the closest place to Morgenroete that had some kind of food and drink. Most of the employees normally took their breaks as well as lunch and dinner here, so knowing that, this was probably the best place to snoop and find information. Many people were dressed in business clothing (skirts, buttoned-up tops, black pants, etc.) so that was the reason behind the outfits.
Well, if anything it was amusing to see the boys squirm uncomfortably in their seats.
Chronos and Avalanche started arguing again over something useless (playing the role of brothers really well) so the redhead just tuned them out. She scouted the tables and kept her ears open. A pair of women at the table next to them were snickering over some little bit of gossip, but nothing of significance. The man at the table behind Avalanche was typing on his laptop. Eclipse could see part of the screen, but nothing of what was written. She sighed and kept looking.
A young lady, probably mid twenties, walked by their table and sat down in one of the corners. Eclipse smiled, catching a glimpse at her purse and the name tag dangling off of it. It said "Kirston McGumery. Office Assistant. Morgenroete." She couldn't believe her luck. The real reason she wanted to drag the boys out here was to find someone like this.
A target.
Eclipse knew that the only way she'd get into the facility was to steal someone's identity. Looking at the two still bickering, she was confident that she couldn't trust them to help her sneak in, so she had no choice. Glancing at the woman now she couldn't suppress another smile. She stood to be about Eclipse's height with short, light blue hair and gold eyes. There was some hair dying in her future, she knew, but that was a small price to pay. The girl's face was a little more angular than the weapon's but if no one really looked that closely, or if she just avoided all the people she knew, Eclipse would be alright. Seeing as Morgenroete was such a big facility, people probably didn't really know each other that well anyway.
Not wanting draw attention to herself, Eclipse turned back to Avalanche and Chronos. Their argument was over, mainly because their drinks had arrived, and both were too occupied with them to continue the banter. Thank goodness.
The woman spoke and Eclipse listened hard, trying to memorize the fluctuation and the tone in her voice. It was soft and somewhat timid. Hopefully that wasn't a sign that her personality was the same way because that might be a problem. Eclipse couldn't afford to be hesitant as soon as she got inside. Perhaps this girl would just act a little more reckless than usual for a couple of days. No one would notice.
"What d'ya say we have a look around?" Chronos asked, finishing the last of his tea. Eclipse snapped out of her trance and looked at him then down at her full cup of coffee. She had forgotten that the server had even brought it to her.
"You guys go on ahead. I have a few things that my aunt wanted me to pick up. I'll meet you back at the apartment once I take them over to her." Both nodded, understanding the true meaning of the message and left, but not without Chronos playing his part by pecking a kiss on the redhead's cheek. Avalanche rolled his eyes, but Eclipse just smiled, even forcing a blush.
"Don't be long," Chronos said then followed Avalanche.
Eclipse watched them go, but soon sighed when she realized that neither of them had paid their bill.
Eclipse returned to the apartment later that night having carefully followed Kirston McGumery to her own apartment. The weapon didn't like the feeling of stalking someone and the thought of taking her place for a few days unnerved her even more. However, knowing that the switch would be relatively easy her fears gradually melted away.
Kirston was recently hired on as an assistant to the main secretary of communications between the divisions inside Morgenroete. That information alone solidified her as Eclipse's target. Tomorrow was going to be her fifth day working on that job and given that the head secretary was off until the end of the week, Kirston was in charge of most if not all the paperwork. At first Eclipse thought her employers just threw her in blindly, but Kirston had been a secretary for three years prior to the switch, so she did know what she was doing. That was a relief. Eclipse knew her share of office work and didn't really feel like being the oblivious new girl.
All in all, Kirston was the perfect identity. After so much bad luck during the first few days at Januarias 4, Eclipse thought that things were going to slip through all the time. Apparently, all her luck came through for her now. No matter how ironic and perfect it seemed, she just couldn't pass up the opportunity.
"Where have you been?" Avalanche asked as he lied on one of the cots. His arms were folded behind his head and knees up, looking fairly comfortable.
"Just doing some research," Eclipse responded, locking the door behind her and making her way to the open cot near the refrigerator.
"You gonna share?" Avalanche pressed, now turning to glance at her. "I thought we said we'd tell everyone everything?"
She sighed, still believing that Avalanche was just going to steal her information, but explained anyway. "I'm leaving early to finish some scouting. I'll inform you after that what my plans are. What about you guys? Find anything?"
Chronos shrugged, suppressing a yawn. "It's well-guarded, I'll tell ya that much. We walked up to the entrance pretending to ask for directions. I'm surprised that the guards weren't a little more suspicious of us, but anyway, I watched one of them monitor and check each individual ID as the employees started their shift. Even their blood type was listed on the blasted thing. They keep pretty good tabs on everyone, to say the least."
"What about the perimeter?"
"Gates, barbed wire, cameras, guards, sensors, the typical things. Actually, it looked more like a prison than a research facility," Chronos continued. "It's split up into four separate buildings and each with another ID check."
"There were a few transport vehicles leaving the compound while we were there. We're thinking that there might be another building within the colony too," Avalanche stated.
"You guys gonna go look for that tomorrow while I do my own thing?" Eclipse asked, hoping that the answer would be yes. She really didn't want them working on any sort of break in plan just yet. She wanted to try her own idea out and see where it led them. Infiltration would have to be their last option.
"That and some more observing at the main compound. How about we meet back here tomorrow night and update what we found out. That way none of us are left out, but we can still do our own thing if we want to," Chronos suggested, receiving a nod from the other two.
Sounded like a plan.
Eclipse woke up early, changed, grabbed a breakfast bar, and left without waking the other two. She wasn't quite sure when Kirston started work so her only option was to try and catch her as she left. That is if she worked this early.
Retracing the steps that she walked the night before, Eclipse found the apartment complex, avoided the gate by hopping the fence, and then snuck over to her target's building. Kirston lived on the second floor in the west side of the complex. It was an expensive-looking building and relatively new, Eclipse noted. It probably wasn't built more than five years ago. Figuring that the secretary got a pretty good paycheck each week, the weapon wasn't too surprised that she had found such a nice place.
Glancing up at her apartment window she saw no lights. At first that was worrisome, Eclipse wondering if her target had already left for work, but after about another hour and the sun having risen to just above the horizon, a lamp inside flickered on. Eclipse smirked and leaned back against the tree as she typed on her laptop. If anyone asked what she was doing there, all she had to say was that she was staying with her boyfriend in one of the apartments down a little ways and needed some peace and quite to work on a report for collage. A little advanced, but it was the only thing that she could think of.
The redhead tugged her jacket a little tighter around her shoulders when a brisk wind blew by. She debated whether she really wanted to sit there the whole day or not. Given she had enough to do with her laptop and all (even bringing a portable Wi-Fi connection and an extra battery when the other one ran out) but it was going to be a long day if Kirston worked the night shift.
The light in the apartment shut off fifteen minutes later and Eclipse froze. What if Kirston had a bunch of errands to run? The weapon didn't want to have to stalk her the whole day because with so many people, it would get difficult and fast. Not to mention the fact that Kirston was bound to catch on sooner or later. At least, if she had any sense of spatial awareness she might.
The target reached the front door, slammed it, and walked down the sidewalk a little ways before noticing Eclipse and stopping. "Uh, excuse me?"
The Coordinator knew she hesitated, but didn't look up until Kirston asked again. "Huh? Oh, good morning."
"Uh, good morning. What're you doing over there?" she asked, getting straight to the point. Finding the girl a little peculiar, Kirston even walked onto the grass to see what she was doing. Good thing she was of the curious kind.
"Oh me? I'm just doing some homework."
"Homework?"
"Yeah. My boyfriend has some friends over and they're a little too loud. Can't even hear myself think, if you know what I mean."
"They're up this early?"
"More like they're still up," Eclipse responded, putting on a warm smile.
"Ah, I know how that goes. My ex was the same way. He was one of those guys that liked to party and stay up late and then sleep all day. I guess that's easy to do when you don't have a job. Stupid bum."
"Sounds like you don't miss him."
"Not in the least."
Eclipse smiled and forced out a chuckle. It was a strange feeling to laugh again. The weapon was surprised she even remembered how to do it. "I honestly don't know why Craig does it. Oh, that's my boyfriend by the way. He works about thirty hours a week, so he doesn't always have to wake up early either, but on his days off he parties until late, or even early like today. Sleeping in like that the next day though sounds like a waste of time if you ask me."
"I think so too," Kirston said, a smile gracing her own lips. Either she was very friendly, or just wanted to rant about her ex. Eclipse wasn't too sure, but she took advantage of the opportunity anyway. "I'm a morning person myself. Always have been," she continued.
"It's a good trait, I think. There's not enough people like us around nowadays."
"I agree, but I guess there has to be a few night people to balance us out."
"A little too many if you ask me. Craig has a lot of friends, unfortunately."
"Sounds rough. Well, if you ever find yourself needing to get out again, by all means buzz my apartment, 608. It'd be a little dryer on rainy days and I always have a pot of coffee brewing."
"Thank you for the offer, I'll definitely consider it. Oh, I'm Kari Crescent, by the way," Eclipse said, leaning forward and extending a hand.
"Oh, how silly of me. I'm Kirston McGumery. I just said that you could visit me whenever, but I never gave you my name. Sorry `bout that." She grasped the weapon's hand and shook it firmly, smiling all the while.
"Oh no, that's quite alright."
"Unfortunately," Kirston went on, glancing down at the watch on her wrist. "I have to be getting to work. My shift starts in a half hour. It was really nice to meet you, Kari."
"And you too. I'm sure I'll take you up on that offer. Craig doesn't have to work tomorrow either." They both smiled and Kirston waved a good-bye before disappearing around the corner. Eclipse waited a moment then sighed and got to her feet, closing her laptop as she did. She stuffed it in her backpack and then followed close behind the secretary.
But not too close.
"Would you like some more coffee, miss?" the waiter asked, leaning down to meet Eclipse eye-to-eye and holding the regular pot of coffee in his right hand.
The redhead smiled, nodded, and then poured some more creamer into the cup once he left. She had followed Kirston to the compound, noted what building she entered, but couldn't see more than that. Either she'd walk blindly through the building until she found her workplace, or she'd just ask Kirston the next morning during coffee.
Eclipse figured she'd just ask.
The target hadn't walked back past the café since she went into the facility and that had almost been eight hours ago. No, Eclipse hadn't been drinking caffeinated beverages for the past eight hours straight, that would be one hell of a tip, but had stopped in about fifteen minutes ago waiting for Kirston to get out of work. Knowing that she grabbed a bite around this time yesterday, Eclipse was hoping she'd do the same today.
"Kari?"
Bingo.
"Oh, hey Kirston."
"Craig still bothering you?"
"No, actually they're all passed out now, but the place is so trashed that I can't even get to the bathroom, let alone the kitchen. I came here to eat instead."
"Sounds like he'll have a lot of cleaning to do."
"No, he'll probably make me do it."
She laughed at that and pulled out a chair. "Oh, you don't mind, do you?" Eclipse shook her head and Kirston moved on. "So why are you still with him if he treats you like that?"
The Coordinator shrugged. "Love is a painful thing sometimes."
"Yeah, but not like that."
Eclipse shrugged again. "You take the good with the bad, right? Anyway, how was work?" It was a harmless question, the weapon knew. Nothing to be suspicious about.
She shrugged. "It was alright. Kind of frustrating though. No one really knows me, so they always mess up my name or decide not to even say it at all. I'm pretty sure they're blind because I'm wearing a name tag. For goodness sake, the guys were all staring at my chest anyway. All they had to do was look two more inches to the right, but no they'd just rather call me 'girly' or 'you.' I should buy one of those shirts that has an arrow and says, 'My face is up here, jackass.' But then again they'll probably just say something like 'My name isn't jackass, girly, it's Ralph.' Some of them just seemed that dumb."
She has a sense of humor, Eclipse thought, laughing only as much as she dared. She almost burst out laughing completely, but having a cup of hot coffee at your mouth doesn't really allow for such antics. Not to mention her cheeks would've hurt from the large amount of abuse. She hadn't laughed that way for ages. "At least they recognize you. At school sometimes the kid next to me thinks I'm a new student even though I've been sitting next to him for half of the semester. It gets pretty annoying when he asks, 'You new?' every time I sit down."
"Man, that's gotta suck."
"Oh, it does." A short silence passed, allowing Eclipse to type a few more sentences on her fake report. The redhead was actually getting into writing it. She almost felt bad when she realized she'd never finish it, or get it graded.
"I should actually get going. I promised a friend that I'd call her when I got out of work. I'll be seeing you tomorrow morning right?"
"If it's not too strange."
"Strange? Why would you say that?"
"I mean think about it. We only just met and I could be some homicidal stalker or something." Ironic. Terribly ironic.
Kirston laughed and shook her head. "Oh, you're too nice for that and besides, I like to help out people when I can. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Bright and early."
A/N: Yeah, sorry not much action in this one. I'm sorry its a little long, but my intention was to make it all one huge chapter, but I just decided that I'm going to make it into more chapters.
Thanks for everyone who's been reading and reviewing! I really appreciate it and if anything the reviews keep me motivated!
Oh, and for those of you who don't know where there story's going (That's basically everyone but Death-Scimitar :P ) I'm doing this story based on all the event of Gundam SEED. One of my intentions is to fill in the many gaps or huge questions concerning the anime. Questions like: Where did Commander Le Creuset get the information about the prototypes, or how come that giant gap in Heliopolis didn't suck everything out like it was supposed to? Or even what people did during the long breaks form one place to another or from one mission to another. I'm throwing in some of my own characters to help that along as well as make it somewhat different. I didn't just want to rewrite the entire anime. That's already been done. :)
So there ya are. Be prepared to see the events of the anime come out in full and most of the dialog will be exact too.
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