Quote:Near the piano a karaoke machine had been set up and two miniature women were signing a duet.It's far, far too late to try summoning Mothra, girls...
Kagome grabbed Jake's arm before he could duck around the corner. "Don't. It's the perfect place for a trap."
"You're sure, Ms. Mishima? Of course you're sure." Jake Hansen, enjoying a rare day away from Stellvia's main ops, sighed. "What have we got left?"
Miyuri Akisato looked at the grenades left on her belt. "Three pantsu, two pompom, and four spiderwebs."
Kagome didn't look at her own belt. "Two pantsu, three webs, and a kudzu."
"And I've got both the kudzus I started out with," Jake volunteered. "Not much, considering there's still at least 30% of the opposition left."
"29.6%," Kagome corrected. "I've been getting a feed from Lebia. Take cover." Stellvia's security chief pulled a web greade from her belt, butdidn't throw it immediately...
... because Kohran barreled around the corner three seconds after Kagome pulled the grenade's pin. "Eep! Oh, it's you..."
"Down!" Kohran ducked, Kagome tossed the grenade around the corner, and the curses of the group that had been chasing the Stellvian drifted around the corner. "That takes care of them. Where's the rest of your team?"
"Safety was taken out before the kaboomite bomb went off. Takami... I don't know. We got separated. I think I saw some catgirl Potterites chasing her."
"Then we have to assume she's gone bye-bye," sighed Miyuri.
"Right. You're with us now, ma'am."
Kohran smiled. "And happy to be with somebody to watch my back again!"
Kagome's commwatch beeped once. She looked at the display and frowned.
"What's wrong?" asked Jake.
"The last of the SJGames team just got taken out. By Nagato and Kyon."
Jake sighed. "Which means they get the book Noah wanted. He's going to be pissed off..."
"Down!" Kagome tossed her kudzu grenade over her shoulder. It went off as nerf arrows flew over the Stellvians' heads, trapping the Renfaire fen who had tried to ambush them.
"Oh, blast." Miyuri sighed as she took a nerf arrow out from between her collar and her neck. "Loot my body before you go, okay? You're going to need the grenades."
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012