(03-14-2021, 07:00 PM)robkelk Wrote:(03-14-2021, 04:31 PM)Black Aeronaut Wrote: OH MAN!
That would make the bit with Ben - right before the raid on the Slaugh hideout - all the more important. I want to write this scene where Ben pulls the two aside and spends a couple of minutes verbally illustrating just how dangerously fucking thin the ice upon which they skate is. To the point where Ben has been given notice by Hild herself that if they become an issue, he is to take them down. Not the Hero, Rob. Not the Empress, Usagi. Not the human weapon, Accelerator. Practical, pragmatic, ruthless, anti-magical and anti-matter-packing Ben, with whom once you've crossed the line there is no going back.
Even just a single close brush with Leonard is going to sound alarm bells. To the point where if anyone ever hears about it, Ben is going to lay down the law.
Quote:FROM: Benjamin Rhodes <REDACTED>
TO: Haruka Tenou <REDACTED>; Micheru Kaioh <REDACTED>
CC: Ciel Phantomhive <REDACTED>; Rob Kelk <REDACTED>; Usagi Tsukino <REDACTED>; Mamoru Chiba <REDACTED>
SUBJECT: IMMEDIATE ACTION
You two chucklefucks have been COMPROMISED. Did you honestly think that no one would notice that you had a lunch date with LEONARD FUCKING TESTAROSA!? HAL has had him on the Watch List ever since Teletha showed up. And Teletha has good reasons to be opposed to her brother, no matter how much she used to love him. The man is legitimately bad news of the absolute worse kind - imagine if Metallia had corrupted Mamoru instead of Queen Beryl. That's how bad he is! And you two even agreeing to meet with him at all is telling of just how much of a liability you're becoming!
Get your asses here to San Antonio. Now. This is a non-negotiable order from Hild-sama. Arrangements for Micheru playing at the Reid will be made. Your civilian identities already have jobs waiting. Haruka, you will have a racing team sponsored by Ciel Phantomhive as well as a senior instructor's seat at the Longhorn Racing Academy. Micheru, the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra has a spot for First Chair Violinist waiting for you - they play in a state-of-the-art facility and are heavily involved with the community. Additionally, you two will be accepted as a couple here as there is a thriving LGBTQ population here. You may even be officially wedded if you wish. Arrangements for moving, customs, and immigration have all been made.
You two require oversight. You have no excuses. Failure to comply will result in unpleasant consequences.
Whatcha think?
One problem: timing.
The raid on the Unseelie takes place in December 2016 - before Mii and Ami meet Mahoro. Leonard doesn't become interested on Blossom and environs until January 2017 - after Mii and Ami meet Mahoro.
Leonard might not even know about Blossom until after his agents notice Mii and Ami's visit to Windsor: "Sir, somebody who appeared to be a Sailor Senshi just teleported in, along with another girl." Then, the next day, there's a report of a car with Ottawa dealer frames around the license plates showing up, and the occupants of said car being on good terms with the Senshi. Then, a couple of weeks later, Leonard gets the Witches Electric warp out of storage and sees what happens when it's dumped into the building the Senshi are living in, leading to Mimi's resurrection...
EDIT: Unless you were talking about giving them a generic warning, not a warning about a specific threat.
Oh, the warning Ben gives right before the Raid on the Unseelie is a generic warning - they are virtually unaccounted for in terms of oversight, and having people with their capability just running around doing whatever they damn-well please is most emphatically not good in a situation as unstable as the one they're in.
The email message above would be the "Congratulations, idiots -- you have officially crossed the line" message where Ben is forced to give them one final ultimatum before they're declared to be rogue agents. Hence the final line in the message: "Failure to comply will result in unpleasant consequences."