[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

[derpivity]

[He shakes his head at Neji's words as he regards him.]

You're right, I'm not on the list. But I'm not about to let my fellow Konoha shinobi go without at least talking to them first before seeing them off. As a Hokage, I feel obliged to do so.

[And not only obliged, he also wants to do so.]

[screw_fate]

[In real terms, Minato has never been the Hokage Neji looked up to; the Kyuubi attacked when he was less than a year and a half old. But in Konoha he has shown himself to take responsibility, and Neji sees him as a respectable authority figure.]

Thank you. This isn't an easy time of morning to be up. [It's a quality of a good leader; Neji recognizes that and respects it. By coming to them at this ungodly hour just to see them off...]