((Memory #01, Negative/Trivial))

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► Adventures in heaven. Meeting the rebel angels and WHY ARE YOU TRADING ME TO RIETTE SO EASILY?! (Chapter 76, Pages 6 through 24)

What Happened:

Setsuna: "Anima Mundi...? Please... PLACE YOUR TRUST IN ME! JUST ONE MORE TIME...! WE WANT SAVE Zaphkiel... AND RAZIEL! Please... give me another..."

Masked Soldier: "Why you...!"

• The soldier raises a gun, but the sub-commander places a hand on it to stop him.

Masked Soldier: "Sub-Commander...!"

Sub-Commander: "Calm yourself. We are officers of the rebel army, not some common thugs. In any case, we will take you back to our base. We must talk, but this is the scrapyard. Without masks, the poisons i the air here will soon start doing serious damage."

Katou: "Geh--! So that's why all these guys are wearing full-body gear!!"

Sub-Commander: "You too, Riette-sama. Searching the rubbish will have to wait. This way, please."

Katou: "Shit, are there like... dioxins and stuff?"

• They go to the base.

Sub-Commander: "I am the Aide of the former Great One of Thrones. Do you remember me? I served you tea on the Merkaba."

Setsuna: "Ah! Ahh... Uhhh... Mmm... You're that old lady?! The one with hair all done up, who looked like she was a teacher or something?! You don't look half as old! I thought you were like, 50!"

Kira: "Your habit of blurting out the first thing that comes to your mind isn't exactly endearing, you know..."

Riette: "And yoooou..."

• Riette pokes at Katou.

Katou: "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU STARING AT?! Should I give you a bill for the full sightseeing package?! I still hurt all over from where you made us crash, you know!"

• Katou grabs Riette by the shirt and hits punches him, knocking off his mask.

Sub-Commander: "Riette-sama!"

Riette: "Hurts...?"

Katou: "Whaddaya know, it's just a damn kid!"

Sub-Commander: "Please don't! If you upset Riette-sama..."

Katou: "Too late! Get the hell up, you!"

• Riette grabs Katou and zaps him.

Katou: "GYAAAHH!! Wha... Wha... The f-fuck!!?"

Riette: "It's an electric shock. My power glove- at full voltage- can kill a man. And the grip strength goes up to 250, too. See...?"

• Riette calmly grabs Katou's hand and squeezes.

Katou: "STOPPIT!!"

Riette: "Hmmmm... Doesn't short, perfect pain transmission ability... Subcutaneous blood vessels and muscle motion all good, too... This body... Can I have it?"

Katou: "ARE YOU SOME KINDA FUCKING PERVERT OR WHAT?!"

Sub-Commander: "Oh dear... Riette-sama likes him."

Setsuna: "This is likes?"

Kira: "What a way to express your feelings..."

Sub-Commander: "...Well, about that talk we were going to have... We have indeed obtained the classified information that Zaphkiel-sama is imprisioned in the mid-air passage in Mathey, the Fifth Heaven. And that he is scheduled to undergo a wing-drop."

Setsuna: *horrified/confused facial expression* "Wing-drop...?"

Sub-Commander: "The wing-drop is the cruelest punishment that can be inflicted upon an angel. A mere death pentalty pales in comparison.

A wing-drop means having your wings cut off. One function of the wings an angel have is similar to that of an antenna- they channel our will into astral powers. But they have another function, too- as a barrier against the viruses and bacteria of the world around us. So without them... We can't use any of our powers- and the harmful fungi and microbes in the atmosphere start to invade our bodies. The body rots in excrutiating pain... until it becomes nothing more than a lump of meat. And in the end, it all reaches the brain... One rots alive, until there's nothing left in one's place but a grotesque mound of flesh. Lost and forlorn...

So... We don't have much time left... But... We can't go to save him!

He... predicted this might happen. He left specific orders for us in case it did! If he hadn't ordered it, we'd be... We'd be there right now, trying to save him...! But how can we disobey him... He, who was ready to suffer imprisonment and unspeakable tortures for our sake...!"

Setsuna: "Then we'll go. The old man's not our boss. He didn't order me to do anything."

Sub-Commander: "Messiah... But!"

Setsuna: "I've got a debt to repay for betraying your trust. I know that me saying this right now must sound pretty fake to you... But we're just trying to do what has to be done. We're doing it on our own this time. We don't want to cause you any more trouble. It's not like I came here to ask for your help. I just thought it would make sense to come and tell you about, before setting off and doing it. Well, we've gotta go. Raziel must be trying to get to Zaphkiel, too."

Guy With Tea: "Wait.... Wait! Here... This is a map of the mid-air passage!"

Setsuna: "Hey... You're that..."

Guy With Tea: "I... I think that what you said back then was true. And it's because its truth was so deep, that it has stayed in everyone's hearts. And I just... I just think that even a messiah should be allowed to make mistakes...! When I listened to you talk... I felt that God needn't be something remote and transient. I thought that it could be something more immediate, something more close at hand... And above anything- if I am not to believe in someone Zaphkiel-sama has chosen, what am I then to believe...?"

Sub-Commander: "...........Yes. You may be right. After all, Zaphkiel-sama trusted him. He trusts him even now. After all, he offered up his life for him..."

Guy With Tea: "Sub-Commander..."

Sub-Commander: "Please... I too must beg something of you. We are still under orders not to go ourselves, but we will help you in any way we can. So please... Please bring him back to us..."

Setsuna: "Thanks, you all. I'll do my best."

• There is a loud, obnoxious sound.

Sub-Commander: "Wh-What?!"

Setsuna: "What the hell is that creepy voice?"

Riette: "This is where I come in! This is my latest battle Merkaba, the Fuurin Kazan! the name stands for 'As fast as the wind, quiet as the forest, as fierce as fire, as huge as a mountaaain!!' With this most incredible high speed vehicle, you can go straight into the Mid-Air Passage, get everyone , and zoom out- before anyone even notices. Fantastic! ...You did get the abbreviation, right?!"

Katou: "Wo... wow... You mean this little runt made this? Guess this Riette is more than a pervert..."

Sub-Commander: "Riette-sama was an arch-angel... The big hope of The Think Tank Weapons R&D Department. But the crazy mad-scientist attitude and the reckless experiments caused more and more accidents, and eventually, the 'Big Hope' became the 'Undesirable Element...' We, however, have an 'If we can use it, we don't care where it comes from' attitude regarding these mattters. And so now Riette-sama's genius inventions are working for us."

Setsuna: "Look, whatever. Just lend it to us, okay?"

Riette: "On one condition. Not a particularly big condition, either. You over there, gutter trash. There's been all sorts of stuff mixed into you since... well... originally you were the spirit of a dead human, right? That body... an extremely well-constructed replica. An artificial creation made to seem organic in every detail. You can feel pain... So even the peripheral nerves have been perfectly reproduced! I want to know how he was made, what his internal construction is like and stuff. So... Lemme dissect him!"

Setsuna: *doesn't blink* "Sold."

Katou: "YOU DIDN'T EVEN HESITATE!!"

• Setsuna and Kira address Riette while the Sub-Commander holds Katou back.

Setsuna: "But only after this mission, okay? 'Cause despite his appearances, he's probably our best fighter..."

Katou: "Bah! Bastards! I'll kill you all!"

Setsuna: "You know, you shouldn't be so individualistic, Yuu-kun."

Katou: "Shut up! I'm not some damned guinea pig!"

Kira: "You can always back out when it's over, can't you? After all, you were only ever good at running away."

Katou: "I REALLY HAVE TO KICK YOUR ASS ONE OF THESE DAYS..."

• Mission start, Setsuna gets "captured", Kira replaces a guard while Katou and Riette poke the guard they kidnapped.

Katou: *pokes the guard* "So... What're we going to do with this? Throw him out with the trash?"

Learned/Effects:
• Once taken, he will remember how he looks, and will be able to shift into that form.
• Remembers Setsuna (but not the name).
• There is a whole bunch of crap about angels and how their wings work.
• Remembers that he's... dead??
• ....But still walking around because he's in a body that's a construct? Well, at least it's an EXPLANATION.
• He didn't have his claw-arm yet here.
• Newly developed fear of being dissected.
• Also, Kira and Setsuna are both ASSHOLES.


(Day 32)
Shareable: No.
Taken: Yes.
Memory Format: Realistic edible tarantula.