The Spirit Trap

[Omi]

Junsa Saburou Kenta wandered slowly into the recreational area of the barracks, grabbing some sake from a passing trolley as he dandered past. He went past a desk, swiping his data-slate from the top as he went by.
He collapsed into a chair, and flicked the pad on, wondering what he'd be bombarded with today.
The screen slowly brightened to white as the cells warmed up, and then what appeared to be an explosion in a fireworks factory, but what was actually numerous amounts of spam, relatively unimportant paperwork and other documents lit up his screen, almost detaching his retinas.
Furious at this optical assault, he shook the pad, clearing half of the messages instantly. He frowned, and shook the pad again. All of the remaining messages then disappeared, except for one. Putting his very frowny face on, he shook the pad one last time. The message stayed where it was, motionless. Saburou swore that it even got a little brighter and more stubborn looking. He flipped the pad over, then flipped it back. The message still wouldn't leave him alone, and it seemed to be getting impatient. A little red bar in the top right of the window began pulsing urgently, while the pad began beeping with an infuriating tone.

"BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP"

He turned the pad off, and then turned it back on, hoping that maybe it was just a software bug. After the screen had reset, he picked up the pad happily, thinking that everything would be quiet again.

"BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP"

He sighed and finally acknowledged the message. The beeping noise stopped, which he was thankful for, but after he'd finished reading the document, he wondered whether he was being had.
"Mutilated exploding bomb-cows on Kyushu? Go there and investigate?" he muttered to himself. "Well, I suppose it makes a change from handing out parking fines in low New Tokyo orbit. Guess I'd better get on my way."

He walked out of the barracks, tossing the slate back onto the desk where it would be filed away, and lifting his Wyrm activator chip on the way as he headed for the launch bay...

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