Halcyon Days :: Miiki's Story
Miiki finds herself momentarily overcome by her long-supressed urge to explore the ruins. Looking the hallway up and down and listening to make sure all is clear, she heads into the mission preparations room and silently closes the door behind her. From one of the lockers she pulls out a spare protection vest and tries it on.
"A little big, but that's all right..." she says out loud, already reaching for some communications gear, "Not that I'd want to turn this on and let them know I'm gone, but if I get into trouble down there I might need it..."
Finally she pulls out a hand-held buster gun, nothing fancy. It is a standard model, used by the diggers on this team as a secondary weapon. There are no spares of the primary busters, and even if there were they are heavy, and dangerous if the user is not familiar with handling them. Miiki decides she is better off with the smaller one anyway. Seemingly all set to go, she suddenly remembers to grab an energy canteen.
Standing at the door to the hall she gets an uneasy feeling that seems to say she should not go though with this. It is not too late to turn back, so she stands hesitantly, listening for any sign of motion in the hall.
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