The Memory of Leonard Church

5 weeks after the Zant incident.

Disabling life support on deck 1…

Successful.

Unlocking capsule storage container…

Activating onboard AI “Epsilon”

Systems normal. No abnormalities detected.

“Wake up, Director…”

“Huh?” I sigh as I come to. “ How long was I-”

“1 Month, 3 days, 20 hours.”

“Scheiße.” I try to move an armored palm but it is frozen solid, “Some help please?”

The delirious voice of Songnam is my only answer, “One moment please. You have been out a very long time. I will need to rewrite the functioning protocols for your battle skin.”

I groan, “Oh great. More boring stuff. Just hurry up.”

After I had finally gotten free I noticed my armor looked different… Way too different… It looked like someone had combined the Arbiter's armor into MJOLNIR.

“What is this?”

“I believe it is called Helioskrill.”

“Wait.” I pause, “Where did you get this?” I was baffled, I didn't remember all these new items and weapons being here.

“They started appearing when you went under. I thought you'd like this one since you kept complaining about HAYABUSA being gone.” The impatience in Songnam’s tone was almost overwhelming.

I started wandering around the stasis room. “What's happened since I was out?”

“Well, let's see… Civil war has broken out in some countries. The princesses are searching for you and have been for an entire month now. I think you know why. All in all, things are not going well. Glad to have you back director.”

“Thanks.” I said with a roll of my virtual eyes.

“Oh, and before you go out there and get in more trouble, someone needs you.”