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[h2][color=C10000]Akane Yurei[/color][/h2][/center]

Ever since the MFF had successfully captured not one, but two, live GMGs, Akane had been bouncing around the lab nonstop with all the energy of an excited school girl. Mug of tea in one hand and a piece of fried tofu in the other, she would cross the lab to anything she could help with or that caught her interest. The MFF commander's normally well-kept appearance seemed to get more and more disheveled with every passing day. She sometimes came into work wearing pajamas and would a lab coat over them and call it good. Fortunately, the MFF's dress standards were pretty lax, and no one either cared enough--or was ranked high enough--to correct the officer. Except for McNair, but Akane ignored the small pinkette with something like vindictive glee. 

Despite her burning work ethic, there was a lot of work to be done, so she was working almost non-stop around the clock pausing only for the necessities, like sleep, and when she ran out of tea. Still, she thrived, driven by the fact that their knowledge of GMGs all but doubled overnight. Of special interest to her was their DNA, which they were slowly but surly sequencing. It bore a remarkable similarity to humans, and to each other, despite being vastly different creatures. She even compared them against her own, disguised under the identification of 'an unknown GMG' with similar results. As an added precaution, she purged that data immediately after.

She did hear of the disappearance of Akari, which upset her immensely, as the girl had been under her command, but she was unable to join the search and be in the lab, so she reluctantly left it to others. She also took immediate note of Utena wandering into the lab day after day. The emotions the girl was giving off when she looked on their prisoners alone was enough to tell Akane that the girl was planning something stupid. From flashes of thoughts Akane was able to glean from the occasional close proximity, she figured out her plan, such as it was. Akane had to work really hard not to sigh when she put it together. Utena's "plan" wasn't just stupid, it was reckless, impulsive, and dangerous. Not only that, but it had a very small probability of working. But, it could be entertaining, and she was growing ever more mistrustful of McNair, and to a lesser extent, Kusanagi. In the interest of keeping her options open, she made three plans and prepared accordingly: one to help, one to hinder, and one to do nothing. Then, she watched Utena a hawk and waited for the seditious Aerial Diver to make her move. 

She did not disappoint. A quick "conversation" and a sudden dash later, and the MFF had two loose, angry Kaiju. In that moment, Akane made up her mind; she was going to give them a fighting chance, but without revealing herself. But only a chance. In the confusion and chaos that followed the GMGs out of their cages, Akane let herself be bumped, sending her mostly full mug of tea spilling over several control panels. They gave an angry hiss and sparked. She disappeared into to the panicking mob to grab her mask and sword.

Meanwhile, the mesh of metal that was moving into place suddenly ground to a halt.

[color=c10000][i]I wonder how far they will go.[/i][/color]