Set things off

Exiting the Studio Building, Robert found a Cafe to settle down in; by chance, the TV in the Cafe had been playing Channel 6, meaning he'd have the perfect chance to see April's reaction. Of course, because Time was currently frozen, the image on screen showed one of the other Correspondents, frozen in the middle of wrapping up their segment but, once it ended, it'd go right back to the Studio.

Robert fetched himself a large mocha and a slab of sponge cake from behind the counter and settled down to watch "Start" he smiled as he took a sip of mocha; immediately, the man on the TV resumed speaking about something to do with Politics in the Middle East and Robert noticed that a few Customers nearby were eyeing him up, no doubt trying to reassure themselves that the man next to them had been there for some time and hadn't just appeared out of nowhere with a mocha and a slab of cake.

The segment ended but then suddenly cut to a Technical Difficulties screen, meaning, in the few seconds that the Studio remained off air, the decision had been hastily made in order to buy them some time so that April could compose herself and make herself look somewhat presentable. Sure enough, the screen flicked back to the Studio Interior with a slightly flustered looking April grinning awkwardly "We-um-we apologise for that slight technical issue there, but you'll be pleased to know we've gotten things under control.."

In fact, her words couldn't be further from the truth; over headsets, hushed conversations were being had, with several high rankers such as Darrel demanding to know what the Hell had just happened, only no one could provide a definite answer, all they knew was, one minute, everything was normal, the next, utter pandemonium!

Robert chuckled as he finished off his mocha.