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It didn't take any wild trains of thought to figure out the coast was clear, given the complete and utter lack of any signs of life from the drones. For just a moment, Chie could relax. She shifted her poise a bit; the girl would lean back and sit down on the hard pavement, dropping her hands to her sides for support. Coincidentally, the left one landed on the earpiece that had knocked out earlier- she'd almost forgotten it had been lost in the battle. Given that her ears were ringing from the explosions, Chie wasn't exactly sure how much noise would actually register once she'd put it in. Luckily for her, it was still enough to make out that, yes, indeed, the five of them were successful in their mission. Chie looked up at the sky, staring down the downpour soaking her and her teammates both. She couldn't help but have a goofy, tired grin on her face now that it was over.

"Yeah... this weather really sucks."

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"Chu!"

Once settled safely back at the dorms, Chie was quick to break out into a fit of sneezes. It seemed like she caught a cold. 'Did colds set in that fast?' she briefly thought, but then immediately concluded that it didn't matter because she hated the sneezing either way. Chie had freshened herself up and hung around in the common room of her dorm's building, listening in on all the rumors floating about. The one about a building-sized mech almost made her wonder if there was a game of telephone going on with her little stunt, but as far as Chie was aware, no other teams actually [i]saw[/i] that happening. The gravity-controlling Ars Magi herself sure hadn't told anyone either, but that was mostly on account of her allergic reaction to interacting with people she didn't know very well.

Chie huddled up a bit more on the sofa she was rightfully hogging, sipping on some green tea as she continued to keep her ears peeled. The other teams didn't have an easy time of it either, from the sounds of it. Some of the girls got roughed up and others sounded like they ended up needing to work with another team. In that sense, Kheper might not have done too badly. Though, Chie could really do without all the gossip on the cute officers some of the other teams were assigned with. It just made her pouty and jealous.

After a little bit, no more interesting tidbits reached Chie's ears, so she instead opted for the next best thing: Fiddling around on her phone. Truthfully Chie should probably just head back to her room and sleep off her screaming-sore muscles, but on the unlucky occasion Selma would also like to have a nice night's sleep, her snoring could keep Chie awake all the way to morning. That, and for as physically exhausted as she was, the girl was actually doing pretty okay on the mental front. It was probably the hate for the- "Chu!"- sneezes that kept her going. She figured most of her team must've been awake still and, in a Team Kheper group chat that they'd set up together, Chie typed a quick question:

"Any good rumours? I heard something about someone batting back a missile."