srwu | Jan. 3rd, 2015

[There's a somewhat familiar looking machine landing inside the hangar of Fort Alhambra. Those of you who've seen it before will probably be able to tell that it's that loveable scamp Willis' machine Strahlend. However...it's a bit of a far cry from how the machine looked in the past. The new almost regal appearance of the machine completely betraying the demeanor of it's pilot. Eventually, the pilot emerges from it and sticks a landing on the ground below. Unlike his machine, Willis looks...exactly the same as he always did. Same beat up jacket, same shaggy hair, same child-like expression on his face. He looks rather happy to be back at the base. ]

Wow, this place hasn't changed at all in the last two years. Some of the same machines from back then are still here!

[It doesn't look like he's realized how much time has passed on the surface.]

1. [For Gloval, the new year means paperwork. Supply ships have been offloading thousands of tons of ammunition, food, mecha parts...and, on occasion, incredibly ominous, extremely heavy crates covered in radiation hazard signs. Despite protests from the civilians on board, more and more military equipment is being loaded on to the massive ship-and nobody's getting off.

With all that on his plate, Gloval's not going anywhere. He does, however, leave his office door slightly ajar, and have a snifter of brandy with him for the occasion.]

2. [It's New Year's Eve! And, for three very lovely ladies that means...drinking together in a dark corner of a bar. Alone.

Alone together, but still. Completely dateless.]