[b][i]Mission Three - Assault on Jinghong Dam - GM Post Part One[/i][/b]

[b]Mekong River - 10/25/2022, 22:20 UTC+8[/b]

It was his love for his brother and his brother's love for him that had awoken their Noble Arms, and it was his brother being shot and barely clinging on to life due to his Arms Master Survivability that had made Wei Rui conclude that he had to surrender. So trying to remember his English lessons from better times, the man shouted, "Wait! We surrender!"

To prove his intentions, he dispelled his Noble Arm, causing his costume to scatter into motes of light and bringing him back to his PLA Uniform. Gone was the somewhat cocky and arrogant soldier who had wanted to avenge his fellows; Wei Rui just wanted to save his brother. 

"Please..." he pleaded, even though he knew that he had a share in Ai Chen's depravities, that by guarding her camp, he had helped her commit unspeakable acts. No excuse, not even the 'there was nothing he could have done' line, not when he had the potential to be an Arms Master all along.

First Lieutenant Noel Alonso was prepared to follow the rules of war, and said to Myron, "Get me a pair of handcuffs and a first aid kit. Once we make sure the second surrendered Arms Master is stable, put them in data storage in your disk."

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Basilia Bernardino looked at her sister and said in a cold, clipped tone, "[i]Masarap ang buhay mo ngayon, alam mo ba? (Your life is good right now, you know that?)[/i]"

Then she shifted to English, "Cristina, this world isn't worth saving. I realized that when you abandoned me so long ago. But Superbia, [i]Pride[/i], showed me the truth - That I was sacrificing too much for you, that I gave and gave to you that you cannot give back. And all for what? For you to forget about me? To pursue life as a mercenary? To find new friends? [i]Hija, walang pagmamahal na walang kondisyon (Girl, there is no love without a condition)[/i]."

She stepped forward, allowing the light to glint on the black latex of her costume that made her look like a stereotypical femme fatale, and drew her swords, before saying, "Now, out of my way; the fools you call friends need to be introduced to my Master..."

And as Myron and Noel had finished giving Han Rui medical attention before putting him and Wei Rui in storage, Basilia stepped forward in full view of Nico and the others, drawing her two swords; Noble Arms of potent power, then cutting the space in front of her with a black sword, from where a tall man, wearing a black suit, a black mask that made him look a bit crab-like, with bare white arms and black boots, smoothly walked out with an almost feline grace.

The light suddenly seemed to dim, while the heat grew more oppressive. Basilia then introduced herself, "Hello, morons! I am Basilia Bernardino, Cristina's abandoned sister, a member of the Downward Descent, and this is an Avatar of Superbia the smallest fragment of the smallest fragment of the [i]leader of the Downward Descent[/i]. And we're here to make you feel like Worf!"

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