Colin's posts

Both Hal and Cain were silent for a moment, before Hal shrugged.

"Fair." he said.

"The larger dorms can be used for larger groups, anyway." he said.

"They house up to 5 people, and there'd be no point taking up one of those with just three people, when one can get away with using a 2-person dorm and having the other take another dorm." he continued.

He then tapped away on the keyboard for a moment, and sighed quietly.

"All right." he said.

"Here." he told Lunet, handing her two key cards.

"Cain, tell your folks to come see me to get THEIR usual key cards." he said to Cain.

"Got it." Cain replied.

Hal looked over towards Cain, and nodded.

"Well!?" he called out.

"Mom and Dad are coming here, and I'm staying here at the Unit as well." he said.

"...er, well, I mean I probably am-" he started to say, before Hal just rolled his eyes.

"I'll make sure there's a dorm for your family." he told him.

"...unless you'd rather stay in... ANOTHER dorm..." he went on, seemingly giving Cain the evil eye.

Cain froze immediately, and wasn't sure what to say here.

"I... I, ah..." he stammered, having difficulty with his words.

"Yeah." Cain replied.

"That's true." he said.

"Anyway, I'll let you and Dad finish up what you're doing." he told her.

"I might stop by to grab some things. Might now." he said further.

"Talk to you later." he finished.

With that, they ended the conversation, Cain hung up the phone, and he made his way to Hal's office, stopping at reception to wait until Lunet was finished talking to her father.

Cain's face turned red. As red as it could.

Even though Aedan couldn't see it. She knew it was happening.

"...r-right." he then said.

"I'll go and tell them." he told her.

"Thanks." he went on.

He then mumbled something to himself, and sighed.

"Mom." he said.

"This is kinda frightening." he told her quietly.

"....conveniently, the Unit." Cain replied.

"We were in the cafeteria when we got the news." he told her.

"Lunet's gone to talk to her father. Odds are to tell him she's staying here." he went on.

"And she'll want to know what WE'RE doing. As well Agent Sharp." he continued.

"Shall I tell them that we'll be here?" he asked.

"Or... well, anything else, something more specific, or what?" he asked further.

"....." Cain was silent for a moment, and sighed.

"I..." he stammered.

"Well, I mean... I want to be with you guys, but also Lunet." he told her.

"Are you guys thinking about staying at the Unit?" he asked.

"Because odds are Lunet is." he continued.

"And maybe we'd all be safer here, than anywhere else." he reasoned further.

Hal thought about that for a moment.

"Hm. Point well taken." he said.

Meanwhile, Cain had made his way to an unoccupied room, and sighed as he dialled his mother's number.

"Hey, Mom." he said when she answered.

"Odds are you got the alert." he told her.

"What are we doing?" he asked.

"And where are we going?" he asked further.

"...ah! Yes." Hal said in response.

"I'll see what Aedan and Azazel are doing for this." he told her.

"Cain's finding out now." Lunet replied.

"Excellent." Hal commented.

"Let me know what they're doing." he said.

"If they're not staying here, and if they have a safe place, let me know if you wish to stay with them." he told her.

"I just don't want you alone during these trying times."

"Well, that simplifies things." Hal replied, tapping away on his computer and sorting through some paper files.

"Then you know what's going on." he said.

"It's now officially too dangerous for you to be out there." he told her.

"Let me ask you something." he continued.

"What do you want to do?" he asked.

"Your mother and I have some very serious and stressful work ahead of us, do you have a preference for where you will stay?" he asked further.

"Because otherwise, we're defaulting to HERE."

Inside the office, she heard her father... being very busy, and very stressed. It was clear he was doing everything he needed to enact what he had announced over the intercom system, and sent out via phones.

However, as she was waiting, her phone rang.

"Hello?" she answered.

"Lunet, where ARE you?" he father asked her in response, clearing taking a moment to call her.

"Just outside your office." Lunet responded.

"Feel free to come into my office. ASAP." Hal told her.

With that, he hung up, and both she and the receptionist heard Hal call out.

"If Lunet's out there, send her in ASAP!" he said.

The receptionist just looked to the girl and nodded, gesturing for her to enter her father's office.

Cain paused for a moment.

"....ah, yeah." he said.

"Yeah, I really should get ahold of Mom and Dad." he reasoned.

"Confirm what we need to do and crap..." he went on.

"Well, let me know what's going on with YOU, as soon as you know." he told her.

"Please. Just so I'll know what to expect." he reasoned.

"I'll do the same for you."

"...." Cain was silent, as he saw the people around him starting to stress out and somewhat panic. He then looked at his phone, and sighed.

"Yep." he said.

"And there's the emergency alert on the phone." he commented.

"Odds are a mass email was sent as well, and possibly text messages." he went on.

"You should... probably go and see your father." he suggested.

"Odds are he's worried about you." he reasoned.

"Might as well go to him before he actively seeks YOU out." he continued.

"Want me to go with you?" he asked.

"I'm sure he knows." Cain replied.

"Or, rather, he'll find out VERY shortly." he said further.

"He's pretty quick to pick up on these things. The news IS pretty relevant to his job." he continued.

"Just... we need to try and keep calm." he went on.

"I'm here for you." he told her.

"I'm not going anywhere."

"....." Cain was silent, before getting closer towards her.

He then pulled her into a hug, and held her close.

"I know." he said.

"I... I kinda am, too." he told her.

"But we'll pull through this." he continued.

"We're not left out in the cold, here." he went on.

"We just need to be clever and crafty."