There was at least one member of the Watch for whom it was largely business as usual. Not that he had to be happy about it. Recent injuries and the very recent departure of his partner Gamzee via BREW had left him utterly unfit for anything resembling battle. So, effectively, he was benched.

L was taking it "easy"... by covering for both himself and the absent Yuri at HQ. Every now and then he whirled through the break room like a scrawny hurricane, refilling his coffee and seizing another plate of sugary calories. That's probably where you saw him, if you did; otherwise his darkened office was where he spent most of his time, earpiece firmly in place and eyes riveted to his surveillance screens.