Power Armor Team "Kitsune"
Frozen Coast Facility Exterior
31日 4月 YE39, 0205 Yamatai Standard Time
Stale, long-pressurized atmosphere blasted out from the doorway when Kyoka opened it up, melting away bits of ice that hung in flat sheets from the corners of the threshold's exterior. An unusual roar bellowed out from the depths of the research facility within, screeching octaves louder than Tange's stormy weather and the waves crashing against the cliff face below. The SAINT team's AIES' automatically compensated, saving the band of Nekovalkyrja operatives from having to endure the old complex's horrifying gasp for new air. As the pressure differential stabilized, so did the team's external audio dampeners, giving way to a thin electronic voice saying something in Yamataian.
"... arning. Warning. Warning," it said in a distinctly flat Jiyuuian accent. A thin bar of orange light that ringed the airlock's inner edge had started up, too, and its blinking reflection made Kyoka's black power armor glow like magma at its edges from the perspective of those behind her. There was a screen just inside, too, which had begun to fill with some kind of text readout. A big wave slammed against the rock face under the platform where the operatives stood, spraying them with cold, briny foam that slid lazily back down their armor and dripped back into the sea.
"Quarantine breached. Please re-initiate atmospheric seal. Warning. Warning. Warning..." the recording continued repeating as Uehashi and Maki's vital readouts disappeared from the team's heads-up displays without disturbance, almost as if they'd never been there at all.