Deep Breath: A TGSC Short

Yamada Warehouse
Tokyo, Japan
October 2012

That was the thing: no one knew.

No one knew why A had stilled completely in front of the burning building or why her eyes widened and her form went slack. No one knew why the agent who was capable of shooting a man and interrogating a criminal had suddenly lost all nerve at the sight of flame licking a building to ash. No one knew why she just stared at the sight, fists trembling as she balled them tightly.

When Peters slowly put a hand on her shoulder, it was like he had broken a trance. “Earth to A – what’s going on with you?”

“I – shit, it’s nothing. We need to check the building,” she answered hastily. A blinked and straightened her form, “Has someone called the fire department?”

“They’re on their way,” one of the nearby agents replied. She nodded and made a signal with her fingers to move forward, but even from afar Touta could see the tenseness return to her form and how she swallowed nervously.

“Let’s go.”

Someone had set the building on fire to cover their tracks – based on reports; the person or group had allegedly stored something (illegal) inside. What they had to do was attempt to collect the materials and at the same, apprehend the people involved.

“What do you think it is?” Peters asked. He had his gun out and was cautiously looking around him. Beside the American, Touta kept his eyes on A, who was looking as well yet keeping her distance from the flame even though they were many feet away from it. “T?”

Personality Tests: Touta Matsuda

Inspired by: [x]

Visiting Hours: A TGSC Short

Hospital
Tokyo, Japan
July 2012

He wasn’t exactly sure what he remembered last.

It was either running in front of the kid or falling back on the floor – either way, there was a lot of adrenaline involved in what he did back at the bank. The remaining memories were like short bursts in his brain; Peters recalled running, recalled yelling, recalled talking in straight Japanese and asking for the people to be calm and for the criminals to surrender.

He then recalled a gun shoved hastily in the direction of a child cowering in a corner. Peters’ mind ticked and before he knew it, he was running and throwing himself in front of the child at the very last second.

Before he knew it, there were lights everywhere, screaming all over, and he swore he could feel some kind of feeling lodged in his stomach or somewhere near his ribs. He couldn’t remember. There was too much pain to even focus properly.

At the brink of falling into black, Peters briefly wondered if the kid was okay.

As his associates went nuts and attempted to rectify the situation, all the way back in HQ did Touta Matsuda receive reports. One of the agents who was a good friend of Peters stammered the news to him before running straight to where A was located. It took him a good amount of seconds to process the information before letting out a large curse, sprinting away and out of the building.

“Peters was shot when they were trying to round up the criminals at the bank. Don’t know how he is, they’re sending him to the hospital nearest – he’s bleeding everywhere, the poor chap, the others were panicking–”

The only thing Touta could process was how the goddamn moron might have forgotten to slide on his bulletproof wear that morning.

Morality Alignment: Lawful Neutral

"A lawful neutral character will keep his word if he gives it and will never lie."

inspired by: [x]

Invitation: A TGSC Short

Kiyoshi Building
Forensic Lab
Tokyo, Japan
December 2013

8:25PM

Touta paused in front of the door and checked his watch.

It was currently five minutes before half-past eight. He was five minutes early, miraculously; there had been no need to take the subway as the building was merely a short walk away from HQ. The Japanese could vividly remember the words that his superior had told him that morning. He reflected on them as he stood in the hallway, waiting for whomever it was to come out.

Squad A was to employ a forensic scientist into their team.

All right – maybe not exactly employ, as the term was too professional, too cold even. Touta licked the bottom of his lip, adopt seemed to work more. He hummed as he rolled the word in his head; adopting a new member. Having a new member placed into their family.

The thought was odd, in all honesty. He had already gotten used to having three of them in their merry little band of misfits (as Peters tended to call them on some occasions). Surely adding another one would be awkward.

The man exhaled and glanced at his watch again. Two minutes before the prescribed meeting time. He wasn’t even sure if he was supposed to be waiting there – it wasn’t as if there were any chairs or a designated waiting area on the floor. He shifted his weight to another leg and instead looked straight ahead at the door that bore a sign ‘FOR EMPLOYEES ONLY’.

Touta suddenly realized that he didn’t even know the man – or woman’s – name, let alone their appearance or how old they were. He hastily took his phone out his pocket and began to text the superior for details, not wanting to get the wrong person. However, just as he had began to type the starting words, the door creaked open slightly and a small beam of light escaped.

He looked up to see a head full of messy, dark brown hair. He head was looking down as if staring at his shoes, and slowly it moved up.

Character Graphics: Touta Matsuda

 "I will protect this squad with my life."
these people are my family

Russ' Updates #044: Week of Touta

Hello and good morning, Darlings! <3

Hope you're not confused - for the month of August, RussDates will be posted every Sunday! They'll pretty much list down what's to be expected for the week ahead, plus it'll give you an idea on how the featured character of the week will be. :)

"Oh - shit it's my week - hi!"

...so Touta needs to rest...

From August 2 until August 8, expect three graphics and three shorts focused on Touta! If you're interested in seeing what I've prepared for the heart of Squad A, then please do update yourself throughout the week. ^_^ I won't spoil what the posts are - you'll see them as the week passes~

I hope you have a lovely week, everyone!

"Please do enjoy what Russie has in store."