Message #323683

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-==IC: InAki==-
"I'll tell you why."  Aki raises his hand and slowly revolves in the center of the room.  As he reaches Sonia, he points dramatically at her.  "Her.  She and her friend Erica got jumpy, and oh-so-cleverly started a fight with the Chosen Ones.  And lost."  Aki rolls his eyes.  "Rather than slowly draw them into the city, draining their reserves with constant fights and the looming danger of discovery--after all, it takes a lot more Ki to kill something quickly and quietly than it does to just blast 'em all--rather than taking the smart, logical, sensible plan, Erica decides to jump out and start a fight with three fire-types and Rakoua--all at full strength.  Then, when she inexplicably starts losing, does she call on her troops?  No!  She just keeps fighting until they've got her half-frozen--"

"Frozen?" someone asks.

"Yeah, fire-types can absorb heat.  Don't you guys read?  So anyhow, after these two fire-guys pull a Vakama, I have to risk breaking cover just to extract her--and then the fool starts attacking me!"

"But that's not all of it.  You'd expect that, with Erica out of the picture, the troops would have moved in and mowed down the Chosen Ones...but no.  When I got back, this moron--" Aki jerked his thumb dismissively over his shoulder at Sonia "--decides not only not to kill them outright, but to blow one of the biggest hidden cards we had to play: herself."  Aki spins and glares angrily at the Chaos Guardian of Sonics.  "Have you learned nothing in all your time here?  I know we trained you better than this--I got a grand total of FIVE MINUTES with Naikage, and yet even I know better than to blow an operation by giving away your best hand."  Aki spins on his heel with carefully calculated disgust.  "Neo, these were not the actions of a responsible, reliable Guardian; nor were they the actions of an individual who is an asset to this organization.  These mistakes belong to a fool.  A liability.  I'd say some punishment is in order, wouldn't you?"