[FFML] [FIC][BGC] Frozen Butterfly arc 3 chapter 4 Final Draft

[O David Morgan]

skychan wrote:

>>> I think you are paranoid.  Just because cannonically Priss kill's Sylvie
>>> in the next few day's, Anri gets swept up by Largo, and beam satalites
>>> destroy several Genom towers, countless lives, and decimate Australian and
>>> German cities... well whats the problem?
>>>
>>
>> Of course I'm paranoid, that's what I do ;)
>> But NOW the KS are going to have a DD Battlemover and/or fusion bomb! And
>> you think a little downtime is supposed to make me happy, hmm?
>>
>> ^_^
>>
>> Beam sats are one of the things I like most about original BGC... good
>> times :)
>
> Why wouldn't downtime make you happy?

Ehehe... that was a bad paraphrase of a line from The Princess Bride. 
(and as poorly as I remembered it, I should probably go rewatch that 
soon.) No worries :)

Downtime makes me happy; Sylia + DD + fusionbomb does not, so much, 
and the downtime does not make up for the rest of it.

But I *am* glad to see Kari feeling less stressed out, even if I'm 
waiting for the other shoe to drop somewhere.

> That means that Largo has more time to get control of the beam
> satelites and so they are more likely to make an appearance in my
> fic right?

Good... good....   :D

>>> As for what she's doing... well I would think it obvious. She's
>>> planning to trade a potentially VERY dangerous battlemover for
>>> money, repairs, and identities for her cousins as well as perhaps
>>> some good will and understanding.
>>
>> Bottom line: I thought she was trying to avoid the KS, and now it sounds
>> like she's gonna knock on the door at the Silky Doll and try to sell them a
>> battlemover w/ fusion bomb in exchange for... why expect the KS to exchange
>> anything? Only way to stand up to the hardsuits is with the battlemover and
>> using it to fight is NOT an option.
>>
>> That's what threw me. But either she's got an idea I'm not expecting, or
>> things just won't go the way she plans. Either way should be interesting :)
>
> Remember, unreliable narator here.  She doesn't have a plan, or didn't
> before this conversation started. What she does have are goals and means,
> and a little time to try and figure out the way's to use those means to
> reach them.  Of course if Priss goes on a murder rampage, and Sylia sends
> the KS out to finish off what's left those plans might not matter very
> much.

True dat. (And just to be clear, I am arguing with Kari here, not the 
author; sometimes I am not clear on that point.)

It had been my understanding from previously in the chapter that Kari 
was trying to avoid the KS (with the possible exception of Nene 
(though she's presumably avoiding Pink Saber)).
But now she wants to open negotiations with them?

Such negotiations just have enough red flags in my head that I 
expected her to think about it some BEFORE bringing up that part of 
the plan. But that's me, not her. I totally understand that some 
people are more impulsive/risky planners than I am ;)

And so I'm eagerly waiting to see how the planning turns out and how 
the meet goes, after. You DID end dramatically after all, and there 
are several directions the conversation could go from there.


Also to clarify: I am VERY glad that she's bringing up the KS at all, 
after deciding against threatening Sylvie and Anri with them.
Considering that Priss is Blue Saber (though I don't expect Kari to 
leak that to Sylvie) it does seem in Sylvie's best interest to at 
least be aware of their existence.

If she figures it out on her own she can always claim to have learned 
about them on the internet or something, right?
-Strike & Co.
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