Mono’s on a Mission.
Monotaro, a-are you sure you’re going the right way?
Well, usually I’d take a different route...But with all the doors and vent shafts shut, I’m trying to find my way around.
Don’t worry, I’m pretty sure I know how to get back to the lab, just follow me!
Uuugh...This had better be good.
...
What the hell’re we even tryin’ for anyway!? Those yoikers yoinked the yoinked bomb we yoinked and we ended up with jack fuckin’ nothing!
That, brother, is what we’re tryin’ t’ find out! It’s why we gotta get to the lab and contact the boss lady!
Though if you want my guess...I think Shirogane’s takin’ a hostage.
A hostage? You mean...?
The only person who got locked up in here is Kaede Akamatsu. I think’s Shirogane’s keepin’ her ‘ere to lure the FF into a trap.
The hell you sayin’!? The Future Foundation ain’t gonna bust their asses just to save one little girl!
You’re just saying that because you want to eat her, aren’t you?
What gave you that idea!?
UUUGH! Monotaro! That is the THIRD TIME we’ve walked through this doorway!
It is!?
MONOTARO. DO-YOU-NOT-
ABUBUBUBUBUH! How dare you even SPEAK, you broken toaster!
...
Monosuke, don’t be so mean! Monodam is only trying to help.
His “help” is the only reason we’re IN this fucking situation! He had the bomb right in the palm o’ his hand, and he let Akamatsu slip it away from ‘im!
Well...it’s not like he had fingers?
Seriously! The one thing that makes you mildly useful is yer’ rocket boosters, and you can’t even use that shit correctly!
...I...
*THUD!*
AACK!?
Don’t listen to him Monodam. If you have something to suggest, go ahead.
THEN we’ll judge you on it’s usefulness or not.
...THANK-YOU.
MONOTARO. IF-I-AM-NOT-MISTAKEN, DID-YOU-NOT-USE-A-MAP-EARLIER-TO-FIND-THE-RESOURCE-ROOM?
Huh? Uh...yeah?
DID-YOU-MISPLACE-THE-MAP-AT-ANY-POINT?
No, I still have it!
...!?
...!?
...!?
...!?
AND...YOU-AREN’T-USING-IT...WHY-EXACTLY?
...Huh?
IF-WE-USE-THE-MAP, WE-CAN-FIND-THE-MAIN-LAB-WITHOUT-ANY-TROUBLE.
...Hey, you’re right! Ah! There’s using your noggin’
Oh for fuck-GIMME!
Hey!
*Monosuke swipes the map from Monotaro when he pulls it out.
Alright, everyone follow me.
At LAAAST! Just hurry up and get the fuckin’ moniter on!
*Monophanie and Monotaro on command power up the large monitor in the corner of Ando’s lab. Within a few seconds, it starts a call.
...Hello?
Yo, Boss Lady! It’s us!
Oh good. You remembered to call me in case of emergency’s. I’ve been waiting for you.
Yeah, about that. What’s the big idea? The lab’s been locked down and we can barely move about as much as we used to!
Don’t worry. I was waiting for you to contact me, then I was planning on raising the shutters on the interior doors.
INTERIOR? AM-I-TO-TAKE-IT-YOU-DON’T-INTEND-TO-OPEN-THE-MAIN-DOORS?
No. Nor do I plan on lifting the defensive plating. Not until Kaede Akamatsu is dead.
Wait...until she’s dead? You mean you didn’t lock her in here because you wanted a hostage?
No. I don’t care for hostages unless they’re on my target list. Speaking of which, the reason I wanted to contact you is because of exactly that.
With Ando gone, your job as his retainers and helpers has gone with him. If we ever recapture him, I might reemploy you in a pinch, but...
Uh...Shirogane...If I may?
Didn’t you tell us that you planned to have us assist with Danganronpa Survivor?
WHEN it happens. Leave the setup to me. Even with all the setbacks, we’re coming very close.
But I will tell you this much. Survivor will NEVER succeed, so long as Kaede Akamatsu is still alive. There’s no way she’s getting out of that lab, so do whatever it takes to make sure she perishes.
I-FAIL-TO-SEE-HOW-ONE-GIRL’S-DEATH-CAN-DICTATE-WHETHER-OR-NOT-DANGANRONPA-SURVIVOR-GOES-THROUGH-OR-NOT.
Never you mind the logistics, just trust me. You’ll also be glad to know that I’m currently working on getting you-know-what powered up and prepared.
R-Really!? We finally get to-!?
Why didn’t you just do that in the first place!?
There was no need for them. The original purpose of those machines was to keep lore and order, but given that law and order was usually kept in those labs, I didn’t see the need.
Then how come we didn’t get these hours ago when the FF stormed the lab!?
I didn’t know about that until later. Sorry, you can blame Akira’s incompetence for that one.
Akira, off-screen: Sorrryyyy~
Jesus Christmas...
Awright, whatever’s. We’ll do it. But what’s in it for us?
Yeah, we’ve been locked in here like prisoners for who knows how long now? Don’t we deserve some kind of reward?
After it’s done...! Haven’t I already made lots of promises to you Kubs? I promise I’ll follow through with all of them once this is all settled.
A promise is a promise! And if she promised, she can’t break it!
Fair enuf...We’ll see it done Boss Lady.
Good. And one more thing...
Yeah?
DON’T...disappoint me...
*Tsumugi ends the call.
Well, we got a while before our babies come online, so I guess we wait for now.
MAN! SCREW THAT! Shirogane wants this over and done with, and the longer we wait, the more chance Future Foundation has gettin’ in here!
What part of the door’s being totally impenetrable went over your head!?
But the Future Foundation are crafty! If we attack Akamatsu now, we’ll catch her by surprise!
Don’t worry! I got a plan!
Oho...YOU’VE got a plan?
YEP! I sure do! Jus’ watch and learn fella’s! I’ll bring back her head on a stick by sundown!
A-ABOUT-THAT...
*Monodam raises his voice.
What is it now?
NO. IT’S-NOTHING. IT-IS-JUST...
Just what Monodam?
Yeah, spit it out.
ARE-WE-ABSOLUTELY-SURE-THIS-IS-GOING-TO-BE-AS-EASY-AS-WE-THINK?
What’re you sayin’? We kill people all the time. It’s basically our job to torture people.
YES. THAT-IS-TRUE. BUT-BACK-THEN, WE-HAD-THE-PROTECTION-OF-THE-KILLING-GAME-RULES. NOW-WE-DON’T.
WE-CAN-FIGHT-KAEDE-AKAMATSU, BUT-SHE’S-MORE-THAN-CAPABLE-OF-FIGHTING-US-BACK. I-FEAR-IF-WE-GET-COCKY, SHE-MAY-DESTROY-US-ALL.
I-DO-NOT-WANT-TO-LOSE-YOU-ALL-AGAIN, NOT-AFTER-EVERYTHING.
Hrrgh...
Stop growling Monosuke. Monodam...kind of has a point. I mean, most humans can’t fly...
Yeah, I mean...Kaede Akamatsu’s a lot stronger than I remember her being...Then again, my memory’s pretty bad, so...
Your memory is fine in this case Monotaro. But it’s not like we could have ever known how strong she really was back then. Like Monodam said, no one thought to attack us because they didn’t have the strength or the gear, or the power in general.
Hey, what’s with you guy’s gettin’ cold feet over this!? What’s gotten up your crack Monodam!?
I...
[Flashback]
I’m gonna stick to the mission and get these bombs dismantled. If you and your siblings turn back and don’t come after me from this point on…Then…
*sigh* I promise I’ll spare you. We don’t have to see each other ever again.
I-SIMPLY-FEEL-IF-WE-DO-NOT-PROVOKE-KAEDE-AKAMATSU, SHE-WILL-NOT-ATTACK-US-IN-TURN. IT-MAY-BE-OPTIMAL-FOR-OUR-SURVIVAL-NOT-TO-START-A-FIGHT-WITH-HER.
Like...a bee?
I-SUPPOSE.
Oh, so your plan is to just...ignore Shirogane’s orders. REAAAL smart of ya...
THAT-IS-NOT-AT-ALL-WHAT-I...
Well what DID ya mean?
...
Fuck this...Monokid, whatever plan you’ve got, just go for it. If you need us to do anythin’, just say the word.
Keeheeheehee! Oh, bro...There’s only one thing I want you to do.
Sit back and enjoy the performance!
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It’s a week overdue, but I was waiting for my gorgeous comp photos from the estimable @sanddancingwithanxiety before I did my show recap.
So as you might have seen, last weekend Sky went to her first ever official dressage competition. We just entered the Prep A and the Prep D (which I forgot had canter in it, whoops) because I wanted to have a nice, cruisy day without too much pressure for our first time. Although it feels like ages, I’ve only had Sky for 7 months so I wanted to work out how was best to warm her up and juse see how she would handle it all. Though we had gone to the protocol day at SIEC, a full comp is a bit more atmosphere than the training day.
So our first test was at 8:30 (yoikers) and it was a bloody early morning. I had done a very poor job on her plaits so had anticipated having to do some last minute repairs, and wash her legs again as well, so I wanted to make sure we had plenty of time. We got there early enough to snag a yard and she seemed to prefer that to being tied at the float. She settled really well to munching her hay and just watching the sights. She did call a bit but not as much as at the training day. I got her tidied up as best I could, tacked up and hopped on about 8am. I didn’t lunge her - possibly a bit of a risk but I was pretty sure she would be fine, and I just didn’t have time. I was right! She jig jogged her way down to the arena, very interested in everything that was going on, but she settled as soon as we got into the warm up.
She warmed up really nicely, actually! She was a little distracted but I did some transitions and she got her brain back into the game. We headed out for our first test, the Prep A. LUCKILY I had a very kind judge because I made TWO course errors (was supposed to enter at medium walk and trot at D - I just came in at the trot like you do in literally every other dressage test, and then I missed a change across the diagonal and had to go back and do it again) which she didn’t mark me down for?? We also almost exited the arena at A, but I managed to keep her in. Other than those little glitches she put in a really nice test. We even got an 8 for one of our turns across centre, and she got a 7 overall for her paces. I think she could have been a bit more active and over the back but I didn’t want to push her too much.
We then parked in the shade to wait till our next test which was at 9:45. It was starting to get quite warm by then, which is always a laff in full show attire. Alas this was the Prep D, of the forgotten canter. We had to do a 20m circle at A and pick up canter in the first quarter. Based on how things had been going with our canter transitions I thought we would be lucky to get canter at all. I did a few transitions in the warm up, and got left lead fine, but the right lead was still a bit of a struggle. I didn’t want to drill her though cause it tends to get her a bit upset in the trot, so I figured we’d just go with what we had. Neither of our transitions were great, but we got into the canter on both reins so can’t complain about that. Overall it was a pretty solid test, though not her best work. BUT on our way back up to the float the judge pulled over in her car and comment on what a nice test it was so that was super pleasing!
In the end we got 66.5% in the Prep A and first place, and we got 62% in the Prep D, but we were the only entries in that one. Overall I’m really, really pleased with how she went. 66% is very close to Bob’s best score and it was her first ever outing! So I’m very pleased with her and impressed with how she handled it. She wasn’t spooky or reactive at all, she did everything I asked without complaint, and didn’t seem as herdbound to Lexi after spending the night with her as I expected! I am so excited for my future with this gorgeous mare, she really is a bit of a super star.
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