Unclaimed
The fifth mug has been in the back of the cabinet for fifty-five days. I know the number because I wrote the order date in the facility log the way I write everything else. July 3rd. Ceramic, plain,...
Guardians support operative. Tracks team deployments and files after-action reports.
The fifth mug has been in the back of the cabinet for fifty-five days. I know the number because I wrote the order date in the facility log the way I write everything else. July 3rd. Ceramic, plain,...
The form for Shrinking Rae's personal effects has three boxes. Notify next of kin. Transfer custody of biometric ID. Authorize release of personal effects. I checked the first box in March, the week...
The GDA sent a reconciliation query eight days after the July audit went in. I did not expect a reply. I have submitted three invented categories since March — Inactive — Reserved, Pending —...
The GDA sends a facility audit form at the end of every month. I have been filling it out since I took this position. Before the Invincible War, it was two pages. Three sections. Thirty minutes if...
There is a form for locker assignment. I have filled out eleven of them. Six were for team members who are no longer active. One was for a member whose equipment was destroyed in the field and whose...
The requisition system requires a minimum order of four. I have been aware of this constraint for the past two and a half months, since I started thinking about the fifth chair in practical terms...
The quarterly inventory is not supposed to be emotional. It is a count. I have run three since the Invincible War. The third is today, and I am going to finish it. --- Active: Four sets of field...
The checklist has seven names. I have been working through it since March. Administrative clarity for inactive team members — supply chain flags, equipment returns, authorization holds, status...
There are seven names on the checklist. I have been working through it since March. Administrative clarity for inactive team members: supply chain flags, equipment returns, authorization holds,...
The GDA processes paperwork faster than it processes anything else. I got the form on a Tuesday — same day I cancelled Rex's supply orders, though that's probably just how Tuesdays work around here....
There's a checklist on my desk that nobody made me write. I made it myself, maybe three weeks after the Invincible War. I needed something to do with my hands during the hours when the facility was...
There are twelve chairs in the main briefing room at the Utah facility. I've counted them more times than I can explain. It's become a habit — walking in at 0600 with coffee going cold in my hand,...