Course (s2.03)
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garde723The next week was one of relative peace aboard Sidonia. Gauna engagements were few and so Izana had a fair amount of time to themself, which they decided to spend with Tsumugi to help socialize the chimera. Often Nagate would join Izana--he took any chance he could to spend time with Tsumugi as well--and even Yuhata took time to meet the newest member of the crew, ostensibly to evaluate Tsumugi as a combat resource.
(Since becoming Sub-commander, Yuhata has become even more serious and demanding.)
It was during Izana's times alone with Tsumugi that they came to a startling realization; Tsumugi sounded an awful lot like Hoshijiro used to. In fact, now that Izana had noticed, an unnerving amount of Tsumugi's mannerisms reminded Izana of Hoshijiro. Could there be some link between Tsumugi and the ena clone of Hoshijiro?
Izana did not know what to make of this new information and so kept it to themself.
At the end of the week it was announced that Sidonia would be changing course to the Lem star system, towards the planet the colonist who were feed up with the war with the gauna had set off for. Officially, it was to check up on them. Unofficially it was to intercept a large gauna cluster that was making its way towards the planet. All of which was passing through Izana's mind as they floated in space with Nagate, Tsumugi, and Kunato during a break from drills to assess how well Tsumugi might interact or fight with garde units.
"That must be the Lem Star System," Tsumugi said through the comm systems.
"Wow! You can see it from here?" Izana asked. Izana knew which direction the System was, and even which of the stars it was, but that was only because they had looked at the navigational charts. To them it was a star only slightly larger and brighter than those around it. "Can you see the colonists?"
"No, sorry. Even I can't see that far."
Izana watches for a few more moments, their suit automatically venting jets of gas to maintain their position. "I hear the guana cluster is slowly making its way to the Lem Star System. I hope the colonists are okay.”
Kunato scoffs. “We need to worry about that gauna cluster more than we do the colonists.”
Izana repositions themself to turn towards Kunato, who floats over Tsumugi’s other shoulder. “Huh?”
“We have no way to defeat it, not with the weapons we currently have in Sidonia.”
“Ah, but there’s still a chance the we don’t even need to fight it, right?” A slim hope Izana realizes but a worthy one.
"That’s absurd.," Kunato replies scornfully. "Is that your view as a member of Sidonia’s military force? That we should just try to sneak past it, praying that the enemy doesn’t do anything? That is nothing more than a nest of evil creatures. We have no other choice but to fight. We need to arm ourselves with the weapons needed, to destroy our enemies as soon as possible."
"I want to eliminate the gauna threat just as much as you do,” Nagate argued, coming to Izana’s defense. “And I agree we have no choice but to fight. It’s just that there are different types of gauna. Who knows? We still could negotiate and have peace one day.”
"That sentiment may get you killed, Tanikaze. Have you forgotten how many times the Crimson Hawk Moth nearly killed you?"
Exasperated, Izana exclaimed, ”Why are you always so condescending, Kunato? I mean, we’re all the same age.”
Before he can reply, Tsumugi, nervous by the fighting, interrupts. "Say, Izana, can I see that picture of a cat?"
(Since becoming Sub-commander, Yuhata has become even more serious and demanding.)
It was during Izana's times alone with Tsumugi that they came to a startling realization; Tsumugi sounded an awful lot like Hoshijiro used to. In fact, now that Izana had noticed, an unnerving amount of Tsumugi's mannerisms reminded Izana of Hoshijiro. Could there be some link between Tsumugi and the ena clone of Hoshijiro?
Izana did not know what to make of this new information and so kept it to themself.
At the end of the week it was announced that Sidonia would be changing course to the Lem star system, towards the planet the colonist who were feed up with the war with the gauna had set off for. Officially, it was to check up on them. Unofficially it was to intercept a large gauna cluster that was making its way towards the planet. All of which was passing through Izana's mind as they floated in space with Nagate, Tsumugi, and Kunato during a break from drills to assess how well Tsumugi might interact or fight with garde units.
"That must be the Lem Star System," Tsumugi said through the comm systems.
"Wow! You can see it from here?" Izana asked. Izana knew which direction the System was, and even which of the stars it was, but that was only because they had looked at the navigational charts. To them it was a star only slightly larger and brighter than those around it. "Can you see the colonists?"
"No, sorry. Even I can't see that far."
Izana watches for a few more moments, their suit automatically venting jets of gas to maintain their position. "I hear the guana cluster is slowly making its way to the Lem Star System. I hope the colonists are okay.”
Kunato scoffs. “We need to worry about that gauna cluster more than we do the colonists.”
Izana repositions themself to turn towards Kunato, who floats over Tsumugi’s other shoulder. “Huh?”
“We have no way to defeat it, not with the weapons we currently have in Sidonia.”
“Ah, but there’s still a chance the we don’t even need to fight it, right?” A slim hope Izana realizes but a worthy one.
"That’s absurd.," Kunato replies scornfully. "Is that your view as a member of Sidonia’s military force? That we should just try to sneak past it, praying that the enemy doesn’t do anything? That is nothing more than a nest of evil creatures. We have no other choice but to fight. We need to arm ourselves with the weapons needed, to destroy our enemies as soon as possible."
"I want to eliminate the gauna threat just as much as you do,” Nagate argued, coming to Izana’s defense. “And I agree we have no choice but to fight. It’s just that there are different types of gauna. Who knows? We still could negotiate and have peace one day.”
"That sentiment may get you killed, Tanikaze. Have you forgotten how many times the Crimson Hawk Moth nearly killed you?"
Exasperated, Izana exclaimed, ”Why are you always so condescending, Kunato? I mean, we’re all the same age.”
Before he can reply, Tsumugi, nervous by the fighting, interrupts. "Say, Izana, can I see that picture of a cat?"