Apocalypse

[Ramke]

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The first thing Claire saw was Enma waiting for her as she stepped out of her quarters, and the expression on her face wasn't promising at all. Claire spent the entire night nearly sleepless, drowning in all sorts of unpleasant thoughts and memories. She spent extra time to cover signs of fatigue on her face, showing weakness at this time couldn't be worse.

The news certainly wasn't inspiring. The ship was on its way to certain death.

"That's not good... The captain needs to hear this at once." she replied. "Follow me. I'll request him to attend."

Claire walked on, leading them through the hallway to a relatively spacious conference room with a table in the middle with chairs circled around it. As they walked in, the motion-detectors triggered the lights and powered the interface in the middle. Much like the console, the interface was holographic and was able to project displays onto the table, along with registering input.

The woman took one of the chairs, and started working with the console. Logging in with her credentials, the familiar UI of the console in her office came into display. Quickly marking the invitation for the captain to attend a meeting in this room and marking it as high priority, she sent it off and leaned back. He should arrive in a couple of minutes as he wouldn't ignore a high priority request when waiting for intel.

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Not even five minutes later, Renaud activates the door behind them and enters the room, taking a glance at both Enma and the duchess.

"What is this about? Did your scouts return?" he said, looking at the Outcast. He wasn't in a particular rush, but the question of what lies at the gate has been digging into everyone's mind.

He approached the table and sat down at the opposite side, waiting to hear the news.

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