Operator Nuriel
Meeting Room
March 8 - 3:35 PM
Blacksteel Worldwide Landship
The client had finally arrived, and something did happen to her, though it was merely a bureaucratic blunder instead of something more dire.
Nuriel quietly listened as everyone shared their opinions and misgivings surrounding the situation. Her eyes were closed, but unlike those who were asleep, it was obvious that she was focusing on taking in the information being shared by Sarah and Muelsyse. Her choosing to shut her eyes was most likely to not be distracted by the various shows on nonchalance or insubordination around her. It's not like she wasn't used to people being rather light-hearted and irreverent even in briefings as important as this one, but she'd rather not test her own patience for now. Nuriel was someone who preferred to not joke around, especially when lives were at stake.
A bit of a 'cold' woman indeed, though she had always been chided for taking things so seriously by 'her', and since then, the Sankta had tried her best to be a bit more lighthearted, but it wasn't the easiest of things when all you can think of most of the time is those you've lost. Still, she had been told, that though she had lost many, there were still those that she had yet to save... and it was the reason she was here, to save people. And pay her oripathy treatment bills, since you can't save people if you don't save yourself...
...but back to saving people. It is Nuriel's obligation to ask:
"The mission is to recover these documents, but what about the people inside the facility and... the city in general? I know we aren't a search-and-rescue team nor some humanitarian NGO, but I presume if we look at it from a corporate point of view such additional activities would provide an incentive for... further rewards, wouldn't they? Perhaps restoring power to the city and figuring out why it shut down might make the mission even easier."
More money is always a good motivator to get people to help. The world runs on money after all, it is something everyone learns one way or the other, no matter how crass, cruel and unpleasant it is.
Yet... is it really worth it to save these people from a cooperation that most likely performs shady research on civilians? Nuriel is quite familiar with the reputation of Columbian companies such as Rhine, but the matter stands, they are one of the few organizations in existence that can help cure Oripathy... thus there must be 'good' people in there right? Nuriel is not a foreigner to the reality, that an organization's general ethics does not represent all of its member's ideals, nor does a single member reflect the organization's working as a whole. It is much more complex than that... and due to what has happened before, who is she to judge these people she knew nothing about, before meeting them in person?
Still, there is a question about the other elephant in the room:
"The Bolivarian troops... has any attempt been made to contact them and clarify their intentions? Should we deal with them in a non-lethal manner? Or should we just assume that they are hostiles and... not pull our punches?"
There were still so many things that were nagging the back of her mind, but these were seemingly the most important details Nuriel wanted to know.
Besides, asking wherever a Rhine Lab accident was actually the cause of this entire 'unannounced Catastrophe' would probably be a bit too direct. She would keep that subject for when the client isn't here...
Salutem pavidos, mea judicium est.