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[color=af3f3f][b]Role:[/b][/color] SOLDIER 1st Class
[color=af3f3f][b]Location:[/b][/color] Junon
[color=af3f3f][b]Tag:[/b][/color] Caius - [@Sudkurve], Laphicet - [@Tenma Tendo], Astral - [@Renny], Damian - [@Zarkun][/center][hr]

Before Alain could offer a reply, a groaning noise from the Cricket told him to get off the machine's back and to do it right the hell [i]now[/i]. Just as the machine fell off the barrel, but before it fell too far out of view, Alain's form seemed to shoot up from it like a rocket. He jumped with enough height to land safely back on the Sister Ray barrel but left it at that. He shot a silent glare in Damien's direction, and then broke that silence with a retort.

"Oh no you don't." Alain snapped back at the older SOLDIER. He took a few steps forward as if ready to throw a punch. Thankfully he restrained himself from doing so, "You're [i]not[/i] pinning this crap on me! [b]You[/b] are the one who butted in, cast a Demi spell without even fully assessing the situation. That laser weapon was aimed squarely at [b]you[/b], responding to [b]you're[/b] actions. So no, this is on you, not me. And I'll make sure Scarlet knows exactly who is responsible for this debacle." as if by perfect timing, that was when the Radio Command came in, "And speak of the devil, let's see what [i]she[/i] has to say about this."

Inwardly, Alain was mentally bracing himself. Of course they would [i]all[/i] be getting reprimanded, that went without saying. To think otherwise would have been foolish, not to mention naive. Still, as long as Scarlet was made aware of who was most at fault then that person could at least catch the brunt of her ire compared to everyone else. Honestly, the whole damn company was a broken mess the closer to the top one looked. People who either didn't care or were actively just in it for themselves were running the show. That much was common knowledge. And that fact was something Alain was seriously considering seeking to change somehow, though how a single SOLDIER - even 1st Class - could change anything about a company whose dirty laundry likely went all the way up to the top was a question to be pondered another day.

[i]Even if it has to be by the tip of my spear, I can't just sit idly in my position any longer... I have to climb higher.[/i]