Love Far Beyond the Ashes

How To Frame The Leader

Lui pov: "How will we frame someone like Laplus?" Chloe asked with genuine wonder as we looked at the unconscious girl.

"We should probably wake her up before she loses more brain cells," I pointed out. The other three nodded, despite what I said not being on topic at all.

I went over and began to slap her a bunch, but she didn't wake up, which means we can discuss more in private, I guess.

"Wait, I have this voice changer and this hologram projection machine that transforms someone into another person using holograms!" Koyori cheered

"What's the machine catching?" I asked, which angered the coyote.

"Why do you assume there is always a catch? The only thing is that the machine runs on dirt!" Koyori hissed

"Why dirt?" Iroha asked

"Because I look at Chlo-Tan all the time and think to myself that harvesting dirt from her body is easy!" Koyori said

"Ahhh smart!" Iroha said

Wait, what the hell is that supposed to mean?!"" Chloe asked

"Who knows Sakamata?" Koyori said

Chloe angrily stomped, "I'll kick your ass!" She yelled Koyori rolled her eyes in response.

"That isn't true." The coyote mentioned that she motioned for Iroha to give her another bottle of mayonnaise.

"If you can't fill up on mayonnaise, you won't be able to eat dinner later!" Iroha said

"You're right, Iroha-chan," Koyori stated.

The two of them thought about something and then suddenly stood up and said, "Yakiniku!" The two of them said while running off

I don't know what that was about, but they clearly aren't going to help us frame Laplus at all.

"Any ideas, Chloe?" I asked the orca

"So-sorry, I was thinking about Yakiniku!" Chloe stated

"Get your head in the game!" I shouted

"Sorry again, I was thinking maybe we could have her sell something and then not send them the product!" Chloe stated

"That is a horrid idea. Well, it's not awful, but no." I sighed

We need an idea with merit-something that would actually put her on a bounty. We need something that would leave a long-lasting impression.

"We don't know if we could even use Laplus to frame her with anything big; she is kind of a pint-sized weakling," I said.

Chloe nodded I'm responding that does seem like a problem. We need to make it plausible for her to have done the crime, although with Koyori's technology, we don't actually need her to do the act; we just need to have a lot of people see the deed.

"Maybe we can topple a few buildings," Chloe suggested.

"That could work, but we can't let them be populated!" I said

Chloe looked at me, confused by this, but she doesn't understand my heart. I can't hurt people, no matter what. Even if we take over the world, we need all the servants anyway, so killing potential servants won't be good for our cause at all.

Chloe gave some thought. "We can declare war!" She said

"Ughh-what are you discussing?" Laplus asked as she slowly sat up and grabbed her head. I agony

I was about to say something when Chloe spoke first, "about how great you are!" She lied

I glared at her angrily and mouthed to her that she shouldn't have said we were talking about her, but then again, why would we lie?

"I am perfect!" Laplus chanted to herself.

I rolled my eyes, annoyed at how full of herself she is. She isn't that great, honestly. She's the reason Holox lacks most of the time.

We need to wait for Iroha and Koyori to come back, but I don't know why they decided to eat Yakiniku around now since we need to implement it, and besides, Iroha doesn't eat meat.

Surely something fishy is going on here. I noticed that Iroha had accidentally left a bottle of mayonnaise behind and tilted my head to the side. Surely Koyori would want to know that maybe something fishy is going on because wouldn't Iroha make sure she has the mayonnaise for her darling coyote?

"Chloe, we should look for those two," I stated.

"Where did Iroha and Koyori go?" Laplus asked

"They went out for yakinuku; I just want to confirm that they're at the place," I stated.

Laplus seemed confused by why those two would go eat meat, but she wasn't really questioning it. Well, get to it," she said.

Chloe and I went into town and tried to find the other two, but we didn't see them roaming around, so I peeked into the yakiniku place and saw the two of them sitting at a booth. They were kissing, cooking meat, and just having a fun time talking.

I don't mind them having fun; they may change their mind about their betrayal. I can hope I don't want them to be our enemies, but Koyori has already made her beliefs firm that she wants to destroy everything.

Maybe we can make Iroha change sides since she probably is only helping Koyori out of love and not actually wanting to, although I can't just say that Koyori is evil and a manipulator; she genuinely loves Iroha. Lui, what are you thinking?" Chloe asked

"About Koyori and Iroha," I said.

Chloe didn't know what I was really thinking about, but I decided to walk away, leaving it at that.

Iroha and Koyori can have their fun; we'll continue this conversation later, and then we'll implement it. As soon as I have a chance, I'll try to convince the two of them to join us again; if not, I'll have to contain them.

"Will you always help me if I need it?" I asked Chloe suddenly.

The orca nodded, and I smiled gently at her. "Why wouldn't I?" She asked me

I just wanted to know if I could rely on her the same way Koyori relies on Iroha. I want the same relationship they have.

In the end, we all share the same interests.