Post by Gaz on Jul 27, 2023 14:26:15 GMT
Shiro #1
Being woken up by a messenger barging through the door to your private room was always a bad start to the day. When you were the Twentieth Seat of Squad Twelve, it was the worst start to your day. It usually meant the captain had a new contraption that she had worked on through the night and it needed a rigorous testing before the next stage.
Today it was for a new reason. Today it was because every other seated officer was busy, away on a research test or quarantined after an experiment went wrong. That left young officer Tagachi as the only viable member of the squad to lead an expedition to investigate a Valley of Screams that had been monitored for some time. This was in fact a joint operation, as Squad Thirteen were going to send one of their seated officers and a contingent of their members to act as guards for the science division while they conducted research. Supposedly there going to be some members from the second squad as well, but he hadn’t seen hide, nor hare from them.
Now here he stood, having been funnelled through a Senkaimon and walked a treacherous path through the Garganta to the Valley of Screams designated Valley Five-Nine-Two. He had barely any time to prep anything beyond his Zanpakuto, his travel supplies and his orders, he didn’t even know who was actually here. In a place that looked like a lush forest, the ground slightly damp from the morning dew and the wind a gentle breeze that made the trees rustle. A sun was high in the partially cloudy sky, bathing the personnel that were here in a warm light that diffused through the leaves.
“Right, let’s set up camp here Squad Twelve. Start with setting up a line of communication back to the Seireitei and then gather some samples.” Shiro said, his eyes passing over the sheet of paper he had been given. The list of orders he was given, a simple guide on how to do his duty as a seated member and a list of the members of each squad that were here.
“We might be here a few days at least…” Shiro muttered to himself as he started to comb over all the papers he was given.
“Shiro, this is your first big assignment. I trust this should be one of your more easily achievable tasks. You are to lead a small team of researchers to find out why this particular Valley of Screams is so stable where all the others of this size collapse. You will be working with Squad Thirteen, they are there as escorts and to act as guards should anything dangerous occur.” The initial note read; it was from his own captain. Well at least it seemed she had some faith in his abilities...
He let out a soft sigh and started to read over his materials as the two squads around them started to follow their orders. Squad twelve following his and squad Thirteen their designated leaders.
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