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After reassembling the cannon thrice.
Johan: *nod* that should be enough, let's move on to the next one.
Varakiel: There's more?
Johan: *nod* There are three cannons in total. You're going to fix all of them.
Varakiel: All right, let's move on then!
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Varakiel: Johan, I have a question.
Johan: go ahead.
Varakiel: aren't you supposed to be tracking down nihilister?
Johan:....we couldn't kill her even when we used vapaus. All we did was damage her. Fortunately, we did enough damage to render her immobile for a while. She'll need some time to recover from that. You saw how fast that thing soars through the air. If she decides to steer clear of us, there's not much we can do about it.
Varakiel: I won't be so sure about that.
Varakiel says as a visible brown hue comes out of his body.
Johan:.....you better explain when we are back in eden.
Varakiel: I mean, you could ask Cecil about it, I already told her everything.
Johan: really? What kind of stupid fellow you are to trust your secrets to someone you just met?
Varakiel: someone who knows who to side with, all of this, the people of the ark, they don't deserve it, but eden, people who manage to survive up here, and reclaim at least a small part of the surface, people like that couldn't be that bad.
Johan:....i see, you are right in there, the ark, it doesn't deserve more power that it already has, they have enough to hide and rot away.
Varakiel: so. Why are you helping me out? Do you really have that much spare time?
Johan: time is the one thing I don't have enough of. I'm doing this because mother whale could prove useful to us. It wasn't built to search and destroy. It's only equipped with a rudimentary armament. This thing is meant to transport cargo, and that's it. It's not exactly a major threat. That means so long as we're able to drag it down to the ground, it should be easy pickings for us. It should provide us with plenty of resources.
Varakiel: *nod* so i was right, eden is also made with rapture parts.
Johan: That's right. With the supplies on that ship, we could last for eons, not to mention the parts that we could scavenge from it.
Varakiel: I have to admit, the fact that Cecil made Eden from scratch, hehe, that woman is worthy of respect.
Johan: *nod* i'll never argue with that, she designed it and built it, if someone is worthy of my respect, it is her.
Cecil comms appear.
Cecil: I appreciate you two saying that, varakiel, johan.
Varakiel: heheh.
Johan:....
Varakiel: oh~? Are you perhaps blushing, J?
Johan: shut up.
Cecil: *giggle* I am sorry that I am late, but better late than never. Now, you two were going on about how amazing I was?
Johan:....
Varakiel:....
Cecil: I see. You must be left speechless in the presence of such perfection.
Varakiel:...jeez, talk about a big ego, don't you remember I told you I know someone more amazing than you?
Cecil:.....
Johan: really? Served her right, now, did you prepare what I wanted?
Cecil: It'll take a while longer. I should have it ready by the time you're finished with all the cannons.
Johan: sounds good.
Varakiel: surprises? I love them. What is it?
Johan: a bullet that will take down Mother whale.
Varakiel: beautiful, alright let's get that vapaus~.
Johan: So this is indeed about vapaus.
Varakiel: oh my how could you figure it outtt~?
Johan:....*sigh* I hate you so much.
Varakiel: hahaha, alright J, let's go.
Johan:....fine.
Varakiel: By the way, I already agreed with Cecil to hand her over some of it after this, of course there's a catch.
Johan: And that's it?
Varakiel: Nihilister is mine now, she'll become a fine trophy.
Johan:...
Cecil:...he has a way to subdue her, or at least that's his theory.
Varakiel: If what we are after me and Cecil goes well, then yes, I will be able to succeed.
Johan:.....
Cecil: and how can you be so sure.
Varakiel: If there's a queen, then, there must also be a king, is it not?
Johan: !! you!
Cecil:.....so that's your idea…
Varakiel: Yep, don't worry, I know I won't get mad with power.
Johan:...and how can you be so sure?
Varakiel: because I still have a lot to protect, but, if you don't believe me, I'll personally hand you over the bullets you'll use to put me down.
Johan:...so you're risking yourself and the vapaus for a chance to go toe to toe with raptures....heh, i don't know how or why but the fact you're so confident about it means that you have a way to make it, is it not?
Varakiel: haha, I should really work on my poker face!
Cecil:....we are still not sure if it can work though….
Varakiel: We'll make it, I am sure of it.
Johan:...
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Cecil: hey.
Varakiel: hm? Cecil? What is it?
Cecil: This is just for you. Let's talk. You can even whisper and I'll still be able to hear you.
Varakiel: Alright, then, did you make any progress?
Cecil: quite of, just who is this friend of yours, the way they write their reports is so vast and yet so easy to understand.
Varakiel: Hmm, the fact you didn't tell johan about Rh X without my permission means that you're really someone worthy of my trust lady cecil, so i will tell you this secret only the people in my outpost knows….
Varakiel then tells Cecil about him being from other worlds and his arrival.
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Cecil:...that's very hard to believe…..but the fact that you already gave proof of it makes it easier to swallow, so the world took pity on us?
Varakiel: You could say that, so yeah that's who I truly am, no more secret identities.
Cecil: So this friend of yours who is it?
Varakiel: a scientist of great power, her power and knowledge is close to god.
Cecil: close to god...i think i can begin to understand the lengths of your duty, and the means you have to do it, and yet you want to save everyone you can…..so this world still has some kindness on it...*giggle* thank you varakiel, for telling me this, now i can look further into the future of eden and perhaps all of humanity. A future where raptures don't exist anymore.
Varakiel: *nod* you can count with it, it will take time, but time is on our side….kind of.
Cecil: What do you mean by that?
Varakiel: You see the time differences from this world and mine are completely different, 1 day here is 5 days in my world so that means Promestein the scientist that is helping you, would be able to help you with anything you need in less than 3 hours.
Cecil: And she's willing to help? Just like that?
Varakiel: yep, she's a killer for new knowledge, even more from new worlds, she will happily help you out with anything you send her, so don't be shy send her anything you need help with, she will have plenty of time while you work on the next one.
Cecil:....would do, if what you say is true i would be actually be able to improve our technology 5 times faster.
Varakiel: a power increase of 500%, hahaha.
Cecil:.....varakiel, thank you.
Varakiel: *shake* Thank you Cecil, for never giving up, you have done a beautiful work.
Cecil:.....
A tear goes down cecil's eye.
Cecil: *nod*....why don't you try to make a deal with johan?
Varakiel: hm? What do you mean cecil?
Cecil: we'll extract blood for some bullets. With your synthesis method it should be a piece of cake.
Varakiel: how much blood are we talking about?
Cecil: relax, i will not kill you, you'll just feel a little woozy.
Varakiel: you're joking right?
Cecil: once we gain access to mother whale's core, we'll make some bullets and then we will our prototype.
Varakiel: you shamelessly ignored my question….
Cecil: then after we create some equipment from vapaus, we will give some to the nikkes of eden.
Varakiel: hmm…
Cecil: it's an option available to you. Think about it. Of course there's also the option to not make a deal, and use the whole mother whale core to work with it and make your experiment.
Varakiel: oh, wait, i totally forgot to tell you.
Cecil: hm? Tell me what?
Varakiel: the synthesis method for the bullets works with lord class cores, you don't need tyrant class cores.
Cecil: ! i see…
Varakiel: *nod* i used the tyrant class cores i got to create all this gear, let me tell you when i arrived in this world i was lucky enough to find a blacksmith. So i had plenty of materials to make my gear with.
Cecil: a blacksmith? Sounds like your arrival was pretty rough.
Varakiel: hahaha, want to hear about it?
Cecil: sure, i'll like to know more about you and your capabilities.
Varakiel: *nod*
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