Just like any other day the grounds around the TSAB Ground Forces HQ was filled with activity. People wandered about their own business, going to and from as they needed. Today, however, was a little busier than usual. Large trunks lined the curb next to the once empty structure many had taken for granted the past few years. Halls that were once dark and musty were now brightly lit and crowded with people and various crates. Bureau mages and other employees scrambled about to move the new equipment inside, usually resulting in jams at the door and very crowded elevators. From just outside of the building, an older gentleman stood and watched the rather amusing sight. The standard TSAB uniformed showed him to be a member of the organization and the small cardboard box in his hands (which he thought he wouldn't have any more use for) marked him as one of the new residents of the building.
"Good morning, Colonel!"
A quick glance to his side found one of the mages standing at attention and saluting the older man. It was quickly followed by the sound of others dropping whatever they were carrying to copy his example and salute the higher ranked officer. A soft sigh escapes his lips as he carefully positioned the box under one arm to return the salute. Something told him this was going to be a long day...
About an hour later, Colonel Kouzou Fuyutsuki finally made it to his 'new' office on the upper level of the building. He drops the box on the desk before collapsing onto the chair awaiting him behind his desk. He had lost count of how many salutes he had to return on his trek up to his office, but his tired arm told him it was quite a few.
"And to think I was dragged out of retirement for this..."
He was supposed to be sitting on a chair on his small boat in the middle of some lake with no care in the world. Instead he was sitting in an unfurnished office with the sounds of people and equipment all around him. Why they had chosen him of all people to head this new organization...what was it again? NERV? was beyond him. It could have been worse, he guessed. At least it was a fairly small Division and not an entire patrol unit or something. The overall mission was pretty straight-forward, too. Although why Regius, let alone the TSAB, would suddenly become interested in finding Lost Logia and Relics so suddenly was beyond him. Kouzou sighs and leans back in his chair, pulling up a monitor.
"Might as well read through these documents..."
Sometime later, a knock at his door breaks his concentration. With a quick press of a button, he saves and closes down his Shogi game and opens up two document windows.
"Enter."
"Excuse us."
He watches as two young men enter, probably in their early twenties, and salute him from in front of his desk.
"1st Lieutenant Shamsel Nagisa reporting in, sir."
"2nd Lieutenant Ryotaro Nogami reporting in, sir."
Kouzou returns their salutes, watching as they maintain military protocol and remain at attention. To him, they were young and it amazed him how many people their age, or even younger, were allowed to join the TSAB. These children weren't supposed to be fighting on other worlds or dealing with dangerous Lost Logia. But, he supposes times change even if he didn't really approve of it.
"At ease lieutenants."
It struck him as a little odd that these two would be transfered to such a new Division so soon. One from a Non-Administered World and the other a user of an experimental Device. Nagisa had a few years of experience if he had read the file correctly, but Nogami was fairly new, especially in terms of off-world missions. Although they would be pretty much confined to Mid-Childa, they had authorization to travel off-world to secure dangerous Lost Logia. He secretly hoped that they wouldn't find any of those.
"I am sure that the both of you have read through the documents sent to you?"
"Yes, sir." they responded in unison.
"Excellent. What they had failed to mention, however, was that you two will be our main search and recovery team. With Lt. Nogami's close-combat and anti-AMF abilities and Lt. Nagisa's ranged and defensive abilities, the higher-ups felt this would be an ideal team to handle the Lost Logia and Relics."
He leaned back in his chair and looked the pair over. Having lived as long as he has, Kouzou had come to be a decent judge of character. Both seemed like good men capable of handling themselves and it seemed like they were getting along at the moment.
"Do you have any questions?"
The pair looked at each other for a moment before Shamsel spoke up.
"Just one, sir. Why NERV for a division name?"
Now that was a question he had been expecting people to ask him. In preparation he had spent some time thinking about an answer to it.
"I'm not really too sure. Although I like to think of it this way: the higher-ups, like the Council, are the 'brain.' They are the ones who provide the orders to us. Just like a nervous system, we take those commands and relay them out to our teams. Thus, the name NERV. You two are like the muscles in the body to whom the nerves deliver the signals from the brain to, say, go and bitch-slap some Lost Logia smuggler. Plus I think they were having a sale on 4-letter Division names."
That got a chuckle out of the pair.
"So when do we start bitch-slapping, sir?" humorously asks Ryotaro.
"Not for a few days. Once all the building is set up the technicians will make sure everything checks out before giving us the green-light to begin operations. In the mean time, just settle in and help out where you can. Dismissed."
The pair salutes and promptly exists, making sure to shut the door behind them. Kouzou chuckles and runs his hand through his grey hair.
"I'm getting too old for this."
He stares up at the ceiling for a moment before straightening out and pulling up a new window. He had noticed it before, but had wanted to meet him before he looked further into it. 1st Lt. Shamsel Nagisa seemed like a good kid to him, but that red indicator at the bottom of his file brought up some warning signs in his head. It was encrypted and required some high-level clearance to access. Clearance which he had. A quick press of a button and clearance confirmation code opened up several documents and incident reports.
"What are you planning Regius..."
Kouzou began to read.