Location -<strong>Tokyo Shatterdome</strong><br/>Tagging -<strong>Revenent, Ember Star</strong><br/><br/>The gentle, oscillating whips of air are rendered rightfully inaudible by the rush of personnel still frolicking and cavorting about in the Shatterdome's hangar. The only place that had some peace was Immaculate Shogun's closed-off area, but even then some mechanics are darting in and out to borrow/return/steal wrenches, cutters, nuts and bolts. All this chaos just to prepare for the departure of the headless colossus in the eye of this storm. The caterpillar carriers wheeling Bushido Dawn had finally stopped over Dock 02. It was ready for the day-trip out to Sapporo. Lunch wasn't packed, but the custom blades forged and maintained with an almost insane zealotry meant that the duo heading out would be well-prepared to hunt their own meal. The machine's current location meant that the system checks are done. Conn-pods don't screw themselves on before all the things that could be done before the drift are completed.<br/><br/>An almost painful ring began filling the hangar, just barely enough to irritate but not enough to rip apart eardrums. Most of the technicians on the floor are used to the cacophony of a conn-pod dropping down leaving behind a party of screeching metal and brief fireworks. If Jun wasn't so preoccupied with brutally forcing another Jaeger to activate above the Pacific Ocean, he would have unloaded bags of cherry flower petals in front of a giant fan so Daigo can have his stupid Samurai-send off with a proper sakura hurricane. Alas, he's busy. Regretfully, the most that Jun could do was to make sure that the convoy of Jumphawks were there when the hangar doors opened from the above. Water poured in gleefully to the open space underneath.<br/><br/>Remnants from whatever nights' rain that didn't evaporate spilled themselves on Bushido Dawn's almost obscenely perky and cheerful crest. The stereoscope eyes and large top sensor along with the conn-pod's armor gave the impression of a real masked warrior. Silly at first, but almost every personnel, press and the public have fallen in love with the visage after it represented the team's impeccable performance.<br/><br/><strong>OOC - Ramsey, Revenent, Ember Star, this is moving to Stingsnapper vs. Bushido Dawn thread.</strong><br/><br/><hr/><br/>Location -<strong>Still Tokyo Shatterdome</strong><br/>Tagging -<strong>Ramsey, Swordsman18</strong><br/><br/>"<strong>Got it. Anything else you want? Green tea ice cream? I will fly out to Tokyo and personally buy you ten gallons. Crème brûlée? There's a gentleman coming from Australia who, according to Fujimi-san makes the goddamn best ones in the world. I'll convince him to make you ten pretty pink dishes in the finest glassware that my paycheck can afford.</strong>"<br/><br/>If Jun's tone was confident and completely lacking in panic, it's because said emotion was escaping into his words and gestures. The chief LOCCENT officer was gesturing wildly to the man opposite side of him, dramatic sweeping movements and Ts following ups and downs. All this just to somehow tell him to begin uploading spark_003.dat to Grave Digger. And it worked! In no time, the upload process had begun and away from the Shatterdome...<br/><br/>... Two kids had broken off from a line of evacuees to point and wave at a group of black shapes overhead. The Shatterdome at the distance, visible from this coastline seemed calm and devoid of activity save for the Hawks circling overhead like well-coordinated flies. That wasn't important to them. What the youth were excited over was the Reaper, sublime and subdued in mood as it slumbered during its flight towards the ten-mile line. The real thing is so cool. So much more different than seeing them in television screens or as toys! It was silly of them to wave and cheer at the convoy considering none of the men and women working above could hear or notice the two kids, but they did so anyway before several adults whisked the kids away; undoubtedly parents not wanting to be locked out of the shelter.<br/><br/>Officer Jun resumed speaking after the start-up of the reactor was confirmed. "<strong>We're activating the line to the Jaeger. LOCCENT will communicate with Grave Digger through the combat line, please confirm switch-over.</strong>"<br/><br/><strong>OOC - Revenent, Ramsey, Swordsman18, moving to Terapede vs. Gravedigger &amp; Vasa Centurion thread.</strong>