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❝Inside the mirror do you see someone else in that body?❞
【ɗιαƖσgυє cσƖσя:#0C94CC ♙ тнσυgнт cσƖσя #CC0C2E】
|| Azalea|| Nano.ripe ||
【ɗιαƖσgυє cσƖσя:#0C94CC ♙ тнσυgнт cσƖσя #CC0C2E】
|| Azalea|| Nano.ripe ||
Winter had a different idea, suggesting that Elise undergo the same operation that she went through. Elise was a little more reluctant to go through that, however. The aftermath of the research that went into Winter's operation had a heavy cost. The Doctor was able to find the bodies and contaminate their water supply with it, causing a horrible infection outbreak throughout the Underground City. Would they be able to prevent that happening again if more corpses needed to be used for Elise's operation? "There was a steep cost for your operation." Elise stated her worries clearly. "It would be harmful for the survival of this city if a second wave were to happen." Furthermore, Elise had less to gain than Winter did. Elise only needed to relearn everything but Winter's body had become mangled and painful, forcing her to become dependent on medication just to survive. Lidia had not brought it up yet because she was currently too busy trying to treat all the sick for the duration of the outbreak.
With military operations on standby, that means this is our best opportunity to try to train and get stronger. Winter was right, they needed to get more experience. "What if we did raids on monsters in the nearby area?" Ezra asked, raising his arm. "We wno't need our soldiers to join in, since we operate as our own unit. We can train and grow stronger that way." Their scout reports were giving them video feeds of the Chrysanthemum's soldiers burning entire streets in order to clear up the number of monsters in their way. They would light the streets aflame and use Mercedes's wind to turn the monsters into cinders. In the north side of the city where the Chrysanthemum was, the monster numbers were gettiing smaller and smaller by the day. "Local criminals and gangsters are not able to match up to a proper military." Elise agreed with Winter, adding her two cents. "As the Vassals, we must raise ouer power levels in order to compensate." They would be the key to a Slither victory over the Chrysanthemum.
What practical skills could they offer to try to go against the Chrysanthemum? Beyond of course, their abilities as Vassals. Carter had been a normal apathetic high school boy that did not care about anything in particular. Oliver was trained in some degree for terrorist tactics, but that was not the same as the background Mercedes would have. Elise had a grasp on basic strategy, but she did not know how to command the soldiers. Winter could inspire everyone with her overwhelming ice abilities, but would inspiration be enough to turn the thugs into a military fighting force? "You never know who else might have been tricked by him." Serenity's face scrunched up as she contemplated the thought. "That's scary!"
Winter came up with a buddy system where people would pair off into twos, since it was impractical to expect them to be able to work as six people the entire time while they were here. Oliver and Carter were now fightng over who would get to be with Winter while Ezra was happily claiming his spot at Elise's side. "Oliver and Winter are among our strongest, while, and no offense intended, Carter and Mercedes are not on the same level." Thus, pairing Carter and Serenity together would make them the most vulnerable group to any Doctor-loyalists still hidden in the Underground City. "To enable a somewhat equal combat ability, Oliver should be with either Carter or Serenity, and Winter should be with the other one." Normally Oliver would be able to think of that too, why did he so badly want to be with Winter? Was there some sort of ulterior motive?
"Of course she's fine with it!" Ezra exclaimed almost defensively, shaking his head. "You are, right?" He asked a second time, a little more hesitant than before. Was it just the black eagle's imagination, or was Ezra acting more reserved ever since the assassination attempt? "Ezra has never treated me wrong yet..." Her voice trailed off. Admittedly, it was frightening because she knew his affections towards her, and she knew how men's love twisted them and turned them into controlling posessive creatures. But she also knew it was wrong to judge Ezra based on the actions of other people. "We could spend some time at the training room set up for us Vassals." Oliver seemed to want to get them started on training right away.
"If each pair of buddies could work on improving their teamwork, it will make us a lot safer as a whole." Oliver, as their chosen leader - somewhat begrudgingly - made the suggestion. "Should we go and start the practice?" Serenity was looking lively, and Elise was feeling better too now that she was no longer infected, even if her limbs were weaker than ever before.