Talk:Blaze/@comment-4066758-20181226173511

Sometimes I like to imagine the player characters of this series hanging out in a bar somewhere and sharing war stories. Here's an example:

Blaze: So we were assigned to perform a ceremonial flight over November City's stadium, and they told us our planes would be fully armed. At the time, I thought nothing of it; I told myself, "Well, there IS war going on, so it's better to have weapons and not need them than to need them and not have them." Looking back now, that should've been where the alarms in my head started blaring. It's almost like they knew we would be attacked... in fact, I'm STILL not convinced that isn't the case.

Cipher: I know how that feels. When I saw the Bm-335 in the mission briefing that awful day, I should've known that the Belkans were planning to drop nukes; since then, I thank God every day that we weren't vaporized in the blast.

Mobius 1: So what happened next?

Blaze: A squadron of Yuktobanian fighters attacked us. We tried calling for backup, but someone deployed an ECM and told the base that our request was just a drill, so the four of us were left to fight alone. During the fight, Chopper's plane was critically damaged and he couldn't eject. He asked if there was a place he could drop his plane without causing any collateral damage, and I was about to tell him to drop in the river, but Edge told him to drop in the center of the stadium. If only I had spoken up just a second sooner, then maybe, just maybe, Chopper would still be alive. Damn it, Nagase! Why did you tell him to drop in the stadium? *sigh*

Phoenix: So what happened next?

Blaze: After seeing Chopper crash... I'm not sure how to explain it, really. It was like my anger awakened a demon within me or something. I'm sure the same thing happened to Edge and Archer, because, next thing we knew, our flying abilities drastically improved... I'm not entirely sure how that worked for Edge exactly - what did she think would happen when she told Chopper to drop in the stadium? - but I digress. I don't really remember what happened after that; everything from that point is a blurred mess of radio chatter, radar lock sirens, explosions, rage, and sadness.

What do you think?