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CuervoIntermission Four - Darkest Hour
La Trinidad de Manila Academy - 12/1/2022, 5:20, UTC+8
Far Eastern University In Real Life; the location and structures are used for La Trinidad de Manila in this timeline for convenience
Myron Makraig knew how to make deals with devils, or in this case, a very mysterious person whose secrecy could be mistaken for shadiness. Right now, Director Bathala of La Trinidad de Manila had taken Task Force Obsidian in after it had suffered its first and worst defeat, while Rear Admiral Adrian Absolo and NICA (National Intelligence Coordinating Agency) head Cornelio Malong had been tasked with managing the renewed Chinese offensive.
Director Bathala had been clear on one thing from the start: This was not free, and he would have his due once the team had licked its wounds enough and acquired the minimum of new members needed to be functional again. And he already suspected what the Director would require - After all, the Philippine Government of National Salvation would not exist without him.
The green lawns of Trinidad Academy were devoid of most students and faculty, leaving them deserted except for maintenance staff that picked fruit from the mango and guava trees in the gardens to feed the refugees that congregated outside the facilities. Myron had observed this because he was walking to the dormitory buildings that had been given to Task Force Obsidian with a message from the Director; he wanted to meet all of them in the Trinidad Academy Auditorium.
So Myron Makraig, the highest-ranking remaining member of Task Force Obsidian, went to the dormitory building, La Casarita, which was more lavishly furnished than most other University dorms due to its closeness to the ruins of Malcanang Palace, where the 'Assassin President' who had used a loophole in the Philippine Constitution to get himself elected Vice President in recent elections, then bumped off the President-Elect so he can become President again (this had the approval of the President-Elect's sister and mother, by the way)... Well, let's just say that the 'Assassin President' was dead and so were his accomplices, and the Philippine Government of National Salvation ran things now.
In La Casarita, the members of Task Force Obsidian had been given time, space, and psychological help, as well as the option to take regular trips to Trinidad Academy and its high-tech training facilities, which included a reinforced arena for Arms Master duels and a firing range. The Director had also kept them appraised of the ongoing Chinese offensive against the Philippines and the rest of ASEAN; long story short, it was not going well for either side.
In the Philippines, a Chinese Spy who had infiltrated the islands acquired citizenship through fraudulent means, and even become the Mayor of the town of Bamban, Tarlac Province, had mustered a militia in support of China. This 'Chinese Spy Mayor' had to be attacked by Philippine Special Forces at great cost, even as the 'Assassin President's' daughter in Davao City in Mindanao was throwing dozens of local hired thugs against PGNS machine guns in hopes the survivors would trigger a Noble Arm. Not just that, but in Manila itself, a plan had been discovered to murder the Mayor of Manila to destabilize the defenses of the city with her death.
But all that paled before what Myron believed Director Bathaha was about to reveal, because he knocked on the doors of each dormitory room, telling each member of Task Force Obsidian that they should go to the Trinidad Academy Auditorium with him immediately.
Because he knew that the Director was a sapient Noble Arm, one who got his sapience by having eaten several other Noble Arms before his Master died - And this man was the only one who could provide them an edge against the Big Three and Alan Turing himself...
@Gerlando@Nimbus@QJT@Amidatelion@Digmata@Chiro@Creative Chaos@4wheathRmany@Danyel@Sanity43217@DammitVictor@ctrlsaltdel@Archazen
La Trinidad de Manila Academy - 12/1/2022, 5:20, UTC+8
Far Eastern University In Real Life; the location and structures are used for La Trinidad de Manila in this timeline for convenience
Myron Makraig knew how to make deals with devils, or in this case, a very mysterious person whose secrecy could be mistaken for shadiness. Right now, Director Bathala of La Trinidad de Manila had taken Task Force Obsidian in after it had suffered its first and worst defeat, while Rear Admiral Adrian Absolo and NICA (National Intelligence Coordinating Agency) head Cornelio Malong had been tasked with managing the renewed Chinese offensive.
Director Bathala had been clear on one thing from the start: This was not free, and he would have his due once the team had licked its wounds enough and acquired the minimum of new members needed to be functional again. And he already suspected what the Director would require - After all, the Philippine Government of National Salvation would not exist without him.
The green lawns of Trinidad Academy were devoid of most students and faculty, leaving them deserted except for maintenance staff that picked fruit from the mango and guava trees in the gardens to feed the refugees that congregated outside the facilities. Myron had observed this because he was walking to the dormitory buildings that had been given to Task Force Obsidian with a message from the Director; he wanted to meet all of them in the Trinidad Academy Auditorium.
So Myron Makraig, the highest-ranking remaining member of Task Force Obsidian, went to the dormitory building, La Casarita, which was more lavishly furnished than most other University dorms due to its closeness to the ruins of Malcanang Palace, where the 'Assassin President' who had used a loophole in the Philippine Constitution to get himself elected Vice President in recent elections, then bumped off the President-Elect so he can become President again (this had the approval of the President-Elect's sister and mother, by the way)... Well, let's just say that the 'Assassin President' was dead and so were his accomplices, and the Philippine Government of National Salvation ran things now.
In La Casarita, the members of Task Force Obsidian had been given time, space, and psychological help, as well as the option to take regular trips to Trinidad Academy and its high-tech training facilities, which included a reinforced arena for Arms Master duels and a firing range. The Director had also kept them appraised of the ongoing Chinese offensive against the Philippines and the rest of ASEAN; long story short, it was not going well for either side.
In the Philippines, a Chinese Spy who had infiltrated the islands acquired citizenship through fraudulent means, and even become the Mayor of the town of Bamban, Tarlac Province, had mustered a militia in support of China. This 'Chinese Spy Mayor' had to be attacked by Philippine Special Forces at great cost, even as the 'Assassin President's' daughter in Davao City in Mindanao was throwing dozens of local hired thugs against PGNS machine guns in hopes the survivors would trigger a Noble Arm. Not just that, but in Manila itself, a plan had been discovered to murder the Mayor of Manila to destabilize the defenses of the city with her death.
But all that paled before what Myron believed Director Bathaha was about to reveal, because he knocked on the doors of each dormitory room, telling each member of Task Force Obsidian that they should go to the Trinidad Academy Auditorium with him immediately.
Because he knew that the Director was a sapient Noble Arm, one who got his sapience by having eaten several other Noble Arms before his Master died - And this man was the only one who could provide them an edge against the Big Three and Alan Turing himself...
@Gerlando@Nimbus@QJT@Amidatelion@Digmata@Chiro@Creative Chaos@4wheathRmany@Danyel@Sanity43217@DammitVictor@ctrlsaltdel@Archazen
