Heart To Heart

[brought_it_back]

Her condition is the same as before. Eva looks up at the ceiling, struggles against her restraints occasionally, and sees and hears nothing of what goes on around her. Those eyes that fail to see what is right before them instead see...somewhere else.

( Somewhere Else... )

Back in the hospital, Eva blinks once, and sees the ceiling for the first time.


1. [For Ren]
Of all the people Eva can think of, there's only one choice for who to call once she's woken up. She waits for them to arrive in the front of the hospital, having changed back into her normal clothes. For a given value of normal, at least-the all black outfit looks somewhat out of place when not going out to do some espionage work. It'll take a while for her friend to appear, so she takes out a small notepad and starts drawing.

2.[For everyone else]
There's no announcement. But soon, if you're paying attention or watching carefully, you may catch Eva stalking around the base, eating in the cafeteria, or practicing in the gym.

A kind request

[in_over_his_head]

"This is Commander Antov speaking. Do I have everyone's attention?"

[The Commander in Chief of the Unity Group coughs lightly looking aside at a stranger nobody has seen until today. A very official looking one to boot, in an immaculately clean uniform with a datapad on hand. Commander Antov may be fidgeting a little.]

"If... its no problem at all I'll need some volunteers for a mission on behalf of one of ESUN's branches. This is Representative Caroll from the Office of Special Investigations"

[He looks to the newcomer who steps forward. Now out of her line of sight he's quickly wiping his forehead.]



"Thank you for the introduction Commander Antov. Normally the OSI conducts operations that would be considered covert and thus not requiring the somewhat high profile approach that the Unity Group is known for. Even in the event of an emergency extraction, at the very least we are able to have ESUN troops on loan from member countries on hand or at the very most, special ops teams with close ties to our Office."

[The Representative taps a few buttons and close by displays for those at this announcement in person - or on the screens of those watching it from other bases will soon have information relayed to them regarding an isolated town. Geograpical and Weather Data, population, resources of note and among a dozen little facets of seemingly unimportant information. What was odd though were a number of sections labelled -CONTACT LOST- or -UNKNOWN- all of which were dated very recently.]

"Both those options that we have used to extract an Investigator who was sent to the area for a long term data gathering mission when he requested emergency extraction. Due to the investigator's reputation of... exaggeration... the initial rescue team was delayed until we could confirm that the situation was genuine."

"Shots were fired during his last communique and all contact with him was lost for roughly 12 hours before his emergency beacon was activated. Given the area has seen very little in terms of any sort of aggressor activity OSI command believed that a minimal response was best and sent the 13th Genoace Squad from ESUN's 4th Mobile Suit Division to retrieve him roughly 48 hours after activation of the beacon."

"After losing contact with them for roughly 36 hours after confirmation of their arrival to the OpZone, one of our Special Ops teams - Task Force Javelin volunteered to retrieve both the Investigator and previous retrieval team."

[A bit of worry started to get through her professional demeanor before she continues on.]

"That was roughly 5 hours ago. Lieutenant Commander Eklund is a professional and given that he has missed both second and third contact intervals I'm inclined to believe that there may be a problem. OSI would be in your debt if you were able to bring him and his team back home, as well as retrieve any information they were able to salvage. Furthermore, Lieutenant Commander Eklund had expressed interest in joining the Unity Group, and it is highly likely his team will follow him. They have an exemplary combat record and will most likely be a good addition to your efforts."

[She inclines her head lightly, though oddly she makes no mention of the investigator nor the first rescue team.]

"If you have any questions regarding the operation I will do what I can to answer them."