Gaia

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* Leaper Phase

**Gaia** is a 3-Star, **Order**/**Mage** Leaper in *Space Leaper: Cocoon*.

## Basic Files

Gaia is the leader and commander of Cocoon and one of the few human survivors of the recent calamity. Her warmth and kindness suffuse the base, and although no one knows exactly what lies in her past, all think of her as representing reliability, trust, and an ideal purpose.

Gaia is always extremely busy. Other than the huge amount of battle reports she has to deal with, she also concerns herself with every little need of the Leapers, from food to equipment to living conditions. Her greatest ideal is to build a new civilization among the stars, beginning from Cocoon.

## Deep Level Files

**Background Story (I): Human Specialties**

After meeting Proxy I've been really interested in humans, so I decided to observe Ms. Gaia up close to learn more. What's that, why don't I go observe Doctor Westy Wood? Why WOULD I?! She'd bully me for sure!

I tried following Gaia for a minute, but she found me out in a second.... But when I told her what I was doing she agreed to let me do some investigation.

Hmm.... I don't feel any difference in part of her body... Ah-ha! So it must be something inside! But everyone's the same inside....

I can't make head or tails of this mess, I'll have to go talk to her directly.

"It's not that you are similar to us humans, but rather that we humans are becoming more like you."

...What does that mean?

**Background Story (II): Free Time**

I discovered that Captain Gaia always comes to the library whenever she has free time. Usually you can only find some books about things that aren't very useful at this time, but she just keeps on reading.

I saw her attempt to read through a theoretical book once, probably to help out the Doctor with some research, I'm guessing. It was chalk full of formulas and complicated vocabulary, but I bet Captain Gaia understood it all no problem.

That's what I thought at first, but after a bit she put the book down and picked up a science fiction novel instead.... So maybe there are some things that are too difficult for Gaia....

No, it's probably that the Doctor is just too much of a genius.

**Background Story (III): Enthusiastic Sister**

My duties often bring me to the control center when I have Mission reports to deliver to Captain Gaia, but more often than not she isn't there. Usually she's either in the Doctor's research facility or in Becky's library, and after a long time I've finally figured out why: she wants to help other people.

I remember that when I saw her in the living quarters before she would always be running about, busy as a bee. I always thought she was the typo that just can't stand to sit still.

I eventually decided I should encourage her to take a break and to work some relaxation into her schedule, otherwise her demanding lifestyle would take a toll on both her body and her mind. But when I finally talked to her about it, her expression became... clouded, and sort of dark. Did I say something wrong? Is she so obsessed with helping people that she'll do anything?

Humans certainly are strange creatures.

**Background Story (IV): Twisted Purpose**

To be honest, I haven't had much contact with that human.

To use a phrase of Westy Wood's, I am the enemy of the Leapers, I'm an incomprehensible existence. That human doesn't seem to care about any of that though, she treats me just like everyone else and I feel an energy of warmth, an all-inclusive love radiating from her.... Just kidding, it's not like that at all.

I can see in her eyes a certain stubbornness, a stubbornness that will forever guide her actions as long as nothing happens to upset the balance in her mind.

In this world, truly altruistic saints are an impossible existence; someone who aspires to something like this could never lead others for long. Only by twisting one's purpose, by disguising one's personal motive in a seemingly great love, can the final result be brought to light.

**Background Story (V): Who exactly is normal**

That gal is a weirdo without a doubt-- that's the conclusion I've come to after working with her.

She seems entirely focused on building a new home, she's even turned Cocoon into a little village, which I must admit has been quite useful for maintaining the spirits of the Leapers. But her true thoughts aren't as simple as that.

After the explosion humanity no longer needs to eat, we don't even need to sleep. To put it another way, we no longer need to consume any type of resource to keep on surviving. Yet she still insists in creating a new home.

She goes about everything in a frenzy, even requesting that I help Diye with planet Weaving, all to satisfy her ideals. No... to me, that's the same thing as ordinary desire.

I really can't tell who exactly is normal in the eyes of the world anymore.