PFC Yui 'Zippo' Sakuraba<br/><br/>The black depths of cryosleep slowly, slowly, began fading away, Yui's vision clearing out from the center towards the edges of her eyesight.  She vaguely started hearing things reaching her ears.  They were garbled at first, but eventually the sound waves hitting against the inner ear started to cohere and make sense.  It was Sarge.  Of<em>course</em>it was Sarge.  He always did something like this when the platoon came out of the fridge.  Sitting up, she carefully pushed the canopy of the bed all the way open, rubbing absentmindedly at her eye with the back of her hand.<br/><br/>Yui wasn't dressed in much - a tank top with panties.  She'd gotten whistled at, once, for wearing them - only for the offender to get 'accidentally' whacked in the face with the business of her flamethrower when she'd 'turned around too fast.'  They had gotten the message, because it hadn't happened again.  And the message was: Do It Again and Die.  Fortunately for her, this platoon was too professional for that.  Oh, they teased her, sure, but they did it to everyone else, too.<br/><br/>Shuffling over to her locker, she opened it up and took out not a pair of pants - that was next on the checklist - but a small teddy bear.  "Hey, Taku," she said, kissing the bear on the cheek before putting him back in the locker.  Taku, short for Takumi, was something her father had given her when she was younger - though the Marines joked that the stuffed bear was Yui's 'boyfriend.'  Her father had pulled a few strings to allow her to carry it, but Taku was important to her - he was a reminder of why she was here.  That done, Yui pulled pants out, hanging them on the hook of her locker door.<br/><br/>Yui then headed to the showers.  Boy, was she glad that the Mitchum had double-sided showers.  Meant that she could clean herself off without having to have the guys ogle her.  Granted, she was a fellow Marine...but out here, she was the closest thing to a woman that they had.  Well, aside from Senjo, but she was a synth.  Once she was cleaned, she got herself dressed properly, and then headed for food.  God, she hoped this mission was simple.