[OPEN LOG] EMERGENCY DRILL

[cdr_ryuuzaki]

It is 0200 UTC. A loud wailing emergency siren pierces the quiet of the sleeping base, waking you up instantly (or not). In your bleary-eyed state you realize this is the evacuation signal you’ve all been trained to recognise. Time to go!

Notes:
- Only dept heads were told about the drill, but they only knew that it would be held, not when
- The only ones who know the full picture are Byodoin and CDR Ryuuzaki
- Everyone has gone through the safety training and ideally knows to evacuate to the designated outdoor location… right?

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Re: B3 – Labs, Med Bay, and storage

[sanada_g]

Sanada stripped the second his office door closed behind him and moved around the room to grab his nanosuit and engineering datapad. He set it up to run a quick diagnostics on engineering to make sure all the systems were being run as they should be during the evacuation and got dressed.

He slung the engineering equipment bag over his body and was just about to leave the room when he spotted the shogi board. Making a decision, he hastily swept the pieces inside and tucked it under his arm as he did his sweep. There were a couple engineers just finishing up their task that he hurried along but other than them, engineering was empty.

It didn't take him long to get to the main lab and smiled as he saw Niou already there and dressed to evacuate. "Any problems?" Sanada asked. Everything looked okay on his datapad but that didn't mean other things couldn't go wrong.

Re: B3 – Labs, Med Bay, and storage

[chickens]

"None. Everyone got out, we can lock the labs down when we leave." Niou glanced at Sanada's collection of equipment - which would save him the trouble of hauling his own toolkit up the stairs - and then paused at the... Shogi board? Yeah okay, he could respect Sanada and his love of the game, he supposed. "You okay to carry all of that? You're meant to be carrying me as well."

Re: B3 – Labs, Med Bay, and storage

[sanada_g]

Sanada nodded, pleased that engineering was evacuating according to plan so far. "The last two crew members from my side just left. We should do the same. And you're carrying this," Sanada said as he passed the shogi board over to Niou. "If this really is a drill, we're going to have nothing to do for hours while security runs all the evacuation checks." In a real evacuation, they'd probably be kept busy either trying to repair the problem that caused them to evacuate or setting up temporary shelter while people were transported to the outpost.

Re: B3 – Labs, Med Bay, and storage

[chickens]

"... Yeah okay." He had honestly been half thinking about just resting on a boyfriend or reading on his tablet if it was actually a drill, but playing shogi with Sanada worked. Niou held onto the shogi board and then faced the reality that he was meant to be carried by Sanada up the stairs, which was a huge leap up from... holding hands which they'd done before once. "Uhh... this is kind of an inappropriate time to ask, but can I hug you? And then we can go?"

Re: B3 – Labs, Med Bay, and storage

[dr_inui]

Inui nodded in agreement and moved quickly back to the fumehood to put the flask safely away, covering it with the aluminium foil nearby to make sure it was completely safe. "Thank you." He did one last scan of the nearby experiments and ran through the recent log of experimental data in his mind before deciding that no, everything else was fine.

He stepped away for a moment and then ah, his data. "The chances of you letting me go to my office to get my notebook is.... 0.9%," Inui said, looking at Hiyoshi. Well, he supposed the data that wasn't on the cloud (for security reasons) was all up his head anyway, he would just have to spend extra time writing it all down again if this was a proper evacuation and it was lost. "Nevermind. Let us go. Press that shut down switch on the wall and I will lock the doors behind us."

Re: B3 – Labs, Med Bay, and storage

[sanada_g]

Sanada didn't think now was the best time for hug but he had long ago accepted the fact that Niou was weird. So despite the evacuation sirens still blaring, he held out his arms and stepped closer and waited for Niou to take the last step in so they could get the hug done and then climb up to safety.

Re: B3 – Labs, Med Bay, and storage

[chickens]

Oh, haha he hadn't actually expected Sanada to go along with it and it was suddenly quite terrifying. And a wild part of him thought about just saying he'd message Akutsu to come and get him or something. But that would probably result in Sanada hauling him over the shoulder and dragging him out anyway. So Niou closed the distance to quickly and awkwardly hug Sanada, patting him briefly on the back. Okay.

Niou pulled away. "Yeah that as weird." Weird and uncomfortable, but not awful. He could deal with it for the climb up the stairs. "Alright, let's go."

Re: B3 – Labs, Med Bay, and storage

[spaceninja144]

Good calculations, Inui was right on the money with that one. Hiyoshi still would have preferred that Inui move a little faster, but at least he wasn't making a run for it, so he'd deal.

Hiyoshi resisted rolling his eyes at being ordered around but complied, flipping the switch and waiting by the door, (the inside, not the outside,) until Inui exited.

Re: B3 – Labs, Med Bay, and storage

[byodoin]

"Cute." Byodoin commented over the loudspeaker. "Now both of you actually get out. I like you both too much to see you die terrible deaths."

Re: B3 – Labs, Med Bay, and storage

[dr_inui]

Inui watched to make sure that yes, Hiyoshi had shut things down and then left the lab, locking it securely behind them. In case some idiots got bright ideas about going through the lab.

"Thank you for your assistance, Petty officer Hiyoshi," Inui said with a nod. "I will see myself to the designated assembly area." And then he was off, moving towards the stairs and not caring if Hiyoshi was following him or not.

Re: B2 – RESIDENTIAL

[mmmarui]

Marui had been fully out for the count in his room, dead to even Kirihara's snoring. Akaya, the veteran that he was, got them both up and out in true prompt military fashion, and contrary to what you might expect Marui didn't put up any fight. Sure, being woken up in the middle of the night sucked, but so did (checks notes) dying, so the only extra thing Marui grabbed was his gopro, which he clipped on to the neck of his shirt and immediately turned on before running for the stairs like a good little evacuee.

And hey, look. Iguana in the stairwell. "Zaizen! Wait for me!!"

Re: B3 – Labs, Med Bay, and storage

[spaceninja144]

Idiots like Inui, you mean?

The stairs only went one way, so Hiyoshi was confident that Inui was indeed evacuating now. And if he wasn't... well, his job was B3. If Inui was on another floor, he was someone else's problem.

"Labs clear," he reported to the radio, heading off to check the next area and waiting for further instructions.

Re: B2 – RESIDENTIAL

[z_hikaru]

Zaizen turned to nod at Marui, before continuing to the stairs alongside him.

"Hey. Not a great way to wake up, is it?" Zaizen commented dryly, shifting his grip on Yuuko as they went up the stair case. He was so glad there weren't too many stairs to clear with this big beast of a lizard. "You doing okay?"

Re: B2 – RESIDENTIAL

[akutagawa_j]

Jirou stirred a little, but only enough to glom onto Shishido for support as he was sleepily dragged from his room. At least his legs were sleepily working on instinct alone to walk alongside Shishido, thought it was completely unclear what would happen when they reached the stairs.

Re: B3 – Labs, Med Bay, and storage

[sanada_g]

Sanada barely got his arms around Niou before the other was stepping back. Odd hug but as long as Niou was satisfied that's what mattered. He was just nodding for them to head out when he jumped at Byodoin's voice cutting through the sirens. He looked toward the camera and gave a nod, and perhaps a slight glare, before heading out of engineering with Niou. "We definitely aren't cute," He muttered to Niou as he led him to the stairs.

Re: B2 – RESIDENTIAL

[mmmarui]

"I should be asking you that, you're the one packing around the extra weight. Is Ken-chan still on night shift?" Judging by the fact that Zaizen was the one carrying Yuuko and not Kenya, it seemed clear that he was. Marui, in the meantime, hadn't given much though to the fact that evacuating would likely end in a transfer to the mining outpost, but for now that was for the best.

Re: B3 – Labs, Med Bay, and storage

[chickens]

Niou laughed - at least B3 was looking pretty clear at this point as they headed to the stairs. "I've definitely been told otherwise. About myself, that is. Multiple times." Much to his endless horror. "You might have to ask Renji if you're cute or not."

He sighed as they got to the stairs... his enemy. "Okay. I'm getting on your back, right?"

Re: B2 – RESIDENTIAL

[z_hikaru]

"Yeah, Kenya-san's on night shift so he'll meet up with us up above. And I figured he'd be worried about his pet." Zaizen shrugged. "She's my stepchild anyway, I ought to look out for her."

He continued up the stairs with his boyfriend, relieved that he seemed calm and collected right now. That was a good sign.

Re: B2 – RESIDENTIAL

[kin_chan]

Kintarou emerged from above, swinging from handrailing to handrailing between floors to avoid having to push his way past the people climbing the stairs. "HIKARU HIKARU!!! you are going VERY SLOW!!! Hallo Marui too!" he dropped down in front of them and grabbed them both to tug them up the stairs. "Gotta move FASTER!!!"

Re: B2 – RESIDENTIAL

[mmmarui]

Oh dear god there was a red haired orangutan swinging toward them. Marui stumbled as he tried to keep up with Kin-chan.

"H-hey! We're supposed to be calm and orderly!" Not whatever this was.

Re: B2 – RESIDENTIAL

[kin_chan]

"I will CARRY YOU, OKEY MARUI??? so you can get out faster 'cause you're so slow." He was SO HELPFUL like that, see?

Kintarou grabbed onto Marui to pull him onto his back. "You gotta HOLD ON!!" was his only warning before he leaped for the railing of the next level, pulling himself and (hopefully) Marui up. "I will come back and get you okey Hikaru??? Gotta get my SUPER GOOD HELPFUL FRIEND MARUI out first."

Re: B3 – Labs, Med Bay, and storage

[sanada_g]

"He'll say I'm cute. He's known me since I was a chubby-cheeked toddler and thinks it's his job to tease me," Sanada said. He looked at the stairs and looked at Niou. He supposed Niou wasn't that much heavier than the rucksack he was forced to carry on marches during military training.

"I was thinking over my shoulder but I guess since you're awake we can do a piggyback. Get on." He knelt down to make it easier for Niou to climb on

Re: B2 – RESIDENTIAL

[z_hikaru]

Zaizen continued stair climbing with the iguana. Well, there went his boyfriend. "Bye, lover." He deadpanned at poor Marui, continuing up the stairs a little faster so maybe Kintarou wouldn't need to come back for him.

Re: B3 – Labs, Med Bay, and storage

[chickens]

"You are not carrying me over your shoulder up 5 flights of stairs," Niou said flatly. "I would actally rather die." He supposed a piggyback was tolerable and Niou seriously considered just going back to engineering and locking himself in there. But he could hear screaming further up the stairs, and a look up showed... Tooyama climbing up the middle with people on his back. Which was... terrifying.

He so, so reluctantly climbed onto Sanada's back, holding onto the shogi board. Would this have been more or less awkward in pyjamas, he wondered. "If this ever occurs in the future, please make sure you wake me up for it."

Re: B2 – RESIDENTIAL

[mmmarui]

The sheer terror of this experience had Marui holding on white-knuckle tight, so don't worry, he wasn't falling off any time soon. But hey, at least this would make an awesome video.