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

1

[deathflag_survivor]

He's alive. And safe.

Don't ever stop believing that.

2

[caressthedarkness]

...

[Seta stumbles upon this, and is initially stumped on what to do.

But then she gets an idea: after summoning the winter coat that she uses for cold climates, she drapes it over the sleeping girl, and quietly turns around to leave...]

2

[tiger_ken]

[Ken was heading back to his quarters after a late night of his own activities... but stops, when he spots the sleeping Setsuko. He briefly considers things, and then...

Well, next thing he knows, he's putting his jacket over her. Not much, but probably a bit warmer than just the clothes on her back.]

...Well, you've been reading...

[Ken mutters to himself, deciding to try and peruse through the documents himself, curious on what Setsuko would be reading so much for.]

1

[majestic_keiki]

Still nothing?

[Walking up to the busy worker, Kei put down a cup of tea for her in an open space between the papers.]

1

[cloningblues]

Still no news about Toby?

When that... incident happened, everyone was looking for both of you. We couldn't find anything until your emergency beacon activated.

2

[63rd_shockwave]

[Sarah gently prods Setsuko.]

Hey. You'll wreck your back, sleeping like that.

[2]

[ugyuuya]

[Yuuya is walking through the hallways and notes the light from Setsuko's office. Looking in he sees her laying on the papers and debates waking her for a moment. Deciding against it he lays his uniform jacket over her and takes a look at the notes and files around the desk.]

Always doing things the hard way aren't you Setsuko. Taking more burdens than you deserve and giving yourself too little credit for what you do.

[With that Yuuya turns off the screen and begins to straighten the papers on the desk to make it less likely to scatter should Setsuko awaken suddenly or shift in her sleep.]