Raidian is busy putting on a show for the children in the Rhodes Island Activity Room. 'Dives' line up neatly and pass through a ring of 'Cycles'. 'Centers' circle above the children trying to swat them down, fighting back with rubber bullet headshots. Performing intricate actions with a dozen machines controlled with Arts is a highly demanding task, which is why she has not yet looked at the report her team member brought her. After all, if it were really so important, she would have made an appointment in the meeting room, not a room full of children where what they are about to discuss would be decidedly out-of-place. A few minutes later, the performance comes to a close, and the machines become toys in the children's hands. Raidian takes a seat in a corner with her team member and takes the mission report. 'Thanks, Agate.' A mechanical arm pats the specialist operator's head. The operator almost instinctively flinches, but some other part of her brain quickly takes over, and she quietly accepts the gesture of approval. Raidian scans the report and puts it in her pocket. 'Another field mission. Are you ready?' Agate answers by tapping her knife lightly. 'Then I'll go prepare. Give me a minute.' ... As soon as Agate reports the coordinates, Raidian's machines begin operating with ruthless efficiency. As Dives appear in the enemy's view, Cycles empty their munitions into the enemy's backs, and Centers dive towards fleeing enemies, however, Agate sees in her mind the scene of these machines playing with the children, even as the enemies' screams reach her ears. The gadgets, once a source of joy for the children, now sow confusion among the enemies, then shock, and a fear that no stealth or interference can hide, and that's when Raidian would sense the signals and send the 'children's messengers' straight to the enemy's location, announcing the ending of the 'game'. Cleaning up the battlefield does not take long, and Raidian was still interrogating the prisoners when Agate gets back. Agate knows it will not take long for the prisoners to break, for she herself was once an enemy of Rhodes Island, with first-hand experience of Raidian's 'hospitality'. As fate would have it, she would eventually become part of Raidian's team, after she contracted Oripathy and ended up on Rhodes Island. As such, she could claim more familiarity with her captain than most. Just like those adorable yet deadly machines, Raidian can be gentle and cold-hearted in equal measure. However, while she used to never hesitate to show a mercilessness as brutal as Ursus's winters, that piercing coldness is now wrapped in snowmelt of early spring, only to reveal itself when necessary. Agate is roused by a Dive that nudges her gently. She looks up to find that Raidian has finished her interrogation and tucked the unconscious enemies away in an inconspicuous location. She is waving at her from a short distance away. The sun sets in the west, dragging a long shadow in Agate's direction. She walks forward, into the warm shadow.