Hello Yamamoto-san.
This is your good friend Kobayakawa.
I'm very pleased to hear from you again. It's been a while indeed!
Were you on Battleship Nagasaki when it moored to Roppongi? I remember you mentioning how much you longed for New Tokyo's night sky. I hope you had some free time to spend planet-side...
Roam trouble free in a beautiful park at night, under cherry trees... You certainly deserve some rest after these years of hardship.
And what about your family?
As for me, things have been tense lately. There is always difficult missions awaiting someone as talented and as committed as myself, as you can imagine. I almost died lately, though. Chugoku is a dangerous system, after all.
There is not much filtering about the changes to come, regarding this reunification scheme. I suppose there will be modifications in the chain of command. A great admiral like you, Yamamoto-san, will certainly be very busy. Perhaps I will even serve under your command? Who knows. That would be hilarious, in a way.
That being said, perhaps we could agree to have a romantic dinner in the coming week? Wouldn't that be wonderful?
File type: Text
Sender ID: Yamamoto, K.
Receiver ID: Kobayakawa, Y.
Priority:Low Subject: Digging holes
Kobayakawa,
let me just be upright: Why? Why are you doing this?
Why are you continuing to dig holes for yourself - and then proceed to drag me right down into them with you? Why do you get into that ship of yours, bearing the flag of our house, a representative and a warrior, only to mock my position and my person with your constant...well, mockery!
I wrote you that I was tired of showing disgust towards you without even knowing the man in the ship which I had the obligation to shoot. But if what I have been witnessing is the true Kobayakawa - a man unable to know his place when wearing a uniform and unwilling to respect the authority of those under whom he serves, may it be me or anyone else - then there is nothing more I need to know about the rest of his character. And not much that could classify as redeeming qualities.
There are people out there whom I will never be able to be on good terms with, no matter how much I try to leave behind what defined me for such a long time; you sure know what breed of people I am talking about. But when I have to listen to their implications and, even worse, have to agree with them about how it makes things look then you should really reconsider your approach to not only your attitude as a professional, but also your outlook on certain aspects of life.
Again, I wanted to reach out towards you with an olive branch. But you keep threatening my integrity as a senior officer and undermining my authority, especially in the presence of certain elements that would like to see me gone sooner rather than later anyway, and I will have no kindness to show towards you. In fact, I there will be inevitable consequences, soon.
You want to continue being ridiculous and humour me? At least do it in private. There I might not be so inclined to file a request for your discharge from service.
K. Yamamoto
Squished bigly ~Champ- Thanks, you're a champ. "What's the word for when it feels inside your heart that everything in the world is all right?"
Hello Yamamoto-sama.
This is your good friend Kobayakawa.
Your words have touched me and I realize now how embarrassing it must have been for you. For that, I would like to apologize.
It must be difficult for you to return to your home after all, forced to side with people you distrust. My intention wasn't to embarrass you or cause you any trouble, but to make you smile. Because it's so nice when you do so.
I still remember this conversation we had on Freeport 6. I recall quite vividly how you lowered your defenses back then and that was the first time I saw that smile. It was a fine day.
Worry not, Yamamoto-sama, from this day I solemnly declare my oath to never embarrass you anymore while you will be on duty.