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"Air travel is better than a ship," which was really their other option, but Cerissé understood what Emilia meant by it all - it was exhausting and then it was simply going to be a lot of work....and maybe a little free time to enjoy things, but overall it was going to be a lot of hitting the ground running.

Especially according to what Chase had to say as he got started debriefing them all after a night in the hotel. Cerissé's internal clock wanted to be all over the place, and it would be just as difficult when they got back to Destiny City. Still, everything seemed rather straight forward.

"I am hoping you'll want to accompany me on recon?" the question was aimed towards Caleb, though it was more of a statement than a question. She knew, after all.

Shannon tried to keep a passive, uncaring face, as Chase flat out told them all that the others who were here before them were dead but she couldn't hide the slight blanching at the news. The knowledge that they all were facing the same fate wasn't something new... it still wasn't easy to hear it said so blatantly. Her vacation really took a much more ominous turn.

Apparently Shannon's question sparked more voices speaking up, asking their own questions. First it was the two next to her, both with pretty decent questions, especially when it came to the cops and how they were going to deal with them. She didn't particularly want to deal with the police while on foreign soil, it probably wouldn't go very well. Then a blue haired fella mentioned taking senshi in which made Shannon wonder about their quotas.

Once again she raised her hand and when acknowledged she asked, "should we continue to gather energy along with information when its feasible? I assume that leaving bodies behind would be inadvisable but a little draining wouldn't be adverse, correct?"

Her question was answered, hers and several others, and just like that they were dismissed. Released, as it were, into the down of Witzend to gather information and figure out just what was going on. Shannon would prefer to go back to sleep but she didn't want to look like she was shirking her responsibility... yet.

So with a mental sigh the pale haired woman smiled and leaned towards the male who had sat down next to her and introduced herself, "I'm Shannon and you are?" She stuck a hand out and continued, "I don't suppose you would want to look over all the information with me somewhere a bit more private. Maybe we can come up with a plan or something." She kept it professional but there was a little flirt there. He was cute but best not push it until she knew how best to get the reaction she wanted.

Shoulders shrugged unenthusiastically at Sheldon's question about what was good about the morning. She was excited to be on a mission, and eager to show the Negaverse her worth, but doing it in the presence of her highschool sweetheart & co. was... Less than ideal. Most of them already outranked her, which was bad enough.

But anything more that Mackenzie had to say was shoved deep down inside when Chase stood at the head of the table and the doors closed at the other end of the room. She wished that she could power up and pull out her tablet so she could read the details while he spoke, but instead she clicked her ballpoint pen and set it to paper to scribble down notes. As the images shifted to new locations, she wrote them down, made any notes about things of interest that she may have picked up on before the picture flickered onto the next.

At the mention of infighting, she glanced to the trio at her side.

Everyone serving here is deceased.

Mackenzie took a long sip of her coffee, unsure of how to process that statement. Were they on a suicide mission? She was sure she heard Iliel speak, and but she didn't quite process what she was saying as she was so focused on the fact that this small group of rogue Senshi were able to take down the Negaverse force to such a degree.

Complete the mission. Get home.

That was all that she heard. That was what she was focused on. She was practically chomping at the bit to get out of this tiny room and out into the city and power up. She was ready for a fight - not one that she was willing to lose.

You're all dismissed.

Had the Q and A finished already? She blinked back into existence, swiveling in her chair after being dismissed by their leader. Finally making eye contact with her group of comrades, she stood from her chair. Grabbing her coffee mug, she touched Topher's shoulder with her free hand.

"I'm gonna... Regroup upstairs. Read through some mission information. Meet up soon?"

Mackenzie didn't even wait for a response from any of them. She offered a quick smile, before shuffling out of the room.

-- Mackenzie Exit~! --




**no need to tag me back, just wanted to get wordcount in with a formal exit! >>"

Emilia was quick to respond to the summons. Her promptness was partially because she was getting pretty annoyed that her partners kept showing up to missions before she did, and this time she was determined to be present as quickly as possible, even though it meant cutting off in the middle of an Odyssey run that had actually been going pretty well.

It was a small sacrifice. It was actually nice to have something more concrete to do rather than playing video games in between missions and pretending that people weren't going missing during their investigations.

She kept her head held high as she walked into the room, even though knew deep in the back of her mind that this likely meant things were getting even more serious. It was still and important mission, and she was still entering a space where one of her bosses waited.

She took a seat silently and waited with her attention sharp and her hands folded together on the table in front of her.