[IC] Mobile Suit Gundam - Those Who Correct - Crossover

[GreenGoat]

Wel, that was a good nap. Unfortunately that meant the whole mission was boring, which means Nena won't be pleased. She always was a bit wilder without her brothers around in Reve's opinion.

"Nena~" Reve hugged Nena from behind. "Lets just leave these people and go get do something fun, shall we?" Reve leaned in closer to Nena and whispered in her ears. "We only have to endure this until we find the rest of Celestial Beings. Then we can do whatever we like."

To be honest, these people were starting to get on her nerves; what with all these people walking like they got sticks up their butts, with attitudes to match. It was not really surprising humans kill each other all the time, the barbaric creatures they were. In fact, she knew very little humans who were really nice, like that princess girl.

[Sugihito]

The Instructor exited his transport to find the confrontation between Paul and Nena. He considered intervening but it looks like the problem solved itself anyway. He found Donna at the catwalk out of her Mobile Suit, and climbed up to speak to her in person. "The visit was... I have to say surprising." The man started the conversation.
Donna looked at him. "Did negotiations go bad?" She asked.
The man shook his head. "No, it went smooth." He replied. "The Mariemeia we met looked like she is from a different timeline. She was much older than I remembered."
The Gundam pilot looked with concern. "You mean she won in her own timeline?" She asked again.
The Instructor showed his puzzled face. "It looks like." He answered back. "In order to secure an alliance, she wants us to attack another force close by. The Sundown doesn't want a new enemy and it looks like that you'll be fighting again."
Donna showed her disappointed face. "The things we do to survive." She muttered.
Her mentor saw the expression. "I share your sentiments Donna." He responded to it. "But for survival we have to." There was some idea that could help. "I don't know if it will help but as the Lindemann family is a Treize loyalist family I think if you cooperate it will bring us to a more favourable standing."
She nodded. "Yes sir." She nodded. "Who are we fighting this time?" She asked one last time."
He shook his head. "The Sundown will inform you." He told her. "Good luck."

[Zarkun]

Jack piloted the Duel into it's recharge station and powered down most of the systems, but keeping a few choice ones open that he used. Ever since he'd arrived on this strange Earth, he'd been trying to reach the Earth Alliance command back home, with no success. Still, he wasn't gonna give up. On top of that, he was still listening to music to calm his nerves after the meeting. Who did that woman think she was, ordering people who weren't even under her command around and treating them like idiots. It was fortunate he knew when and where to blow a gasket and that certainly wasn't one of those times. He listened to Neena and Paul go at it and shook his head, still wondering how someone hadn't shot the girl already with the way she ran her mouth. Who am I kidding? Preach about not treating everyone like an enemy and then I go and wonder why an ally hasn't been shot dead. Keep it straight, Jameson. Letting the song he was on finish, he shuts down the last few systems and opens up the cockpit, climbing out after locking the controls so only he could use Duel.

[vancexentan]

Grant broke off from Graham as he walked over to Jameson, "Hey buddy you ok man?" Grant asked walking up to him and clapped a hand on his shoulder. "I didn't think this would be too stressful for anyone but the Lieutenant. I mean all you guys had to do was keep him safe he had to negotiate the whole thing. Just a word of warning there's probably going to be a meeting soon with the Captain and the night watch will take over on the bridge. Jason usually wants to brief the ground teams every time a mission is done to make sure he doesn't get any details slip past the cracks. But hey until then me, you, and my team can all get a drink at the cafeteria if you want. Hope you like water boss." Grant said in a friendly manner with a cracked smile as he ran his hand through his sweat covered brown hair. He hadn't done anything but that cockpit was getting hot just sitting there with the thing turned mostly off. "So your the other gundam pilot huh? We haven't got a chance to talk either. So let me introduce myself formally. Graham Aker Conscript, Flag Fighter Captain, and rival to all gundams. What about you what's your deal?" Graham Aker said to Jameson suddenly as he came over to look at him.

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Yuri walked over to Donna and the Instructor and whistled, "Hey you two alright over there? Miss Baker wanted me check up on you guys to make sure you're alright!" Yuri told them as he pointed at his ear piece. "You two look stressed everything good? Is the ship a bit rickety or something need to tinker it some more? I'm so fixated on Virtue I've been having trouble keeping everything else going smoothly."

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As Nena went over to respond to Reve suddenly a loud shout permeated the area around them as Puru came over too both of them. "Hey you two! Wanna go take a bath! Everyone's so busy and no one wants take one with me even Miss Baker! You two seem to be free normally since everyone dislikes you so I thought I'd make some new friends and get someone to talk to at the same time! I even managed to sneak past Captain Jason to get here! So come on please with a cherry on top!?" Puru said bombastically bobbing back and forth and smiling like a demented menace as Nena just looked at her. "You're out of your mind as usual huh Puru? Well I'm sorry but I take baths by myself and it's not like the baths are large enough for three people you know. And hey why do you like baths so much anyways!? It's weird!" Nena complained as Puru explained they were relaxing and she could hang out with other people while having one. "Besides Paul's all too uptight, Gabriel had a sprained ankle, and the others here would call me names if I asked them. Please!"

[GreenGoat]

"Hey you two! Wanna go take a bath! Everyone's so busy and no one wants take one with me even Miss Baker! You two seem to be free normally since everyone dislikes you so I thought I'd make some new friends and get someone to talk to at the same time! I even managed to sneak past Captain Jason to get here! So come on please with a cherry on top!?"

"Ahaha~ Hear that Nena? No one likes us. How surprising!" Reve was genuinely amused. While she didn't give one hoot whether they liked her or not, Puru coming over and saying that like it was something new was highly entertaining.

"You're out of your mind as usual huh Puru? Well I'm sorry but I take baths by myself and it's not like the baths are large enough for three people you know. And hey why do you like baths so much anyways!? It's weird!"


"Eh~? Taking a bath sounds wonderful after that borefest of a meeting just now. Or are you just acting shy?" With a sly smile, Reve hugged Nena closer, prodding her belly. "Or....Did you gain some we~ight~?"

[Zarkun]

Jack took off his helmet before answering Grant, wiping some of the sweat off his brow that had accumulated during the trip back to the Sundown. "No issue, just keeping myself in check. I'm Lieutenant Jack Jameson, Earth Alliance Gundam Pilot." He pointed back to the Duel and grinned in spite of himself. "That's Gundam Duel, one of two in the Earth Alliance's possession. As for the drink, I think I'll take you up on that. Could use something after that meeting."

[vancexentan]

Nena blushed and pulled away, "You know out of all the people in Celestial Being I least expected you to be a filthy pervert Reve." grunted Nena as she pulled away and grabbed her body. "And if anything I lost weight these jerkasses left me in a cell for a couple of days without food for most of the stay!" Nena said as one of the Beta Team soldiers whistled by Nena who blushed brighter and flipped him off and called him various names. "Oh come on Nena you don't need to be self-conscious I mean your things are way bigger than Reve's!" said Puru in a sincerely nice tone.

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Graham looked over at the three over on the other side of the hanger bay and rolled his eyes, "How those guys run a successful terrorist organization with people like them in their midst are beyond me." grumbled Graham as he looked back to Jack. "You know Jameson I'm looking forward to seeing how you hold up to the boy I will surpass and your fellow Lieutenant. He is without a doubt one of the people I seek to surpass. Before you came here he tried to rescue Stella with a sword against a laser. A man who's willing to give it all to defend his people even if they're his enemies. Tell me Jameson are you willing to put aside your life for your ideals to fight with your duel gundam for what you believe in?" Graham asked with passion and gusto. Grant simply looked at him and twirled his finger around his head. "Soo...then...." Grant said with a awkward stare at Graham.

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Paul entered the meeting room as Jason looked at him, "So Lieutenant how was your little business trip? I know you don't make those very often." Jason said with a smile at his old friend as Paul sat down heavily in a chair. "To be short and sweet we have ZAFT nearby, we got ourselves into another fight with an unknown enemy, and the people who came with me were no help at all. What else is new?" Paul answered Jason as he looked at his lieutenant and sighed. "You know Paul you could at least have some grace. You don't need to be all business all the time." the captain suggested to Paul who snorted at the idea. "Oh yeah because I'm completely fine with my lot in life. You know between not seeing my wife for months on end, sacrificing the lives of brilliant men in exchange for some little tyrant's help, and keeping terrorists on board. Not to mention being stuck in wonderland...Captain sir I just hope that you forgive me for the second one." Paul said sighing as he informed him about the mission between them and Mariemaia which Paul had agreed to perform. Jason leaned back in his chair and looked at Paul.

"So...more violence. What a surprise this is really our lives in a nut shell." Jason said with a placid tone as he rubbed his hand against the table slowly. "We have no choice if we don't follow up Mariemaia will not just let it go. She will come after us. This enemy we fight has been razzing us anyways. It's been costing us valuable spare parts and ammo to fight them off. Hopefully we can put them to sleep with minimal effort. I will trust you on this Lieutenant but the more pressing matter is getting out of here not ZAFT." Jason said as Paul frowned, "But they could know what has happened to us sir with all due respect we should-" Paul started as Jason held up his hand for him to stop.

"Paul are you hoping it's Kyleson?" Jason asked him gently as Paul's frown became a full on scowl. "No, but if it is that bastard I'll kill that son of a bitch for what he did...I swore that I would get him back for killing all those people. I-" Paul started to grip the table tightly as he remembered that day back in London that fateful day on which his life broke in half. Jason got up and walked over to Paul and put a hand on his shoulder, "You're not a boy anymore Lieutenant you've got to control yourself more. I'm sure anyone who has the same newtype potential as you do could feel you letting your emotions get the better of you. I need you here Lieutenant don't do anything stupid just let's take this one step at a time. Why don't you go see how Stella is? I promise everything will be ok." Jason said as Paul nodded sighing with resignation that he had indeed acted childishly even if Jason was too polite to say so. Paul left the room as Jason looked on. "Lieutenant...I know that Kyleson was greatest bane but sometimes you need to know...when enough is enough." Jason said in resignation as he exited the room. Jason didn't even need to look to find the young Miss Baker standing near by. "So Miss Baker what could I help you with now?" Jason asked the young bridge hand as she smiled and shook her head, "It's nothing sir I just came to see if you needed something." she saluted the Captain and walked away but Jason could feel it. "The Lieutenant will be just fine Miss Baker." Jason said with a chuckle as Baker nodded. "Yeah he looked pretty mad just now." She replied simply as she kept walking away.

[Sugihito]

Instructor W and Donna looked at Yuri approaching them. "Thank you for asking." The former responded. "We are doing well." He thought about the Gundam Virtue. "If there is some problem with the workflow of repairs I may be able to help?" He offered to the engineer. "It has also been a while since I worked with another engineer."

Donna looked at the conversation between the engineers and climbed down the catwalk only to hear the commotion between the two Celestial Being and Puru. "They are supposed to be a paramilitary organisation responsible for one-sided battles right?" She thought in confusion. "Um... what is up?" She tried hard to try and interact with them, observing how Nena is in some death-glare mode. She sometimes wondered if interacting with psychopaths on their side (Puru's an exception) is a good idea at all.

[vancexentan]

"Well I can't let you work on the daggers but if you manage Sandrock, and help me with Virtue and Graham's flag then I could sure as hell appreciate anything you can do. I'm only one small guy in a big ship like this. My crew is already workin' themselves to the bone just keeping this ship in working order. Thank god this ship ain't a normal Archangel class or we'd be in trouble Instructor. This baby is meant for being out in space for months if need be. The Sundown won't go down unless someone brings her down with something heavy. And over Jason's dead body but let's not talk about the Captain." Yuri commented complacently as he gestured towards the various suits around the hanger. "My guys are already working on the suits in the other hanger so everything's peachy over there."

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"Oh hey Donna I'm just asking these two if they wanted to take a bath! You know release stress, build friendship, and get squeaky clean all at the same time!" Puru said with a smile as she walked over to Donna. "You ok? I was worried I would need to run down to the hanger to rescue you guys if you got in trouble out there. You had me worried!" Puru said with peppy upbeat tone. Nena face palmed at Puru's comments towards Donna, "Hey Puru she wasn't with them you twit!" Nena said as Puru told her to stop being a meanie causing the two to break out in an argument about Puru's attitude before SIGMA Leader told them to calm down sternly making Puru back down while Nena simply started to smack talk SIGMA before Grant yelled over to tell her to pipe down or they're throw her in the cell again which effectively got her to stop.

[Zarkun]

Jack shook his head as he held his helmet under one arm. "Look, I get it. You don't like me. But I'm not here to compare myself to someone from another universe, I'm not here to compare myself from my own even. When I get in that cockpit, it's to protect people who can't protect themselves. Every time I get in it, I put my life on the line so they don't have to, so they can go on to have a happier future." He looks real hard at Graham. "If I wasn't interested in fighting for my ideals, I wouldn't have enlisted. Now do me a favor and stop comparing me to others. You don't even know me." And with that, Jack pushed past Graham towards the locker room.

"Oh, I'm still down for that drink Grant. Meet you guys down there in a few." Stepping through the doorway, he takes off the jumper after setting the helmet down and heads for the showers, getting in and letting the water run down his back. He could already tell that him and Graham weren't going to see eye to eye very often.

[GreenGoat]

"Ahaha~. C'mon Nena, a little skinskip between friends goes a long way."

"And if anything I lost weight these jerkasses left me in a cell for a couple of days without food for most of the stay!" Nena replied.

"Yeah, they do that sometimes. On the bright side, I'm here, and you're out of that cell now."

"Oh come on Nena you don't need to be self-conscious I mean your things are way bigger than Reve's!"

"Oi." Reve shot Puru an annoyed look. It was true she was less buxom than Nena, but she was sure to fill out in a few years time. Hopefully.

Just then someone entered, it was.... was... She didn't remember. That woman who pilots another MS that was also called a Gundam.

"Sup Donut?" She looked over at Nena and Puru arguing. "Trying to get Nena in the bath, but its kinda not working at the moment."

[Sugihito]

Instructor W nodded. "That sounds fair." He agreed to the arrangement. "If there are improvements for the Mobile Suits that I can see, I can suggest them to you and the team." He understood the problem with the tight control of supplies in an unexpected time. "When we came here we only had Sandrock and it's shotels and shield. We lost our beam sub-machine gun and the armadillo armour along the way. The sub-machine gun is remedied with a captured beam machine gun but the armour will be hard to replace." Also the salvaged parts from the Tallgeese helped a great deal.

Donna struggled to contain laugh at the situation the girls are in. It also came to her mind that she may be the oldest of the bunch as everyone looked like teenagers. She stopped Nena and Puru's arguing to add her own comment. "I can say with some control on resources we will not be having a bath for a while." She said to them. "But I think when the Sundown acquires resources such as water then I think it can be possible, I do not know." She thought of how she haven't had a bath for a while. "I think we all should do it as a thing between us girls." She added in to spite Nena.

[vancexentan]

"I guess but we could use the showers!" Puru offered with a smile as Nena growled and pushed her way past Puru, "Fine whatever I'll do it if it'll shut Puru up. Hey Grant are the showers free!?" Nena growled as Grant told her how the hell he would know he doesn't use the group shower room meant for the girls. "Fine whatever we'll find it ourselves!" Nena said plainly as Graham walked over to Nena. "You better hold your tongue gundam your making yourself out to be one hell of an attention seeker right now." Graham told her as he passed by. "Whatever says the Union Dog." Nena said flipping him off as Puru walked over to Nena. "Donna's right we probably won't be able to go in there for awhile anyway let's just hang out in the cafeteria! It may not be as warm and bubbly but we can all talk there without anyone complaining." Puru suggested. "You people are freaking weird." Grant said simply giving up on trying to control the group of girls.
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"Hello Lieutenant are you here to see how Gabriel and Stella are doing?" asked Wilbur as he looked at the door opening to reveal the young Paul Lyons entering. "I suppose I am, I wouldn't be much of a Lieutenant if I didn't check in with the soldiers in the med bay." Paul said as he sat down on a nearby chair and looked at the two in the med bay. Gabriel was fast asleep and Stella sat there with a dejected look in her eyes. "I'm glad your alright Lieutenant." Stella told him as Wilbur walked over to Stella. "I believe Stella will be able to pilot a suit anytime we need her but I'm more worried about is the implications behind it. Paul, I'm not sure if you know this or not but OMNI has outlawed the use of child soldiers and Extended Soldiers along with it. We would be breaking protocol if we let Stella into a suit." Wilbur commented as Stella looked at him. "You mean I don't need to hurt anyone right? I don't like hurting people but...I will if I must." Stella said as she played with her hair and Paul sighed deeply. On one hand they could get someone to pilot Gaia in her stead. The suit was undamaged due to the Phase Shift Armor. Paul's attack shouldn't have done anything to the suit in terms of actually hurting it after all he used a rocket anchor. He had only gotten lucky in that move because he aimed at the machine's foot and hit it before it's foot landed on the ground. SIGMA Leader would be a prime candidate for a pilot of Gaia Gundam but at the same he could use it as a spare if Raigo fell in battle.

"I speak for Jason and myself when I say she shouldn't need to pilot a suit. Extended...I may not be one of them but I know what it means to be a tool to be used for the greater good. It sucks that you were chosen for the life you live Stella in some ways it worse than being a coordinator working for OMNI. With that being said I need to know if I can trust you. I need to know that if I ask you too you'll back me up. I helped you because you were OMNI and a fellow gundam pilot. I don't expect much in return just that you are willing to help us in whatever way you can." Paul said to Stella as she looked at him and nodded simply not really comprehending all that he said. "Lieutenant I will help you to the best of my abilities if it helps me find Shinn. Besides that...you remind me a lot of some other people I've met. The Commander...Sting...Auel. And the Captain he is a great man. I see the look in his eyes and he makes me feel safe and secure. He understands. I may not be ready to fight all the time but when you need me Lieutenant I will help you." Stella said to Paul as he smiled and thanked her for saying so. However he did wonder what she meant by Jason understanding her. Jason did live back in an age where Extended were used heavily in warfare. It's possible that he knew one. He'd ask Jason about it later if he needed to.

[GreenGoat]

Her spirits fell a little as she heard that the showers may not be available now. At least they were going to the cafeteria, where she might have a chance to filch something to eat. And now that she thought about it, Reve never really had a chance to ask Nena about her and where she came from. Who knows, Reve might be a very different Reve in her universe thing.

"Ah, that reminds me, I had a lot of things to ask you, Nena. Lets go with Puru," she started tugging at Nena's arm impatiently.

[vancexentan]

The group of Nena, Reve, Puru, and Donna arrived at the cafeteria soon enough after the group had left the hanger. They were followed by Grant and Jack not to soon afterward. It was an odd group meeting to say the least but Grant and Jack went to a separate corner of the room as the group sat down at a booth and were given a small meal to share between the four of them as dinner. "It's getting late you know we should keep any questions you have about me for a later time. I'm sleepy and I'm sure were going to be called back into battle soon enough." Nena said irritably as she cracked her knuckles and neck. "Man I'm so sick of taking orders from the assholes. Did you know Lieutenant Black Star threatened me with a stun baton while I was captured? Freaking hell they're lucky I don't got anywhere better to go." Nena said as Puru glared at her. "Hey you can't talk that way about these nice people on this ship! If memory serves me right you were workin' with Glemy! We were being chased down so don't act like your so high and mighty missy!" Puru said indignantly in defense of the Sundown's crew. "Whatever I don't have the energy to go into another roasting of this crew and the military...So what do you want to ask me about Reve?" grumbled Nena as Puru groaned and sipped on some water with a frown her fun plans already dashed.

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"Lieutenant I was wondering where you were." said Beta Leader as he walked into the med bay and he bowed his head to Stella. "Good work out there Lieutenant. Things were tense?" Beta Leader asked Paul as he shrugged. "It could've been much worse and it could've been much better. The point is at least we have a feasible idea on what we're going to do from now on. We got a lock on ZAFT, we got an ally, and we got new friends like Stella over here. I just wish my old team was here." Paul said as he wondered where OMEGA Team was at exactly. They were stalwart soldiers and served him well. They weren't really big friends but they got along well enough and they respected Paul's skills despite the age difference. In way he felt lonely without them but he had a new squad now it seemed. With Graham, Gabriel, and Puru he had people who he could depend on to back him up...if you call a crazed little girl and a guy passed out in bed helpful. Graham wasn't much better he was way to into his little warrior's path. "It's nice to meet you sir..." Stella said as Beta Leader grinned at her and patted her on the shoulder. "You're looking good for a girl who was lost. Good to see your doing alright kid." said the grizzled veteran to the young gundam pilot as she blushed and thanked him for the comment.

[Zarkun]

Sitting down across from Grant, Jack eats in silence, appraising the men around him quietly before speaking, going straight to the heart of the problem. "So, you said you were a conscript. How exactly did that come about?" Conscripts always had the most fun stories, about war, life, and even love, but their conscription stories were always the most interesting. Besides, he liked Grant. Guy had a hidden fire in him.

[vancexentan]

"I said I was a what?" Grant questioned confused looking at Jack as if he was crazy. "Conscription protocol is only invoked in times of emergency. I think you may be confusing me with Conscript Captain Graham Aker dude. I was recruited at Nelson Airforce Base in North Carolina. I was the second top cadet in my class. Proved my metal in Japan and in space with Jason and Beta Leader." commented Grant as he took a sip of water from a glass a soldier gave him. "I fought tooth and nail for my spot as Captain. And look at me only twenty five years old and a captain of an elite group under one of the most prestigious captains in my group. Shame of Jones though. He died the battle before you got here. Got killed by someone. Beta Leader may not show it but the dude is pretty hurt by the loss. He's a tough dude he once fought off six enemy Zaku units by himself in Japan. I was incapped and he refused to let me go. Let's just say my career may be colorful but it's filled to the brim with spots. What about you bucko? Got any stories to tell? I mean I hate to compare you too Lieutenant Lyons but he's one of the few gundam pilots left in our line. I mean with our Strike pilot being killed in London, our Duel Gundam pilot being injured, the Aegis pilot fucking defected, and our buster gundam being critically damaged at the gulf battle means that only Raigo, and Blitz are operational. Buster is getting fixed but it'll take awhile. We got a dozen other projects going on too probably no way the Madison Operation is the only thing producing gundams. Only speculating though. There's no way in hell I'd be informed about this shit." Grant went on a long winded speech about how he felt exactly but in truth he was just frustrated and his squad being in danger now he felt the need to at least share his feelings on the matter. Especially after the fact that they had lost good men on this ship the past week.

[GreenGoat]

Sleepy as she was, there were tons of questions she needed to ask Nena, mainly about who she was in her world, and was she her in her world as well or was she another her in her world. And whether they managed to unite everyone yet.

"So Nena, how did it go in your world? Did we manage to unite all of earth for the coming dialogues?"

Coming dialogues... Those words resonated within her mind, bringing memories half remembered, but hazy and shapeless.

[Sugihito]

Donna was present at the cafeteria with the rest of the pilots as well. She was able to get a cup of coffee, something she considered a "gift from God himself" to keep her awake. She didn't have much sympathy for Nena and found the threat with the baton well-deserved, though she kept quiet on the matter. Reve's question to Nena caught her attention also, something about "dialogues to come" and a united Earth. In her timeline did seem that it would've been achieved but then came the Falson Coalition that brought most of the Colonies and the Asian continent into his sleeve. She wondered if Reve's alright with divulging their secret in front of her, Puru and everyone in the room that might be listening.

[vancexentan]

"Well assuming we're not from the same 'world' it went how I assume yours went. When Setsuna was ambushed by Graham Aker and his squadron me and my brothers helped him out of the struggle. However Lockon Stratos was injured severely in the battle and his machine was barely recoverable. To stem the tide Celestial Being agreed to work with us as we were also being hunted by a guy with red hair. He attacked us but was driven back by Setsuna before he could do much. You were there with us piloting the Gundam O in replacement for Lockon Stratos. Together we fought off a united group of enemies. Me, Lockon, and Allelujah Haptism were patrolling a strange signal when we blanked out. I don't know what else there is worth noting. I suppose since you're piloting Exia that something happened to Setsuna?" grumbled Trinity as Puru toyed with her food. "Do you understand what they're saying?" grumbled Puru to Donna.