[Voice, locked to residents] --EMERGENCY--EMERGENCY--EMERGENCY--EMERGENCY--

[malnosso]

[At 2:15AM, the journals suddenly blare out an alarm, followed by this message.]

EMERGENCY. EMERGENCY. This is an emergency.

The following occupants of the Luceti enclosure must report to the teleporters in twenty minutes. You are required as reinforcements in Region 13. Bring all necessary armaments with you. You will be teleported directly into combat.

Anyone who fails to comply will be forcibly escorted to the teleporters by droids.

This is not a drill. I repeat: this is not a drill. You have twenty minutes.

[The message repeats twice more, the alarm continuing until the twenty minutes has elapsed. No questions will be answered.]

Comments

[yourfononsarewhack]

[He had scanned the list mechanically; he noticed very well that Nephry's name was the only absence. He was thankful for that much; she's a noncombatant.

He gives her a sober glance, looking just about ready to head out the door.]

Only as much as was announced. It appears to be an emergency draft.

[silversnowfall]

Be careful. [Jade is a soldier and he knows how to handle himself. She's worried anyway.] Who else is-

[It occurs to her that she might be meant to go on this terrible adventure and she doesn't even know it yet.]

[yourfononsarewhack]

[He appreciates the sentiment. But rather than stating that aloud, he focuses on the more timely manner of addressing who else is going.]

Nephry. [He says calmly as he looks her in the eyes. It's an uncomfortable turth time.] Your name isn't on the list. The rest of the house is, however.

[silversnowfall]

The whole house?

[She can't stop the surprised look, the half-backstep. Everyone.

Something solid settles over her features.]

I'll help them get ready.

[yourfononsarewhack]

[He expected at least some amount of surprise. He wonders if Nephry finds this worse than if she herself had been drafted. But he sees no need to repeat himself.]

I'm sure they'll appreciate your help. Whoever isn't at the teleporters in fifteen minutes will be taken by the droids. [Even if the droids won't be seeking to hurt them, they still could be one more source of trauma on top of everything else.]

[silversnowfall]

I heard.

[Then she makes a small show of it - rubbing her forehead, still squinting a bit without her glasses on.]

Try not to get carried away out there.

[yourfononsarewhack]

I'll be as level-headed as always and act appropriately for the situation. [It's the closest to an affirmation of her statement that he can manage. He doesn't see a need to make any sort of promise; he knows war and how easily such promises can be made false.]

I have quite the troublesome charges to watch over, after all.

[silversnowfall]

I'm sure they'll spend more time watching over you.

[Okay, enough chitchat. Nephry has assistant packing to do.]

[yourfononsarewhack]

[He just gives a light smirk. And he'll start to walk towards the door so that she's not held up any longer from tending to the others.]

Take care, Nephry.