Every morning Himari Nara awakes up at four thirty,

Though not a religious person, Himari still pays her respects to the gods as well as her late father.

The first thing Himari does is brush her teeth, after she would routinely exercise as follows:

Two minutes stretch warm ups, followed by four minutes of jumping jacks, Four sets of twenty-five pushups, squats, leg lifts and pull pups Two minutes of abdominal stretches, and a cobra stretch, She would then end with a ninety second plank….

After her vigorous workout Himari takes a shower before then eating breakfast,

She believes this is the most efficient way to start one’s day, you must not eat right before or after you brush your teeth, also eating before bathing is not as productive, in Himari’s opinion…

(“What do I have today?”) thinks Himari checking her schedule,

She is a woman that works multiple jobs within the government,

Despite her young age of twenty-three, Himari has been appointed the supervisor of Apollo, who came from another ring,

She does administrative work for the Aquarium prison, as well and also is a special agent operating directly under the UCA Chairman,

There is another job Himari has recently adopted for almost a year now, but she keeps that one private as it is more a hobby….

Himari meticulously plans out her everyday activities leaving no minute to waste, she lives alone, although her mother wants her to stay with the family, Himari would rather not be distracted by her older siblings some of which have their own children,

She grew up as the youngest of five so being alone is of no bother to her….

At the center of the beach is the residential district, it is where most government officials and officers, reside,

Of the center district, Himari lives in apartment complex #7C it is close to a car park which is ideal for Himari that way she wastes less time from home to work

Casually she usually dresses in baggy clothes, and for work she wears generic feminine business attires,

After getting ready Himari quickly paces out of the complex.

“Good morning mis— “

Every morning the building guard would try to greet the woman, but she walks so fast past him, he never gets a chance

The guard has turned this into a little game for himself where he tries to finish that greeting,

He never has to this day.

…..

Himari hops into her Hyperion-Delta model three,

A car that is powered on foundation, the cleanest source of renewable energy on this ring….

The rear mufflers beams light instead of exhaust as the car takes off,

Technology on the second ring has been able to develop cars with the ability to temporally soar in the air, though not to great heights it is still only development….

(The public does not have access to this feature yet)

Himari swoops over the plastics streets and makes her way to her first task of day..

….

Getting out of the car she approaches a large house at the northwest corner of the Plastic beach,

Having a key she unlocks the rooftop door, entering down the corridor stairs to a wide living room that doubles as a branching pathway to every other room in the house.

Knowing her way, Himari goes to a certain someone’s bedroom…

“Get up!” she pushes,

“Errrgh,” the person stirs,

“It is half past six Apollo, get up, we have a meeting today with Chief,”

“I was up all-night last night, give me one more hour,”

“So was I, don’t act like it was just you last night,”

“Ugggh!” Apollo groans louder,

“I have to go to the prison holding to process more pirates, you better be up by the time I get to the briefing Apollo,”

“mfmsnds” Apollo mumbles something indiscernible under the sheets

“Where is the pirate you now live with?”

“Kage isn’t a criminal, and he already left to see the chairman,”

“I told you to keep an eye on him,”

“Look Kage is complicatauuughhh~—” Apollo stops to yawn

“—Kage is complicated, but he isn’t someone to go about thieving and murdering,”

“There is literal evidence oft, and don’t you find it suspicious how all medicals records of him have been restricted by the chairman?

The stab wound he got was never treated but is mysteriously gone now.”

“Have you ever heard of healing magic?” Apollo annoyedly sits up straight as the young lady’s talks made him forget the dream he was having,

“Kage has magic like me and Lyra you know, he just does not have an elemental attribute,

He could have innate healing or something,

I’ll teach about magic another time supervisor,”

“How come you suddenly turn into a scholar when it comes to matters of the third ring, but still struggle to learn our basics principles?” taunts Himari

“I spent most of my early childhood in a library—”

“—Actually, I don’t care anymore,” Himari checks her watch striding out, leaving Apollo now awake and frustrated….

****

…….

“Please stand in line and stop making noise,” Himari gestures for some officers to carry a prisoner away,

Her job here is register all new inmates, or interrogate them if necessary,

The law system on the second ring works differently as almost every place has cameras with facial recognition features, once a criminal is caught it is only a matter of processing to get them into prison,

Most cases rarely would go to court…

Himari prefers to this as it helps with one of her other side jobs…

“That messiah is getting on my nerves!” some gangsters grumble in the line,

“We managed to avoid the feds for so long, and he had to ruin it for us last night!”…..

Himari smiles secretly to herself upon hearing that.

With nothing more to do at the moment she heads to her next destination…..

…….

****

“I changed them to be much more compact and quicker to use for you Himari,

So when you form the pistols make sure to slide your thumb further down than usual,” Metal Fingers hands the woman her tielium controller (Glove-like device)

“I might need a regular gun with tielium bullets as well” Suggests Himari

“How come? those trapping bullets are really for police officers, you can set the foundation strength of your tielium guns to stun though,” MF counters

“Or you implanted that already Daniel?

Then never mind.”

“It’s MF, come we’ve known each other since high school Himari,”

“Yeah but that was first used as an insult towards I remember it correctly,”

“Yeah but I’ve kinda taken ownership of the name,

I like being called Metal Fingers now,”

“Mmm, well chat later,” checking her watch Himari abruptly ends the conversation making her way out of the science facility,

She hops in her car driving only a few blocks up to the main government building,

As she pulls up she notices Apollo who decided to sprint all the way there

He isn’t even fatigued in the slightest

Secretly she envies the physical capabilities of the people from the third ring,

“You actually made it on time?” Himari sometimes forgets when she is sounding serious or commanding ,

She had originally meant to say this teasingly to Apollo, but it came out harshly,

“I literally ran?

You need to learn to relax sometimes Himari,

Not everyone can be as promptly as you are all the time,”

“Chief has a job for both of us today” Ignoring the statement from Apollo Himari briskly walks into the building,

Inwardly she feels a bit ashamed…

……….

****

“Yo…. Ya’ll had lunch yet?” a dark-skinned dread headed man dressed in a military camo jumpsuit greets the pair as they enter briefing room,

People are just returning from their lunch breaks at the moment..

The man who just greeted them is a former air force pilot, current military chief as well as well a special government operative, Kiefer Sosa,

“Not yet,” Apollo replies to the question regarding lunch

“Good then, sit down my daughter made me extra we can eat and talk,”

“That isn’t very effic—”

Apollo gives his supervisor a frown,

“Whatever” Himari concedes, if it had been a few months ago she would not have accepted any form disrespect from Apollo, but she’s gotten more comfortable with the young man from another ring recently.,..

“You know for an eight-year-old my daughter is really good at cooking,” Chief Kiefer takes out a big bowl of fried rice, he then distributes in paper plates between the three,

After he produces a bowl grilled of salmon, then another with coleslaw, as well as an assortment of sauces for them to choose….

……

“mmm ~mmm

Your daughter is really talented sir,” complements Apollo chowing down,

“Yuh,” the cheerful brown eyes of Chief Kiefer, twinkles at that remark

“So, about the mission chief,” Himari mentions softly,

She tires her best to not sound to upfront or cold as to not upset the man,

Himari quite enjoys the food herself; it has been a while since she’s eaten a home cooked meal..

“One of our foundation generators we had on Old York Island, was stolen,” Kiefer begins to divulge

“We have reason to believe it was the Poseidons who currently have been occupying the abandoned Roux island,

Because it is surrounded by sharp rocks from all sides a sea approach is not possible”

“And we also can’t afford to bomb them from above risking the generator explodes,

Which gives the government a bad look publicly” Himari finishes for the man,

“Exactly, correct Ms. Nara.

The higher up officials feels like this would be the perfect job for Apollo, of the third ring, to participate in, as he can go all out if he chooses so, without repercussions,

Of course you, being his supervisor, will be there as well, along with another person,

A more in-depth briefing will happen when you three are prepared,

The operation will commence on—”

“Is Lyra coming with us?” Apollo interrupts hearing the mention of a third person,

“Lyra rarely answers our calls and when she does it is to say she’s busy already” Kiefer sighs

—Knock-knock-knock

The three’s attention are diverted to a noise by the door..

“That must be your other partner,

Open it fool!” Kiefer barks some food flying out his mouth,

…….

The door opens cautiously,

“The chairman’s assistant told me I was to come here….” The person begins to speak something but their voice trails off noticing the three eating,

More specifically the pair of Apollo and Himari

“You’re here too?”

“Oh, its Kage,” Apollo nods approvingly,

Himari the opposite…..

“Why do we have to work with that pirate?”