((OOC:l<a class="postlink-local" href="https://creativefreedomrpg.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&amp;t=9176&amp;p=89878#p89878">viewtopic.php?f=18&amp;t=9176&amp;p=89878#p89878</a>l))<br/><br/>The effects of the Y Crisis have now become much more apparent. As if the drastic reduction in the male birth rate wasn't bad enough, some of the world's governments had officially declared their entry into a third world war no more then a month ago. Most of Asia is now on a path of destruction lead by China, and unfortunately a lot of the countries had not prepared for a war in which men were banned from taking part in all but the most extreme of circumstances. That meant a lot of the most experienced soldiers were now gone, and so they'd need to send out fresh recruits without a day of actual military experience to cover for the amount of women not nearly large enough to handle a war of this magnitude. To make a long story short, the situation was not looking good in both the war and the state of the world as a whole. They were doing their best to resolve both issues, but both of them were incredibly dire; some would say impossible.<br/><br/>April Parker didn't know what to think, but she was most certainly not going to give up. She was part of the GCA, otherwise known as the Genetic Conservation Agency, which took part in all things related to the Y Crises. The GCA was currently getting reorganized due to the beginning of World War 3, as well as tensions heating up around the globe that could spark combat in more areas then just a single continent, as dramatic as that alone would be. While the GCA had normally kept more or less to themselves back home in the United States, there was a call to action to expand their influence all over the world, helping to diffuse problems related to the Y Crisis from any allied country who asks for it. This move would put a lot of strain on the current GCA agents such as herself until they could recruit more women, which would surly to be put into high gear within the coming months. To help alleviate the situation she had heard that they'd being teaming up with special organizations from the respective countries that they'd be helping, but due to the GCA being by far the largest they'd be taking the brunt of all of this anyways. Not that she'd complain. She had faith that her country was making the right choice in this decision, so she'd just have to grin and bear it. She would be, at least indirectly, protecting her nation either way so that was good enough for her.<br/><br/>"You think we're heading over to Asia?" a woman nearby questioned another as they were both walking to the same destination that April was headed.<br/><br/>"Don't know, but I could use a nice vacation in Tokyo right about now," another one joked, giving off a nervous laugh. "Speaking of which, I hope it's alright over there."<br/><br/>"They crushed the Chinese Navy in that last battle," the first woman replied, "and they're going on the counteroffensive once us Americans arrive. No problem."<br/><br/>"I hope you're right..." the other woman said meekly.<br/><br/>"Let's just concentrate on what we can do," April said, chiming in after noticing how frightened she was, even though she tried to hide it. April couldn't blame her. A world war was just getting started and there was a whole lot of uncertainty to go around. "Focus on your assigned task, whatever it may be, and save yourself the worry of things outside of your control."<br/><br/>"I...I'll try my best," the woman replied with a salute. While the GCA wasn't like the normal military in regard to things like that, perhaps the salute came naturally to her or she was just so nervous that she forgot that she was talking to someone of her equal. For the rest of their walk to the briefing room they tried their best to refrain from the situation by engaging in small talk. April wasn't good at such things, so she mainly kept to herself and responded only when asked. It wasn't very long, however, until they had traversed the hallway and was approaching the door to the briefing room that was flanked on either side by two active duty GCA agents. April glanced down at her watch as she stepped inside. It was 6:49 am, placing her comfortably in her 30 minutes early time frame for the meeting at 7:30.