Ninth: A Tactical Decision (Text; anon)

[corpsewarblade]

(TW: Murder/Sororicide, Betrayal, DR Spoilers)

[The last few months had given Mukuro a lot to think about- especially with regard to her own death back home. One part still didn't make any sense to her:

What had she done wrong? Why had Junko killed her?

...It was with those thoughts swimming around in her head that she sent another late night message to the network.]

27 AUG XX, 0324

Reviewing the strategy from a recent battle at home. I want to understand the rational for the decisions taken.

A soldier is engaged in a stealth/undercover mission. However, they have made a mistake that risks the operation's success, and have not realised their error.

The mission commander is in a position to eliminate the operative to preserve their mission, without exposing themselves in the process.

Is that course of action reasonable? To put it another way- under what circumstances would you consider sacrificing one of your own men to ensure a mission's success or to prevent it's failure?

Don't feel you have to answer.


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Comments

[private] from hereon

[emet_sulk]

Ah. Your previous posts make a great deal more sense now.

'Tis less that my view has changed and more that I am forced to accept that it is no longer relevant. I was once considered one of a number of stewards for our world, our star, and I would have sacrificed any number of things to keep it hale and whole.

[corpsewarblade]

It was just a way to talk as 'me' for a while.

I understand that. I would do the same- not for my world but for her.

[She assumed, given Emet-Selch knew her identity, he would realise who she meant.

Still, after everything that happened, she couldn't help but be a bit concerned about him.]

...are you okay?

[emet_sulk]

Is that not a question I should be asking you?

Even knowing that you were the author of that previous message, I still believe you could afford to drop your mummery and assume your proper self here. Who are you trying to deceive other than yourself?

[ As usual, he tries to deflect and redirect the conversation when it's something he doesn't wish to discuss. ]

[corpsewarblade]

I'm fine.

If Junko comes here then...she'd want me to have kept this up. Those were her orders, sudden transportation to another world aside.

[And Mukuro, meanwhile, didn't seem to pick up on the diversion yet.]

[emet_sulk]

If she did arrive here then there would then appear to be two of her and her ruse would be quickly discovered, even if you managed to make yourself disappear. You have forged connections she will not have in the past moons, have you not? Your acquaintances will notice the change in behaviour.

[corpsewarblade]

I'd need to debrief her but she'd be able to pick it up quickly. She's much better with people than I am.

I don't really know if Junko would even want to save the worlds, though. I'm guessing Gundham told you about what happened to my world, maybe she'd want to do the same here.

[emet_sulk]

He did. She sounds like a thoroughly unpleasant woman. A spoilt one as well.

I could always kill her if she washes up on the beach here.