[hr][i][h1][color=cornflowerblue]Shizuka Takashiro[/color], & Daphne "Holly" Hope.[/h1][/i]
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[b][code]Mission Control Center, DOVE/RAVEN Joint Headquarters_[/code][/b]

Situated near the topmost floor in the RAVEN HQ was the mission control center, one the most important departments in the entire building and to all the agents: the main contact point between the field agents out there and those still on standby in the headquarters.

It was also where the legendary Dana Alcott (callsign "Grue") had worked to assist Task Force RAVEN, the predecessor of the current DOVE/RAVEN to replace the infamous NEST as the new Metahuman law enforcement organization in America. Grue had been promoted since then, and was now pretty much the right-hand person to the Chairman Maximilian Cornell; the then-trainee Holly also became a full-fledged mission controller.

Shizuka ignored the odd looks that some of the passing agents were giving him as he walked towards the control center - instead of wearing standard office wear like most of the agents in the building, he was in a black hoodie and jeans with sneakers. The kind of clothes he most preferred but frowned upon by the rest, especially in such a working environment. [i]Whatever.[/i] At least he had the lanyard with his ID pass to show that he's indeed a RAVEN agent.

He raised his ID to the smart card reader, then he pushed the door to the center open. He was immediately bombarded with chaotic chatters and beeps from the working controllers in the room, all too busy to even register anyone who had come in.

Except for the person he was looking for.

Of course Holly knew that he was coming - well, nothing could escape from the eyes and ears of her green friends, stationed everywhere throughout the whole HQ building. Clad in her usual long-sleeved white blouse and dark office pants with black flats, she stood up from her seat and walked towards Shizuka with a smile on her face.

"Come with me - we can discuss in the pantry," she said, putting a hand on his shoulder (her other hand was holding a file of sorts). Shizuka allowed himself to be led by her to the back of the center into a small room: plainly furnished with a fixed kitchen station on the left - with a sink, a microwave and a kettle on the counter - and a round table for three on the right of the room.

Holly placed the file on the table, gesturing to Shizuka to have a seat. "I have run through the database for the hypothermic woman you rescued from the berserk incident yesterday," she began, sitting down across Shizuka. "Her name is Lee Catherine, 39 years old, lives in Little Seapond; works as a waitress at a Chinese restaurant in Rosemaple Lake, but also helps her friend at Havenfield Market sometimes." She paused, slightly raising her eyebrow. "Her registered power is Water Physiology."

Shizuka picked up the file and skimmed through the papers inside, then set in down on the table and folded his arms before him, reclining back into his chair. "...Are you able to find anything suspicious about her?"

"No." Holly shook her head, leaning forward and resting her arms on the table. "She has a completely clean record, nothing out of the ordinary." She tilted her head a little, regarding the younger man curiously. "Is there something wrong?"

"...Not really," Shizuka finally said, running a hand through his hair. Was he jumping to conclusions too fast? Maybe all the recent events had made him rather edgy about every little thing...

"Are you alright?" Holly asked, her brows furrowed into a worried frown. "You look... pale."

Ignoring the strange uneasy feeling he had somewhere deep inside him, he waved her concern off and stood up. "Sorry for the trouble, Holly. Guess my gut feeling can be wrong at times. Thanks, though."

Without another word he left the room, still deep in his own thought.