[center][h2]Elise Kim[/h2][h3]Sydney Harbor[/h3][/center]
There was a bit of a bittersweet smile on Elise's face as she nodded in turn, following back after Teodora as she made her way back towards headquarters. Ultimately, the two of them [i]had[/i] managed to find their target, but being caught off guard and being forced to retreat definitely was not something to feel good about.

"Yeah. I hope repairs won't take too long," the young woman remarked as she gazed back out towards the ocean. "...Curving lasers and regeneration, though... And in the middle of the ocean, to boot. How troublesome..."

Though lost in her thoughts for a few more moments, Elise soon realized how far she had fallen behind Teodora and quickly ran after the young woman in front of her. It wasn't as if she had any room to worry at the moment, after all—not with Selene in the state that it was in.

Once the pair had returned to the airship, docked above the waters nearby, Elise's first stop ended up being the engineering bay to drop off her Chi-Mechframe for repairs. There were a few furrowed brows and slight grimaces as those present looked at the damage, and now that she was able to see the full extent of the problem, the Frame Pilot had half a mind to agree with their silent assessments.

After all, a massive hole in one wing did not lend itself well to hopes of a quick touch-up.

Rather than linger in the area to watch them work, though, Elise ended up returning to the command room to see what footage the drones had gathered. Of course, with that came the presence of Ms. Morrison, who seemed to be quietly watching the live feeds anyways. Once the other Frame Pilots had arrived, though, the blonde woman turned around to address them.

"Constanza, Kim. I suppose that you're here to rest after your earlier engagement," she said, glancing between the two present before turning back towards the screen behind her. "I also had a call come up from engineering just now regarding the damages taken while scouting. Repairs should be completed by nightfall, if all goes well."

"...Understood," Elise responded, nodding her head as she looked at the ocean reflected across all of the cameras in front of her. "I don't suppose that there's anyone on analysis looking into this one?"

"Patience, Kim; I have two currently on the job. They've identified this Warped as based on a jellyfish, of course, but with only a few minutes' worth of footage, there is nothing conclusive yet to be said about our target."

Of course, that included the matter of how the two of them were supposed to kill said target in the first place. But even so, staring silently at the open ocean seemed... Less than productive.

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[hr][center][h3]Perth — Sewers[/h3][/center]
The entrance to the sewers was indeed larger than expected, and the tunnels, dark as they were, did not lend themselves well to immediate exploration. The further they got from the entrance, the less they could see; the lights of the Pilots' Chi-Mechframes provided some solace on that front, but with such low visibility and the constant sound of flowing water and sewage to their side, calling the endeavor 'risky' might have been an understatement.

...Or, well, it would have been, had the three present been ordinary people.

Once the entrance to the sewers had grown far enough away to become little more than a dot of light in the distance, the sound of footsteps—footsteps not their own—would intermittently meet their ears, if only barely so.

Nothing seemed to be immediately present, though, but as the canals began to twist and turn and the three continued forward, the scent of blood in the air could very well catch the group's attention. If not that, though, then the barely-muffled scream in the distance very well could.

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