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	"<u>You merely ''convinced'' yourself to like whomever that's in front of you.</u>''		"<u>You merely ''convinced'' yourself to like whomever that's in front of you.</u>''

	"<u>...She's cute, innocent, adaptive~~, hardworking~~...</u>"		"<u>...She's cute, innocent, hardworking, adaptive...</u>"

	"<u>Best summed up by ''naive'', unusually so for a corporate scion.</u>"		"<u>Best summed up by ''naive'', unusually so for a corporate scion.</u>"
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	Arkadi gave Kaplan a stern gaze.		Arkadi gave Kaplan a stern gaze.

	"<u>First, that's unfair to her; ~~she's definitely an adult,~~ even if not fully mature. Second, half my blood and culture is East Asian -- not everyone in the world focuses as much on mature sensuality as you Westerners when it comes to women. ~~Honestly~~, I really should consider make a subordinate out of her. She wouldn't be a security risk anymore if she simply became one of us, and that little play should set a basic foundation for the rules of our relationship. With her innocence, love enchantment atop existing charms will easily bind her... I think I know just the one to use when the time comes.</u>"		"<u>First, that's unfair to her; even if not fully mature, her common sense in situational analysis and circumstantial introspection is better than most adults -- that kind of mentality is far harder to train than mere skill or experience. Second, half my blood and culture is East Asian -- not everyone in the world focuses as much on mature sensuality as you Westerners when it comes to women. But honestly, I really should consider make a subordinate out of her. She wouldn't be a security risk anymore if she simply became one of us, and that little play should set a basic foundation for the rules of our relationship. With her innocence, love enchantment atop existing charms will easily bind her... I think I know just the one to use when the time comes.</u>"

	Kaplan wasn't reminded of it often, but part of him never forgot that Arkadi was an enchanter. The Captain's favorite magic were combinations of beguiling charms and emotive manipulators, called forth with neither audible incantation nor ether flare and delivered solely through directed speech. The power of such spells were almost negligible. But only the most vigilant detectors could notice its activation, and its residue aura could drop below traceable margins within moments. Repetitively used during sweet, social encounters that left fun, loving memories, it reinforced the skills through which Arkadi, well... ''enchanted'' women.		Kaplan wasn't reminded of it often, but part of him never forgot that Arkadi was an enchanter. The Captain's favorite magic were combinations of beguiling charms and emotive manipulators, called forth with neither audible incantation nor ether flare and delivered solely through directed speech. The power of such spells were almost negligible. But only the most vigilant detectors could notice its activation, and its residue aura could drop below traceable margins within moments. Repetitively used during sweet, social encounters that left fun, loving memories, it reinforced the skills through which Arkadi, well... ''enchanted'' women.
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	Turning back to his console and looking at the clock, Kaplan realized there was only eight hours remaining before they entered Brocéliande's orbital perimeter, and less than an hour before more blood must stain his hands for the sake of the revolution.		Turning back to his console and looking at the clock, Kaplan realized there was only eight hours remaining before they entered Brocéliande's orbital perimeter, and less than an hour before more blood must stain his hands for the sake of the revolution.

			''It's too bad though'', he thought. ''I'd have enjoyed being in the same revolution as you, Captain.''

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Aorii at 23:34, 1 January 2013

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	(Could have at least given me the courtesy of not remembering ''everything'', even what I was too oblivious, stupid, and delusional to realize at the time.)		(Could have at least given me the courtesy of not remembering ''everything'', even what I was too oblivious, stupid, and delusional to realize at the time.)

	(Just what kind of embarrassing character ~~development scene~~ was that!? Mine, of all people!)		(Just what kind of embarrassing character skit was that!? Mine, of all people!)

	I couldn't believe that I had brought his hands to my breasts like that, or cuddled into him like that!		I couldn't believe that I had brought his hands to my breasts like that, or cuddled into him like that!
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	"S-sorry for the intrusion."		"S-sorry for the intrusion."

	Since I awoke, I had thought of dozens of things to say, and dozens of ways to respond to what he might ask. But not a single one of the scenarios that came to mind had predicted this situation.		Since I awoke, I had thought of dozens of things to say, and dozens of ways to respond to what he might ask. But not a single one of the scenarios that came to mind had predicted this situation. The fact I had zero experience handling these circumstances made me feel even more awkward.

	Arkadi's grin persisted even after he looked towards me. His voice was as kind as ever, but it only made me feel worse.		Arkadi's grin persisted even after he looked towards me. His voice was as kind as ever, but it only made me feel worse.
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	He really just didn't care. They were a couple sharing some private time, and it was me who intruded upon them.		He really just didn't care. They were a couple sharing some private time, and it was me who intruded upon them.

	Lysette smirked from the corner of her mouth as her triumphant eyes gazed upon my own~~, before I~~ quickly ~~averted my eyes~~.		Lysette smirked from the corner of her mouth as her triumphant eyes gazed upon my own. The uncomfortable contact quickly made me look away.

	(~~What do~~ I ~~care? It~~'~~s not like we have that kind of relationship anyways. I~~'~~m only looking away because it~~'~~s stupid to gawk.~~)		(This isn't some stupid love triangle drama scene! The Captain and I have a perfectly ''professional'' relationship!)

	"Well... thanks again! And sorry to bother you two!" I bowed deeply and replied with the most cheerful voice I could muster as my thoughts brought the bridge doors to a close.		"Well... thanks again! And sorry to bother you two!" I bowed deeply and replied with the most cheerful voice I could muster as my thoughts brought the bridge doors to a close.
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	The instant they shut, my body spun around and ran back towards the familiarity of the common room. The silence of the hallway broken only by my footsteps and the rattling of the chain attached to my arm.		The instant they shut, my body spun around and ran back towards the familiarity of the common room. The silence of the hallway broken only by my footsteps and the rattling of the chain attached to my arm.

	~~(What~~ was I ~~expecting?)~~		It didn't matter to me who he was going out with. His personal life wasn't any of my business when I was merely an information collaborator and the charge of his current mission. I already knew this. Then...

	It didn't matter to me who he was going out with. His personal life wasn't any of my business when I was merely an information collaborator and the charge of his current mission. I already knew this. I already knew what he was like and that I was only as useful as the information I had. Then...		(Why do I feel so dejected and disappointed?)

	~~Why was I shocked?~~ Why ~~should~~ I feel dejected and disappointed ~~right now~~?

	~~(Don't tell me I had the pretentiousness to think that his charming words meant any sort of a personal interest in me? Even as a friend?)~~

	He was polite, kind, and caring -- almost a perfect gentleman off the battlefield. But he was also like that towards the other team members as well, so why would I be any exception? Why would I, who only knew him for but a few days, have closed the distance any more than the others who had known him all this time?

	~~I plunged myself headfirst into the nearest couch in the common room, burying my face against a cushion while squeezing it tightly with both arms.~~

	~~This was even more disgraceful, even more shameful than last night.~~

	~~(This is what I get for considering myself special again when I haven't done anything worthy of deserving it.~~)

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	I bolted awake from the cylindrical sleep module, almost smashing my head into the glass cover before it could fully retract. My face, my hands, my entire body was covered with sweat despite the perfectly regulated environment of the sleep module.		I bolted awake from the cylindrical sleep module, almost smashing my head into the glass cover before it could fully retract. My face, my hands, my entire body was covered with sweat despite the perfectly regulated environment of the sleep module.

	(It's just a ~~dream~~. It's over. It's in the past... Don't look at yourself. Don't examine. Just let time heal everything...)		(It's just a memory. It's over. It's in the past... Don't look at yourself. Don't examine. Just let time heal everything...)

	I repeated the same words to myself, over and over, again and again, while my mind regained strength and shoved all these unnecessary thoughts and feelings aside, gradually... but surely.		I repeated the same words to myself, over and over, again and again, while my mind regained strength and shoved all these unnecessary thoughts and feelings aside, gradually... but surely.

Aorii at 02:46, 28 December 2012

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	Kaplan wasn't reminded of it often, but part of him never forgot that Arkadi was an enchanter. The Captain's favorite magic were combinations of beguiling charms and emotive manipulators, called forth with neither audible incantation nor ether flare and delivered solely through directed speech. The power of such spells were almost negligible. But only the most vigilant detectors could notice its activation, and its residue aura could drop below traceable margins within moments. Repetitively used during sweet, social encounters that left fun, loving memories, it reinforced the skills through which Arkadi, well... ''enchanted'' women.		Kaplan wasn't reminded of it often, but part of him never forgot that Arkadi was an enchanter. The Captain's favorite magic were combinations of beguiling charms and emotive manipulators, called forth with neither audible incantation nor ether flare and delivered solely through directed speech. The power of such spells were almost negligible. But only the most vigilant detectors could notice its activation, and its residue aura could drop below traceable margins within moments. Repetitively used during sweet, social encounters that left fun, loving memories, it reinforced the skills through which Arkadi, well... ''enchanted'' women.

	Unsurprisingly, some of Arkadi's more potent spells were listed under the category of 'magic to directly induce love' and therefore legally considered a form of rape. But the disgust Kaplan once felt had ceased long ago. Instead, he thought Arkadi more of a hypocrite on the matter -- since Arkadi was particularly vocal against physical rape, ~~even if his words limited themselves~~ to ~~'extremely distasteful'~~.		Unsurprisingly, some of Arkadi's more potent spells were listed under the category of 'magic to directly induce love' and therefore legally considered a form of rape. But the disgust Kaplan once felt had ceased long ago. Instead, he thought Arkadi more of a hypocrite on the matter -- since Arkadi was particularly vocal against physical rape, to the point he once shot someone for it.

	"<u>She won't be as convenient as Lysette.</u>"		"<u>She won't be as convenient as Lysette.</u>"

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	"Shouldn't you be happy to see me then?"		"Shouldn't you be happy to see me then?"

	"Not at all, you sicko. But she's freaking hopeless, so you can take her; enjoy your perversion!" The young knight remarked as he walked straight towards the door, haphazardly tossing his rod onto a nearby counter as he went.		"Not at all, you sicko. But she's freaking hopeless, so you can take her; enjoy your perversion!" The young knight remarked in disgust as he walked straight towards the door, haphazardly tossing his rod onto a nearby counter as he went.

	As the door slammed behind the young knight's exit, the larger guy reached towards the table and picked up something that seemed like a flexible twig -- a long riding crop, armed with functions even more insidious than the rod.		As the door slammed behind the young knight's exit, the larger guy reached towards the table and picked up something that seemed like a flexible twig -- a long riding crop, armed with functions even more insidious than the rod.
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	I bolted awake from the cylindrical sleep module, almost smashing my head into the glass before it could fully retract. My face, my hands, my entire body was covered with sweat despite the perfectly regulated environment of the sleep module.		I bolted awake from the cylindrical sleep module, almost smashing my head into the glass cover before it could fully retract. My face, my hands, my entire body was covered with sweat despite the perfectly regulated environment of the sleep module.

	(It's just a dream. It's over. It's in the past... Don't look at yourself. Don't examine. Just let time heal everything...)		(It's just a dream. It's over. It's in the past... Don't look at yourself. Don't examine. Just let time heal everything...)

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Aorii at 02:31, 28 December 2012

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	The hand raised the crop up high before the arm came slashing down, striking the left ribs underneath the forcibly raised arms and...		The hand raised the crop up high before the arm came slashing down, striking the left ribs underneath the forcibly raised arms and...

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	I bolted awake from the cylindrical sleep module, almost smashing my head into the glass before it could fully retract. My face, my hands, my entire body was covered with sweat despite the perfectly regulated environment of the sleep module.		I bolted awake from the cylindrical sleep module, almost smashing my head into the glass before it could fully retract. My face, my hands, my entire body was covered with sweat despite the perfectly regulated environment of the sleep module.

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	==Chapter 5 - Calm Before The Storm==		==Chapter 5 - Calm Before The Storm==

	"You know, this would've been a lot easier if you just tell us." The young man who once introduced himself as a Knight-Justiciar asked. The sight of his expression was blurred by tears, but his tone revealed obvious boredom -- frustration that his time was being wasted over such endeavors.		"You know, this would've been a lot easier if you just tell us." The young man who once introduced himself as a Knight-Justiciar asked. The sight of his expression was blurred by tears, but his tone revealed obvious boredom -- frustration that his time was being wasted over such distasteful endeavors.

	"I d-don't know! I seriously really really don't know! I really wish I knew so I could tell you but I don't! I swear I really, ''really'' swear! I'm just a college student on my way to, on my way back to school--"		"I d-don't know! I seriously really really don't know! I really wish I knew so I could tell you but I don't! I swear I really, ''really'' swear! I'm just a college student on my way to, on my way back to school--"
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	"--O please don't ''please'' pleaseplease don-AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"		"--O please don't ''please'' pleaseplease don-AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

	It felt as though the entire chest spontaneously combusted; the surging electricity that poured through the contact point just below the breasts lit every nerve in the front torso on fire. The pain was beyond intense. The agony was worse than intolerable. Yet to ~~make it worse~~ the ~~effects weren't merely~~ physical -- broken images flew through the mind's eye, like watching ~~the~~ falling ~~pages of~~ a torn scrapbook as some foreign entity ripped through the consciousness, tearing through page upon page of memories without care.		It felt as though the entire chest spontaneously combusted; the surging electricity that poured through the contact point just below the breasts lit every nerve in the front torso on fire. The pain was beyond intense. The agony was worse than intolerable. Yet the torment still sought to outdo itself by reaching beyond the physical -- broken images flew through the mind's eye, like watching falling paper from a torn scrapbook as some foreign entity ripped through the consciousness, tearing through page upon page of memories without care.

	The rod soon broke contact; the pain dimmed but didn't stop as seizures continued to wrack the body...		The rod soon broke contact; the pain dimmed but didn't stop as seizures continued to wrack the body...
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	Then, the door on the far side of the room turned, and a larger figure stepped into the room. His silhouette was bleary like everything else, but the swagger in his walk was unmistakable.		Then, the door on the far side of the room turned, and a larger figure stepped into the room. His silhouette was bleary like everything else, but the swagger in his walk was unmistakable.

	~~Fear~~ froze every thought at once as his voice rang about the room:		Overwhelming fear froze every thought at once as his voice rang about the room:

	"Hey... still at it?"		"Hey... still at it?"
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	"Shouldn't you be happy to see me then?"		"Shouldn't you be happy to see me then?"

	"Not at all, you sicko. But she's freaking hopeless, so you can take her~~. Enjoy~~ your perversion," ~~remarked the~~ young knight as he walked straight towards the door, haphazardly tossing his rod onto a nearby counter as he went.		"Not at all, you sicko. But she's freaking hopeless, so you can take her; enjoy your perversion!" The young knight remarked as he walked straight towards the door, haphazardly tossing his rod onto a nearby counter as he went.

	As the door slammed behind the young knight's exit, the larger guy reached towards the table and picked up something that seemed like a flexible twig -- a long riding crop, armed with functions even more insidious than the rod.		As the door slammed behind the young knight's exit, the larger guy reached towards the table and picked up something that seemed like a flexible twig -- a long riding crop, armed with functions even more insidious than the rod.

	His voice was ~~full of~~ sadistic, almost-gleeful anticipation:		His voice was dripping with sadistic, almost-gleeful anticipation:

	"Now... shall we begin again?"		"Now... shall we begin again?"
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	I bolted awake from the cylindrical sleep module, almost smashing my head into the glass before it could fully retract. My face, my hands, my entire body was covered with sweat despite the perfectly regulated environment of the sleep module.		I bolted awake from the cylindrical sleep module, almost smashing my head into the glass before it could fully retract. My face, my hands, my entire body was covered with sweat despite the perfectly regulated environment of the sleep module.

	(It's just a dream. It's over. It's in the past...)		(It's just a dream. It's over. It's in the past... Don't look at yourself. Don't examine. Just let time heal everything...)

	I repeated the same words to myself, over and over, again and again, while my mind regained strength and shoved all these unnecessary thoughts and feelings aside, gradually but surely...		I repeated the same words to myself, over and over, again and again, while my mind regained strength and shoved all these unnecessary thoughts and feelings aside, gradually... but surely.

	(~~Clearly,~~ I~~'ve~~ slept too much. Time to get back to work.)		(...I must have slept too much. Time to get back to work.)