[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

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[ledbythewind]

[Richard can't help but chase after that contact, leaning forward to rest his forehead against Isamu's for a brief moment before finally moving away.]

Yes, we should. Being hauled away to a draft by droids isn't an experience I'm in any hurry to repeat.

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[musubi]

I'm about ready. [Though he wants to grab a couple other things just in case they decide he needs to come along for the draft too.]

I'll make us some toast.

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[ledbythewind]

Natto toast.

[The correction is teasing; he knows that he doesn't even need to tell Isamu what he wants by now.]

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[musubi]

Obviously. It's not like we'll be in the house to have to deal with the smell afterwards anyway.

[And a little teasing right back.]

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[ledbythewind]

I won't. You, however, will be coming back to it after Asbel and I have gone.

[Two can play at this game.]

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[musubi]

[He wrinkles his nose in displeasure.]

... Maybe I'll go for a walk.

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[ledbythewind]

That sounds like an excellent idea. It would hardly be fair for Asbel and I to be getting all of the exercise while you sit around on vacation. Perhaps I should devise a training schedule to make sure you don't become too lazy in our absence...

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[musubi]

[Richard gets the most deadpan of looks for that.]

Don't push it.

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[ledbythewind]

[That earns him a chuckle and a light shoulder bump. If nothing else, at least Richard is in a slightly better mood now, even if part of it is his usual facade.]

Now, about that toast...

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[musubi]

... Yeah, I'm on it. I can do this quick, no problem.

[Since they don't have much time.]

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[ledbythewind]

And I'll go make sure Asbel isn't still snoring away.

[Because they both know what a heavy sleeper their other housemate can be.]

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[musubi]

... Good idea. I hope he can get ready quick too.

[No point in leaving him for the robots to drag out. Here's hoping he'll eat natto toast also.]

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[ledbythewind]

You needn't worry about that.

[Is that a evil glint to his eye, or just a trick of the light?]

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[musubi]

...Ah. Well, then I won't.

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[ledbythewind]

[Richard gives a soft laugh and pats his friend on the shoulder as he moves around him to make for the door. Hopefully it won't take anything too drastic to get Asbel up...]

I'll meet you in the kitchen in a few minutes. Any longer than that and you might want to send help.

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[musubi]

Screw that, I'll just drag you both down myself. Calling help would take too long.

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[ledbythewind]

[This time Richard's laugh is louder and more genuine.]

My hero.

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[musubi]

Yeah, yeah...

I'd be more of a hero if I could get you out of this altogether. Get a move on.

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[ledbythewind]

You're already more than enough of a hero to me.

[And he's gone before Isamu can yell at him for getting mushy.]

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[musubi]

Oi! NONE OF THAT, YOU -- dammit.

[Yeah, yelling it anyway.]

[Action, Graces House to the teleporters]

[ledbythewind]

[Hey, on the plus side, the yelling might help wake Asbel up, so it isn't completely useless!]