The War of Paradigm City

"I'd like to think of myself as innocent still."

~Cast in the Name of God Ye Not Guilty~

*After that, when the screen comes back up, there's a map of the subway with a highlighted route.*
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L"Is there any such thing as true innocence?"

*She heads to Barbatos' HQ, wherever that may be.*

"Well, I like to think of myself more on the innocent side than the wicked side."

*Two books in hand, Hitomi goes down another aisle.*

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*Gelu Chalybs begins to take the highlighted route.*

*She finds herself outside of a gate with barbed wire at the top.*
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L"We should get ready."
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*He finds himself inside a hangar similar to the one in Paradigm-1. Barbatos is there, inside of Rozenkreuz. Also there is the lightning-shooting Megadeus, the spider Megadeus, &...that's it.*

{Thinking of holding a garage sale?}

*She tries to open the gate.*

Zell goes and gets ready.

*The guard tases her.*
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<No, you imbecile! We've salvaged these Megadeuses to attack Paradigm City from below.>
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*Lilith is waiting for Zell outside her room.*

Zell opens her door to return to the others and is startled to see Lilith already there, "Oh, Lilith. You startled me. You didn't need to wait out here, you could have waited inside if you wanted."

{That was my second guess.}

*She falls down.*

Topaz: <What...the...hell?>

<Are you retarded?>
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*Lilith opens an elevator in the wall.*

L"Let us depart."
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{Enough of your buffoonery! Move it!}

*Hitomi proceeds to the check out counter.*

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*Gelu Chalybs proceeds to move wherever.*

"Ok."

*In the basement, the Megadeuses have all been repaired, somehow.*

T"Looks like Vera re-acquired the one we took from her. It doesn't matter, though."
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<Is...is this all...?>
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{The tunnels, you fool! Go through them, under the ocean, to Paradigm-1!}

"Um, okay. So, what exactly is our plan?" Zell asked, taking a few steps towards Mirror Zero.

*Topaz gets the hell away from that place, instead heading off to call Thiera.*

T"We sneak in & kidnap Barbatos."

L"Why don't we just kill her?"

*She uses the first phone she finds to call Thiera.*

"Because killing should always be a last resort." Zell said, "So how do we plan on getting to her?"

L"Why? It is the most efficient way to removing the problem."

T"Same way we got into Paradigm HQ, I imagine."
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*She does not answer.*

"Because sometimes the most efficient way isn't the right way." Zell replied.

L"That makes no sense. How could inefficiency be wrong?"

*She points to Zell's chest.*

L"If these don't function efficiently, you die."

*She then points at the Megadeuses.*

L"If they do not function efficiently, there would be no way to defend against enemy Megadeus."

*Next, she detaches her own arm & reattaches it.*

L"If my joints were not efficient, I would have had to discard that appendage just now. Inefficiency never yields improved results. Not ever."