The time is about midday, and the sun is high in the sky, casting a radiant light on everything you see. The inside of the evacuation center is clean and white, with linoleum tile floors and plaster walls, and fluorescent lights that are just like new. The waiting room is a large room, an old school cafeteria converted to meet the military's ends. Dozens of people wait here for departure. A desk stands near the exit, and an officer sits behind a computer as he's flanked by two guards. Calls for groups to exit blare over the PA, but none of the groups actually seem to be leaving.
Soon, group J-1, your group, is called up.