Work Release Program

[twocoolforschool]

1. [Immediately post-Mt. Daisetzu]
[Those present for the mission in Hokkaido already have some idea, but for others it may be a nasty surprise when Getter Robo returns, and out steps - that guy who hijacked it and tried to trash Saotome Labs, and who's been cooling his heels in a cell since. Now unrestrained, and apparently not even under guard, and looking rather pleased with himself. Well, he did help save Denzel and a bunch of civilians, after all! For certain values of "saved", given the civilians' condition, but that's not his fault.

So this fine gentleman now has the run of Sakihama Base, apparently, and soon enough appears around Fort Alhambra and even the Star Rose. Granted, he doesn't seem to be up to anything obvious, and if any blood has been let in the process, none of it got on him...]

2. [Network broadcast]
[Shortly after Getter's return, a worn-looking and grumpy (but that's no change from normal) Professor Saotome makes a video broadcast.]

I'll make this short. Arrangements have been made for Hayato Jin to pilot Getter Robo. For the time being, he's forbidden to leave any UG base or my labs unescorted, and is under full surveillance within them. He knows not to give us any reason to limit him more than this. I trust all UG personnel will exercise similar restraint.

The Reptiloids are growing more daring. We do not have time to spare for squabbling among ourselves.

Comments

[twocoolforschool]

Purple Two.

[Hayato catches her eye. He's been reading up, it seems.]

Good work.

[majestic_keiki]

[What a bright, cheerful and charming man. She clearly didn't seem terribly comfortable with his attention like that. Probably didn't help that the events of the deployment had been quite disturbing.]

...Thanks.

I guess we wouldn't have managed to deal with things out there without you.

[twocoolforschool]

Probably not.

[Well, it's only the truth. Getter-2 had made attacking the underground base a great deal easier than it would otherwise have been. Escaping it, likewise.]

But everyone has a part to play in a well-run operation.

[majestic_keiki]

I didn't say you were the only one who mattered.

Just that we couldn't have done it without you. But how did you even end up here?

[twocoolforschool]

Mutual benefit. They wanted a pilot with my particular skills, I wanted to know more about what they've been keeping secret.

[majestic_keiki]

Good luck finding what you're looking for. There's lots of weird stuff the public don't know about, you'll see it soon enough, but nobody can keep track of all of it.

[twocoolforschool]

Maybe. It's remarkable what patterns emerge once you find the right perspective, though.

[Kei should be familiar with that, after all. Sifting signal from noise is her job.]

[majestic_keiki]

Yeah...But I think the only pattern here is that all kinds of weirdos and secret societies decided to pay attention to Unity Group. And that magic exists, apparently.

[twocoolforschool]

So it's a target-rich environment. Apophenia is just an occupational hazard.

[majestic_keiki]

Good luck trying to figure out all the secrets here. Lots of the people are perfectly capable of protecting their business if they want to anyway.