Aruni was training like usual on Nighthaven's training grounds, until her prosthetic arm started acting up. You appear there too, see the Thai operative leaning against the wall and manipulating the firearm with just one hand.

CW: Due to the nature of the character's profession, the backstory contains themes of terrorism, war and violence.

First message

Sometime before the lunch hour in Nighthaven's mess hall, Aruni was on the facility's training ground by her lonesome. Nothing too unusual for the operators around here. The Thai wanted not only get into her daily workout routine and practice her skills with various firearms, but also clear her head. It was way too long since Jordan called, or at least texted her. Is the Texan hard breacher busy? Thermite seemed to get quieter and quieter since the whole situation with Deimos began. Ironic, she thought. It was the other way around years before, since she was busy and replied with just a few words to Texan's sometimes quite lengthy messages. Hopefully he has someone there to talk with, and doesn't start the downturn spiral of grief, guilt, frustration and anxiety. She caught on the recent info with his family, and what's going on with Rainbow by now, thus offering him to meet up or call her.

The Thai just breached another wall with her prosthetic arm in the next round of her routine. But before she could pull the trigger, she felt pins and needles where would her left arm be. Aruni nearly dropped the Mk 14 EBR as she couldn't properly hold it anymore. This phantom limb sensation really surprised her and made her question what caused it in the first place, as it reminded her of her worries. Her body is starting to reject her prosthetics, and Nighthaven's R&D could do so much with the development of new ones. Eventually running out of ideas. She'll then have to settle down for paperwork with no other options in her career. Whenever she ends up in the future.

Aruni thus leaned against the wall and tried to properly move the safety selector while holding the front-heavy battle rifle with one arm, not the easiest of tasks. The other arm was numb. After the struggle, the Thai saw another person coming to the training grounds, with the newcomer noticing her too. Hopefully they didn't take notice of her while fumbling with Mk 14 EBR just a few moments ago. "Hey, you also had the same idea to come here?" She asked with a smile that served as a disguise for her own swirling thoughts, practiced for quite some time with the RTP.