"Mama, papa," A small and sorrowful voice resonated throughout the dim chambers. A handsome room with walls that were creamy and had the tinges of the color of sand. The floor was dark walnut and reflected the vague light coming from a grand chandelier. Unfortunately, the brightness of its light did not parallel it's greatness.
"Do you two really have to go?" A shadowy silhouette of what appeared to be a young girl asked. She was leaning against the door frame which matched the floor. Within the confines of the room, were two individuals busy shuffling documents and preparing their luggages for what seemed to be a long trip.
The black haired man rose from his desk. He had bright blue eyes that were an uncommon pair to the onyx locks that he had. As he made his way over to the blurred contour, he adjusted the forest green coat that he was wearing. It fitted him like a glove, enough to show his lean figure. Pockets that were empty, buttons left unattached, other than the ones on his sleeves, cuffs had been rolled up and buttoned to prevent them from sliding down. His right wrist revealed a red and black armlet which gave away his identity.
"Do not fret, we won't be gone for too long." He offered a genuine smile in attempts to comfort the bothered child. Lowering himself to match the figures height, he put a hand and ruffled her hair. This induced a giggle from the silhoutte. The man sighed in relief and chuckled as well.
The woman in the room, with light blonde hair and golden brown eyes smiled at the exchange. The curve of her lips had further shown the crease below her eyes and the movement in her cheekbones on her youthful face. She approached them, footsteps were gentle and inaudible.
"We will be back before you know it." She added and crouched a bit, insinuating a hug by taking the figure into her arms. The figure wrapped her own arms around the tall woman.
"Welcome to the ghetto." Blood, led by a certain journalist, walked through the armored walls of the said area. Their footsteps echoed, as their eyes curiously scanned the sight before them. Buildings that looked like they were barely holding together surrounded them. Children ran around while adults casually conversed.
It would have looked normal, a simple life, except, their lives were on the brink of danger every second of their lives.
"Not everyone can live inside places like the den." Satsuki announced, her hips swayed as the group walked onwards. "So they do their best to eke out here." She added.
Romeo's bright blue eyes drank in everything that he saw, it wasn't everyday that they were given the opportunity to visit places like these. It was the other unit's duty whenever the outer walls of Fenrir were attacked.
"I've never been to places like these but I heard them in the news." A piece of roof fell to the ground which he winced at. "Yikes."
Although Brynn and Julius had gone out just the other day, the area that they were in seemed better off than this one.
Satsuki, instantly responded, "The world's population is growing, it's thanks to Fenrir, I mean, but..." There was slight hesitation as if she was thinking carefully about her next words. "These people are abandoned, Fenrir may help the world grow, but unless you're on their payroll, they just don't care."
Brynn was slowly piecing things together and she knew that the journalist definitely had something against the organization. The way that she treated and looked down on the God Eaters had been a clear indication that she was irked by them. She couldn't blame her, the life they were living, it was lavish in comparison to the lives of normal people.
However, they were risking their lives everyday. So she couldn't help but wonder if a little leisure would be bad. After all the hardwork that they had to do.
Julius hummed as he walked beside Romeo, eyes darting from the walls to a few boxes that had been stacked beside the walls.
"The walls are armored, I believe?" He said his first observations before adding the next one, "And those are food stocks from Fenrir as well." Their attention turned to the green boxes that had the logo of the organisation. "I hate to contradict, but it seems as though Fenrir is trying."
His words caused Satsuki to stop in her tracks. She slowly spun around to face the group that followed behind her.
"All right, Julius, I can call you that right?" She threw a question but didn't give the captain time to answer. "You and your entire Blood Special Forces," she called on their unit with such disgust, Brynn could feel her nails bury into the palm of her hands as she listened on, "live on Friar so I got a question for you."
They all listened on her as the atmosphere of the place grew tense.
"How many new houses and bases could be built for the cost of your lavish mobile fortress thing? Just hazard a guess." Although the question was for the entire squad, Brynn saw the way that the pink haired woman accusingly stared at Julius. She was usually capable of controlling her temper, however, she began to realize that she extremely disliked it when people would disrespect them.
"Listen, Satsuki." She cut her off before she could say anymore. Taking a few steps closer towards those in front as she spoke, "I get what you're trying to say, truly. But even if we wanted to, we don't control Fenrir." She wasn't usually one to meddle or speak up, but this time she couldn't allow herself to be silent. "We were assigned to Blood, Friar had already been there. So trying to corner us won't make things any better."
She had no idea if what she was saying was making any sense, but she wanted to get her point across, it wasn't their fault, and the woman had no right to make them feel like it was.
"Us God Eaters have our own way of helping, which is to risk our lives everyday. To take risk despite knowing the possible outcomes that we might be facing." She continued, allowing the words to freely flow from her mouth as the ones around her just looked at her with surprise.
"You make it seem like we don't care about people other than ourselves."
Satsuki only stayed silent as the rest of the group. The woman clad in violet sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose after a couple of seconds.
"I'm sorry, I barely know you lot and that was unfair of me." Brynn was almost taken aback by their companion's sudden change in demeanor.
Julius was next to speak, his stoic face never changing, "It's certainly alright, Ms. Satsuki. Your passion for the people had merely fueled you into saying such things. We see where you are coming from." The rest of the group only stayed silent, but it was a way of expressing that they agreed. The pinkhaired woman nodded, and finally gave a smile.
"Thank you for protecting us. Again, I apologize for the way that I acted." She turned on her heel and made her way towards the door located at the end of the path. Brynn followed but had been stopped in her tracks when she felt a hand hover over her shoulder.
"Thank you, Vice Captain."
It didn't take too long before they arrived at a white tent. Inside were multiple beds and curtained which screamed to Brynn what it was. It was mostly empty, the sullen aura circling the room. Except for the girl with auburn hair who was busy reading a book to a younger girl with brown hair.
The Vice Captain couldn't help but smile at the exchange. Although, she wasn't one who had multiple encounters with children, she didn't exactly despise them. There were a few rotten apples here and there, but most of them she knew were kind hearted.
"Ah, Satsuki! And the Blood Unit." She finally noticed them and gave a warm smile, nodding towards the group. "I didn't notice you earlier. I'm sorry."
After they exchanged pleasantries, Romeo, like earlier, had asked a question, "What is this place?" All turned to the singer and her manager after he asked his question.
"A hospital of some sorts," Satsuki began, Brynn couldn't help but notice how the woman seemed more relax the moment that they were within the singer's presence, "This is where the victims of the black plague are being treated."
The sigh that Yuno gave had drawn attention to her, "The number of those infected seem to be increasing day by day."
Brynn had her near run in with the infection, and after discovering what it did to an individual, she knew that things didn't get pretty. Looking at the chestnut haired girl, she couldn't help but pity her for contracting such a disease at a young age.
The solemn atmosphere was shattered when the child spoke up, "Ms. Yuno? What happens next?" A smile graced the singer's face again.
"Oh, wait just a second, Asuna." She turned to Satsuki, "Satsuki, I hope you don't mind showing them around a bit? I'll catch up in a second." Satsuki smiled, eyes closed before ushering the group outside.
Being the last to leave, Brynn took one last glance at Yuno. A brief second passed before she decided to make her way to follow the others.
Blood was halfway through their tour in the Satellite bases when Yuno graced them with her presence. As Satsuki was giving information regarding the different amenities. Call her ungrateful, but seeing the carefree attitude of the people, she couldn't help but wish to be a normal citizen. But a part of her thought that it was nice she could do something.
"So," Brynn began with a small smile on her face as she looked at the shorter girl beside her. Her white dress flowing freely as they walked. "You're really fond of children." She continued as the two of them lagged behind the rest.
Yuno looked at her with confusion before realizing what she meant, "Well, growing up an only child I guess it can't be helped." She smiled sweetly. "As a child, I knew what it felt to be lonely."
Brynn nodded, given the position that they had in the world, it was rare to find people who had a good number of friends. Yuno was also the daughter of an important figure in the world. She wasn't just anybody.
"Did you have any siblings, Brynn?" She asked causing Brynn to blink ever so slightly. She gave a small smile to hide her shock.
The blonde placed a hand over the back of her head to scratch it hen grinned, "I think I forgot to tell you but I actually can't remember a lot from before. I lost my memory." Yuno gasps and repeatedly apologized. Brynn dismissed it with a wave of a hand, "It's not your fault, don't worry about it. Okay?"
Before they could further converse with one another, Romeo had managed to earn Yuno's attention. Using the opportunity that Satsuki was busy discussing things with Julius. She wasn't that interested in their conversation so Brynn remained silent and allowed her thoughts to wander.
"Well, aren't you quiet?" A voice coming from her side had momentarily distracted her from her thoughts. She looked up to see that it was Gil who stood beside her.
"I'm simply thinking of ways to get Haru to treat me food without him assuming that it's a date." He rolled his eyes and she chuckled. After the mission with the Casanova, things began to get better.
To her surprise, Gil grinned before placing a hand on her head, "You know, Haru isn't that bad of a man..." She was about to protest and whine when his next words caught her off guard, "Unless you're interested in a /different/ Captain."
Her eyes widened to the size of dinner plates as she felt the heat rush to her cheeks. The blonde couldn't believe what her friend was implying, she used her dominant hand to smack his arm which elicited a groan from the taller one. The look of pain was short lived when it was replaced with a smirk.
"A little bit defensive, aren't we?" Brynn couldn't believe that he was actually teasing her. It was her job. She gave him the nastiest glare that she could summon before crossing her arms and walking towards Ciel. She seemed like better company.
Gil couldn't help but chuckle at his vice captain's reaction. She was usually on the other side of the exchange, seeing her so flustered was a refreshing thing to see. As he was going to divert his attention to something else, a groan of annoyance earned his attention.
"Not you too, Ciel!"