... huh.<br/><br/>Aleta had honestly not expected to be the only one who had actually shown up in the lounge -- she had, after all, come in just under the wire. She tapped her chin briefly, but it was only a few seconds that she had to ponder where Captain Krieger was before the pneumatic hiss of the door opening caught her attention. She turned on her heel to find the reassuring bulk of Corporal Newheart. She gave him a brief nod -- the EOREF didn't exactly stand on a whole lot of ceremony, given its nature. Besides, it was early.<br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#6b8e23">"Good morning, Corporal. Nice to see you up and about."</span>Aleta glanced briefly around the room, tapping her chin (as she was really apt to do when she was considering something).<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#6b8e23">"Have you seen Corporal Murdoch?"</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#8b4513">"Well, Lieutenant. Perhaps you had best see to waking your man up, hm?"</span>came a familiar voice as a man stepped through another door, leading to the administrative core of the building.<a class="link link--external" href="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/145/2/5/admiral_cortez_by_343guiltyspark-d3h7ysq.jpg" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">Captain Krieger</a>smiled, offering Rook and Newheart a thin smile.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#8b4513">"See to it, will you? I'd rather speak to all of you at once,"</span>the captain said.<br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#6b8e23">"Ah, yessir,"</span>Aleta said with a quick salute. "Newheart, come with me. We'll bring a cart by the barracks. If he's not there, I know<i>exactly</i>where Murdoch will be."<br/><br/>0700<br/><br/>It did take a little while to find Murdoch, but the cart came rolling across the dusty ground around the outside of the base. She'd left it to Newheart to drive, while Aleta tried to get in touch with someone at the barracks. Nothing, of course, but she'd expected as much. Murdoch did always enjoy his runs, and she knew where he did it. Heck, sometimes she joined him on his runs.<br/><br/>"Murdoch! A word, please!" she called out when she caught sight of the quite familiar bronzed back of their not-quite-human comrade.