Boss-San, Hayashi-Juni. Relay to rest of crew:
"Eden-Taii infected, then terminated by Norogumi-Chui to prevent birth of Mishhu.
Norogumi-Chui in command of Kaiyō.
Ghost-Type Mishhuvurthyar responsible for infection;
last seen moving towards Engineering or MEGAMI via phasing through decks.
Do not engage.
Report further sightings to MEGAMI.
If MEGAMI is compromised, report sightings to Hayashi-Juni."
Saki's attempts were all futile after she had flown forward to Eden's gun and shot out round after round. The Mishhu flung a tentacle towards her, dislodging the gun from her hands and that same tentacle latched itself around her throat and raised her up into the air.
The Ghost Mishhu took fire from Riku's NSP. No blood spurted from it and no discernible movement could be noted. It was as if the shots hadn't connected at all. The only thing that made it apparent the rounds had connected was the fact that it quickly dropped Saki to the floor of the hallway and phased out of existence.
Eden coughed out as she heaved herself up and made her way to the NSP knocked on the ground by the Ghost Mishhu.
Akiko's 7x15mm armor-piercing rounds then rocketed forward at incredible speeds, aimed directly for Riku as he stood outside of the bridge. The bullets thunked against the door immediately inches from Riku's head.
Riku had little time to react as he heard a voice yell, the sound of what seemed like intense cannonfire within the confines of the cramped passageway alerting him to the threat at hand. For just a split second he saw the culprit, a MINDY on the other side of the transparent Mishhu, too shocked by it's sudden disappearance and nearly having his head blown off as he took the first few steps towards the XO. A streak of blood gracing his cheek, jaws clenching as he eyed the power-armor clad figure from afar.
Misaki coughed a little while she sprawled her limbs as she hit the deck. She almost instantly regained her bearings and crawled with great speed to Eden, stopping her from reaching her NSP by running her arms around her stomach and using the majority of her body weight to pull back, "No, don't make me do this. Please, Eden-dono, don't make me do this."
NSP at the ready, he advanced forward, eyes alert for any disturbances as the Minkan remained wary of the strange new Mishhuvurthyar form. When he approached the sobbing Chui, he immediately realized who the figure was, the writhing in her belly telling of what had just happened; his stomach dropping as his breath briefly caught in his throat. Blinking away the flashes that threatened to return, he stepped around and bent down in front of Eden, eyes looking over the progress the larvae had made.
She knew it was back to square one, and the tears flowing down her cheeks. She didn't want to kill Eden, she didn't want her to die. She was so locked into her tunnel vision that she seemed to forget the existence of her Soul Tranfer Backup, how for some reason she had to live instead of just getting the mercy shot.
Saki's grip was locked tight, no stopping it. She was shaking enough to be visible, and pulled herself close to Eden, giving out a teary, heartbroken whimper,
"Please don't die."
Without a word he stood up again, eyeing the scene before him with a hint of sadness, the NSP in his hand wavering between duty and honor. To follow one's duty and put the Captain out of her misery or to attempt honor and let the deed be done by the loved one currently holding the dying woman in her arms.
"Chui-dono, you know there is no such thing as death in Yamatai. Even if we fall, our minds are safe in the folds of the Soul Transfer technology."
"Even should our ship destroyed, so long as something remains of our digital records, we can be brought back and live.
Take your time to say your good-bye's, but there is no saving the Taii."
He bowed respectfully towards the two, then turned his attention towards the MINDY, "Reveal yourself, soldier. It's the least you can do for nearly killing me."
Saki kept Eden in her arms as she got Eden's NSP in her right hand. She knew Riku was right, that she would just soul-transfer back to her. Her emotions still ran high, her shaking not even close to ceasing. The trembling only increased as the NSP made it up towards Eden's temple. She leaned down to kiss her on her forehead before coming to audible cries for a moment. Her voice was strained when it finally formed words,
"I-I'm sorry I-I couldn't avoid this. We'll b-be waiting for you."
Misaki's right hand gripped at the NSP's grip and slowly pulled the trigger back until the weapon's audible report and recoil signaled that NSP had given a light of mercy on Eden.
The NSP clattered to the floor as Misaki simply stared in sudden realization, horror, fear, and a mix of a large amount of emotion. He seemed to be shaking severely and sucked wind as if to cry but couldn't find the voice to do it. Then she seemed to twitch in her right eye before she came back into her senses. She was now the commanding officer, all of her anxiety and fears of what was suddenly seemed to disappear and were replaced with the thought of doing this for both Eden... and the young one that had yet to be. She needed to do this for the crew, who were so valiantly fighting and possibly dying for her, for Eden, and for the Empress. She needed to do this for them.
Misaki closed Eden's eyes with a suddenly steady hand as her trembling stopped, her pajamas and bare skin being replaced by a volumetric projection of the uniform of a Chui in command, skirt, coat and all. She carefully laid Eden's body down and stood up, "Both of you, back to your posts. They want this ship? We have one, and that ship is really fucking pissed off."
Misaki looked at the both of them, seeing as they both still were standing there. Her left eye twitched ever so slightly as she barked again, "Move it! I have no intention of watching this ship get torn apart while you two stand here like damn posts!" She turned in a huff and headed into the bridge proper.
Kawazoe Riku would be able to see the form of the soldier in her Mindy II as she backed up, entered the Zero-G passageway, and then went down. A loud bumping sound could be heard throughout the ship at that moment as the missile was propelled all the way from the cargo bay to the outside of the passageway Akiko was now in, just lower than she was.
Telepathically, a message was sent to Boss by her as she did this:
Code:Boss-San, Hayashi-Juni. Relay to rest of crew: "Eden-Taii infected, then terminated by Norogumi-Chui to prevent birth of Mishhu. Norogumi-Chui in command of Kaiyō. Ghost-Type Mishhuvurthyar responsible for infection; last seen moving towards Engineering or MEGAMI via phasing through decks. Do not engage. Report further sightings to MEGAMI. If MEGAMI is compromised, report sightings to Hayashi-Juni."
A loud bumping sound could be heard throughout the ship at that moment as the missile was propelled all the way from the cargo bay to the outside of the passageway Akiko was now in, just lower than she was.
Boss-San, Hayashi-Juni. Please open the MEGAMI Compartment's door...now.
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