*
Meanwhile...*
Mordric: Shakal, are the preparations for the Test Subjects ready?
Shakal:
Correct, Lord. Ako and Nire are fully awakened. The others... Not so much. They are near their true potential, though.
Mordric: hmm... With Ako and Nire awakened, that should be more than sufficient. Alert all of the troops, war has begun.
Shakal: Yes, my Lord.
*starts to head a different direction*
Mordric: wait.
Shakal: yes, Master?
Mordric: you have served me well. For your success, you will be rewarded handsomely.
Shakal: may I ask with what, master?
Mordric: not with what, but with whom.
Shakal: ... It couldn't be possible... You've found him....?
Harlock betrayed his team for the sake of a fight to relive his glory days, just as planned. He's in the Vornu Solar System. He's all yours.
Shakal: ..... Thank you, master..
*walks away*
Mordric: ....such a shame that shinji has to die, I really did love that boy...
*reverts to her true form, that of kirina*
He was my favorite, he could've been so much more than what he is... I really don't want to kill him...
*thinks*
... Perhaps, there is another way.... but David must die for that to work, and with Ma'at as powerful as she is, that could pose a problem...
... Wait, perhaps I could try and find that necromancer looking fellow, what was his name...
*looks for a file*
...ah, that's right... Graveny...
*closes the file, reverts to her male form, and he sits on the throne in the middle of the room, staring down at the planet where the main hideout is*
..this should be fun.