"Forgive Ma'am, if I may please call you Molly," this from Major Honeycut, "and please call me Bee, We understand already that to you and the rest of the populous of Nejiro we are lowly Gaijin, and at best Ronin. However that gets old real quick, and Duke has little patience for, in his words "Stupid S***", We know what the Wobbies desire the most, to be the "Masters of the Universe".
The Black Dragon society, from what we know, want things to return to the traditional ways under Tokashi Kurita, where women had lesser status and position then men. So the current governor has to vacate
But what about those who are not allied with these groups? What do they want?
And I can see from the mischievous grin on my lord Duke's face that he has a hairball crazy idea running through his head, the last time he had that look we were on Tharkad pinned between the Kell hounds and Wolf in Exiles forces ,about to be overrun. Do I even want to know?
"No B, you don't, not yet. And boy is it even wilder than the last one." chuckles Duke to himself.
“Molly is just fine, thank you …. Bee.” She nods to the older lady, “You are not Ronin. You have a master. Saganami-Sama by the old ways would be your master as you are in her employ. No you are not Samurai, retainers yes, but not Samurai. Gaijin, maybe to those who do not or chose to understand just how things are.” She looks over the cart takes one of the dishes. “Try this.” She offers the dish to Bee. I think you will enjoy the flavors.” She then picks a couple of other dishes and offers them to the bodyguards. “As for the Kokuryu-kai, they do not truly understand what they want. They forget that under what they base the values they say they hold true many ladies were Samurai as well. Some very respected and honored like Saganami-Sama. Not many will follow the banner they offer.” She looks over the cart once more and offers a dish to Duke. “You may find this to your tastes.” She then looks around at the flight crew. “One moment please.” She walks forward and talks to the flight crew and comes back taking a couple of the dishes and drinks to the flight crew. “Now the Word of Blake is a very different thing. They offer help but at a cost that many just do not understand. When the bill comes due, it is only then that those who were …. Helped …. Understand they were duped.” She sits back down. “Please understand that most Ichizoku …. Families …. will not put their cards on the table for all to read. Some will as they think they have the winning hand.” She looks to see that all are enjoying the dishes they have. “Now for the ones that think striking a deal with the Akuma …. Der Teufel …. They are going to pay a heavy price.”
“I will offer this. Doing something …. Wilder …. No matter what that maybe, now would not be good.” Looking over at “Duke”. “As I said I am not a military person but doing things that would have Saganami-Sama looking for you and not her other problems would not be good.”
“Molly-san. Mamonaku chakuriku shimasu. Subete o kakuho shite kudasai.” Comes from the flight deck.
“The flight crew informs me we will be landing soon.” She looks to see that all have finished what they have been given and then collects the dishes and brings back the cart back. She collects the dishes and glasses from the flight crew and puts them away. She then sits down and buckles up.
They all talk until they land. A hover vehicle is waiting for them at the hanger. “We still have a bit of a drive even in a hover vehicle.” Tekada informs them as he opens the door to the vehicle. “It will take a little over a hour to get to Camp Kurawa.”
They will get to the main check point and the Guards will check IDs and have them escorted to Major Franks’ office.
“Mr. Tekada so good to see you again.” They duty officer gets up from behind his desk and shakes hands. “Who do you have with you?”
“This is Herr Bosche. “Duke” as he prefers to go by. Commander of the new company that was brought out here to help with our problems.” He looks to Duke. “His second in command Sho-sa .... Major Honeycut.” He looks at the older of the two ladies. “Their escort.” The two non-coms behind all. “And this young lady is Molly Malone. She will be working with ‘Duke’ and his unit just as Elena does with your unit.” He now looks at the group. “This is Chu-i …. Sorry Lieutenant Franks, Seaton Franks.”
The Lieutenant smiles. “Guten Abend and herzlich willkommen.” He nods to the group. “This way please the Major is waiting for you in her office.” They all walk down the hallway. The Lieutenant knocks on the door. “Major Der neue Befehlshaber der Einheit ist hier.” He looks at Tekada and Malone. “Herr Tekada und andere auch.”
“Senden Sei sei ein.” From the other side of the door.
