[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

[Transporters!]

[frost_jewel]

[Leave it to Grune to be bright and sunny even at two in the morning in the face of an emergency.]

Good morning, Grune. Are you coming with us?

[Transporters!]

[lostinmyway]

[She shakes her head.]

Oh, no. I'm staying here to look after the village, and to welcome everyone home.

[Transporters!]

[frost_jewel]

Welcome us...home? [None of them even know how long they'll be gone. Something in Mia is touched by the gesture, anyway.] That's kind of you.

[Transporters!]

[lostinmyway]

Thank you. [She smiles.] It's kind of you to go away to protect the village for all of us.

[Transporters!]

[frost_jewel]

It would be, if I had a choice. We're forced to do this.

[Transporters!]

[lostinmyway]

[That doesn't deter her even for a moment.]

But you're still trying your best.

[Transporters!]

[frost_jewel]

[Grune is incapable of seeing a negative in any situation. Mia sighs, but she's almost smiling.]

I suppose I am.

[Transporters!]

[lostinmyway]

[Seeing that near-smile, Grune tries a smile of her own to coax it out.]

I'm sure everyone will be very grateful. You have such an important job.

[Transporters!]

[frost_jewel]

Did you really just come here to make everyone feel better about leaving?

[Transporters!]

[lostinmyway]

[Nod nod!]

Yes, that's right. I wanted everyone to know we're all cheering them on back at home.

[Transporters!]

[frost_jewel]

Cheering? Why?

[She has a hard time believing Grune would cheer for people to kill other people.]

[Transporters!]

[lostinmyway]

Why, so everyone can do their best.

[Why wouldn't she cheer them on?]