* Keiko smiles a little and replies softly, "They may fear you now, Emily... but that will only make it... hurt more when they no longer do..." [She smiles. "And when are they going to stop?"] * Keiko shakes her head and says quietly, "I--I don't know. I don't know who they are. Who are they?" * Roseli stands where she is, checking her gun over briefly and allowing Keiko to continue her interrogation. ["Anyone. Everyone."] * Keiko is silent a moment, then says, "They won't fear you once they can control you." Her eyes flick to Rose, and then back to her. ["That's what grown ups do."] * Roseli makes with the sneaking up on Emily now. ( Stealth roll! ) (Aww, Dicey, you bitch.) * Keiko nods and says, "Right... which is why you have to stop. These people are really good at controlling..." [Rose steps on a twig! Why's there a twig up there? I dunno. But Emily's gaze whips towards Rose. Followed by the billboard. Rose, gimme a def roll at +1] (Yes!) (Also, how "on the edge" is Emily, here?) ( Right next to it ) (Okay.) * Keiko 's eyes widen and she says, "Emily, stop it!" She looks to Rose, and there's some pleading with her eyes, but there's no telepathy here. [Rose does not get billboarded.] * Roseli rolls out of the way of the billboard, then dashes for Emily, trying to grab/lift her and pull her from the edge. (And I made the roll for it.) [Rose grabs Emily, who shouts, "Let me go!"] (I get another action here?) ( Sure. ) * Roseli flips her gun in one hand and coldcocks the girl. (Also, billboard. Holy crap.) (I need to roll, or is it an automake?) ( It's an automake. ) [Rose beats up a six year old girl.] (And she's unconscious?) ( Yep ) * Roseli kneels as Emily slumps in one arm, and she holsters her pistol. "Good job." She glances up at Keiko. "You okay?" * Keiko wraps her arms around herself and stays floating, glaring at Rose a moment before looking away and replying quietly, "Does it matter?" Yes. * Keiko is silent a moment, then whispers in a shaky voice, "I should have killed her. Better... than Blitzkreig getting her." * Roseli just looks at Keiko for a long moment, kneeling with the girl in her arms, then says, "You have a gun." Shield's down. You can. * Keiko looks at Rose with shock horror, then fixes her face, settling down and pulling out her gun with her off hand, to press it to Emily's head. She looks down its barrel for a long moment, then says quietly, in Japanese, * Roseli sets Emily down and moves to one side, watching. * Keiko 's gun hand starts to shake, then she falls to the roof, and then to her knees, gun still in hand. She looks up to Rose and whispers, "How? She is... she is six, she is alive, she... she..." * Roseli just looks at Keiko. "Your choice." You want choices? This is yours. * Roseli presses a series of buttons on her bracelet as Keiko considers. ( If she was 36 this wouldn't be a problem! ) (This is true.) * Keiko is silent a moment, then talks to herself, murmuring, "She could be Luana.... to someone. Maybe... another way, maybe..." * Roseli offers no comment. ( She could be Keiko! ) * Keiko looks at her for a moment, then her plush hand reaches out to shakily touch her hair, and then, after a moment, she starsts to cry. ( Luana would be a six-year old fire using girl she had a crush on ) * Roseli moves, now, reaching over to push the gun away and using her other arm to give Keiko a hug. * Keiko lets Rose hug her, shaking and sobbing and mumbling in Japanese, * Roseli keeps hugging Keiko and smooths her hair, much like she's done for Jamie so many times, and murmurs in German, "It's okay. It's hard, I know. It's okay." * Keiko then manages in german, "How do I save them? How do I save them..." ( Flash drive! ) I don't know. Do what you can. Whatever you have to... but it hurts. I know. There are no easy answers, Keiko. For you, for us. I'm sorry. * Keiko says quietly, "I--I don't believe you. I can't. Yo--you're part of them... even if you would protect Jamie..." ( So's Keiko. She gave up her chance for freedom. XD ) * Keiko tries to push Rose away. "I shouldn't... there's nobody here. This doesn't make any sense..." * Jamie coms directly to Rose. "I don't know what to do." * Keiko 's head jerks up suddenly as Heinrick comms about a sitrep. * Roseli lets herself be pushed away. "Believe what you want." She hits the buttons her her bracelet one more time, and her face becomes impassive. "But I gave you a choice. You have to live with it now." Roseli kneels, picking Emily up in her arms. * Keiko looks over at Rose, then manages to hiss lowly, "Y-you have a choice too." * Roseli turns and walks, for the doors. She hits the coms to respond to Jamie. "Telekinetic down. what's the problem?" (Is that only to Jamie, Gryph?) * Roseli doesn't seem interested in responding to Keiko as she kicks the doors open and heads down the stairs. (Yes, since Heinick only asked Keiko for a report.) * Keiko snaps her gun into her hand and slowly picks herself up off the ground. After a moment or two more of visually steeling herself, she comms back to Heinrick, "She's down. No... no casualties." (Gotcha. I won't paste in the other channel, then. Jamie's skilled enough to rout communications.) * Jamie coms back the same way. "Raidou is talking to Togo and Heinrick about the society and the presedent is threating to get rid of everybody, and I don't know what to do." * Roseli coms to Jamie, "Be down in a bit. Until then, follow Heinrick's orders and protect the president." * Keiko walks over to the edge of the building and and looks over the side, now that Rose is gone. She puts the butterfly away and twitches, a weak smile on her face as she says, to herself, "It would be fast." * Jamie replies. "Even from Heinrick?" * Roseli narrows her eyes, and Jamie can hear that she's broken into a run, galloping and almost jumping down the stairs. Comm to Jamie: "What is going ON?" (Go for it, Keiko! You are way more like Rose than you'd ever like!) * Jamie replies. "Raidou said the presedent set this attack up himself." * Roseli comms: "Possible. Crazy, but possible. Heinrick's buying it?" "He wants to arrest both of them." * Keiko then comms, "Heard," quietly back to Heinrick. And then says to herself, "6 floors... not enough guarantees." She takes a deep breath, then steps off the edge and starts to float down, wiping her face on her left sleeve. * Roseli comms: "Be there soon." * Jamie comms: "Thank you." * Jamie returns Rose's communicator to normal operation. (You should probably show up first, Mecha, since Keiko's got a direct way down.)