Red emergency light washes the service road as Starlight holds the lane mouth. Dust and shredded metal hang between the warehouses, and the crippled salvage unit hesitates inside the corridor, its optics flicking toward a fresh contact.
Mami Tomoe steps into the open from the industrial perimeter, rifle steady, cape and ribbons snapping in the hot wind. Her gaze tracks the machine first, then Chiaki's Core, measuring both threats at once.
Mami Tomoe
Stand down, both of you. That unit is not leaving this district.
The Mechanized Unit
New priority detected. Civilian extraction interrupted. Hostile variables multiplying.
Its chassis pivots, trying to choose between the blocked road and the woman on the perimeter. Homura stays locked in her firing stance, waiting for the machine to commit.
Mami Tomoe
If you want it gone, aim for the joints. If you want it intact, get out of my line of fire.
✓ Quest Accepted
Resolve the standoff with Mami Tomoe