Message #323787

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-==IC: Aki==-
Aki nodded, then stood and gestured for Sonia to do the same.  "Come.  The recess will be over soon.  There is one more thing I must bring before Neo and the council."

---Shortly---
"So, now that we have resumed, it is time we turn our thoughts to the future.  Our plans, my friends.  Thus far, some of our plans have been successful, but too many have not."  Aki surveys the room, noticing some degree of grudging interest on most of the faces.  Good.  "This one," Aki said, gesturing toward the ex-Guardian he had stripped of her Chaos Code mere hours previously, "was the result of and old plan, an old way of thinking."  Aki noted Naikage's disapproving look, and directed the next part of his speech to address her.  "Now--it was by no means a bad plan.  But it was misdirected, and, I need hardly say, poorly executed upon the front end.  You operated from old information, intelligence that was far out of date.  You relied too strongly on familial relationships--relationships that we have proven to be easily torn, easily repudiated.  We must instead focus our efforts on a more delicate--and yet far more compelling--type of connection."  Aki pauses for effect, and begins pacing around the room.  "Earlier I spoke of a weakness--or rather, that of the Inner Ki Being that shares my form."  Aki grins predatorally, even as anguish rips through his heart.  "Love.  My inner self was in love.  With a girl.  A female girl.  Of the female sort.  Attractive little wench, flowing hair, soulful eyes, the whole jazz.  But I...I was stronger than that, and so I ruthlessly exploited his desire, to twist his mind, until he fell completely within my own domination."  Aki removes a small, 6-inch long, flat rectangular device from his pack, rotating it in his hands but concealing the other side from his audience.  "Ladies and gentlemen, that...is a most potent desire, one we can devilishly enslave to our own ends.  And I have an ideal target, one who will tear apart not one, not two, but three of the Chosen Ones' strongest fighters--and ironically, it's the exact same girl that would prevent my inner self's full cooperation in the total annhiliation of the Chosen Ones.  Fellow Guardians--Master Neo--may I present our next target, our next recruit, and our next Candidate--"  Aki throws the device--a small digital photo frame--on the table, and the electronics within project the image in midair for all in the room to see.

"Skye Stari."