Chapter 176: Checking in with everyone
Like Kellen had predicted, Sakura had come to visit at around lunchtime.
She wasn’t allowed to just storm into the building, so Kellen was called on his cellphone by the front desk. Kellen answered the unknown number, confused as he sat in his office typing away, until he heard her voice on the other end and the soft, calm voice of the receptionist.
"Guide Woods, we have someone here who claims to know you. Does Captain Sakura ring any bells?" The receptionist kept her tone neutral, even as Sakura spoke in the background.
"Kellen! I need your help!" Kellen sighed, dropping his head into his hands. Brent had already gone off to eat with some of the Espers that he was in charge of. Gathering intel, basically, so Kellen had planned to head up for lunch a little bit later. Turns out, he didn’t have much choice.
"Send her to the cafeteria. I’ll be up there shortly."
"Understood, Guide Woods." The line went dead and Kellen sighed again, before finishing his thought he’d been working on and getting up.
Maeve was still in the office when he was closing his own office door. She looked exhausted, and Kellen could understand why after his briefing from Hill in the morning. Stopping in, he knocked on her door before he left.
Maeve glanced up, noticed it was Kellen, and a small smile split her face.
"Ah, Kellen. How are you feeling? I heard there was a big commotion at the photo shoot yesterday? Something about you crying and Captain Thatcher panicking?" Kellen’s face went red. He could not believe that was how the rumour was spreading. He bet either Brent or Gwen had a role to play in that. He’d get them back later.
"I’m doing much better after we had a chat yesterday. How are you doing? How many researchers on our side got hurt?" He asked, and Maeve sighed heavily.
"A lot. Most of the Peach and Nemesis Guild researchers were pulled back to go over their results. Ours were on their way to take more samples. They’ll recover, and no one lost any limbs, but they are traumatized." Kellen winced. That was never good.