Tange IV, Misato City, Wrecked Town Square
The warm bootprints and condensing breath filling the air were the signs of life in this town square, aside from the greenery Porrim had bent down to inspect, rubbing the stem of a delicate flower with petals arrayed as bells, a lightly transparent and icy hue. She nearly leapt out of her skin and crushed the flower when she heard a park bench go crunch under the foot of Ny'za's Whirlwind, looking over her shoulder and trying to look through her wings at the large frame. "Do watch your step!" She called out to them over radio. "Can't have the rest of the-"
She saw a snowball whip past her and heard it splatter against Aran'ya with a quiet
paf noise. Then another in return, and one more. Feeling cheeky, Porrim knelt down and picked up a handful of snow, grinning, turning around to look at her soldiers and look for someone who needed some extra coverage on their camouflage. A sly grin came across her face as she decided to lob a snowball at J'ann, aiming for his hips. When it connected and she scanned the horizon, she noticed Ashlinn slinking off. "Ah ah ah, hang on Soldier." She pointed her out. "I need to assign groups."
When things calmed down after the initial wonderment of the wintery plaza, Porrim cleared her throat and addressed Aran'ya and Menelik first. "I had intentions to look for the survivors first." She said, dusting the snow powder from her fingers as she looked between the medic and the marine. "Forecasts indicate a very cold, and heavy winter storm in a few days time, and if we left any survivors behind, they'd probably not have long afterwards."
She looked around to the others. "To that end, in such hostile conditions, I think it is better that we stay in two large groups, with one medic each." She started dividing the groups, taking the less experienced personnel under her wings, while the more competent veterans were for themselves, with Er'red being their unofficial leader by rank.
The first squad was composed of Porrim, J'ann, Akemi, Aiesu, Aran'ya, and Elm, who refused to go to the other group. Watching over Porrim's group was Ny'za's frame. The other group, by elimination, consisted of Er'red taking the lead as the most senior ranking officer, Ix'ion sharing the duties, JiJi, Ashlinn, and Menelik while Mirage kept an eye on this team. It was My'ean's duty meanwhile to provide overwatch and recon with the shuttles.
"My team is going to investigate the farm. Er'red, you've got the parking lot. We'll meet under the strange radio signal, and move together towards the skyscraper." She started drawing something on a digital sheet of paper. Though, even as digital paper, it couldn't make up for the haste of the diagram she made. Maybe after a few passes by the Frame Team they'd get a clearer picture downloaded to them.
"I anticipate well all move at least twenty kilometres or so in this trip - short journey if it weren't for all the urban decay actually." Porrim observed as she looked around all the decay, then scratched her chin, looking at the ground for a moment. "Say, My'ean, give the Skyscraper a deep scan, look for signs of life when you do a pass, will you? It may not be worth investigating if there's nothing there after all."
Whether or not they agreed, Porrim nodded. "Alright. Follow the streets, watch for signs of life, avoid decayed buildings, and stay close to the walls and blend in if possible." Porrim stomped her boot down. "Begin marching!" She ordered, pointing her team North-North-West. down a main street which was overgrown with vegetation and snowed in. Er'red's team was faced with another main street, with bumper to bumper traffic in the streets - numerous nooks and crannies between the lanes and stopped traffic.
