Arknights: Starsfall I

Chapter 26

"Mushrooms of God"

Pvt James Ramirez
December 16th, Earth time, 2055
October 17th, Local time, 1097
Rhodes Island Dorms

Day before

After about a full half hour of running from the Engineers and eventually a kind lady named 'Ptilopsis' helped get them off their backs. Ramirez and Exusiai were fresh out of breath and hiding in a supply closet, near where the dorms should be. "Oh man... why the hel...l are the engineers... in this place... so damn...scary," he heaved and took deep breaths between each few words. Exusiai recovered faster, standing up straight as she let loose a small string of nervous laughs.

"You would not believe how crazy they can be... when they want to be..." Exusiai said. The 2's heavy breathing was the only thing heard for a little while. Gathering the breath, the 2 shared a laugh and they gave a high five to each other. "Nice!" Fully recovering now, Ramirez gave her a pat on the back, with a smile. "Let's get on out of here, are your superiors providing rooms for us?"

"Yep," Exusiai replied, as she began to open the door, "Yes they definitely are."

The 2 walked out, and began to walk to their different respective destinations. However, a little curious firefighter operator saw them both leave the closet at the worst possible time. And they thought the worst as they scurried off to their own dorm...

Prevent

As it turns out, the "Dokutah" did provide them room. Something he and his team was glad for. A helicopter ride back and forth would have been inefficient, so this saved them plenty of fuel and time.

Precious fuel that is now coming in bigger numbers in a week or so he heard. As well as supplies for the 3d printers.

Nice.

He and the rest of Hunter 2-1 was eating a breakfast that Ms. Hibiscus brought them via a cart. Much of the guests were getting food delivered to them this way, as a sort of courtesy and show of goodwill. Dunn finished his food quickly, putting the trey away before he went over to a television like screen, "Welp, I am bored, I'm going to see what Terrans watch for fun." He turns it on, and goes to relax on the couch in the room.

Carmen and Jonathon put their trays away. Ramirez was cradling Lana and handling her feeding. This time, It was Plain yogurt with Blueberries, out of Ramirez's own Dessert MRE that he brought along. Foley was reading a magazine sitting on a chair, humming softly. It was a magazine about Laterano, the so-called Gun Monopoly Nation with Sankta, Religion, and Swiss influence.

Something came knocking on their door. Foley getting up from his seat in there, and setting down the little magazine, he goes to the door and opens it. "Ah! Afternoon Ms. Exusiai, how can we help you?" The Sankta girl was there, smiling at him.

She was holding onto her Vector and the M4 that they gave her. Slinging her Vector over her right shoulder, Exusiai flashed them a smirk, "Just wanna know if you guys are down to go to the range after the next meeting?"

Foley chuckled softly under his breath as he turned to Dunn, who seemed to have swung his head around at the mention of a shooting range. "Sure, we can do that. After the meeting though, right?" Exusiai nodded, giving them a thumbs up as Hunter 2-1 began to get up and put on their uniforms.

Quick exposition, the United States has adopted a sort of neo-90's gulf war era uniforms, simply in due part that they helped conceal the Exoskeletons that Blue Force armies now use. Not to mention, they are pretty easy to produce and plus the added pockets made it easier for troops to hold on to certain things like extra toiletries from the MREs.