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As Marcus made his way out of the dining room, a hand caught his shoulder from a side room's entrance door in the hall way of the Neo Italian residence. Stepping out of the dark room came Dame Malia of the Knights of the Wounded Lion, one of Neo Spain's agents, specifically a psyche evaluator, and intelligence operative. "Please Mr. Caligulas, do not be alarmed. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, my name is Malia Lila San Andreas, with Neo Spain's Gundam Fighter team."

Before Marcus could call out for guards, or take offense to her intrusion on the night's events, Malia raised one hand in a sign of peace. "Please do not take offense, but the Neo Spanish government asked me to investigate why two teams would be having private meetings during the middle of the finals. From what I have seen here this evening I believe that your purposes Mr. Caligulas coincide with those of my government, and thus, we have no qualms. If and when the time comes and those members of the Caligulas family who follow you forth in action against your father need our support, the Knights of the Wounded Lion shall stand with you. That is one benefit that we hold from being a seperate entity from our government. We do not answer to them. However, I think that even if we were, the Neo Spanish government would agree to your ways. Being neighbors with your father's corruption over the last few decades we well know what his influence has wrought on the world."

Malia explained, before putting a hand upon Marcus shoulder. "We'll keep in touch."

She said, and with that, was gone, disappearing back in to the shadowy room behind her, and from there out a window which she swiftly locked back in place upon exit. She had actually only been there that evening to investigate her government's assumptions that Marcus himself was in fact the vigilante who had been foiling his father's government over these past months, and with her confirmation now had, she smiled. She was glad to know that there were others out there willing to fight against tyranny like Nero's. She was also pleasantly surprised that Marcus was as well spoken as he had been, he reminded her much of Caleb in that regard. They were both strong men, in heart, body, and mind, and she couldn't help but imagine what the two might be able to do as allies, or even as friends.
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Following her second win (and returning some clothing) she had been lectured a length about "fraternizing with the enemy" but rendered the point moot when she pointed out that she had won and what was done was done. Rin couldn't help imagine that Allison was getting one of the same lectures and that hers would be a lot worse considering that she didn't win
She had spent the rest of the afternoon in the re-purposed warehouse that had become Team Japan's local hanger and headquarters helping to repair her stately Gundam. All the tails needed swapped, so they replaced the Machinegun/Blade tails with the 'Shīrudo ten no' System's tail array and the Flamethrower tails with the spares. A quick check of the underlying systems and a stress analysis of the armor showed that a few of the arm panels might want to be replaced, but little else. They replaced them to air on the side of caution, and let Rin to a full system test of the machine. When all were finally satisfied that the machine was at 100% the crew started to repair the currently damaged tails while Rin slipped away to get a shower and a spot of dinner.
It was approaching 23:00 local when Rin collapsed into a bar seat on the lowest level of O'Malley's and ordered a green tea and a little sake to go with it. She then passed a cashiers check to the bartender saying that she was unsure how Misao settled the tab last night but that this ought to cover it if she wrote an I.O.U. or put up collateral.
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Dante walked into the bar with an air of purpose. His parents were less than pleased about his adventures last night (well, mainly his mother. His dad was somewhat impressed.) As punishment, he was forced to watch the entire match against Neo-Kurdistan.

Now, flanked by Reaper, he entered the bar on a mission from Marcus. He carried in his hand a briefcase, filled with this laptop along with multiple important, top-secret papers written by Marcus and his inner circle. The papers were mostly blueprints for the Legionnaire: a basic, mass-production version of the Legion Gundam to be used as Mobile fighters for Marcus's revolution. Find me a group that can mass-produce these things in secret. But make sure you can trust whoever you go up to: Don't let the big secret out.

He sat up to the bar and ordered a cup of tea, Earl Gray. The bartender looked at him. "Uhhh, about your bill from last night-"

"All financial demands can be made to me." Reaper approached the bartender in his typical imposing fashion, causing him to slink away. Dante had to smirk as he got his tea in good time. He looked around the room. It was empty, apart from Rin. Dante turned to Reaper.

"Suus terra mobile interpellatio. EGO amo tardus forma they producto produxi productum, puteulanus unus per unus oculus. Operor vos reputo nos should planto suus dedi?*" he whispered.

"Quoque habeo penuriosus sententia of specialis paciscor. Vos teneo quam suus populus es suetus effectus res. EGO nuto probo."** Reaper responded in silence. Dante reluctantly nodded, but he still hadn't ruled Rin out. Still, the issue remained. Dante sighed and sipped his tea.

*"Her country has a nice history of mobile suits. I like the new one, the blue one with the one eye. You think we should make her the offer?"

**"They also have a poor opinion of secret deals. You know how her people are accustomed to doing business. I doubt they would approve."
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to say that graham was in an off mood would be an understatement, the match against neo japan hadn't exactly gone to his liking and the figures he was adding up only served to make things worse, the only that had gone moderately ok, (in a very loose sense) was his discussion to allison regarding her 'companionship' with the neo japanese fighter, and the damage incurred to the gundam as a result, but truth be told he was just glad that she was alright, especially after that move which set half the stadium on fire that had him worried sick.

"lets see, repairs, plus new servos for the arms, at least 3000 sqare meters of astroturf, a new light tower...carry the one...." he stared at the calculator for a second. "*sigh* that is not a small number..." jotting the number down he hit the CE button and threw the calculator away. narowly missing hector's head as the head mechanic entered the room

"if it makes you feel any better, neither of them were pulling any punches so we can't be accused of throwing the match" hector said
"i s'pose" Graham replied "and where has sis gone?" hector thought for a second before answering.
"somewhere in the luxembourg countryside on her bike, heading for the border to old germany, my guess is she's off looking for the Nurburgring, assuming its still there"
"I see, she'll be back in a couple of hours i guess," graham mused "is the gundam locked down?"
"Yup, and Milo's watching over it, don't worry it'l be ready for tomorrow, though i've had to disable the transformation mode and jury rig some stuff to it so it'd stand a better chance in the close confines of that damned stadium" hector replied
"i see, i'm off for a drink, your in charge until i get beck" graham said, grabbing his jacket as he left.



still sharply dressed, graham entered the bar on O'malleys airship at about 23:05, the second he walked through the door he immediately noting two things. one, neo japans fighter sitting at the bar by herself. and two, some teenager flanked by by a giant suit of armour and they had a briefcase with them, thinking for a second he decided to sit between the two and made his order, he could smell a good buisness opporunity hanging about the pair with the briefcase and it would give him a chance to learn more about this rin person that allison had taken an interest in.
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Rin looked up from her tea when the pair from Neo-Italy arrived. She gave a large sigh when she saw them too. While the bodyguard was not new, the air of purpose, the briefcase, and whispering was; As a young woman she had seen far too many people looking like they did now enter her father's office. She kept track of a few over the years and generally around a year after they entered the office of Saito Kuzunoha they were all either powerful, rich(er), missing, or dead.
She could tell with a weathered eye that the briefcase was both armored and radiation shielded to prevent scanning, though they were getting slimmer from the last time she saw one, almost looked like a regular briefcase nowadays. It would have both a combination and a quantum key; Both would know the combo, but the key would be carried by Reaper -the person who could actually defend themselves. Dante was just the pretty face and mouthpiece, though he probably didn't know it himself.
"You are too young to be going around with a briefcase full of secrets, Reporter-kun" she said with a hint of melancholy around the time Graham walked in.
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-Misao-

"Haaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh~~~~mmmm!"

This time, Misao did not join Rin on her celebrations on her second win --- she's always been a variety girl, through and through, and after last night it seemed like a good idea not to hang around there so often --- but instead decided to have dinner at a Japanese restaurant downstairs near the hotel. And in that vein, she was happily munching away on a sushi boat platter as she sat next to one of the restaurant's windows in a cushion seat, alone save (what else?) her trusty Flameonkey who had its own platter and was chomping away, one claw after another, shoving the pieces of fish and rice down its big mouth.

Hey, Flameonkey had to recharge its flame somehow.

"Flame, flame, flame, flame..." ^.^

"Mmmm, mmmm, mmmm, mmmm..." ^_^

And Misao was the one ^_^ing while making cute noises as she munched her food --- it felt good to get away from Miss Rin once in awhile, and for Misao's tastes, O'Malley's wasn't the best place for decent meals. And between playing Pocket Travellers while waiting for dinner...what more could Misao ask for? Well, maybe that Rin wouldn't be so unpredictable for once --- one of these days Rin was gonna get herself thrown out of the Gundam Fight with the way she was behaving, Misao sighed inwardly at that with an equally inward ToT expression --- but that was wishful thinking at best. Misao wasn't even a technician and had virtually no standing in Neo-Japan's Gundam Fighting affairs, anyway.

So she was compensating with more cute "Mmmm, mmmm, mmmm" noises as she ate the first real decent dinner she's had in days. Who said all Gundam Fighters were magnets for trouble?
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The woman more or less "hidden" from view in a booth next to the entrance Dante and Reaper had used (probably because the one Dieter had "used" was still being repaired) looked up from her cheap romance novel and stared at the two over the top of her sunglasses.

"<My Latin isn't very good but I'd be more careful what I said in public>," she clucked in Italian in Dante's direction as she looked back down at her book. She was already irritable because she couldn't drink.
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Reaper and Dante turned entirely different ways, the more mature one turning to recognize the Neo-German, and the man-child captivated by Rin.

OHGODITHINKKUNMEANSCUTEDIDSHEJUSTCALLMECUTEBUTITHOUGHTSHETOTALLYHADATHINKWITHTHENEO AUSTRAILIANFIGHTERARGHI'MBEINGCAUGHTOFFGUARDWHATDOIDOWHATDOIDOWHATDOIDO Dante, despite his typical overwhelming opposite-sex-induced panic, maintained a somewhat calm face. "I have no idea what you're talking about. This isn't a secret or anything." In order to prevent his charge from ruining everything, Reaper suddenly had to stop going over the Neo-German for concealed firearms and intercede. "Ego puto ego habeo instituo a pactum , quod is est non quisnam vos es sermo ut vox iam."*

Oh, well at least he saved me from that mess. Wait. Another girl? CAN ANY COUNTRY EMPLOY A SINGLE- Oh, is she really reading THAT? So much for potential attraction. Maybe I should start handing out copies of my books to these people. Dante regained his composure, and, resisting the urge to make a smart remark about her taste in literature, approached the woman in the booth. "I presume by your eavesdropping", he said in a hushed voice, "you have interest in our business?"

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"I presume by your eavesdropping", Dante said in a hushed voice, "you have interest in our business?".

"You presume wrong, caro," she answered pleasantly without looking up from her book. She took a moment to ignore the robot towering over her to lick her forefinger and turn a page before continuing, "I'm not exactly an official representative of Mr. Meyers' government, but...". She glanced up from the book and tapped the Volkswagen logo on her handbag. "Ciao. Mi chiamo Felica De Luca."
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graham had to stifle a laugh redgarding reaper and dante, especially when he saw the woman they were conversing with. lightweights, those two could not be more inconspicuous even if they tried. he glanced at the volkswagen logo quickly from the corner of his eye. and if they aren't careful, they'l be fed to the wolves.

"long day?" he asked rin as a means of starting conversaion, a formality as judging from her previous statement graham assumed that she already knew who he was and why he was here.
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Rin noted the distinctive Australian accent, and the fact that this man looked much like Allison, the same kind of eyes, and the nose looked a bit familiar. She put two and two together.
"Mmm.." she nodded sagely, "Long night; Followed by a long day." she said prodding him with an evil grin. She poured the ochoko in front of her full of sake and summoned the bartender for Graham, "But, I suppose I can have a civil discussion about your sister."
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Dante smirked when he saw the Volkswagen emblem. Just what he was looking for. "Perhaps, Fraulein, we would be willing to move this conversation to a more secure area? I feel as if we are being watched."

Reaper resisted the urge to mock Dante's gratuitous German, instead noting to request that next time Marcus use someone who could be more subtle than a thermonuclear weapon.
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i could've gone without knowing the first part. graham thought but eventualy conceeded that he walked into that one, nevertheless he pressed on "straight to brass tacs, good. it'l save some time" he muttered, from there he found himself kind of at a loss as to where to go next "question is where to begin exactly..." he glanced at the mirror behind the bar looking once more at the odd duo with the briefcase before he mentally sighed, what was once amusing was now begining to become painful to watch.
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"Well," Rin began, "You could start with telling me that its irresponsible for your sister an I to have a relationship since we're technically enemies in this tournament; That's what members of my team started off with. But," she took a sip of sake, "it's moot since we already fought and it's very apparent that we can maintain emotional distance when we do." She leaned in close and looked him in the eye, her voice dropping a couple of degrees in tone, "Your sister and I are both particularity savage warriors, Mr. Cheslock, within us beats the heart of a primal thing, and we wouldn't be here in the finals if we couldn't distance ourselves from the task at hand.
She leaned back out and took another sip. "Or," her voice chipper again, "the other way we could start, and probably the real reason your here, is for you to tell me off for... 'keeping strong diplomatic ties' with your sister because you're actually quite caring, and are concerned I'll somehow manage to break her heart. Am I right?"
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graham listened impassively as rin listed the two possible ways the conversation could go, and like before she was distressingly on the ball, particulary in regard to the secon possibility, he was impressed, and somewhat wrong footed

as she paused the bartender arrived with his beer, looking at it he was pleased to see that the bar stocked Coopers Premium, taking a sip he thought for a second before answering

"you're quite the astute one, i was here for the second reason, though 'telling you off' is an exercise in redundancy as like yourself my sis is an adult, and what she does in her time is her business" he took another sip "but going by what i've seen and heard now, i probably don't have to worry about you doing that."
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"Perhaps, Fraulein, we would be willing to move this conversation to a more secure area? I feel as if we are being watched."

Felica slipped a bookmark into her novel and shut it as she reached for her handbag. "I'm technically on paid leave," she said back quietly, smiling faintly as she gently rested a hand on her stomach where she was already showing slightly, "But the company has a small temporary office in one of the upper floors during the fight. Don't ask me how they got it,". She wriggled out of the booth and stood up, wobbling slightly as she looked up (and up... and up) at Reaper. "This way, gentlemen," she said, waving them back towards the entrance they had used, "There's a bank of elevators across the lobby,". She glanced around at the other patrons of the bar as she waited for Dante and Reaper to lead the way.
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"Mmm.. perhaps," Rin said thoughtfully, "but as I told your sister, in my culture, stories involving foxes and lovers rarely turn out well," she swirled her sake in the little cup, a tinge of melancholy touching her voice, "Healthy relationships don't exactly come naturally to me Mr. Cheslock, but I will try my hardest not to disappoint.
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"Of course, Fraul-" Reaper quickly nudged Dante, signaling him to cut the crap. "-I mean Ma'am."

The two stepped outside and began walking to the elevator, and Reaper lowered his voice to a whisper. "I have met serial killers who can be more low-key than you."

"Well excuse me for laying on the charisma. At least I actually know Latin."

"I am very proficient in Latin."

"Yeah, but when was the last time you used it? I've met fanfic writers you use better grammer."

"I picked it up from working on an assignment from the Neo-Vatican years ago. The rest is classified."

"Wait, you did a hit job for the Pope?"

"It was a delivery."

"Delivering what? The holy grail? The wood of the cross? Wait, don't tell me: It was the Lance of Longinus. You got to deliver the Lance of Longinus. That is freaking amazing. Could you tell me where you brought it to? I mean, I wouldn't use it to initiate Second Impact or anythi-"

"I was overseeing the purchase of art."

"Art that told about an ancient conspiracy covering up the fact that-"

"No, just plain art that the Pope thought was very nice. He wanted excellent security on the ship carrying it."

"You are so boring."

Reaper ignored the snide remark as he prepared a special device that would make everything within its radius invisible to recording devices. He also began to mentally inventory his weapons. He had not been allowed to bring his anti-tank HMG, or, in Dante's words the BFG, but he did have a variety of "small" arms concealed in the jacket covering his massive metal frame.

Dante, conversely adjusted his sunglasses and his suit to look good, wishing that Marcus would let him at least carry a taser.
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"fair enough. but that doesn't mean that this is one of those stories, nevertheless i see your point" graham replied. "and thank you, thats all i needed to know" as if on cue his phone rang "..excuse me." he said politely before pulling the phone

"yes...really?....then what?...*sigh* alright, i'll be right there." while pinching his brow with his free hand he put the phone away. "well as enlightening as this conversation has been i need to go and sort something out." finishing off his beer he stood up "thank you for your time Miss Kuzunoha, it has certainly been very..eye opening, and best of luck for the rest of the tournament."

after he exchanged goodbyes and left the bar, he pulled his phone out again
"milo, its me. when i get back i need you to do some digging"

"on who?" milo asked

"on the main people in the neo italian and neo german teams, the usual method, and be extra cautious, they might not be the types who will play nice"

"gotcha"

"good, let me know if you find anything." with that graham hung up.
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"Thank you, Mr. Cheslock," Rin replied before Graham slipped out the door, "Tell your sister I said ganbare as well."
After Graham left she was sitting alone again; left to let her thoughts swirl slowly in her head, like the sake in the cup in front of her. She wished she still had someone to drink with and talk to take her mind off things. A flash on one of the televisions at the bar caught her attention, it was the highlight reel of the America-Ryūkyūs match on ESPN. "Oi, bartender, turn it up," she said gesturing to the screen as she saw the Shisa Gundam take a painful looking blow that took out a chunk of hip and part of the tail.
It was the perfect distraction from her creeping doubts of personal self-worth for Rin to have another look-see at her next opponent, the talking heads (very occasionally) having halfway decent insight..
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