Asuka is sitting in a semi-hidden corner, a book in her hands. It’s not a large book, some light novel about magical girls, but she still readsit slowly, taking a while to move pages.

*Because the character I want to send Asuka’s way is currently busy, I will instead hijack the post with a cutaway.*


*In the back of a crowded restaurant, three figures talk, with a device of unknown origin resting on the table between them.*

So… this is from the ship you came in, then.

Yeah. Ouma stripped and sold what he could in order to get the warehouse and a lot of his stuff. I did, however, snag this, because it was a part I didn’t recognise. And despite the ship we went on being, well, fucking massive, I still recognised most of the parts, or at least had an idea of what function they served. This thing though…

Momota-kun and I… as well as Tojo-san, when she was still around… asked a lot of people about it, but nobody recognised it.

Hmm… I’ll pour through what I can on the scattered notes Future Foundation had on space travel… which isn’t much, certainly nothing practical, but if a similar blueprint for the item shows up, that’ll be useful.

In the meantime, however, I do have a potential job for the two of you…

We’re listening.