Where are you?

[star_of_sad]

[1]
[Setsuko is busy, very busy. She's sitting in front of a computer console, and the surrounding area is covered in notes she made during her research.]

Kaiju, BETA, Wulgaru, the Noise, so many others... it's hard to judge if humanity is winning, or losing.

[Just taking a glance on her reading material makes it obvious that she's focused not only on enemies of humanity.

She's searching for something, anything at all, related to the now-defeated black stranger, the Virgolas, and their mass produced version, the Canis. Beating her head against military secrets, insufficient clearance and plain old lack of news means Setsuko learnt very little.]

Just... where are you? I know you must be somewhere out there. You have to be.

Wouldn't it be better to go out into the world and hope to randomly stumble upon, well, something? That sounds exactly what Lt Watson would do. But if I do that, there's no guarantee I'll find anything.

[She sighs and goes back to work.]

[2]
[The work lasted long into the night. Setsuko is still at her desk - asleep on her own stack of papers, without any sheet or cover.]

Comments

[deathflag_survivor]

Well, it could be any number of things. You said you lost your memory at first when we found you in Paradigm. Maybe something similar happened to him?

[star_of_sad]

That's possible. I don't know how likely is it, but I know very little of how everything played out...

I know he's not in Paradigm City, at least.

[deathflag_survivor]

We all know very little... but I can't imagine that the anomaly would send you somewhere safe but throw the others to the winds.

I know it isn't much, but if you're willing, I'll let Captain Symphonia know the truth about what happened. He's a good man, and Team Jelba's no stranger to keeping secrets, or traveling far and wide while keeping their eyes and ears open.

They might find nothing, but they wouldn't stop trying until they found signs of Toby. The Team's no fan of fractured squads, after all.

[star_of_sad]

I can't guarantee any success. If finding him was easy, I'd do it by now.

But... I don't mean that I don't appreciate it. Thank you.

[deathflag_survivor]

And it's because it isn't easy that you shouldn't have to go it alone.

Selena and I'll be sure to keep you informed of anything we find.

[star_of_sad]

Alright. Just please don't abandon your other duties just to help me and lt Watson. I want to know where he is and talk to him again... but in the end, there's only two of us.

I assume more people than that depend on the success of your operations.