Cleared and Safe to Return
Saja: So... they caught on pretty quick that the prince was working with Zetsfir.
Malachi: Fumacine's parliament wastes no time, but are we cleared?
Saja: I'd say so. We were working closely with HQ ever since we recruited Ravenna.
Karen: That's a relief. I didn't like the idea of us being fugitives.
Malachi: Is Celaeno any relation to you?
Saja: Yeah, he's a distant cousin. We don't really communicate much since he got into politics.
Saja: Personally, I find his ideas to be a bit too militant.
Malachi: The push for going on the offensive right away?
Saja: Kind of. When lives are on the line, a good strategy is best.
Malachi: Saja, I'm going to see what Ravenna and Virulyde are up to.
Saja: Okay. I'm going to check in with HQ.
Saja: I saw you on the news, Karla!
Karla: Yeah, I was assigned to do some public relations work.
Karla: What happened with the Prince during your meeting with him?
Saja: He tried to detain us!
Saja: Yes! You didn't know?
Karla: We had no idea! He tried to have you arrested?
Saja: He did! It's not just that... the "guards" appeared to be from Zetsfir!
Karla: Saja, I'd like you to come to HQ and file an official report. This will be important in the case for the prince's removal.
Saja: Affirmative. I take it that it's safe for us to return to the capital, then?
Karla: It's highly odd that the prince was using Zetsfir guards. I can assure you that no one else in the government is taking orders from him.
Karla: By the way, could you bring Malachi into this call? I have someone who wants to speak with him.
Saja: Oh, sure. Just a moment.
Karla: Thanks for joining the call, Malachi. I have someone who wants to speak to you.
Pleione: We were supposed to grab coffee before you... wait...
Pleione: What happened to your face?
Malachi: Oh, this. The prince and I crossed swords. Sorry about bailing on you, Pleione.
Pleione: You'll all be back at HQ after a while, right?
Saja: Yes. We will file an official report on the incident with the prince.
Pleione: See you then! Malachi, you owe me a coffee! Toodles!
Malachi: We're heading back to Fumacine City, then?
Saja: Yes, as soon as we take Grady home. He has some work he says he needs to do.
Malachi: Got that! See you soon, Karla.
Saja: It's good to hear that the government is re-organizing itself.
Karla: It's a difficult transition but we're trying to figure things out as quickly as possible.
Virulyde: Commander, Ravenna and I were talking.
Saja: Oh? By the way, we're heading back to the capital to file a report.
Virulyde: You know how the Virulyde unit series all contain data related to the operation of something called a "V-CORE"?
Saja: Yes, I do. What about it?
Virulyde: The V-CORE is the name of the time displacement system that brought Ravenna to our world.
Saja: Is it one in the same?
Virulyde: Definitely. Ravenna's family genetics, on her mother's side, contains the same encoded data as the Virulyde units!
Saja: That's why she was in the legend...
Virulyde: It's not just that, Saja. My unexplained memories come from the original source of the data within my kind.
Virulyde: Her uncle's... brain.
Saja: This just keeps getting weirder and weirder.
Virulyde: The original purpose of the Virulyde units was to carry this data to be used some day.
Virulyde: Aufdek has a copy of the V-CORE but it was never discovered how to properly use it.
Saja: I know they had one but didn't understand its purpose.
Virulyde: There was a missing key in the data they preserved within us.