A Leader's Fury

[sonofgucun]

[1]

[Cheng was, for a lack of better term... furious. Jiang Jing city. Wiped out. Its people? Dead. The troops sent to defend it? Dead.]

[And he could do nothing to prevent it. Instead all he could do was inform Han Zhi that he was going to be gone a little longer - if only to deal with a few more criminals against the State.]

We need more. We need something to give us an edge. We need something to prevent this from ever happening again....

[Being close to Arkham did not help things at all. Not this time. A new solution would be needed. And Cheng is frustrated beyond measure trying to hammer something out.]

[2] (Locked to Roads)

We need to talk. Now. Whatever else you're doing is unimportant.

[Cheng's voice was more or less ice. It seems whatever goodwill and camraderie he felt towards you was all but nonexistent here.]

So I suggest you pay close attention to what I have to say.

[3]

[Xue Yi and Nuan Chun were...avoiding their father for a lack of better term. He just looked so angry, so utterly hateful that he scared them. This caused another round of frustration and worry all around as he collapsed onto a chair and held his head.]

Perhaps Han Zhi would make a better Chairman General than I.

[And now doubt begins to set in...]

Thirteenth Minute (Happy Mother's Day, Kazuki)

[possibly_here]

This is Akane Makabe... and if you're listening to this, well, I suppose it means two things.  One: everyone's not dead yet.  And two: someone actually found this.

[You can find Kazuki sitting in his room, listening to something on an old cassette player.  It had come in the mail, addressed from home from his father, accompanied with a short note simplying saying "She's here.  She's helping us.  We'll get you some help soon."]

I'm not sure if the rest of the world's gone the same way as Japan by the time you hear this, or if humanity's gotten at least a little better at dealing with the Festum in the aftermath.  But what I know is... someone has to find answers.  The Festum aren't like anything else we've ever known before, and with their powers it'd be impossible to just capture and study one.

That's why I'm taking this risk.  I'm going to go willingly where everyone else has gone kicking and screaming.  With any luck...

... I hope that I'll still be a part of what takes my place.

[And then... that voice.  That voice Kazuki's heard every time he's had to sortie against those things."

Are you there?

Yes.  I am here.

[And then... nothing but static.  And Kazuki's just sitting there, looking horrified.  The truth's finally been revealed to him.  What happened to his mother...]

Mom...

A Rusting Island/ Welcome Back Blue

[infinite_blue]

[1](Flying/swiming units)
Being on patrol duty tends to get dull over the ocean. But that just means a bright flash of light on a no name atoll gets your attention that much easier... and it's followed up by a flare being fired up into the air. Anyone going in for a closer look would see that someone is there, but there flashing mirror makes it hard to make out just who they are.

(Do you move in closer to the atoll? Or rather, do you wait for the pick up?)

[2]

After being brought back onboard, Yuki is taken to the ever popular infirmary. Except for dehydration, malnutrition, scratches, bruises, and a nasty sunburn she's surprisingly in good shape, and talkative too.

"You know, I don't know what would have happened if you guys never came. Do you think you can buff coconut dents out of helmets? And were you involved with the crazy tide shifts? By the way, What day is it?"