The quiet streets of Mitakihara City feel like a ghost of a memory. Chiaki Kaname steps through the front door, the heavy mechanical thud of his cybernetic legs echoing against the polished floorboards.
Chiaki Kaname
The air inside smells exactly the same as it did before the fires.
Junko Kaname
Chiaki? You are home earlier than the transmission suggested.
Tomohisa Kaname
Easy on the threshold, brother. We were not expecting you back from the sector this soon.
Madoka Kaname stands near the kitchen island, her hands frozen mid-motion while she holds a ceramic mug. She looks toward the entrance with wide, trembling eyes.
Madoka Kaname
Dad? Is it really you?
Outside, the sky ripples with an unnatural distortion, and a low hum vibrates through the foundation of the house, signaling an orbital drop trajectory closing in on the city.
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Survive the orbital bombardment
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Tomohisa Kaname
The sky. Chiaki, what did you bring back with you?
Chiaki Kaname
The thermal signature hitting the atmosphere is too heavy to be a standard supply drop.
Madoka Kaname
Dad, your arm. It is glowing.
Deep within the mechanical plating of Chiaki Kaname's prosthetic, a high-frequency override signal pulses with an rhythmic, violet light. It is not his own software. Somewhere in the house, a hidden comms-relay hidden behind the pantry wall activates, its mechanical shutters sliding open with a metallic shriek as it locks onto the incoming descent trajectory.
“What Ever it is. dosen't look like it's hitting us. Trajectory seems to be off”
SUCCESS (Good Perception, rolled +0)
Chiaki Kaname
The descent pattern is erratic. The orbital strike is missing the sector entirely.
Junko Kaname
Chiaki, if that is not heading for the house, then where is it landing?
Chiaki taps a command into the exposed red console. The monitor flickers to life, pulling telemetry data from the local satellites. It shows the drop-pod trajectory shifting, curving away from the city center and crashing into the abandoned industrial district three miles north.
Chiaki Kaname
It is not meant for us. Someone is deploying a mechanized unit into the ruins.
Tomohisa Kaname
That district has been empty for years. Why would they strike there?
Madoka Kaname
Dad, your arm. The light stopped.
Quest Complete
Survive the orbital bombardment