[Mari]

The overly nervous mage fell silent as Viridi began to speak. She at least had the good habit of not interrupting the other going for her. To her surprise, and she really ought not to have been surprised, Viridi seemed to read her like a book.

(She's probably right. I'm getting myself too worked up over this... But what's this mean?)

...If Viridi knew what was up, and she was still being nice to her, that must mean she was... okay with it, to some extent. Right? That meant--...But...Huh. Apparently the goddess of nature was down with the sickness! The idea made her wonder, but she wasn't about to question Viridi's progressive views on love. She wasn't feeling emotionally ready to address that conversation anyway. Maybe some other time. Later. Much later. ...Maybe? Just thinking about it made her head swim a little.

"Good point. Thanks, Vivi."

Arle would reach out and take some of the little remaining food. She would eat a mouthful of nuts before she continued. "I guess I let myself get a little hysterical there." Arle would remark, running a hand through her hair idly. She would then flash Viridi a peace sign and a wink.

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"I hope we can make the world beautiful again--together."

[Coolshaymin]

Viridi waited as it seemed her speech was working well. She did not lead an army of natural creations on lack of leadership and speech skills. "See? There is the Arle I know," Viridi stated proudly. The food was getting quite low now but may as well at this point. She was not sure how long she could handle helping a human deal with their strange emotions.

"That is correct. Together we shall show Mario and Sonic how you handle a war!" Viridi agreed.

[Mari]

"Thanks for that. I guess I let my thoughts get the better of me for a moment there~

Arle was already starting to feel a bit better after having worked through the situation in her head. No longer did she feel like she was crossing a mindfield blinde. It felt like she could breathe again, and she wasn't about to let those good bellyfeells go to waste.

"I bet we'll be able to make the world look even better than it was before~!"

Arle giggled light-heartedly at her remark as Carbuncle helped himself to the remains of the food, cleaning what little was left on the plate before setting it down. He seemed to fall over on the seat, disgustingly content with himself. Arle seemed to consider something for a moment, pondering her train of of thought before vocalizing her question for Viridi to hear. "Hey--I know everyone calls them heroes and all, but why does a plumber and a hedgehog lead the Life Sphere?" Arle asked curiously. It had always been the standard response: They're heroes. But what did that mean? Was there something to them she didn't get? Perhaps Viridi knew the answer.

[Coolshaymin]

It was about time Arle was enthusiastic instead of her weird down state. She felt much more right when she was happy and cheerful and excited about the situation. She was finally fully set on the idea of them making the world a much better place through the power of nature... But Viridi was not sure on how effective that would be once humans feel right to colonize the whole planet again... Could she really hide her anger for them from Arle at that point...

She decided to push the thought out of her head as she was not fully sure on why she would care. Arle was a recruit of hers now and even if there was a reason for treason, she doubted it would get far. Helped that she changed the subjects to two of the three leaders of the Life Sphere... and why exactly they lead the Life Sphere.

"I think lead is a strong word. They seem too busy arguing to make any real decisions. Not sure how they became leaders either honestly. All I know is they were some of the first people here and they helped in one of the first wars. Honestly, though, I do not think they are really built for leadership. Sonic seems a bit crazy and he does not really seem to have much leadership skills. The same goes for Mario in that regard. They give simple plans to take out the Starvia without any real thought or strategy to it. Their experiences in their world don't really give them much better credentials with how they accomplish their goals either. Honestly I don't get why they put them so high up in power," Viridi explained.

[Mari]

"...Huh."

Arle listened as Viridi began explaining her side of things, and ... to her surprise, Viridi had even less of an idea than she did. Huh, indeed. It kind of seemed like a disaster waiting to happen, letting two entirely unqualified leaders lead the life sphere on the most important war in the history of the universe, but what did she know? She was just a kid. ...Right? Or at least, too young to be leading the civilized world anyway. ...Was Viridi young? She kind of seemed young. It was probably an immortal thing. She knew Satan was an old geezer in spite of how he looked. ...Did that make her feelings weird? They didn't feel weird to her, and she didn't feel ready to bring that up. Maybe she could ask Viridi about being immortal later.

"...I guess that means it must be a sort of... anarchy..."

Arle pondered this for a moment. It was questionable whether she had any deep understanding of what that meant, but her train of thought was probably pretty clear.

"And if that's all it takes to unite the Life Sphere, I bet you can win the people over in no time!"

...The poor mage knew not what she spoke of. Could one help but feel a little bad for her?

[Coolshaymin]

Viridi scratched her head as Arle brought up the thought of it being an Anarchy... That was not really paticularly true in any sense so she is not sure where she came up with that. Then she talked about winning over the people of the Life Sphere as if she was suggesting she became a leader. "... First off, Anarchy is not exactly the right word. They are definitely an area of authority. Their power is not exactly to be questioned at least in position to the Life Sphere," Viridi stated.

"In any case, if you are suggesting I become a leader... I am not really interested in that. Those gangs fight constantly between themselves for a higher power they might not even achieve. Though admittedly, all three of them are more qualified than our current three. Besides that, I don't really feel I need to gain their support. They can rely on their leaders if they want. In the mean time I am going to actually do something. Neither of their plans work for me and I don't exactly agree with Samus's do nothing policy she seems to have... Not that that matters when she is currently in the possession of the enemy. Whether or not they approve of me does not really matter. The fact is I am going to give the Starvia a real fight for what they have done."

[Mari]

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Arle smirked sheepishly as she was corrected, running a hand through her hair in a bashful manner.

"Oh right. I guess I don't know what you call something like this, then. Maybe... populist? Is that the term I'm looking for?"

Where Arle had learned that word was anyone's guess, but she didn't seem like she invested a whole lot of thought in the subject. Mario and Sonic clearly weren't dictators of any sort, at least that wasn't the impression she'd gotten, but she also didn't get the impression anyone had ever held a vote and she was pretty sure neither of them were royalty. ...Were they? ...She tried to imagine the prince of the ocean as a plumber and promptly giggled at a joke that went unheard by Viridi, at least assuming the other wasn't already in her head.

"I guess you're the type who's more interested in leading the charge and saving the world than playing politics in the life sphere, huh?"

The question was asked with a light heart, though it wasn't clear whether Arle was poking fun at Viridi or buerocracy. She wasn't done of course, and fully intended to elaborate on her statement. "Can't say I blame you. You'd think we have a working system that could handle problems like this, but it never seems to play out that way." Arle would reply, raising her arms in a helpless shrug. She chuckled nervously at the statement, her smile trembling erratically as the weight of what she had said hit her like a truck. Wow, that was a depressing thought. She was off fighting Satan because the adults in charge of protecting her were ... incompetent. Even her parents... Arle's smile faltered for a moment. "W-Wow. That was a lot less dark in my head." Arle apologized, quickly brushing the thoughts away with a shake of her head.

"What I meant to say was, showing Mario and Sonic how to win a war will be a breeze! Especially working with you~"

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[Coolshaymin]

Viridi scratched her head as Arle once again threw out another political word. They did represent the interests of the citizens of the Life Sphere.... But she was not sure that was their goal or their arguing was something to cling to. She guesses Samus was not exactly much better than them in any case. She seemed to mostly keep to herself in whatever was inside that lab of hers.

Viridi did not really get an opportunity to interject on it however as Arle gave a giggle at something to distract her. What was she thinking about? Then she asked about how Viridi seemed to be the type that would rather take action than lead... Which was in a way half true. She did lead an army of forces and did not really take much action herself, at least before, but she was leading her tactics rather than fighting. And saving the world kind of depended on your point of view though she has helped do that a few times.

Then she brought up how it never seems people have a system to deal with things like this... Which Viridi honestly agreed with quite a bit given her bias towards humans. So it kind of hit Arle a bit harder than it did her. Still, it did seem to make matters seem a bit more dark and hopeless.

"You are certainly right. Those so called leaders will be surprised when they see how real tactics get things done. If you want to defeat a mighty force, you have to outsmart them! Brute force will not get you very far. And blowing up the planet is unreliable and causes a huge number of issues," Viridi stated with her Reset Bombs being the obvious exceptions.

"You helping pull off my plans will show those two for sure! As long as you keep a hold of yourself, of course!" Viridi agreed with a tease.

[Mari]

Arle beamed at Viridi's response. Seeing her look so pleased made Arle happy in a way she couldn't quite understand. She supposed a smile was contagious, right? Every girl who'd ever been told as such by their mothers could testify to that. But why did this one make her feel warm inside? ...Was this what love felt like, or was she becoming ill? She didn't feel too bad, so... Wait hold up. Had Viridi said something about blowing up the planet?


"I'd like to see anyone get a better grip on me than I have~!" Arle replied enthusiastically, seeming to challenge no one in particular. Something seemed to occur to her after a moment, however.



"I'm sure someone else would get ahold of me if I didn't." Arle would go on to lament light-heartedly. There was always someone chasing her skirt, for better or worse. Something else was on Arle's mind, however, a rather important question she wanted to ask. So important even, that she'd interject into their light-hearted exchange to ask it. "So, uh, blowing up the planet sounds like literally the worst idea I've ever heard. Which one of our leaders wants to do that again?" Arle asked incredulously. Seriously! They were supposed to be the good guys! Why hadn't they burnt this looney to a crisp yet?

[Coolshaymin]

Viridi was momentarily distracted as Arle mentioned someone else getting a hold of her. Her mind sidetracked as she was suddenly highly against someone else getting Arle. That surge of passionate fury she was not entirely sure the origin of but she did know Arle was her minion now and no one else's... Though that amount of possesiveness she did not know the meaning of. Arle was just a decent human... which is more than she would say about most other humans.

She returned her focus to the conversation though as Arle brought up the blowing up she mentioned. "... You really don't know? Well, first off, it's probably because it is one of the worst possible ideas. It has many flaws that come from not thinking of the consequences that are obvious and the potential ones. Kind of why I agree with Mario a little more even if his plan is an all out assault. His plan may be reckless and has zero thought but Sonic's plan is even worst... Not to mention a strange plan coming from a 'hero'," Viridi explained.

[Mari]

"Literally. The worst." Arle replied humorously, poking fun at the absurdity of Sonic's plan. Nearby, Carbuncle placed a hand on his hip and waggled his non-existent finger at no one in particular. He seemed to be imitating a sassy person he'd once seen. ...One was left question exactly how intelligent he was, or whether he just liked imitating things.


"So uh... Why's he still a leader of the life sphere if he's trying to destroy the planet?" Arle asked rather awkwardly. "I mean, we're not the only ones questioning this, right?" she would go to ask, a tad bemused by the circumstances. I mean, come on! Blowing up the planet? He was just a goofy costume and a bad accent away from being a cheesy movie supervillain! Shouldn't there be like, an angry mob or something? Some sort of acknowledgment that his plan was insane and traitorous? Surely he didn't represent anyone in the life sphere. They kind of needed the planet! ...So why was he... leading it? The thought made Arle question how comfortable she was staying here. Perhaps she should be grateful Viridi had invited her to the lunar sanctum. It was sounding much more hospitable than the city ran by Dr. Evil over there. "Shouldn't we be beating him up?"

[Coolshaymin]

Viridi scratched her head as Arle questioned why Sonic was on top exactly. Honestly, she could not think of any valid reason herself as to why the Leader that wants to destroy a planet is even considered to be one. Sure, she bombed the planet with Reset Bombs, but those restored the natural beauty of the planet. She was told it was destructive but it seemed more like an improvement to her. She failed to see, however, the appeal in blowing up an entire planet.

"I am as clueless as you are. However, given how those two 'leaders' still have not made action, it seems someone is arguing for it. I am sure there are a group of people into the idea of just blowing it up. Otherwise I would find it hard to believe the argument over the plans would still be going on," Viridi explained.

"Not a very good idea to beat him up though. Even if he is the craziest of the three, he is still a leader... Using that term as loosely as it gets anyway. It's part of the reason I only come down here when I need to. Their leaders are not very deserving of their rank and Sonic is part of the reason citizens are starting to be against me. Despite that, I'd rather not want the consequence of assaulting a leader. If that happened, I highly doubt anything will get accomplished at this rate," Viridi continued.

[Mari]

Arle listened to what Viridi had to say, though it wasn't a very comforting thought to hear the other admit her helplessness. More than that, apparently some people were following this plan? What sort of wacko cult nonsense was this? Was Satan somehow behind this? She didn't know what to make of it all, but when really weird nonsense happened Satan was always a fairly safe bet in her experience. Arle's hands drifted to her hips in a defiant manner.

"You would think blowing up the planet wouldn't even be a matter of politics, but I guess a lot of people need their butts kicked around here!"

Arle pursed her lips, gazing off at an unseen enemy in space for a moment. She would calm herself after a moment however. Butt kicking could come later. "I think I know exactly how you feel. I guess I should be grateful I have an alternative to living here." she would go on, emitting a gentle sigh of relief. She then smiled at Viridi. "Thanks for that. I don't feel too comfortable being around wacko world destroyer Sonic or his city either." Arle went on, raising her arms and shoulders in a shrug.

"Somehow I think he'll become an unavoidable problem eventually, but you know best."

[Coolshaymin]

Viridi watched as Arle seemed like she was thinking of someone else... She had to wonder if she was considering one of her enemies were a reason for this. Her mind had to be distracted though as she brought up kicking Sonic's butt for his desired choice... If Arle knew what she did before, would she want to kick her butt too?

... She knew she was better not asking that question to be sure. If she did somehow find out about the original purposed of the Reset Bombs, she would react accordingly. Arle was a disposable minion that she could bring down if she turned into a threat for her... Though there was a strange sense of doubt in that thought, Viridi shook it off.

"Look, let's just leave this topic. Sonic right now has nothing to even make progress with his plans. And with the rate their argument is going, we can probably take care of the Starvia before then. If Sonic becomes an issue before that point, then we can work accordingly. Until then we are better off focusing on our own goals," Viridi stated to end the subject of Sonic.

[Mari]

"That's fair." Arle replied, satisfied with the conversation. "Hey Viridi?" Arle asked. eyeing the other thoughtfully. "I only remember one spell. I don't really remember learning it, actually, but it makes flowers grow whenever I use it." Arle began, watching the other carefully. "It's called Bayoen, and it takes a lot out of me to use it. I was just wondering... I can't really remember anything about it, so I was hoping maybe you could shed some light on the spell." Arle would ask, smiling goofily at Viridi.

Arle seemed to have some form of unnatural memory loss, given that one didn't just 'forget' that sort of thing naturally. Just wake up one day and know a mysterious magical spell? What sort of nonsense was that? Bayoen wasn't just any spell either. It was unique to Arle. Not one person Arle knew had used it besides her.