[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

[whiskytraitorfirefight]

[Some of the heavy hitters here were kids too. Remarkable how many worlds seemed to get kids started young. But not every kid was a fighter and not every fighter was a killer. Kill or die. That's what they're heading into.

And to a degree, Ginia wonders if she'll be able to hold her own out there. Missions were one thing, those were planned and organized. This... time to find out if her training and experience were still valid.

Drunken adolescents. Ginia smirks and huffs. There's a good description.]

Sounds right.

Watch yourself out there.

[skyleopardess]

[She dips her head, a faint smile flickering over her face.]

Of course. I have better things to do than cleaning up some idiot's mess.

[No matter how many fights a person has been in, a careless mistake or lack of awareness could kill you the same as any novice. Yoruichi might be confident, but she's not going to get cocky, especially when she knows so little about what she's going into.]

[Thankfully, Ginia looks like she can handle herself, but Yoruichi knows that if they come across each other in the battlefield, she'll do what she can to watch the other woman's back--it's no more than she'd do for any of her friends and allies back home.]

You do the same, hm?

[whiskytraitorfirefight]

[Ginia gives a small salute and manages a grin. As long as she can smile, even if it's fake and forced, then things are okay.]

When this is all over, drinks on me.

[skyleopardess]

This is why it pays to know the bartender.

[The sound of the crowd shifts subtly, signaling that's almost time to move out. Yoruichi's smile drops, and she draws in a quiet breath to center herself.]

Looks like this is it.

[whiskytraitorfirefight]

[Ginia's expression also shifts as she looks over the crowd. Too many people facing an unknown and likely desperate situation. She doesn't envy those who will be heading in first, but no doubt the people in front put themselves there.]

Catch you on the flipside.