Lawrence sat back and watched as Joyann fiddled with the handheld he let her burrow, ironically she seemed to have a lot of fun playing God Eater...Go figure, huh? It took quite a bit to teach her the controls, it was also a struggle to keep her from breaking the device when she got frustrated.

"Law, I beat up a Kongou!~" she exclaimed happily, despite looking about eighteen she still had a fairly childish personality, "Is this game accurate? Could I beat a Kongou like this for real?"

Law blinked, "Honestly, i'm surprised that's your primary concern…" he stated, "But hey, you're picking up the game pretty fast, heck, you're even using a Long Blade...A weapon I suck at."

As if things weren't already super ironic, her Arc's Long Blade, Assault Gun, and Shield were all from the Ogretail set, yet she didn't seem to care that she was slaughtering monsters that she essentially was not too long ago.

Joyann smiled, apparently happy with the praise, "It's fun, do you think some day i'll have my own so we can play together?" she asked, tilting her head curiously, her eyes shimmering with what seemed to be hope.

Pausing, Lawrence couldn't help but smile, *You know, in all my years I never thought i'd say this...But this Aragami is adorable…* he chuckled as he rubbed her head, "Why not, it gets boring playing by myself and Kota doesn't always make the best choices to make missions easy."

Closing her eyes, she practically headbutted his hand and rubbed against it, "I'm glad, Law really is a nice God Eater."

Lawrence couldn't help but blush as he looked away, still rubbing her head, "Yeah? Well thanks I guess." he stated, fighting his inner tsundere.

Rei flinched at what she had just heard, "Wait, you want to WHAT!?"

She was standing in the Director's Office, Sakaki simply looked at her, "You heard me right, I was considering sending Damini or Joyann with your group in our next scouting mission."

Rei paused, eventually shaking her head, "Doc, I have to admit that they have been acting fairly...Normal?" she started, wondering if that was the right word for it, "But don't you think that's moving a little too fast? What if they're just acting to further some kind of plan and catch us off guard in the field?"

"I understand your concern, rest assured that I don't mean to have this happen just yet, but at some point we need to measure how they can assist us with the other Aragami." he stated, "Once we can prove these Humanized Aragami can prove a great asset to Humanity, Fenrir will be more likely to consider allowing us to move forward with the plan."

Scratching her head, she thought about it before sighing, "I mean...You're right, I just hope this doesn't come back to bite us in the ass."

The director nodded, "As do I, now, I suppose we should move on to the next order of business." he started, "Recently a team of new recruits went missing in the field, naturally I would like you to investigate their present location."

Humming, Rei straightened her posture, her arms crossing over her chest, "Since you're telling me this I can only assume this regards the Plan that the Chi-You mentioned?" she asked, her tone completely serious, "I assume i'm going in alone?"

Sakaki paused, "That's not quite a good idea, there's no telling if they have the knowledge to set ambushes waiting for scouts like you." he stated, "I would rather not lose anyone, especially not a seasoned God Eater such as yourself."

Rei nodded, "Makes sense, alright, i'll try thinking of someone that can move quietly to help out if things get bad." she stated, turning to leave. As she left the room she struck a thinking pose, "...As much as I want to invite Gina, something tells me that's a bad idea…That trigger finger of hers could be an issue…"

Rei quietly quietly made her way across the elevated plains near the hydro plant, silently thanking thanking that they were able to track the armlets, shaking her head, she got into position before activating her radio, "Hey Mayako, is that Stealth Field still holding up?"

"Yes, but I don't know how I feel about having to wait so far away, will you be alright?"

Rei nodded, "Relax, I have stun grenades, besides, it'll give us a good idea of what we're up against." she informed, looking back over to the plant, raising her sniper scope.

As she looked down the sights she gasped, seeing the God Eaters that were captured on the far side, being held captive by the 'bad boy-wannabe' Chi-You, two God Eaters, both females, being held rather lewdly by all four of the Chi-You's arms.

Rei couldn't help but blush as the two were seemingly being fondled against their will, but lacked the power to fight back, one seemingly already mentally broken. But she then watched as the Yan Zhi approached the group, seemingly congratulating them on their capture before gesturing for them to take the captured God Eaters to a renovated shack, to which they obliged.

Lightly growling, the one-eyed sniper shook her head, "Looks like they're taking captives and hiding them...Or that's what it looks like." she stated over the radio, "But given what happened to that man the Vajra captured, i'm not liking the idea of what's going to happen next…"

Looking over the facility, her tongue clicked as she counted the number of Chi-You present, she could see at least ten.

"Doesn't look like there'd be any easy way to run in and get them either, unless we've got one of those overpowered bastards around…" she stated reluctantly, "Plus, there's a Yan Zhi, we're not pulling any successful rescue operations without the Blood Unit around."

"Oh dear…" Mayako replied, unable to think of anything else to say.

"I see, that is most unfortunate…" although it may not sound as genuine, the director truly was sorry for this state of affairs, "We may have to wait and see how things play out again."

Rei sighed, "Unfortunately I have to agree with you, as much as I want to blow their heads off, I don't think this is a fight we can pick so freely…"

Hearing a noise, Rei quickly looked around, glad that her Stealth Field was still active, "Rei, I hear movement nearby, I think we should ditch." Mayako stated, "It'd be better if they don't know we were here, yeah?"

Rei nodded, frowning as she stood up straight, "Yeah, that's using your head Mayako." she stated, "Let's head back, there's nothing left we can do here…"

In the abandoned city the tower was set up in, the ground shook as a small tribe of Humanized Ogretail ran, obviously not the source of the shaking.

"Why is that scary Aragami here!?" one of them cried out, not looking back.

"I think its hungry, which idiot led it here!?" another shouted, "They should be the first to get exiled!"

Surely enough, the Quadriga was chasing them, its missile pods opening as they fired a barrage. The Ogretail Tribe quickly took cover, jumping through the ruined walls of nearby buildings. As the Quadriga slowed its advance, it looked around, confused by the Ogretails having split up, but as it was looking around it had caught a glimpse of something.

Looking forward, in what seemed to have once been a residential area, it had noticed a few things laying on the ground, abandoned God Arcs.

Oddly curious, it slowly approached them, quickly forgetting the Ogretail it had been previously chasing. Oddly enough it recognized these weapons, it knew them as God Arcs, causing it to look around, wondering where their owners might be, it then wondered why it even cared.

Freezing, the Quadriga seemed to suddenly realized that it was considering its surroundings, it felt confused by its newfound consciousness.

When the pangs of hunger returned, it shook itself off as it decided to snack on something else, something that wouldn't run away from it.

Lawrence glared at Damini as she smirked at him, she had apparently found him on his way to ask Sakaki about whatever Rei and Mayako were up to, "...What's with that look on your face?"

The Vajra hummed, "So, how're things going with Joyann?~" she purred, skipping straight to the point, "I couldn't help but notice you hang out with her a lot, and the whole gaming thing and the head rubs…"

Law put on the straightest face he could, "I have no idea what you're trying to imply, i'm just trying to help two Aragami that morphed into women integrate into society." he stated, silently cursing her for observing him.

Damini laughed, "Oh? I have to wonder though, with how you blushed a certain thought must've crossed your mind."

Shaking his head, Lawrence groaned, "Don't you have Soma to stare at like some creeper?"

Damini giggled lightly, "Well, I do want me a piece of that Soma…"

Law then sighed as he looked away, *Although he has no interest in you…* he internally stated, rolling his eyes.

As Lawrence entered the training facility, on Mayako's request, he had gone to the observation area, looking at Mayako at the controls, "Okay, mind telling me why you called me here?" he asked, slightly annoyed, "I was about to take a nap…"

Mayako paused before looking to Law with a smile, "Joyann's really cool, so I wanted you to see." she stated, looking back to the monitor as she started fiddling with the spawn commands.

Law froze, not entirely sure what what she meant until he looked through the glass window, his eyes going wide at the sight below.

Joyann was standing in the training area, waving at the glass, but what she was waving was what caught him off guard. A silvery handle fused with her right hand, from there some kind of imitation God Arc formed, mimicking the Ogretail's respective set.

Shaking his head, he looked back to Mayako, "Okay, what the hell is going on!?"

Mayako blinked, "Well...She was pretending to be playing God Eater earlier, and her palm started to ooze Oracle Cells, and the next thing we knew there was a sword stuck in her had." she explained, "It's not fair though, she can still use her tail…"

Looking back in a hurry, he watched her charging the simulated Ogretail, halfway to it, she twirled, sending spines flying at it and striking its face, causing the 'beast' to flinch from the damage and step back. Letting out some kind of battle cry, she dashed forwards, striking its leg and causing the monster to stagger, as it roared and swung it's tail she had raised her own, blocking it before skidding backwards.

Lawrence whistled to himself, "Hey...She's doing pretty good." he stated, "How long have you guys been doing this?"

Mayako scratched the side of her head, "Hmm...I think she's gone four rounds." she explained, "It took her two to get used to fighting with that sword, but she's pretty good now."

Looking back down, the simulated Ogretail reared back before sliding forwards, attempting to impale her with its tusks, but she jumped overhead and twirled forwards, slashing it across the back. Before the creature could use its tail to back up, Joyann quickly spun back towards it, flicking spines from her tail that stabbed into the beast's foot, nailing it in place and throwing it off its balance as it failed to back up, ducking under it's tail as it tried to attack her again, she lunged forwards, cutting at the injured knee from before and cutting through, dropping the monster to the ground before sliding back to face it, cutting through the monster's torso and ending it.

Law blinked, watching as she grabbed her stomach before waving back to the two God Eaters with a smile, "Maya, i'm done now!" she shouted, "I'm hungry!"

Mayako smiled, "Okay, we'll get you something back in the lounge!"

The male God Eater eventually shook himself back to reality, still not sure what to make of what he just saw, "...Sakaki's gonna want to hear this…"