RM Side Story 15: 8492nd (Part 9)

RM Side Story 15: 8492nd (Part 9)

Morgan wakes up to the smell of freshly cooked breakfast and fragrant coffee. Sitting up with a slight but not uncomfortable aching in her lower body, Morgan blushes as she hazily remembered what happened last night. Touching her lips with a finger, Morgan can just about taste the milk that Aria lactated in last night's carnal activity. Growing a shade redder, Morgan shakes her head as she steps off the bed. Scanning the room, Morgan finds that whatever mess they made yesternight was cleaned up by Aria.

Finding herself smiling at Aria's attentiveness, Morgan makes her way to the kitchen area. There, she is greeted with a splendorous view of an apron-wearing Aria. Like a dutiful husband in their relationship, Aria is making a healthy portion of Farmer's Omelet and dripped coffee to kickstart their day. Stepping closer, Morgan drapes her arms alongside Aria's waist, taking in the sweet morning scent of Aria's body, moaning comfortably at the Valkyrie's body temperature. Softly chuckling at Morgan's childish behavior, Aria bids her good morning. "Good morning, Morgan. I hope you slept well enough?"

Nodding her head, Morgan peaks out from behind Aria, gazing intently at her blue eyes with a sunny smile. "Un~! I slept like a log! Only to wake up at the smell of your delicious breakfast! Say, how about you? Have you rested well?"

Returning a nod of her own, Aria answers. "I did, Morgan. After all, you're too comfortable as a sleeping pillow. What a great thing it was for me to have you all for myself." Aria then ruffles Morgan's hair, earning a giggle from her. "Good, good! Praise my cuddliness more!" Morgan plays along with Aria, puffing her chest out in pride with the pride of being huggable.

Aria can only shake her head with a smile at Morgan's morning antics. "Ok, ok. You're the best plushie in the world, Morgan. Now go and refresh yourself. Breakfast will be done shortly." Aria advised gently, earning a nod and another hug from Morgan before she skips away. Aria laughs softly at the energetic way Morgan's acting after last night. She then finishes up the preparation for breakfast, carrying the omelet pan and utensils out to the table. After that, Aria proceeds to pour two cups of coffee, placing them neatly next to arranged dishes.

Aria then heads over to the kitchen sink, to wash her hands. It's at this moment that Aria hears a knock on the door. While wondering who it's that is knocking, she hears Morgan calling out. "Let me get the door!" Then comes the pitter-patter of her footsteps and after a few seconds, the door is opened with Morgan saying.

"Oh! Good morning, SCAR-L, SCAR-H! Do you two want to come in?"

"Morning, Morgan! And excuse us for intruding."

Aria comes out of the kitchen after wiping

her hands clean to see that Morgan has invited the older SCAR sisters in. "A good morning to you two.

SCAR-H raises a hand and smiles in return while SCAR-L greets the Valkyrie. "Morning, Aria! We were thinking about inviting you two for breakfast with the rest of the team." SCAR-L then looks at the source of a delicious smell that has been flagging her nose. "But seeing that you've already had it handled, I guess we can leave it for another time."

Morgan nods. "That's a bit unfortunate, how about we join you for lunch or dinner?"

SCAR-L turns to look at Morgan, though she works up a blush when she notices the girl's nightgown. "Y-Yes! That will be good! The team will like to know more about you two. Especially when we have browsed the data packages you sent. P90 and HiPer have been very vocal about their curiosity about your magical technology."

Morgan nods understandingly. "There will be enough time for me to answer the questions you may have. Maybe when we're servicing our aircraft and analyzing our flight data after breakfast? If your team is off-duty then, you're welcome to join us." SCAR-L nods, finding that her echelon's schedule is free at the time. Morgan then smiles, offering. "Do you want some coffee before going, at least? Aria makes nice coffee and it will be a shame to miss out."

Aria beams at the compliment. SCAR-L takes up on the offer, pulling out a thermo flask from her pocket. "Then can you fill me up? I am a sucker for good coffee and if you have milk, that will be even better." Aria takes the flask with grace, though she notices that SCAR-L and SCAR-H are stealing glances at Morgan's revealing form while they're making light talks. It's funny to see how fast Morgan's charm can affect a person.

Once Aria fills the glass with milk coffee, she returns it to SCAR-L, who thanks her with a grateful smile. "Thanks a lot, Aria. Just from the aroma alone, I know that it's good."

"You're welcome." Aria replied kindly.

SCAR-L then taps SCAR-H on the shoulder. "Come on, sis, let's join the rest in the cafeteria. Be seeing you two in a short while!" SCAR-L waves goodbye with SCAR-H offering a few parting words with a finger gun. "Nice form you have there, Morgan. Very sexy, me likey."

Understandably, SCAR-L bonks her big sis with a blush. "Hey, that's not a thing you should say in front of another's girlfriend."

SCAR-H rolls her eyes in protest while she rubs her head. "I'm saying that as a sincere compliment! Besides, they don't seem to mind that!"

SCAR-H speaks correctly for Morgan and Aria are chuckling at the compliment, taking it at face value. "Don't chide her too much, SCAR-L. It's just SCAR-H being SCAR-H, very nonchalant which I don't find it discomforting. Rather, it's a nice change of pace." Morgan commented with a light smile.

This earns a smirk from SCAR-H. "See?"

Raising an eyebrow, Gentiane replies. "While I do trust in my Echelons, they will be conducting recon with additional ground support in a place that is further than everywhere we've been to. No doubt they will also run into a Ringleader or two. Are you sure this is a good idea?" Don't get Gentiane wrong, she is willing to carry out the order. It's just that the price of failure will be the annihilation of the Echelon that is sent behind the enemy line.

Helian sighs, fully empathizing with the young commander's concern. "I understand this is a troubling order for you, Commander. But unfortunately, such a military build-up can't be ignored. We need visuals on the ground to figure out what we're dealing with here. With my experience as an intelligence officer, I have a feeling that whatever is hidden there will be beyond our capability to deal with if we stay idle."

Sighing ruefully at words that can't be truer, Gentiane can only turn her eyes to SCAR-L, the girl who has approached them during their tense conversation. SCAR-L, knowing what's about to be asked by Gentiane, smiles confidently. "Leave it to us, Commander. I will get the team sorted and ready to move out at a moment's notice. We will get that intel back for you!" She asserted with a conviction befitting of a WW3 veteran.

SCAR-H, who overhears their talk, shrugs. "Great... Another stressful task is assigned to us. Can't say I hate it though."

P90 laughs while throwing her arms in the air. "Of course, you can't hate it, this is our chance at being heroes again!"

"Don't worry," SCAR-SC deploys her blue visor. "I will make sure to extract everything of note!"

HiPer nods along, putting a hand on her chest. "I am confident that I can keep the team at maximum efficiency, Commander. You can trust us to return with splendorous results."

Hearing their assertations personally, Gentiane decides to lay her worries to rest, putting on a smile instead. "I understand." Turning to Helian, Gentiane asks. "Chief, is it ok for the mission to be carried out in three days? I would like the team to get some R&R while they still can."

"Granted. Until that day, Echelon 1 can request whatever thing they need, as long as the request is reasonable and doesn't hamper their combat readiness three days later." Helian's generosity sure placed smiles on team FN's faces. They can just about feel whatever cool toys they will be able to requisition now.

The other T-Dolls look at them with envy, one of them even saying. "I am jealous, of your group. Better make good use of the chance and make sure to come back alive, yeah?"

SCAR-L smiles, nodding at the girl wearing a black skirt with a WW2 rifleman jacket. "We will, BAR. You will be seeing us coming back victorious in no time."

BAR nods with a smile before she returns to her own Echelon, leaving team FN to continue their discussions with the commanding officers. Morgan picks this moment to interject.

"Before you deploy though, I will see if I can improve your gears and if at all possible, your bodies. That is if you are ok with me inspecting you."

SCAR-L tilts her head before going through the few scenarios she can think of before shrugging. "Sure. It's not that different from what we promised you yesterday anyway."

Morgan nods, pleased. "Great! I will see to it that you will have the best chance of survival! As for further support, without sufficient air-to-ground munitions, we can only offer up ourselves with the roles of air superiority, recon, and electronic warfare whenever you need us. Maybe a few precision attacks with our remaining AGMs? Unless..." Morgan turns to Helian.

Knowing what she's asking for, Helian shakes her head with a rueful sigh. "Unfortunately, additional ordnances won't arrive in time for this mission. You will have to make do with whatever you have."

SCAR-L nods, not dishearted from the lack of constant CAS overwatch. "That's fine by us, ma'am, it's not like this is the first time we operate without sufficient support. We will deliver results all the same."

"I will take your word for it, SCAR-L." Helian nodded, pleased with her confidence.

Gentiane also nods before putting on a brighter smile than before. "With that out of the way, why don't we talk about something else? For example, what sort of powerplants fuel our two Guardian Angels here?"

Predictably, HiPer immediately swivels her head over to Morgan, eagerly awaiting a response like a puppy. The sudden change of atmosphere easily gets a laugh from Morgan. She has a feeling that their stay here will be filled with situations like this in the future.