To plan to gnaw at the tree of truth..

[Nodoka Hanamura]

Nodoka approaches and directs those moving the goods from Nerva's ship to Concourse C in the upper levels. She then comes closer to the group and accepts their greetings, and responds in kind, a slightly friendly look on her face, something unusual, if it were not for the circumstances. She wears her usual nanoweave armor suit, presenting her body in all its' glory, the suit very form-fitting, matching every curve. "Miss Soraya, it's a pleasure to meet you as well. Honya has spoken well of you - a Ex-member of the Royal Guard of the Gallic crown, expert in CQC - you'll come in quite handy for this." She says, her smile growing as she greets Noel. Bride is relatively quiet until Mark hugs her. She blushes quite a bit, before realizing his question. "Oh.. uh, no, I don't mind.. lead the way." Nodoka turns to Jason as Mark leads Bride away. "Mr. Alberts, we can gladly meet down in the Hecate once we've had the briefing in the Meeting room. I for one have a personal collection of old earth weapons, one of which was from my time there." She says, her hand on her pistol holster, inside, a Mateba Unica 6, her signature revolver. Alexei speaks up, grabbing the attention of Nodoka and Honya. "All we have left is the Captain-Adjutant of the Akhmim, unless you'd rather we start without her." Nodoka looks around for a second and pulls out her tablet. "No response from her, and radar doesn't show the Akhmim in range, so either she's cloaked or a no-show. If she comes in late, she comes in late." Nodoka says, her focus momentarily taken away from the tablet for a second. She continues further - "Once Bride and Mark are done, Honya, bring them to the meeting room. I need to go make final preparations." "Hai, Hanamura-sensei." Honya responds, bowing to her as Nodoka moves to the lift, the heels of her long boots still audible in the bustling area.

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