TP5: Kippei and Shinji

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Kippei spent a couple of long days checking on all the evacuees who might be his responsibility, attempting to determine that all of them had in fact, gotten out, and stubbornly refusing to allow himself to check on the whereabouts of Ibu Shinji until every other Fudomine resident who might have been affected by the order had been accounted for.

When he finally allowed himself to look, he realized that he really had no idea where Shinji might be found, whether he had been involved in trying to fix the problem or possibly been hurt when the breach itself had been discovered. Kippei had no idea, though he suspected that even if Shinji had been hurt he would still be in there helping to fix it or clean up or whatever else needed doing.

All that area was quarantined, however, and even ambassadors were not being allowed inside. At this point, Kippei did not care--after finding that no one he asked knew where Shinji was or how he was or had a contact number for him, and having ascertained that he was at least, not in medlab, Kippei reminded himself that Sada would need to know exactly what happened to her brother--never mind what he himself wanted, since that, he felt, was irrelevant.

Only mechanics and engineers and station security were being allowed into Grey and Brown sectors at the moment, which meant only their clearances were working on the access points. Kippei found a low-ranking member of security who probably would not be missed too soon, knocked him out from behind and searched his pockets. Unethical, illegal, and possibly stupid, but oh well. He wrapped a hooded cloak around himself in vague disguise, and headed into Grey to look for Shinji.

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Kippei's eyes quickly skimmed over most of occupants of the room, having no interest whatsoever in anyone that was not who he was looking for. His gaze came unerringly to rest on the slender figure slumped against one wall, and he strode over without a second thought--without, in fact, even thinking what he was going to say, considering that Shinji likely was not going to be pleased to see him. Not that Kippei had wanted to come chase him down in the first place; it was for his sister's sake, he told himself, and he almost believed it.

Whatever he might have said in the way of explanation got discarded instantly in any case, as he noted the other man's exhaustion and general state of disarray. "I knew you were going to do that," he said flatly, not without some grudging admiration, but mostly annoyed without exactly knowing why. "You look like you need a medic but you've been down here working your arse off the whole time, haven't you?" He eyed the burns and some other minor injuries and shook his head. Nothing he couldn't probably treat himself with a standard medkit, but Ibu obviously hadn't even taken the time to do that.

"Are you done here?" Presumably he was ending his shift like many of the others Kippei had passed on his way here, heading for Green and the gardens and grumbling tiredly about the makeshift accommodations. He didn't bother waiting for an answer, gesturing impatiently for Shinji to follow him. "You're coming with me."