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SA 1 2 11 SUPPORT RCMD.%0D%0A%0D%0ALAST SEEN VICINITY SAIKYO%2C ZIPANG%2C 1420 GST. BELIEVED TO BE HEADING FOR ISHIYAMA%2C ORT.%0D%0A%0D%0ANOTE FROM CHIEF%3A NON-LETHAL FORCE ONLY. WE NEED ANSWERS.%0D%0A%0D%0AFLASH FLASH FLASH FLASH %5BB%5DENDIT%5B%2FB%5D FLASH FLASH FLASH FLASH %5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Fdiv%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DItem 2%3A Email from Corwin Ravenhair to Mio Akiyama%0D%0ALiuyue 25%2C 291 ASC%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bdiv style%3D%22border-style%3Asolid%3Bborder-color%3A%23000099%3Bpadding%3A5px%22%5D%5Bfont face%3D%22monaco%2Cmonospace%2Ccourier%22%5DFrom%3A %22Corwin Ravenhair%22 %3Ccvr3%21scm.co.ur%3E%0D%0ATo%3A %22Mio Akiyama%22 %3Cakiyama_mio%21sato.ac.ur%3E%0D%0ASubject%3A Re%3A Trouble in Nanisivik%3F%0D%0ADate%3A Friday Liu 25 23%3A14%3A38 291 ASC%0D%0A%0D%0AI wrote%3A%0D%0A%3EMio Akiyama wrote%3A%0D%0A%3E%3EAre you guys OK%3F%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EYeah%2C we%27re fine%0D%0A%0D%0AI need to file a correction.  We%27re not fine.  Not in any way.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe thing in Nani last night was a feint.  %28Is that the word%3F%29  It was meant to make us do exactly what we did - come to Qurluqtuq and think we%27d be safe here.  And why wouldn%27t we be%3F  This place is a fortress.  It%27s %2FKorra%27s%2F fortress.  The White Lotus built it ages ago to keep her safe%2C and however misguided the effort was%2C it did at least %2Fwork%2C%2F well enough that she%27s kept it in reserve all this time.%0D%0A%0D%0AThey came at midday %28not that that really means anything around here this time of year%29%2C after they were sure she was back in Republic City%2C all tangled up in dealing with the Agni Kai%2FRed Monsoon shenanigans up there.  %28Guessing you probably saw something about that on the news%3F%29  Triad foot soldiers%2C Black Rose Duelists%2C all led by those magic-armor freaks from Kaneko on Ishiyama.  They sailed up the fjord in a Fleet of Fog submarine%2C Mimir only knows where they got such a thing%2C and laid siege to the compound.  Still%2C we weren%27t too worried.  I mean%2C it %2Fis%2F a fortress.  We figured we could hold out until help arrived.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd we probably could%27ve%2C but%2C well%2C Fleet of Fog submarine.  Oh%2C and the White Lotus were trying to let them in.  That didn%27t really help.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m not sure what happened next%2C I was out of commission by then.  Pushed myself to the limit taking their Fog sub out of the equation.  Should%27ve pulled my limiter%2C but even then%2C I didn%27t think the situation was %2Fthat%2F desperate.  You do something like that%2C you have to be sure you can explain it to the AEsir Council afterward.  Y%27know%3F  Of course you don%27t%2C you have no idea what half of the stuff I%27ve said means.  Sorry.  I know I shouldn%27t do this to you.  Shouldn%27t drop all this on you when you have no background for most of it and no dog in the fight.  But I have to tell %2Fsomeone.%2F  Have to believe that somebody cares.%0D%0A%0D%0AThey...%0D%0A%0D%0AAnthy has a brother.  I%27m not sure if I mentioned him when I was up there.  Probably not%2C we don%27t like to talk about him.  They were very close once%2C but... something went wrong.  The brother she loved is dead%2C and in his place is this... %2Fthing%2F that hates her and everything she loves.  Including Utena and me.  Especially Utena and me.  The people who attacked Qurluqtuq... the Agni Kai who raided Nani... the members of both Triads Korra was up against in RC... they all worked for him%2C whether they knew it or not.  He set the whole thing up.%0D%0A%0D%0AThey took Annabelle.  Took her for him%2C took her %2Fto%2F him.  For what purpose%2C I don%27t know.  Don%27t even want to try and imagine.  He left a snide little note saying he wasn%27t going to hurt her%2C but what the hell good is his word on that%3F  On anything%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AKate%27s still here%2C she%27s OK - well%2C she%27ll be OK%2C she has a broken arm%2C but that kind of thing is no big problem for the likes of us.  She%27ll be fine by the time you see her again.  Anthy%27s still unconscious%2C but we think she%27ll recover%2C she just needs sleep.  Utena%27s with her.  And I%27m... I don%27t know.  I can%27t face either of them right now.  What could I say%3F  This is my fault.  I should%27ve seen it coming%2C should%27ve seen the signs.  I didn%27t%2C and now we%27re all paying for my carelessness.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m not hurt%2C Utena%27s not hurt%2C but some good people lost their lives today.  And some bad people%2C come to that%2C but not nearly enough and mostly not the ones who really should%27ve.%0D%0A%0D%0AShit%2C Corwin%2C don%27t say that to a normal teenager.  Not everyone%27s had your psychotic fantasy adventure game upbringing.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m sorry%2C Mio%2C I shouldn%27t even have started this.  Your message from yesterday was still at the top of my inbox and this is all just falling out of me now%2C but don%27t worry.  Now that it%27s out of my system%2C I%27ll just delete it and you%27ll never have t%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Fdiv%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DItem 3%3A Note found at scene%0D%0AFort Tonraq%2C SWT%2C D%C3%ACqi%C3%BA%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bdiv style%3D%22border-style%3Asolid%3Bborder-color%3A%23000055%3Bpadding%3A5px%22%5D%5Bfont color%3D%22%23000055%22 face%3D%22times%22%5D%5Bi%5DMy darling sister%2C%0D%0A%0D%0AI must thank you from the bottom of my heart for your cooperation with my latest little project.%0D%0A%0D%0ADon%27t look so surprised - it%27s disingenuous at best.  You didn%27t sincerely believe this was your idea%2C did you%3F  Even with your subsequent training as a dream diver %28and I can tell you that gave me a nasty turn%2C you naughty girl%29%2C you haven%27t realized where the dreams that nudged you onto this strangely precipitate path came from%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ACome%2C now.  Don%27t be silly.  I think we both know it%27s much more likely that you%27ve simply not admitted to yourself what you already knew.  That%2C or you were counting on your friends%27 curious ability to cheat destiny to make it all right in the end.  And that might have worked%2C if you had told them what was really going on.  But you couldn%27t do that.  Could you%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AOf course you couldn%27t.  That would have meant admitting something else we both know is true%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bu%5DYou%27ll never be free of me.%5B%2Fu%5D%0D%0A%0D%0ANow don%27t fret.  I don%27t intend to do your little girl any harm.  On the contrary%2C she%27s my most important possession now%2C and all of my people would lay down their lives to protect her.  I%27ve seen to that.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn any case%2C you should rest now.  You%27ve earned it.  Your task is complete%2C and I must say you%27ve done your usual excellent job%2C too. She%27s a perfect little gem%2C precisely what I require in every respect. But then%2C I knew I could count on you.  I always have%2C haven%27t I%3F%0D%0A%0D%0APlease be so good as to convey my regards to the rest of your adopted clan%2C especially the Rose Knight and her paramour.  After all%2C I couldn%27t have accomplished my goal without their help as well.%0D%0A%0D%0AWith best wishes for your continued good health%2C I remain%2C%0D%0AYour loving brother%2C%0D%0AAKIO%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Fdiv%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DItem 4%3A Telegram from Central Air Temple to multiple recipients%0D%0ALiuyue 26%2C 291 ASC%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bdiv style%3D%22border-color%3Ablack%3Bborder-style%3Asolid%3Bbackground-color%3A%23FFFACD%3Bpadding%3A5px%22%5D%5Bfont face%3D%22courier%22 color%3D%22black%22%5D%5Bb%5DFROM JINORA GM WLS%0D%0ATO ALL WLS STATIONS%0D%0A%0D%0AEFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY ALL WHITE LOTUS SOCIETY ACTIVITIES ARE SUSPENDED PENDING INQUIRY STOP%0D%0A%0D%0AALL WHITE LOTUS PERSONNEL REPORT TO AIR TEMPLE ISLAND STOP%0D%0A%0D%0ATHIS IS NOT NEGOTIABLE STOP%0D%0A%0D%0AJINORA%5B%2Fb%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Fdiv%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bhr%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%222%22%5D%5Bi%5DTaken by Storm%5B%2Fi%5D Supplementary Documents File%0D%0Aby Benjamin D. Hutchins and Matt Wagner%0D%0A%C2%A9 2015 Eyrie Productions%2C Unlimited%5B%2Ffont%5D
1|1|0|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|Tabasco||21:29:34|06/08/2015|Strange as it may sound%2C that terse telegram from Jinora is the message that fills me with the most sympathetic dread.
2|1|0|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|Terminus Est||21:40:20|06/08/2015|...urge to witness Akio%27s violent dismemberment and soul death has reached critical mass.%0D%0A%0D%0AYou guys really know how to stoke the fires.  Between Jinora%27s recall of the Lotus and the note about the warlords AND Corwin%27s missive%2C man%2C I don%27t know how I can manage to wait for the rest.%0D%0A%0D%0ANot that I have any choice%2C mind.  I guess I%27ll have to satisfy myself with rereading the leadup to this as well as OWaW.  Again.
3|1|0|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|Matrix Dragon||23:05:30|06/08/2015|Akio%27s letter... Jesus Christ.%0D%0A%0D%0AMatrix Dragon%2C J. Random Nutter
4|2|3|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|Gryphon||23:12:06|06/08/2015|%3EAkio%27s letter... Jesus Christ. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s been banging around the drawer since... hang on%2C let me check the date stamp on the original note.%0D%0A%0D%0AAugust 18%2C 2008.%0D%0A%0D%0AYeah.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
5|3|4|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|Matrix Dragon||23:20:00|06/08/2015|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jun-08-15 AT 11:20 PM (EDT)]Damn%2C you%27ve been sitting on that emotional bullet for a while. I%27ve come to truely hate Akio all over again. %0D%0A%0D%0AMatrix Dragon%2C J. Random Nutter
6|4|5|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|Gryphon||23:23:30|06/08/2015|%3EDamn%2C you%27ve been sitting on that emotional bullet for a while. I%27ve %0D%0A%3Ecome to truely hate Akio all over again. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C now you know why Utena read it a few dozen times and then %28metaphorically%29 buried it.  And then spent the rest of the evening too upset to cry.%0D%0A%0D%0AYeah.  This... I%27ve had some trouble with this plotline.  I kind of hate myself for coming up with it.  You may recall my %22bloody-handed tyrant%22 rant from when %5Bi%5DChristmas Rose%5B%2Fi%5D came out... this has been kind of like that.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
8|3|4|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|BeardedFerret||01:18:14|06/09/2015|%3E%3EAkio%27s letter... Jesus Christ. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThat%27s been banging around the drawer since... hang on%2C let me check %0D%0A%3Ethe date stamp on the original note. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAugust 18%2C 2008. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EYeah. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E--G. %0D%0A%3E-%3E%3C- %0D%0A%3EBenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod %0D%0A%3EEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F %0D%0A%3Ezgryphon at that email service Google has %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%0D%0AHoly shit. %0D%0A%0D%0AThis entire time I%27ve been wondering where you were going and this is nothing like what I%27d imagined. %0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s just so utterly%2C coldly perfect. 
7|1|0|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|TsukaiStarburst||01:08:16|06/09/2015|Hmm. Did Mio see it or not%2C I wonder.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd if the answer is %27yes%27... 
10|2|7|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|Gryphon||01:44:47|06/09/2015|%3EHmm. Did Mio see it or not%2C I wonder. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell... it%27s got a date stamp.  Usually in email that%27s referent to the time of delivery.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
11|3|10|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|TsukaiStarburst||01:46:56|06/09/2015|It could be an autosaved draft%21%2C he says to cover up the fact he missed that bit.
13|3|10|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|Peter Eng||12:18:04|06/09/2015|%3E%3EHmm. Did Mio see it or not%2C I wonder. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWell... it%27s got a date stamp.  Usually in email that%27s referent to %0D%0A%3Ethe time of delivery. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E--G. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0APresumably%2C Corwin was saying something on the order of %22Stupid SEND button is too close to the DELETE button%21%22 %0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here.
16|4|13|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|TsukaiStarburst||13:29:50|06/09/2015|You know.%0D%0A%0D%0AOn reflection%2C I%27m not actually sure about this.%0D%0A%0D%0AI mean%2C as far as we%27ve known it so far%2C TFLF is definitely the fuzzy slice-of-life counterpart to the other ongoing stories%2C and we know that the girls only really know %28correct me if I%27m wrong%29 Corwin%2C Kate and theirs as The Art of Noise and not their secret superhero alter egos.%0D%0A%0D%0AExcept now they do%2C in a way that may make Mio feel as if she%27s just opened her lunchbox %28or inbox as the case may be%29 only to find all of the secrets of the true form of the universe staring back at her%2C a world where... well%2C everything%27s a lot more complicated.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd what exactly happens when a character or characters from the fuzzy slice-of-life end up there%3F I mean%2C we do know that some of the girls of Houkago Tea Time have some small talent for bending%2C but ... well%2C this is hardly a sign that they%27re going to be drawn into a conflict%2C as this may be a case of %27Corwin is there anything I can do to help%27 %27no%27 %27is there anything we can do to help%27 %27definitely no%27%2C but still.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m just unsure what direction this is all going to go.
23|5|16|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|BZArcher||16:38:14|06/09/2015|I don%27t want to say anything that will spoil future developments%2C but I can tell you that all of us are aware that there is a balance there%2C and we%27re working carefully to maintain it. %0D%0A%0D%0A%28I mean%2C Cmon%2C it%27s not like we%27re getting script notes from Dave Sim.%29
26|6|23|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|TsukaiStarburst||07:21:41|06/10/2015|I understand completely%2C and I appreciate this. %0D%0A%0D%0AWasn%27t fishing for spoilers%2C it was just one of those things that the more I thought about it%2C the more I needed to get it out there.%0D%0A%0D%0ASee%2C this is why I love you guys%2C though. Feedback and ... a real connection with your readers.
19|4|13|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|Gryphon||14:23:52|06/09/2015|%3E%3E%3EHmm. Did Mio see it or not%2C I wonder. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EWell... it%27s got a date stamp.  Usually in email that%27s referent to %0D%0A%3E%3Ethe time of delivery. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EPresumably%2C Corwin was saying something on the order of %22Stupid SEND %0D%0A%3Ebutton is too close to the DELETE button%21%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AWhen we last saw him%2C he didn%27t have any idea yet that he%27d sent it.  Bit distracted.%0D%0A%0D%0AHe%27ll probably figure it out the next time he looks at his mail client%2C but...%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
9|1|0|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|drakensis||01:36:56|06/09/2015|Why do I suspect that Akio values Annabelle in the sense of %27ten%2C maybe twelve years from now%2C I can sexually confuse her and use her as the Rose Bride%27%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AThe way he did his sister. The way he did his own daughter.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut maybe he has something more original in mind.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28And of course%2C with all Akio%27s talk to Corwin of how Annabelle was Anthy%27s tool to keep Corwin and Utena under her thumb%2C how does he use her%3F Projecting much%3F%29
12|2|9|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|Terminus Est||05:58:37|06/09/2015|I figure she%27s the key to something.  Blood of one of the Aesir and the High Priestess of Cephiro%3F  All kinds of doors she could open.  None of them particularly pleasant.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat scares me is the idea that Akio might set up things so that his ultimate revenge can happen completely posthumously%2C without any further direct input from himself at all.  It%27s the kind of %27If I can%27t win this thing I will at least ensure that your %27victory%27 is nothing but ashes%27 thing I can see him doing as a last resort.
21|2|9|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|Mister Fnord||15:54:55|06/09/2015|%3EBut maybe he has something more original in mind. %0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t think so. Despite Akio%27s Byzantine machinations his end-goals have always been pretty straightforward. He needs a Rose Bride%2FPillar%2C for whatever reason it has to be his kin and he%27s willing to burn down the world to get exactly what he wants.%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AMr. Fnord
27|3|21|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|Meagen||08:50:01|06/12/2015|%3E%3EBut maybe he has something more original in mind.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI don%27t think so. Despite Akio%27s Byzantine machinations his end-goals have%0D%0A%3Ealways been pretty straightforward. He needs a Rose Bride%2FPillar%2C for whatever%0D%0A%3Ereason it has to be his kin and he%27s willing to burn down the world to get%0D%0A%3Eexactly what he wants.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe incestous mindgames are probably optional%2C but he seems to enjoy breaking the associatied taboos%2C and is quite skilled at using the result to his advantage %28mind games along the lines of %22now you%27re as filthy as I am%2C nobody would help you if they knew%2C it%27s the two of us against the world%22%29.
14|1|0|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|Peter Eng||12:22:38|06/09/2015|After looking at Akio%27s message%2C I%27m bothered by one thing.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s too long.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf he just wanted to say %22gotcha%21%22 he could have done it in less.  If he%27s going for that much verbosity%2C I%27m inclined to suspect that he%27s still trying to push people%27s buttons.  If I%27m right%2C he%27s not as secure as he tries to make it sound - and he%27s looking to get an advantage out of the reaction.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here.
15|2|14|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|Arashi||12:42:04|06/09/2015|%3EAfter looking at Akio%27s message%2C I%27m bothered by one thing. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIt%27s too long. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIf he just wanted to say %22gotcha%21%22 he could have done it in less.  If %0D%0A%3Ehe%27s going for that much verbosity%2C I%27m inclined to suspect that he%27s %0D%0A%3Estill trying to push people%27s buttons.  If I%27m right%2C he%27s not as %0D%0A%3Esecure as he tries to make it sound - and he%27s looking to get an %0D%0A%3Eadvantage out of the reaction. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EPeter Eng %0D%0A%3E-- %0D%0A%3EInsert humorous comment here. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C UF %5BI%5Dis%5B%2FI%5D a stylized anime-esque %28multi%29universe. Bad guys get the Diabolic Monologue trait on their character sheets a lot. Akio %27at least%27 managed to set it up to be given after the fact. 
17|3|15|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|zwol||14:16:20|06/09/2015|%3E%3EAfter looking at Akio%27s message%2C I%27m bothered by one thing. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EIt%27s too long. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EIf he just wanted to say %22gotcha%21%22 he could have done it in less.  If %0D%0A%3E%3Ehe%27s going for that much verbosity%2C I%27m inclined to suspect that he%27s %0D%0A%3E%3Estill trying to push people%27s buttons.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWell%2C UF %5BI%5Dis%5B%2FI%5D a stylized anime-esque %28multi%29universe. Bad guys %0D%0A%3Eget the Diabolic Monologue trait on their character sheets a lot. Akio %0D%0A%3E%27at least%27 managed to set it up to be given after the fact. %0D%0A%0D%0AAkio probably doesn%27t know how to interact with Anthy any other way%2C even when pragmatic villainy would indicate that it%27s a terrible idea.
18|2|14|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|Gryphon||14:22:55|06/09/2015|%3EIf he just wanted to say %22gotcha%21%22 he could have done it in less.  If %0D%0A%3Ehe%27s going for that much verbosity%2C I%27m inclined to suspect that he%27s %0D%0A%3Estill trying to push people%27s buttons.%0D%0A%0D%0AAre you familiar with the fable of the frog and the scorpion%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
20|3|18|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|discord||14:41:31|06/09/2015|%3E%3EIf he just wanted to say %22gotcha%21%22 he could have done it in less.  If %0D%0A%3E%3Ehe%27s going for that much verbosity%2C I%27m inclined to suspect that he%27s %0D%0A%3E%3Estill trying to push people%27s buttons.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAre you familiar with the fable of the frog and the scorpion%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A... oh wow.  never before were truer words said...%0D%0A%0D%0A
22|3|18|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|Peter Eng||15:55:36|06/09/2015|%3E%3EIf he just wanted to say %22gotcha%21%22 he could have done it in less.  If %0D%0A%3E%3Ehe%27s going for that much verbosity%2C I%27m inclined to suspect that he%27s %0D%0A%3E%3Estill trying to push people%27s buttons.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAre you familiar with the fable of the frog and the scorpion%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AYes.  I%27m just not sure whether he%27s taunting because that%27s in his nature%2C or he%27s scheming because %5Bi%5Dthat%27s%5B%2Fi%5D in his nature. %0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here.
24|4|22|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|BZArcher||16:40:20|06/09/2015|%0D%0A%3EYes.  I%27m just not sure whether he%27s taunting because that%27s in his %0D%0A%3Enature%2C or he%27s scheming because %5Bi%5Dthat%27s%5B%2Fi%5D in his nature. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AYes.  
25|2|14|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|SpottedKitty||20:54:20|06/09/2015|%3EIf he%27s going for that much verbosity%2C I%27m inclined to suspect that he%27s %0D%0A%3Estill trying to push people%27s buttons.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs was said elsewhere about Emma Frost %28before she %28sort of%29 reformed%29%2C Akio finds people%27s buttons and plays Bach on them because it%27s fun. I don%27t think we need to look any deeper than that for the letter. His actual plot on the other hand... I think he%27s about to discover he just stepped on a perfectly ordinary-looking patch of ground%2C and something went %3Cclick%3E...%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only.
28|1|0|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|Zemyla||13:08:50|11/01/2020|It just occurred to me%2C on rereading the letter%2C how thoroughly Akio twisted the knife with his letter. All this time%2C Utena and Corwin have been doing their damndest to ensure that Anthy can follow her own desires%2C now that she%27s no longer the Rose Bride or Akio%27s pawn.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd then he comes and implies that her desire to have children - and perhaps all of her desires after his apparent death - are his doing. That she is%2C and forever will be%2C a puppet dancing to his tune.%0D%0A%0D%0AI knoe I%27ve struggled several times with whether I%27ve had free will and whether it meant anything%2C and these just spurred from my own mind and from philosophy class. Anthy is dealing with this issue being raised by a sadistic psychic mastermind in the shape of her beloved brother who%27s been torturing her for decades.%0D%0A%0D%0AI have no idea what kind of mental shape she%27s in right now. None of us do besides the folks in the studio%2C since I don%27t think she%27s shown up in any of the post-TbS stories. But I am extremely worried for her%2C and not just for any of the obvious reasons.
29|1|0|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|trboturtle2||18:47:13|11/01/2020|Hopefully%2C they%27ll rescue Annabelle before she%27s old enough to vote......%0D%0A%0D%0ACraig%0D%0A
30|2|29|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|Astynax||20:42:20|11/01/2020|%3EHopefully%2C they%27ll rescue Annabelle before she%27s old enough to %0D%0A%3Evote...... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ECraig %0D%0A%0D%0AYou should have more confidence in our assorted heroes. Pretty sure they execute their rescue  with as little lapsed time as possible%2C and I have this vague recollection of some scene where Corwin is puttering about with... something and Annabelle is trying to help in a well meaning but ineffective toddler-y way %28though I can%27t find that scene searching the back catalogue so far%2C so I might have imagined it.%29 So if my memory isn%27t playing with me they%27ll get her back before she%27s out of diapers%2C let alone casting ballots.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5BP%5D%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%222%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FuTUdbCE.png%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D%5BFONT SIZE%3D%222%22 COLOR%3D%22%23000000%22%5D%5Bb%5D-%3D%7B%28Astynax%29%7D%3D-%5B%2Fb%5D%5BBR%5D%5Bi%5D%22This Space For Rent.%22%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%222%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D%5B%2Fp%5D
31|3|30|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|Peter Eng||22:13:55|11/01/2020|%3E%3EHopefully%2C they%27ll rescue Annabelle before she%27s old enough to %0D%0A%3E%3Evote...... %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3ECraig %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EYou should have more confidence in our assorted heroes. Pretty sure %0D%0A%3Ethey execute their rescue  with as little lapsed time as possible%2C and %0D%0A%3EI have this vague recollection of some scene where Corwin is puttering %0D%0A%3Eabout with... something and Annabelle is trying to help in a well %0D%0A%3Emeaning but ineffective toddler-y way %28though I can%27t find that scene %0D%0A%3Esearching the back catalogue so far%2C so I might have imagined it.%29 So %0D%0A%3Eif my memory isn%27t playing with me they%27ll get her back before she%27s %0D%0A%3Eout of diapers%2C let alone casting ballots. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AIf nothing else%2C we have a reference to Utena%27s daughter in Volume Four of the mini-stories.  While that could hypothetically mean that they have another child%2C that%27s not the Eyrie style.  %0D%0A%0D%0AI know they%27ve planned a fair distance ahead%2C but that%27s for things that hurt in the moment and pay off with heroics in the end.  Planning ahead for long-term pain for the characters%2C on the other hand%2C is not what I expect around here.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here.
32|4|31|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm Supplementary|BZArcher||09:52:54|11/02/2020|%3E%3E%3EHopefully%2C they%27ll rescue Annabelle before she%27s old enough to %0D%0A%3E%3E%3Evote...... %0D%0A%3E%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3ECraig %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EYou should have more confidence in our assorted heroes. Pretty sure %0D%0A%3E%3Ethey execute their rescue  with as little lapsed time as possible%2C and %0D%0A%3E%3EI have this vague recollection of some scene where Corwin is puttering %0D%0A%3E%3Eabout with... something and Annabelle is trying to help in a well %0D%0A%3E%3Emeaning but ineffective toddler-y way %28though I can%27t find that scene %0D%0A%3E%3Esearching the back catalogue so far%2C so I might have imagined it.%29 So %0D%0A%3E%3Eif my memory isn%27t playing with me they%27ll get her back before she%27s %0D%0A%3E%3Eout of diapers%2C let alone casting ballots. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIf nothing else%2C we have a reference to Utena%27s daughter in Volume %0D%0A%3EFour of the mini-stories.  While that could hypothetically mean that %0D%0A%3Ethey have another child%2C that%27s not the Eyrie style. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI know they%27ve planned a fair distance ahead%2C but that%27s for things %0D%0A%3Ethat hurt in the moment and pay off with heroics in the end.  Planning %0D%0A%3Eahead for long-term pain for the characters%2C on the other hand%2C is not %0D%0A%3Ewhat I expect around here. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EPeter Eng %0D%0A%3E-- %0D%0A%3EInsert humorous comment here. %0D%0A%0D%0ALemme put it this way%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AWhen I joined the studio%2C there were skeletons and story beats that I helped flesh out more that went back as far as 2001. I started writing%2C as opposed to just editing and proofing%2C in 20...14%3F Ish%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ASome of the stuff we set into motion then is %2Astill%2A playing out%2C slowly and carefully%2C and there are things I wrote five years ago that have yet to be revealed. %0D%0A%0D%0AWe go off on tangents. We chase plot bunnies. Sometimes the world changes under us in ways we never could have expected or predicted%2C and we adapt and adjust as necessary.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut there is a plan.%0D%0A%0D%0AThere are devices in motion.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd you ain%27t seen half of it yet.%0D%0A