20. [Voice]

[gunsight]

...He's gone.

After all that...

Just... gone.

[Pause for Tseng to pull himself together]

Turks, how did it go? I saw the explosion from all the way across the city...

Comments

[blonde_neophyte]

Ah....

It went well....I guess...

[Elena pauses to bite her lip]

I'm pretty sure we killed some of them. And the main target probably won't be able to get very far with all the rubble. So all in all, the situation could possibly be interpreted to be in our advantage.

[Chirpy and completely oblivious]

Where's the President?

[gunsight]

...You guess?

[There's a pause that might contain an inaudible sigh]

...You didn't get the main target? Did you manage to seal off the source of the monsters, at least?

Where there any civilian casulties?

[There's a fairly significant pause as he thinks of what to say. Or rather, how to say it]

Gaia, I hope.

[blonde_neophyte]

Nope, no causalities we're aware of, although we still haven't heard from Rude. I'm not sure if we managed to seal off the source because Reno judged the situation unsafe and ordered us to evac-- uh, ordered us to make a temporary strategic withdrawal.

I'm ready to jump straight back in whenever I get the word!

Wait, the President is gone? How? If he's in Gaia, doesn't that mean he's all alone while we're all here? Oh, I'm so confused...

[gunsight]

Unsafe?!

[His voice turns a tad more official]

I want a full report on this, Elena. Uneditted..

...

[And again, softer when he speaks of Rufus]

I hope not.

May be a bit rough/contradictary on the details since I don't think we finished the log

[blonde_neophyte]

[Makes a tiny nervous squeak]

[Clears her throat]At approximately 13:00 hours Rude, Reno and myself met at the southern end of the main street behind the residential district. Activity of hostiles was judged to be within acceptable levels for mission activity

[voice; filtered] No problem! :D

[gunsight]

[Deep breaths. Calming breaths. A small sigh.]

I see.