Chapter 20: The Eyes of God

[Dinari Dollar]

(to Max)

Dinari follows Max to Helsinki, tagging along for the ride. He figures he may as well travel with Max since they still have to work on the Eyes of God....though, they might have to work on it sans Momo. Dinari checks out the damage with Max and is pretty shocked by it all. A part of him also thinks it is cool.

"Momo and Sota sure had some cool stuff. I guess I really need to buff up Allmart's All-Force...but I get a lot of my soldiers and stuff from Genetech." Dinari explains to Max as they are traveling together looking at the wreckage.

"Do you think M TV could hold up to an attack?"

[kalma]

"It's been awhile... I think I started working for Momo shortly after she started Intelligent Design." Kalma replied thoughtful, paying close attention to the detail she was putting into the flower arrangements. "I can't remember a specific date sadly." Kalma added still remembering her first week; having to endure the the male pilots' jeers and taunts. Just the looks on their face after she tested the dangerous, "sky demon" mecha prototype- a design that was later abandoned due to the danger it posed to the pilot. Still it was worth putting those guys in their place.

[Kasper Schultz]

"It is settled then. After this meeting, we will travel to Germany and talk to Armin's brother Bonifaz." Kasper says, and pounds his fist on the table to somehow make it official.

"And Armin, no one calls it "pop." It's called soda. And we shouldn't have soda at the meetings since it will rott our teeth and give us diabetes. We are the vanguard party and we must remain strong." Kasper says, raising the fist he just pounded on the table. He clears his throat.

"I will now give the financial report. Officially, we have zero rand in the party account. This means we need to TRY to make money from dues. Only four members have been paying their dues, and those members are Malak, Armin, myself, and someone from the United States that I don't even know. Comrades, comrades, comrades, do you have to be reminded to pay your dues? If so, I can start sending monthly statements in the mail..."

[Kith Keitoleinen]

"I am afraid that I cannot travel with you to Germany, Horacio. I think I should stay here in Helsinki. I actually work for Sota...and I should report to the office to see if there is anything I can do to help my father." Kith says to Horacio. He turns to Linnea and Ophelia.

"Linnea, perhaps you could use this incident to fake your own death. You could pretend to have died in the fighting. Keitoleinen wouldn't know any different. I think this is your chance to finally free yourself of Keitoleinen."

[Genki Kurokawa]

"Thats alright, Kalma. At least you can test the mechas for fun.....I guess." He says to her.

Genki is aganist of using Mechas for violence, but didn't bother to tell his mom. He knew that she will disapprove of his pacofist beliefs.

"And you're doing pretty good on the flower arranging. Do you have any favorite flower?"

[Frieda Artz Lehrer]

Frieda smiles nervously as Surma came into the room, she wanted so badly to just sit down on the sofa and talk and laugh like she was one of them. But she couldn't stand to be around Bonifaz and the anxiety of being around everyone was starting to become too much. Quickly she started to make a silent exit before it became too much and she lost it in front of everyone.

[Linnea Korpela]

Throughout the whole ordeal Linnea was at a lost at what to do. And when Horacio escape she was so happy she was at a lost of words. But when Kith brought up faking her own death, she felt like she had just been floored.
"Uh...I....I..." she started to studder, there was so much that she felt that she would lose if she faked her own death. The little friends she had, she would have to disassociate with, and Keito might become angry that she had died and would take it out on them. She would lose her house, her gallery, her job. Her job was the only way that she could keep the gallery open. But suddenly it dawned on her.
"It wouldn't work," she hung her head. "I have a secret that Kieto already knows. If he heard I was dead he would know it was a lie."

[Surma Keitoleinen]

Surma quietly gave Frieda a smile. She was very pretty. But his attention was jerked back to Heikki as he mentioned the Cat Flu and using him to spread it to the socialists. He frowned at this idea. He knew that his status as the medical tester would get him into trouble.. especially with Null. Surma may have been considered to be one of them, but he was nothing like them.

"You're asking me to be the source of an epidemic..?" He questioned them as if he couldn't believe his ears.

"People could be killed..!"

[Frieda Artz Lehrer]

Frieda almost missed Surma's smile and she smiled back, this time it was a genuine smile. It felt nice that for one moment someone was kind to her, instead of giving orders. Glancing at her brother she checked to see if he saw what just happened, he would get upset sometimes.


(Sorry so short)

[Jack Kruschev]

Anthony didn't like the fact that Li turned down his offer. Genetech was already doing well, and charity wasn't a bad thing to boost their reputation. After all, they were pretty much "volentold" to help out with the relief efforts, so why not make it seem like they were leading the movement to restore Japan to its former glory? Such a shame it was.

"Totally gotcha," Anthony replied to Li as he rubbed his tired eyes and sat down in his seat.

Responding to Li's comment on power, Anthony said, "I think we both know that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. I personally think that Jumala has, well, too much power. He knows how to lay low on it, usually, but this recent event proves that he has gone somewhat mad with the power in his hands. Besides, what the hell is a God doing on this plane? I understand that all other Gods are dead, but still, wouldn't it be more entertaining to toy with Angels, Demons, and other 'higher beings'? Then again, he's been around a lot longer than anyone, alive at least, and therefore, most likely knows more than most."

Shrugging, Anthony took a look at his piles of papers littered on his desk and brushed them off into the waste basket.

"Also, congrats on being stressed, I am too."

[Li Violette]

"There are many things that I don't have answers to, but, I will agree that I am not very keen on the fact that this world has a small population of immortals. Though, some can be very useful. Would the power of the corporations in this world be as great without angels, demons, dragons, and all of the other beings that back them up." I reply to Anthony.

"I will mention Genetech in a general speech about the contributions of companies, so, don't worry, there will be recognition for what the company has done. I appreciate it anyway. It is good that some people are stepping up to provide aid to Japan, even if there is little to gain from it."

I fold my arms and sigh. "Keitoleinen...is he really the only god in the world? What about Father Manala...though, I doubt he exists..."

[Kith Keitoleinen]

"I should head to Sota's office. And I understand what you would lose, Linnea. I guess I was only trying to help." Kith replies to her. He frowns and looks ahead towards the partially damaged office.

"I best get going. You are welcome to join me, but, I better check out the damage and see if there is anything I can help with."

Kith starts to walk off to the office. It is not too far from where they are standing. He approaches the damaged building, which is still smoldering in some areas. He sees some workers sitting in a dirty, debris filled hallway. He starts healing them with his healing power...a power that doesn't do him much good for the most part, but can be useful in situations like this.

[Linnea Korpela]

Linnea was surprised that he didn't make a bigger deal about it, and press her for her secret. Nobody really understood the pressure that Linnea was under constantly, she wanted so terribly to be herself but she couldn't. Instantly she would be arrested by the government. She could also help in healing but again it would expose who she was putting her in danger, and the people that she knew would be in danger too.
"Ophelia I know your exhausted. Why don't you go back to my house and rest?" Linnea offered before she followed Kith into the building. Keito should be around to boss her.

[Kith Keitoleinen]

Kith heals a few other workers, and notices that Linnea has followed him to the office. He continues helping with healing and clean up. There is a lot of debris and dust everywhere. There are papers, broken windows, and desks turned over.

Kith thinks about their earlier conversation and about the secret, but he doesn't want to be nosy.

He wants to talk about something, but isn't sure what to talk about. "So...you know my brother Calithin? He seemed surprised that I helped you. I don't even know why I did, since I don't know you....I guess I just felt angry about how Keitoleinen treated you...and know you work for him."

[Hilja Kukkanen/Sasha Pisarev]

"I will try to be better about paying my dues." I reply to Kasper. He talks on for a long while about finances. This is the most boring part of the meeting. I listen, but find myself having a hard time focusing. I start looking around at the books and things in the library. I look at my comrades and then at my feet.

Finally, the financial report is over. I probably didn't even hear half of it because I was so bored and distracted.

"We can go to Germany, but we can't forget to talk to the workers at Allmart and M TV about organizing against the Eyes of God."