Team Tachyon

More than any, just about every poster there sounded alluring to Millia. Each team name and synopsis filled her mind with images of glory, challenge, and... well, adventure. Quite nearly choosing at random, her attention settled on Team Tachyon.

Team Tachyon:

Members:

Eloxochitl, Quetzalcoatl - C-Rank Duelist

Helki, Lycanthrope - C-Rank Tank

Najma, Human Cyborg - D-Rank Mage

The list of jobs they would accept was long. Like, conspicuously long. Someone more familiar with adventuring would have seen this as cause for concern, but Millia took it to mean that she could expect all manner of exotic undertakings brimming with novelties, which was not necessarily inaccurate.

Noting the contact number, Millia stepped into one of the unoccupied video chat booths. The chamber was covered with sensors and cameras for those extra enough to insist on communicating via hologram. Millia, though, settled for the typical video call. Inputting the address for Team Tachyon, she waited in the chair set in the middle of the room. It rang and rang until it went to voicemail. Millia pouted her lips in disappointment, but was undeterred. She tried again, and this time her call was answered.

The demihuman was startled as the first noise she heard on the other end was an explosion. The image that appeared on screen was that of a warrior in full combat armour - the kind that could seal in zero atmosphere. The angle was poor and shaky. In the background, Millia could easily make out the sound of struggle and ****.

"H-hello?" the warrior answered, interrupted by the need to quickly get out of the way of something.

"Uh, my name is Millia," she spoke slowly, her attention fractured by what she was seeing. "I'm calling about the opening in Team Tachyon? But I think I may have called at a bad time."

"Oh, um... Yeah kind of," was the warrior's response. It sounded to Millia as though she was doing her best to suppress her frustration at the circumstances. It was clear that she too was having trouble focusing on the call. This was verified when the image dropped and the warrior was no longer in-frame. However, Millia could hear her just fine when she shouted "Helki, get in there and disrupt them!"

Pounding footsteps and a battle cry could be heard receding through the call. The camera was adjusted and Millia could again see the warrior, now at an inclined angle. It was then that another explosion sounded. The image blurred as the warrior raised her arm to protect herself. An instant later a form was thrown clear over her head and Millia could hear the drawn out scream that trailed it.

"Okay, look now's not the best time," the warrior returned her attention to Millia. "You want to join Team Tachyon? Great. You're at the dispatch hub right? Perfect. We'll meet with you once we finish here. Bye." The call was abruptly ended.

Millia blinked. There were at least a few things she would have hoped to work out before the call had ended. When would they be getting back? Meet where in the hub? It's not the smallest building. What kind of cut could Millia expect? Did Team Tachyon even know who to look out for when they returned?

Millia sighed and left the booth. She supposed her best option was to sit there in receiving and hope that the timetable was in hours and not days.