The sun lazily peeked its way over the ocean, providing just a little bit more warmth to the soft winds than yesterday.  Soon enough would be summer, with all the short skirts, bikinis and beach weather that the season provided.<br/><br/>In one of the many buildings standing proud amidst the Tokyo skyline, one of the offices had a lounge.  Although one of the walls was practically nonexistent in order to provide an easier entryway to ULTRA's larger agents, two of the other three were entirely blank, allowing an easier view of the walls.  After a number of accidents and problems over the years, most people preferred to sync the visual aspects of their Chips directly up to the walls in order to avoid accidentally bumping into people and other things.<br/><br/>The default setting for the northern wall was a news program, dozens of heads talking with titles explaining specific news items, while the eastern wall gave a brilliant view of the sunrise over the lapping waves of the beach, or at least what it would look like with proper polarization to keep from being blinded by the glare and if the lounge was sitting at sea level.  Either could be properly tuned by one's chip, and most people had their own defaults set for a pair of walls.  The ceiling had no default, since few people could manage simultaneously watching three things.<br/><br/>The southern wall was set up with a lot more comforts, from a huge leather sofa to a refrigerator with any number of drinks and refreshments.  Rumor had it that the refrigerator would be replaced soon enough with some sort of technological version, but after the horrible glitches last time, nobody is too impatient to see it.<br/><br/>Some of the members of this particular ULTRA branch already knew each other, but the building was always left open just in case some people still needed to meet.  After all, not knowing your allies could prove quickly uncomfortable when you knew so little about the situation and needed all the help you could get.