Part 138: Emma's Branch Ending: Flowers!

Emma's Branch Ending: Flowers!



: Follow police orders and evacuate calmly.
: Mr. President, evacuate!
: Get the audience out first!



Oh, some would say that the weight of the wanzers would surely collapse the floor of the Capitol Building, but, well, that's not even the most insane thing that's going to happen.
: Mr. President, evacuate!
: All right.
: How can this be? They... aren't dead!?
: Emma, hurry!
: Okay! Calm down, everyone! I don't plan on harming anyone! We have come to uncover the truth! I am Emir Klamsky, a USN chemist. The creator of MIDAS, the cause of this incident. The USN developed MIDAS as a new type of bomb. The trouble started when the JDF stole it. The blame lay on the USN developers and the people who used it!
Yeah! Wait...isn't that mostly the party and their allies?
: Lies, all lies!
: Sasaki!



Are we really going to engage in a wanzer fight IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FUCKING SENATE?
: I'll teach you to hold your tongue!
: Stop it! Why are you going to make the same mistake!
: To protect Japan! Weaklings like you are of no use to Japan!
: Idiot! What can we do for someone who can't see his own mistake!? You can't protect anything!
: Hold your tongue, boy!



And so did Sasaki fire his terrible weapon at the heart of the BEES, and a great explosion filled the room, with the resulting shrapnel killing the junior Senator from Newer Hampshire.



But the BEES was not so easily defeated, and began its slow but inexorable march towards Sasaki, crushing minority leader Mark Palin-Bachmann III in the process.



Thus, did the BEES land a thunderous left hook to Sasaki's vehicle, which, in defiance of all rules of game and sense did break the wanzer, as well as the old man within.
: You stubborn jerk!
: It's finished... Kill me.
: Damn! You will take responsibility for what you've done. You won't escape this time!
: ...
: Let's get 'em!



But lo, even as Kazuki did utter those words, he realized their ultimate inanity, for, at long last, there was no left to get.



: MIDAS was stolen by the USN, OCU, and DHZ... and many people's precious lives were lost. And it was planned to keep this whole incident under wraps. However, we must etch the painful memory of this war onto our hearts. So that this foolish mistake will never be repeated. I announce a freeze on all information regarding MIDAS. The Philippines will form the core of a supervisory committee. This nightmare will never be repeated. All the world's people watching this broadcast are my witnesses.
Outstanding, I'm sure the three superpowers she just implicated in these war crimes will be delighted to agree to her terms with absolutely no reprisals of any sort. I mean, why would America, China and Japan have a problem being bossed around by the Philippines?



: This is where we were born. And where we grew up together. I only have good memories of this place. We were a true family.
Really, even your memory of watching your parents getting gunned down trying to get you out of this very country? You know, the memory that was repeated several times throughout the game?
: A true family...
: I'll come back here when everything is done.
: We'll do that... with a new family.
Well, I guess at least Kazuki got laid. Probably not worth the thousands of people who died to get him there, but, well, sacrifices must be made for progress.
: Kazuki?
: Yes?
: I wonder if time really heals all wounds...
: ...
: I don't want to be healed. I want to remember forever. It's going to be my motivating force.
: I know I'll never forget...



Not bad. Well, I guess that will about wrap it up...except I need to do the alternate missions.

Next Time: Why won't this LP just fucking die!