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'Forgive me...' — Description
After losing Noel & a few encounters with Sector Seven, Epsilon finally finds his friend again; the problem is she's not behaving like herself & she's got company...in the form of Hazama...

No matter how much Epsilon dodged & deflected the bullets, Noel would not stop shooting at him...she showed no emotion, no feeling...her eyes looked glazed over, as if nobody was there.
"Noel, please, stop this!" Epsilon tried reasoning with her, but his pleas were met with silence; only the laughter of Captain Hazama responded to his words
"'Noel, please, stop this!' Hahahah, you know she can't hear you, right?" Hazama mocked him, grinning from the sidelines, "Even for such a FAILURE like yourself, I'll admit...you've entertained me this much..."
"Entertained...?" As Epsilon paused, a single paralysing shot from Bolverk caught him in the chest, sending the Murakumo crashing to the ground; a few seconds after being knocked down, Epsilon tried to get back up...the shot was painful, but he tried to fight past the nerve impulses & get back up again.
"So, how does it feel?" Hazama stood over him, glaring down at Epsilon with a sick grin on his face, "Y'know, beneath all that armour & without that computer screwed into your head, you are still human...a pathetic attempt at a human, but a human nontheless..." With a final scoff at Epsilon, Hazama turned & began to walk away, "Let's go, Noel, we're done with this heap of scrap..."
"No-...-el..." the rate of Epsilon's pain sensors was increasing, but he still struggled back to his feet; the computer system was requesting time for cooldown, but the Murakumo kept trying to stand, "I...I..."
"You still here?" Hazama turned back, noticing the Murakumo was on his feet, "I thought you were going to die like the cockroach you are."
"Noel...please..." Epsilon staggered towards Noel, his HUD was starting to lose power, but he kept walking, "I...promised I'd help you...I'm going to...keep that promise..."
"You're wasting your time, kiddo," Hazama shook his head, still grinning like a Cheshire Cat, "She can't hear you."
"I don't know...why, but something...something says I must help you..." Epsilon ignored Hazama's taunts, eventually making it to Noel; with what little energy remained, Epsilon wrapped his arms around Noel & held her tight, an unknown liquid leaking from his eyes & down his face, "After all...we're friends...remember?"
"Hey, hands off the Panda, kid!" Hazama growled, noticing a blue glow surrounding the pair, "Ohh...more interference...smells like the Cat's all over this one again!"
"Noel...Please..." Epsilon whispered as the blue aura around them started to shift, "Forgive me..." In an azure flash, Epsilon & Noel vanished, leaving Hazama standing in the NOL garden alone.
"Oh, come ON!!" he roared to himself, "What do I have to DO to stop these interefences!? Phantom!" With that call, a shadow extended & rose up to meet Hazama's face, "Let's go get our puppet back, we can't let those meddlers interfere anymore!"

Epsilon might be an android, but it appears he can still show some signs of emotion...plus, this concern for Noel might go deeper than just friendship...

Noel & BlazBlue (C) ArcSys Works/Project BB Team
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