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Subplots

Broken Mirror

The Vist Foundation concludes it will need to use more drastic measures to attend to business surrounding the final Coordinate.

This subplot includes heavy, high-resolution depictions of mind control, torture, and memory manipulation.

This subplot has very precise timing, and not all logs' IC dates and OOC dates match! As a result, this section of this page highlights timeline elements more clearly.

22 May 0097

• 2023-05-22: Changing Itinerary - Akane and Rikka take a wrong turn on their road trip with catastrophic consequences, drawing them into the wake of the Garuda.

23~26 May 0097

• 2023-05-23: 0097 Sect 0: Test Array - DECLASSIFIED - Dr. Murasame and Martha Vist Carbine follow through on a 'personnel request,' attempting to turn Rikka Takarada into a means by which to pollute "Puru-1's" psychic landscape.
• 2023-05-26: Broken Mirror - The Vist Foundation, seeking the final Coordinate, makes a drastic show of force in Dakar.
  • 2023-05-26: Broken Mirror - Yuliana's Assault: Yuliana Kafim attempts to save Leina Ashta from her fate. Concurrent with Broken Mirror.
• 2023-05-27: Intrigue - Alexis Kerib finally makes good on his promise to provide a more robust distraction for Martha Vist Carbine by deploying kaiju in Nouvelle Tokyo, but everyone involved gets more than they bargained for. (Crossover with Cosmic Law plot.)

27 May 0097

• 2023-06-01: Every Wicked Thing - Banagher receives a visit from Leina Ashta (Puru-1) after becoming a captive of the Vist Foundation.
• 2023-05-30: Belonging - Treasure Chest visits Alouette Pommier for a medical assessment after Alouette is dragged into the wake of the Garuda's movements.
• 2023-05-27: High Stakes Negotiation - Puru-1 speaks with Mineva Lao Zabi about her betrayal. Martha Vist Carbine pays the Princess a visit for lunch and some girl talk.
• 2023-05-27: Playing Games - Akane Shinjo begins to pull at the strings connecting those on the Garuda. Lying her way through countless interactions, she does her best to create hope in a lightless place.
• 2023-06-01: Banagher's Resolve - Visiting Banagher Links between meetings, Akane Shinjo does her best to buoy his broken spirit.
• 2023-06-01: Psycommu Test Array 4 - Unfortunately, Dr. Murasame accelerates Treasure Chest's conditioning and her bonds with Puru-1... but the hope Akane paid forward allows Banagher to interfere.

28 May 0097

• 2023-05-30: Head Up - Akane Shinjo and Rikka Takarada have a brief conversation in a secluded pocket of Minovsky interference near Dakar on their trip out to retrieve Ramo Marusa. Both of them fear it's the last one they'll ever "really" have.
• 2023-06-02: Who's Trapped In This Labyrinth? - Who comes is not Ramo Marusa, but Gridknight. The cost of "room to move" becomes all too apparent.
• 2023-05-29: Memories of Courage and Miracles - Banagher and Alouette spend a little time together in their cells. While the goal had been to allow them to drag each other into the mire, Alouette gives Banagher a little of her courage.
• 2023-06-01: A Friendly Voice - Treasure Chest is sent to check up on Banagher.

29 May 0097

• 2023-06-03: Bargaining Key - Banagher and Alberto Vist talk to one another as brothers. Finding common ground takes more than just blood ties, though.
• 2023-05-31: How Many Chances It Takes - Alouette and Puru-1 speak, and Alouette does her best to remind Leina that no one is limited to just one or two chances.
• 2023-06-05: Gilded Cages - Aumerei performs a 'product demonstration' for Her Highness, with Martha Vist Carbine hoping it will adjust her bargaining posture.
• 2023-05-31: Favors Traded - Alberto asks Aumerei to help him get Leina to take care of herself. She does her best, though it takes more lies and more cheating in the end.

30 May 0097

• 2023-06-01: Vessels Adrift - The Vist Foundation's weapons speak to each other. It proves difficult to find words sooner than later.
• 2023-05-31: Final Preparations ~RELIEVE~ - Akane finally lets Alouette in on the true nature of her plan.
• 2023-05-30: Desperate Movements - Char offers Sayla his help in saving the Garuda's captives. Sayla accepts, despite her better instincts.

• 2023-06-03: Where Feelings and Power Go - At long last, everyone on the Garuda finds room to move.

• 2023-05-30: Sleepless Despair, Hopeful Rest - Sayla approaches Rikka's mother about the news of her kidnapping. The conversation is interrupted by a text from Akane - they got out. Rikka's recovery will take time... but the future exists.

31 May 0097

• 2023-06-04: A Contrast of Care - Captain Zinnerman checks in with Banagher in the wake of the Garuda escape, offering the young man a pillar to support himself - and presents a gift that says no matter what, the hunted scion of Vist has a real family to come home to.

02 June 0097

• 2023-06-02: ?...you're asking mE - Sayla Mass asks Yuliana Kafim to meet; they talk about the monstrosity of Dr. Murasame, and Yuliana volunteers the data she's collected from his lab.

5 June 0097

• 2023-06-05 Pierrot Le Fou - Just what happened to Dr. Murasame after the Garuda's capture, and how has he continued to make his escape?

Re: I am

Having lost the Unicorn Gundam, Mineva Lao Zabi, and the majority of her hostages; Martha Vist-Carbine loses patience and orders the Federation to annihilate the Three Ship's Alliance to destroy the means for anyone to seek Laplace's Box for good. At the same time, tensions between the Three Ship's Alliance and the Sleeves cause armed conflict to break out between them. As battle lines are drawn, Puru-1 enters the battlefield to attempt to kill the Beast of Possibility.

This subplot contains references to brainwashing, and psychic horror.

23 June 0097

• 2023-06-14: Insurrection - A misunderstanding between the Three Ship's Alliance and the Sleeves boils over, causing an armed conflict aboard the Ra Mari II. In the midst of this heated battle, how will this change things forever for the lives of its participants?
• 2023-06-23: Breath in the Cold World - Alberto Vist warns Puru-1 of Martha Vist-Carbine's aims to send the Federation Fleet to annihilate the Three Ship's Alliance. After being launched into space, she issues a warning of her own.
• 2023-06-23: I. Please Hear Me - The Photon Power Labs team, assisted by Christina MacKenzie attempt to intercept the Banshee Norn before it reaches the battle between the Three Ship's Alliance, the Federation, and the Sleeves; but arrive to find the Federation is already taking steps to deal with Vist-Carbine's rogue agent once and for all. Will they be able to convince her to divert from her current course?
• 2023-06-23: II. I Want To Tell You - Puru-1 fights Federation forces and members of the Three Ship's Alliance as she tries to reach Banagher Links and the Unicorn Gundam. The combatants, including Roux Louka and Renalle kan Zeitun try to reach her, and refocus her on what she's doing. Another participant, Nova raises another question entirely, is this really an anime?
• 2023-06-23: III. Please Sing To Me - Thoroughly spooked from her encounter with the Three Ship's Alliance, it isn't long before Puru-1 smashes right back into the Federation forces on such a large battlefield. Liam and Lucine try to reason with her only to find her erratic; only for the Ruin Apostle, Ennil El, to show up. Will this strange alliance be able to get to her?
• 2023-06-23: IV. I Wanna Hear Your Voice - The Shuffle Alliance makes their move on the battlefield in a Tausendfuessler Lugh to try and stop Puru-1's rampage. Sayla Mass tries a desperate appeal to see if she can reach her, by telling her what she means to her, whereas Teletha Testarossa tries to reach out to her as a normal girl. Will she deny even AL, and the possibility he represents?
• 2023-06-21: Insurrection: Aphelion - Thoroughly enraged by the actions of the Three Ship's Alliance, Angelo moves to wipe the filth clean from space. At the same time, the General Revil and the Federation fleet attempt to solve the problem of the Three Ship's Alliance once and for all. In the midst of the battle, tragedy, for someone who had found a second chance, and grief for those whose lives she had touched.
• 2023-06-23: V. We Must Learn How To Live And Die - Old trauma and new grief temporarily divert Puru-1 to vent upon stragglers from the Sleeves retreat. Meanwhile Rita Bernal calls upon a group of combatants to delay the Banshee Norn, including Marida Cruz and Trevor Teach. Will it be enough? And can Suberoa Zinnerman convince her that something has changed?
• 2023-06-23: VI. Re: I am - Puru-1 catches up to the Unicorn Gundam, causing an immediate clash as she tries to kill the Beast of Possibility. Banagher Links is not alone in this fight, as he's joined by Judau Ashta to try and save his sister from the feelings that hold her in thrall. As Psycoframes and Biosensor resonates, they are joined by numerous connections, who empower the pair, but will it be enough to prevent yet another tragedy of the Universal Century?
• 2023-06-28: Madre e Hija - With the battle with Puru-1 finally over, Sayla goes to convince Leina to come out of the Banshee's cockpit. Afterwards, the two make their way back to Earth on a Smuggler's vessel, taking stock of how much rebuilding Leina is going to need. CW: References to Brainwashing.