//------------------------------// // Personnel File 23: A Silver Farewell // Story: SPD Emergency // by cyberlord4444 //------------------------------// Looking over the party the thestral could only let a meek cry as she watched from a distance, her nature not allowing her to really interact with the whole group. Though she did talk to Pinkie a bit, it was nice to talk to someone solo in such an environment and not lock up. She then noticed the teenage form of somepony she didn’t think she would see outside of Ponyville, she walked up to him curious, “Pipsqueak?” “Yeah?” He said absentmindedly, watching Gai and Cruger’s drinking contest unfold. “So it is you, never thought I would really see you this thin and unfed.” said Sora looking quite sad at the teenager. Pipsqueak turned to the thestral, “that tends to happen when you live on the streets of Manehattan during an alien occupation.” He said sourly. “But you're alive and kicking aren’t you?” stated Sora with a soft smile, “I’m sure you have quite an enduring spirit, though for reasons nopony should really have been through.” Sora didn’t want to ask about his parents, already expecting the worst. “Lucky me.” He scoffed, munching on one of Pinkie’s cupcakes. “Yes, Lucky you. Now can you can change things for others who have the same problem, right?” “I would, if Gai would let me join his crew.” “You might not be in his crew, but you’re along with him on the ride for some time. You can use that time to train yourself and then show Gai why you’re strong enough to join his crew. Or use what you’ve learned to make your own.” said Sora, watching the eyes of the youngster. “He won’t let me stay that long, and I can handle myself, thank you very much.” He said, holding up her badge. “Well at least you’d be skilled enough to become a magician.” said Sora not really minding that the child got his hands on her badge. “Not really any job openings for something like that. Mostly because large groups are heavily discouraged.” Pipsqueak said, tossing her badge back, “that’s what your change device looks like, huh?” “Well at R&D you can change the appearance if you want, but I went with function so I put together a morpher, communication device and judgement caller.” responded Sora as her wing grabbed the morpher out of the air in a flash, “Besides nopony would notice it because everyone has them.” “Navi told me about you, purple, right? I hear you and Gai trained a bit.” “Yeah, though it was honestly just me showing off the suit I could never use at first. Then he asked if I wanted to learn a powerful move, and of course I accepted.” said Sora with a small blush on her face, “Never actually expected to pull it off, I tend to fail at everything. Ah…” she didn't know what to say about her getting trained while he wasn’t. “Well at least you got to try. Must mean he saw some potential in you...” Pipsqueak grumbled. “Potential in this old sack of meat?” wondered Sora with a sigh, “I think he just saw what I did and felt sorry for me, I lack any strength and anything else. I mean I don’t even have a cutie mark, how sad is that?” “So? That just means you have the potential to do whatever you want, the rest of us are tied down to ours.” Pipsqueak said, shrugging slightly, “mine’s in thievery, so I’m forever stuck being a criminal.” “I’ve tried everything I liked and only come barely able to follow the others who did the same, I don’t want to do anything else and yet there elsewhere is my ‘Talent’. Honestly at this point I’d like to have it, but if I had do something like becoming a lawyer or a teacher, then I rather stay with my blank behind.” said Sora with a dry chuckle, “And your thievery is just want your talented as, doesn’t mean you have the steal anything. Maybe you just need to steal other people's fear and give it to the ones you feel in need of it.” Pipsqueak looked at her incredulously before laughing out loud, “s-seriously? A lawyer or teacher would be way better than a cutie mark I got by cutting somepony’s purse for the first time. ‘Stealing fear?’ Really?” “Magic is what magic is so it should be possible, but you could steal fear by beating up Zangyack, the ponies of Equestria would have the fear stolen and the Zangyack Empire would have their hope stolen.” said Sora at least glad that Pip was laughing. “You’re a weird one, I’ll give you that.” Pipsqueak chuckled, “one thing’s for sure, your talent isn’t in motivational speeches.” “Weird huh, yeah I guess I am weird in some ways. And for motivational speeches, it’s at least got you laugh, so I call it a win.” said Sora a small smile, “Besides I’m sure you’d just steal the future you want.” Pipsqueak snorted, taking another cupcake, “I never did get your name though.” “Sky Gear, but everypony calls me… Sora.” She said into Pipsqueak’s ear as he picked up the cupcake before disappearing into the crowds. Pipsqueak blushed furiously, biting into his cupcake in the hopes that the pink frosting would cover his embarrassment. Sora could only laugh a little bit as watched Gai recovering from the killer hangover, she gave him some water, “You really shouldn’t have drank that coffee, water now is really the only thing you need to rehydrate yourself from the headache.” “Oi, this isn’t my first rodeo Sora.” Gai groaned as Navi continued her tirade off to the side, shocking everyone with her… impressive vocabulary. “And yet you went ahead and didn’t eat anything for quite some time before drinking tons of alcoholic beverages. Honestly.” “‘Twas a duel between men!” Gai groaned, shoving his head back into the small portal and retching violently. “More like a duel to see who can lose the most of their weight afterwards.” mumbled Sora as she looked over to Navi. She then fished through her belt and found a small bottle of oil and a mouth to the bottle, “Navi, you’re moving too much, let me oil you up.” Navi just continued her extremely violent torrent of expletives, heedless to what was going on around her. Seeing the lack of response, the thestral just grabbed Navi by the left leg and sat down with the parrot and oiling the joints, “If you keep doing this someone might shoot you when you're so angry.” “LET GO OF ME *********! ********ING ************ !!!!” She screeched, slashing at Sora with her talons before flying off, crowing an even more furious string of curses now involving Gai and Cruger’s lineages… how she knew them, nopony knew. “She quite the character.” muttered Sora before looking at Gai as she thought for a moment before nodding, “Can I ask you something?” “Yeah?” Gai said from inside the portal. “What was your life before you got Displaced?” asked Sora quite curious on that matter. “In one sentence?” Gai said pulling his head out from the portal, “antisocial, lazy weeaboo with only one friend.” “That would be you, but what about your life, I mean was it despite your own faults fun and happy?” stated Sora. “To be honest… despite my laziness, I was an adrenaline junkie, so regular day-to-day living was too boring, but at the same time, I didn’t really want to even leave my room. So… I guess the word I’m looking for is dull?” “And then you were thrown into an extreme of the other side, right?” “More or less,” Gai said, grinning, “but the cost was too much. Guess I need to fire my agent.” “Pretty sure Fate can’t be fired.” noted Sora with a smile before looking up at the ceiling, “I don’t think I could withstand the loneliness and not being able to see my family again.” “Didn’t really get along with them, never fit in with the ‘family dynamic’. So I guess I got it better than most other Displaced.” “I still think they would have missed you and you missed them.” said Sora with a small smile before pulling out an odd blade that looked like a crimson version of Cruger’s sword, “Though I did want to show you this.” “And this is…?” Gai asked, taking the blade in both hands and examining the dog head near the guard. “H-blade Cerberus. Weapon I forged from stuff I got from roaming around the safer areas in Tartarus, meant to be used with my ranger form.” she looked a bit embarrassed as she added, “I’m just not as good with a sword.” “Swordplay can be learned,” Gai said, taking a few practice swings with Cerberus, “how you fight is dependant solely on you.” “If you-” started Sora before seeing that the whole weapon heat up and the edge become superheated, “Swing it like that it will activate the heat within the metal it was made of.” “Huh, not bad, an excellent weapon. Versatile too.” Gai muttered, examining the blade. “It’s got heat edge which ignites after every few swings, it has an odd ability to send out a pair of chains which while draining all the power from Cerberus also renders it unable to cut anything while sealing most creatures that it’s holding. Didn’t know the chains would happen, but the magics that held those underground probably partially transferred into the blade.” explained Sora, “Though maybe it has to do that Chomps’ tooth was added the alloy mix…” Gai grinned, “careful there Sora, the Jigoku no Banken over there might get jealous.” He said, gesturing with his thumb over to Cruger and Sorrow Song, who was still stunned by Navi’s tirade, “I think Navi broke her.” He snickered. “Jigoku no Banken?” she asked, totally butchering how it was suppose to sound. “Cruger’s base has a Sentai counterpart who was known by that name before he became head of Earth’s SPD, it means ‘Guard Dog of Hell’. Supposedly he made the devil himself quake with fear,” Gai explained, handing Cerberus back to Sora, “that is a very good weapon you have there, Sora.” “I’m pretty sure there are better around.” said Sora mutely before humming, “Guard Dog of Hell, So kinda like Chomps, he’s the Three Headed Hellhound that protects Tartarus’ gate. I visit him in my spare time, though usually he doesn’t acknowledge me unless I have a ball to play with him.” “Chomps… you mean Cerberus? That’s one hell of a playmate you’ve got there, my apprentice.” Gai chuckled, “I’m sure he’s just waiting for you to build up some confidence.” “As if, he’s just sits there and I have pretend conversations with him. Or I bounce a ball with my head to him and he bounces it back while having said pretend conversation.” said Sora blushing because of her embarrassment, “I mean at least he let me get the materials needed once the base of my ranger suit was done.” “If he didn’t acknowledge you, I doubt that would be the case. If the lore about Cerberus is true, he only responds to the strongest of individuals, or the one he perceives as his master.” Gai rubbed his chin, “kinda fits with the whole theme of your suit actually: SPD’s own Goddess of Tartarus, Sky Gear!” He said, striking a pose, his index finger sticking upwards in the air in a backwards ‘L’. “Wouldn’t it be Hell Bat, Sky Gear?” questioned Sora, “besides I’m not that strong compared to any of the A-squad and those with crazy power in B-squad. I mean even the secretary has powerful ice powers.” “Strength isn’t always in your body, Sora.” Gai said, placing his fist against her chest, “believe it or not, I wasn’t even able to transform for the longest time because my body was too weak to sustain the transformation.” “But you got stronger, I know I’m strong in my own ways. But so far I can’t seem to ever use those strengths to do anything within SPD.” was her response. Gai’s grin widened as he snapped his fingers, causing a portal to open in the air above his free hand, a gold bracelet dropping down from it, “well then, you’re only answer is to become so overpowered that nopony could ever question it, not even yourself.” He held the band out to Sora, “put this on, it’ll help.” She blinked and nodded before picking up the band and looking at it for a moment before putting it on. Suddenly, she collapsed to the floor, her legs unable to support her own body weight. Killing intent started to escape the mare as she tried and barely got up a centimeter before falling down onto the floor once more, “Damn it! You didn’t have to do something at this level!” her voice was quite harsh, Sora using all of her might to get herself to kneel and glare up at Gai. “I think I did, the one thing holding you back is your lack of self-confidence. You’re already more than strong enough to make A-squad, I’ve seen you in action and you’ve been holding out on me. Since you won’t break out of your mental shell, I’ll give you a physical one to focus on. That band will adjust to your strength level and constantly force your body to become stronger, whenever you think of doubting yourself, just take it off and see how strong you really are.” He knelt down to her level, “all you need to do is believe in the ‘me’ that believes in you.” Killing intent spilled more and Sora could only growl out, “I’m weak since I’m only strong enough to kill someone, not take them down without damage myself or anyone I could protect. I’ve been beaten down time and time again and I know I’m weak, when the thought of killing somebeing is what gives you strength then it’s just anger and hate. As a reader I know that’ll just lead me down to hell.” Gai grabbed her shoulders and forced her to look at him, “the only one who can change that is you. You have the tools and the ponies to help you along, but you have to take that first step.” The thestral looked at Gai sternly before all the killing intent dissipated from around her, “I tried… I tried so hard, here at SPD, back at military school  and even in my youth. I’ve made the first step always to find a freaking wall that everyone else doesn’t have.” a hollow laugh filled the room. Gai grinned, “then break it. I refuse to give up on you, Sora. You’ve got a level of inner power that I’ve never seen before, so use it! Chomps already sees it, what’s stopping you? Some stupid wall? That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.” “Some ponies are just not as talented, they’ve tried their whole lives and won’t become stronger because of their ‘never give up’ attitude, I don’t want to be one of them.” muttered the mare, “But I am, I won’t accelerate forward without end, I will just train on and on. But I’ll never reach a height where I can be a main character, besides my own little story of life.” “Then what the hell are these for!?” Gai said, grabbing her wings and unfurling them, drawing a gasp from the downed thestral, “why have wings if you were never meant to fly? Doesn’t seem fair to us wingless folk.” He joked, “your potential is greater than you know because you’re starting from rock bottom. So fly!” “I don’t know how to use them properly okay!?” she said out agitated in small voice, “I’m a daughter of a junk trader, someone bound by the ground. I learnt to fly by myself and I’m just so old that it’s humiliating to ask anypony to help me learn how to fly.” “Well then, that’s your first task, isn’t it? After standing up, of course. I’m sure there’s somepony who will teach you to use your wings. After all, one of my greatest heroes started out as a junk trader.” “I… if I tell anyone, they’d just laugh and say I was telling a joke. I’ve had it happen 15 times, they say I fly well enough already. Yet every time I try to go fast I lose control, every time I dive deeply then my wings start going a bit out of control.” Sora just groaned, “Can we continue on somewhere else, anywhere but here where Boss Kruger can hear it?” “Why do you call him that?” Gai asked, cocking his head, “it’s ‘Cruger’ isn’t it?” “Um… you can notice the difference?” asked Sora suddenly put off by the sudden out of left field question. “Yeah, why not? You’re pronouncing his name weird.” “It just feels right, like calling him boss.” “Huh, anywhoo… Let’s go ask somepony to teach you to fly, if they laugh, I send them flying. That sound good?” Gai questioned, standing up. “But… you have to go soon...” mumbled Sora. “Well then, we’ll have to be fast, won’t we?” Gai said, slinging Sora over his shoulder before dashing out the door to Sugarcube Corner. “So I guess this is it then, Boss called you and your crew to return to the hanger since the Gokai Galleon is completely patched up.” said Sora, a bit saddened that the person who had granted her quite a boost of strength was leaving. “Guess so, can’t take advantage of the old dog’s hospitality forever,” Gai said, grinning at the thestral. “Still, you’ve got someone to show the light to, right?” said Sora knowing that Gai had his mission and she hers. “Yeah… yeah I do.” He pulled a small, white figure out of his coat, “I’m gonna need all the strength I can get, so can I borrow some of yours? Just put a sample of your DNA on this.” She used a nail to cut her finger, before using the wound to place a drop of blood on the white figure, “You brought quite a bit out, so it’s partially your power. But, of course you can borrow it.” Gai closed his eyes, the white figure shining with a brilliant white light. When it faded, the figure had turned into a representation of a familiar purple figure, “this,” he said, holding it up to her, “represents the power you accrued through your own effort. I have no doubts that it will be a great asset to everypony in this dimension.” “And now in your dimension as well. But I’m sure both of us will grow stronger and maybe with our bond, when I reach a new limit then the key will open a new door for you as well.” said Sora with a nod. “Just so we’re clear, the next time I show up, I’ll expect you to be ten times as strong. I won’t have my apprentice slacking off during her training, got it?” Gai said, grinning mischievously. “Hey I’m standing up already… so don’t worry too much, maybe prepare a reward for me just in case.” was her response grinning herself. “I’ll put some thought into it.” Gai said, before his face grew serious, “remember, all it takes for you to move forward is someone who’s got your back. And you have all of SPD to fall back on, not to mention one hell of a crazy pirate! Always remember: you can be a hero.” The Bat Pony nodded, “As long as you Reach out and Seize your dreams, because you have a crew that's growing and people who you will rescue out there. If I can be a hero, then a Displaced like you can become a Savior, a beacon of hope.” Sora chuckling a bit, “Geez all of this sounds so cheesy.” “I wanted to make sure you got your daily dose of calcium.” Sora tapped her goggles that were on her neck, “I’ve got everything I do recorded on here, so I won’t forget.” “Excellent, a balanced diet also helps, sometimes even more than belief!” With that, the two fell into a fit of uproarious laughter. Sora then went through one of her pouches for a bit before pulling out what seemed to identical pair of goggles, “Here, something else to remember me by. Don’t worry about me not having spares, I’m going to build more anyway.” Gai took the silver-rimmed goggles before slipping them over his head, letting them rest on his chest, “thanks Sora.” He said simply, smiling at her. “Well it’s also partially a multi-tool of sorts, multiple vision settings with each their own problems that might cause eye damage, but also recording systems for sight and sound.” explained Sora before scratching the back her head, “Sorry that yours is barebones in the color department, never really thought about colors in the design.” her own grey goggles looking quite plain on her neck. “Don’t worry about it,” Gai said, waving it off, “I’ll just have to make my fights extra showy!” He pumped his fist into the air, “HERE I COME, ZANGYACK SCUM!!!” Sora ears went flat when she noticed he was about to shout, sadly the volume still caused her feel it in her head, “Ow….” “Ah! Sorry! Forgot about bat pony ears being extra sensitive...” Gai said, visibly deflated. “More sensitive and can pick up higher pitched sounds, part of me wonders how I even get to function normally when in a suit.” Sora then got into a thinking pose with a finger on her chin, “Would my suit grant you extra sensitive hearing as well as my wind sensing?” “Why don’t we find out?” Gai said, pulling out the Gokai Cellular and inserting her key into it, “Gokai Change!” EEEEEEECHO TROOPER!!!! The voice cried as Gai was enveloped in a violet light. When the light faded, Gai was standing in front of Sora wearing a male version of her suit, the broader shoulder pads and flatter chest plate coupled with the pirate’s taller stature made him look more intimidating. “It worked!” He said, excitedly examining every part of the new suit. Sora hummed for a moment before tapping her goggles a bit before putting them on and looked through some stuff before making them emit a sound that she could hear and it was partially irritating because of the higher constant sound. “What’s that noise?” Gai asked, searching around for the source. Shutting off the sound, Sora could only smile and nod, “Test one complete, Sound Listening at higher level than before, going to Test two, feeling movement of wind.” She then started to walk around behind Gai. “Well, I definitely would be able to sense that, even without the suit.” Gai said, crossing his arms and taking a more relaxed stance, “elemental magic user, remember?” “You never said you could use magic.” Deadpanned Sora. “How do you think I was able to hurl lightning at your boss? Or roast those two Go-Onger phantoms?” “Um… abilities of the suit was the answer I came to since I don’t know the basics of the suits beyond the ones we use here at SPD.” said Sora before snapping her fingers, “Can you place your hand together in front of yourself before spreading out while saying “‘Sword Draw’?” She hoped that the summoning of H-Blade Cerberus would be possible. “Right.” He placed his hands together in front of him, “sword draw!” He cried, drawing his now flaming hands apart, the flames coalescing into a crimson blade. “It works, it works!” cheered Sora hopping on the spot. “Not sure I feel right stealing your sword like this...” Gai said, rubbing his helmet, “the suit was replicated using your DNA as a base for the key, but the blade is unique to you. Pirating it like I do would take it from wherever it was previously.” “And the construction of it can’t be done through normal means of the SPD suits since the materials are odd and require a good mix. So either I make a second sword, or maybe I can build you a new one, or maybe… can your device construct anything it has a design of?” “As long I have the materials and the correct image… what did you have in mind?” Gai asked, banishing the sword. “Super compressed white diamonds in the form of a sword, maybe change the crossguard to have another image, something like that.” “I think I can manage that and infuse it with some other fun stuff...” Gai said, rubbing his hands together. “Oh can you also add a scanner for cards on the bottom?” asked Sora. “What for?” She took out a card from her pouch with on it was the image of a Cybernetic Hydra, handing the card over to Gai he could easily feel that it wasn’t made out of cardboard but instead a metal of sorts, “Data cards like this plus dimensional magic… should have some interesting results.” “Summons? I can get summons!? Oh my yes!” Gai exclaimed, his voice going a few octaves higher from excitement. “It’s a possibility, but all that depends on if your magic can actually interface with these data cards.” suggested Sora, “But that’s all speculation of what is possible. I’ve got Cyber Hydra, Cyber Manticore and Girder Wolf cards, they are the creature with the most data I’ve been able to get, I don’t know what to do with them since it’s just a card with data and design plus extra stuff I’ve got about them.” Sora blushed as she handed the two others she had with her, “I really shouldn’t be using my time like this so often.” “No, this is amazing, I think I can make this work.” Gai muttered, looking over the cards, an image forming in his mind. “You should gather a database, which by using your goggles to scan opponents is possible, and then find a way to construct these cards yourself using that data, it’ll add more to your collection.” “I’ve got that covered,” He said, scanning the cards with his goggles, “so, when can we get started?” “Scan for backup data, nicely thought out. Well the cards use iron as a cover and the insides are programmable Crystals, so once you’ve got those you could make a machine to make these cards where you can put in data. Beyond that, you need your HyperDiamond Blade which still needs a name, how about ‘S-Blade Lucifer’…” Sora nodded, “Yeah that sounds like a strong name for a strong pirate to wield.” “A nice name…. Lucifer, the one who heralds morning....” Gai muttered, rubbing his chin. “Glad you agree. So once you’ve constructed your blade and add some feature where you can test out what you can actually do with these cards, only then you can really get started.” She then noticed someone approaching, “Oh hey Pipsqueak!” She called as Gai detransformed. The young earth pony waved, before walking up to them, “Cruger told me to tell you that Flurry’s finally separated from Twilight, probably not going to last very long.” “... I’m kinda glad that Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Prince Shining Armor didn’t appear, by the moon she wouldn’t want to leave.” muttered Sora shaking her head. Pipsqueak shuddered, “it would not be pretty, I can tell you that much.” “Wonder if even after this that she’d force a bridge between our worlds to exist so that she could become her own aunt.” said Sora smiling. “Somehow, I think that our worlds might end up closer than you might think sooner or later...” Gai muttered, putting the newly-dubbed DekaZero key into his coat pocket before snapping his fingers and opening a portal, “Pipsqueak, can you make sure she doesn’t blow a new hole into the side of the ship in some misguided escape attempt?” “So… like incapacitating her with painkillers or something like that?” asked Sora not knowing that it had happened before. “More like… keeping her occupied with sleight of hand tricks so she doesn’t freak out while we’re leaving.” Said Gai, wincing slightly at the memories of Pipsqueak’s medical incompetence. “Oi! That was ONE time! ONE!” Pipsqueak huffed indignantly, “not my fault I never finished primary school...” “Are we forgetting the time aboard the Galleon when we first arrived here? Didn’t think so.” Gai said to Pip’s floundering expression before lightly shoving him into the portal, closing it behind him. “You know… I don’t think not being able to read a container and primary school correlate all that much.” noted Sora. Gai shrugged, “just give this one to him, to be fair, both times were in very violent situations.” “You’ll likely be in another one once you leave.” said Sora as she looked at the roof of the hallway they were in. “With my luck? Pretty much guaranteed, but that’s what makes it fun, right?” Gai said, booping Sora on the nose before snapping open another portal, “better get going before Flurry decides to cause another apocalyptic blizzard.” “Ah before that… two more things I kinda wanted to tell you.” said Sora taking a deep breath, “Well first off, I’ve gotten quite a few modifications of the suit. Is there anyway you’d be able to use them when not interacting with me?” Gai rubbed his chin, “not sure, I think it might adjust since some of your blood is used, but I’d need to be aware of any changes to use them.” “Probably have to find a way to force you to summon Cerberus once I’ve attached a data crystal on it.” muttered Sora before taking another deep breath and letting it out slowly, “And… I think I’ve got feelings for you.” Gai’s face became pensive, “I see...” he muttered, breathing deeply. “I guess you’ve already got someone you’re look forward to seeing again, with that expression. Sorry to have bugged you with such a statement, I just wanted to have it off my chest. Honestly I don’t know what to do with this being my first crush, I think.” said Sora shaking her head and turning to leave, “I’ll let you gather your thoughts before you leave.” “Sora, that’s not it, it’s just...” he chuckled a bit, “you kinda caught me off guard there, I’m not sure how I should react.” “Confused and uncertain. We’ve only interacted for a few days so it is pretty sudden, and I’m sure I’m just a friend in your eyes. But in time we probably could become something, but we’re both got our own duties and the distance is a bit much, so I think I better just find someone closer to home to actually like.” “I’m sure you can find someone in this verse who will think the world of you, Sora, and until then, I’ll be rooting for you as your mentor and friend.” “I don’t know what caused me to fall for you in the first place, so who knows.” said Sora not facing Gai, “I’ll find a way to inform you when Ruin and Victory Modes of the suit are done.” “Sora,” Gai said, turning her to face him, “don’t worry about it, I’ll be fine if that’s what you’re worried about, you just focus on getting stronger. You’re going to be a hero, right?” Sora turned to tear filled eyes to Gai’s eyes before nodding, “Yeah… I’ll be a hero one day, and I’m not worried about you, its just,” Sora took a moment to find some words, “I guess I feel disappointed my feelings weren’t reacted to, even if I knew they wouldn’t…” “Sora, look at me. I do care about you, that’s why I know you’ll make me proud here. I can’t return your feelings because I know that this is where you belong. Cruger’s SPD is where the strong gather to bring hope to those who don’t have any. Me? I’m just a Gai with a fancy ship and a penchant for blowing things up.” “Just a Guy with a heart of Chaos, maybe that’s what I like about you. But then again, I guess we both dislike agreeing that we’re more than what we see ourselves as, right?” Gai chuckled, “I guess we both need someone to lean on from time to time. I’ll see you again, Sora. And then I’ll see how much stronger you’ve gotten.” “Maybe then we can both use magic and then see which of our attacks are the strongest. But you’ve got a crew to get to and I’m sure she’ll be a pony that you can lean on.” smiled Sora, “I’ll make the updates obvious when they happen, black for Ruin and white for Victory.” Gai nodded, smiling at his pupil, “until the next time, Sora.” “Until we stand below the same moon once more, Gai.” With a nod and a wave, Gai stepped through the portal, the hole between spaces closing shut behind him. Sora smiled as she watched the space before blinking before tilting her in confusion head, “Why am I thinking about that giant yellow robot that the Boss wanted R&D to build now of all times?” Sora shook her head and knew what she had to do, “First I train a bit more, then see my new teacher to learn how to fly properly, and then maybe if possible learn magic, Discord maybe?” she then walked off feeling heavy yet light at the same time.