Bonus Short Stories
Side: Karama & Korama
Born into the world as machines, the haniwas Karama and Korama were always looking for ways to improve themselves in lieu of growing. They were in the midst of one such self-improvement discussion today, and were looking down at a piece of paper laid out on the tea table.
“These things are our real rival, ho!”
“They’ve been stealing our spotlight all the time lately, ho!”
The main topic of their tiny little meeting was how they hadn’t gotten much of a chance to shine recently. The cause? As far as they were concerned, it was the fault of their decided new rival: the unmanned fighters from Blue Knight.
“Their most amazing point is that they have so many weapons, ho.”
“Now that you mention it, it’s like they use a different weapon every time, ho.”
The paper spread out on the tea table featured a cute doodle of an unmanned fighter the haniwas had drawn with marker. Blue Knight’s fighters had a wide variety of weapons, which really made them stand out—especially during bigger battles. As the haniwas were all-purpose automatons, they didn’t really stand up to the made-for-battle fighters in terms of combat potential. And that’s why they felt they were getting the spotlight stolen from them.
“But we have weapons too, ho!”
“The Spiritual Energy Katana and Spiritual Wave Cannon, and even Ohime, ho! But they’re always stored away, ho...”
“Then we should make it so we can use them at a moment’s notice, ho!”
“Yes, that way we’ll have more chances to shine, ho! Let’s ask Clan-chan, ho!”
The improvement the haniwas ultimately decided to focus on today was finding a way to have their weapons at the ready at all times. If they could be prepared for battle at a moment’s notice, they were quite sure they’d get more chances to shine. And so they decided to ask Kiriha’s friend Clan if it was possible to set up a transfer for their weaponry.
“But their most terrifying aspect isn’t really their weapons, ho...”
“You’re totally right, ho...”
However, the haniwas then stumbled upon another rather serious problem. While the unmanned fighters certainly had an impressive arsenal, their most dangerous weapon of all was...
“Ruth-chan, ho!”
“It’s unfair they have a full-time operator, ho!”
“It’s not like those machines themselves are superior, ho!”
“It’s Ruth-chan that does all the work, ho!”
The haniwas followed Kiriha’s orders, but they were still automatons that could and did act on their own. Kiriha often played the role of commander for all of the Corona House crew. She kept a watchful eye on all of her allies, and unfortunately couldn’t focus on directing the haniwas specifically.
In contrast, the unmanned fighters always had Ruth as their personal operator. And with her at their remote helm, it was really Ruth’s skill and prowess that achieved results with the fighters. Their performance was hers, and the haniwas were envious of that.
“I know, ho! Let’s have Ruth-chan look after us too, ho!”
“That’s it, ho! Let’s surprise her with a cake, ho!”
“We’re geniuses, ho!”
“That’s what makes us different from those mindless robots, ho!”
In the end, the haniwas reached the conclusion that Ruth should become their operator too. There was a high probability that that would actually be counterproductive for the darling automatons, but that hadn’t seemed to have crossed their tiny minds.
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