Planning ahead

[majestic_keiki]

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Maybe this one would be best?

[Kei is sitting in one of the common rooms at the Sakihama base with a cup of tea and and an empty plate with a dirty fork and some crumbs and custard in front of her. Also on the table is a large collection brightly colored promotional pamphlets and magazines from universities across the planet. She's thumping through some of them, comparing the information presented within.]

But if I do pick Germany, I need a degree from an official high school to get in...

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[Later the same day, Kei has gathered her team in their usual meeting spot - Asagi's room.]

So I was thinking. Now that the Wulgaru have been defeated and enough times without any sightings has passed that they're probably genuinely gone, we deserve some leave. We haven't really had any since we were ordered to the beach almost a year ago.

Comments

Are we all posting in one thread for this prompt?

[herodrawing]

Sounds fun! And since Sakihama is close, if something happens we can get recalled very quickly.

[Izuru doesn't notice how his words might be unnerving.]

[cloningblues]

Any specific part of Japan? Just "Japan" is very general. Also not very foreign.

[majestic_keiki]

Japan is small enough that we can take the train to travel around. And we don't need to worry about the language or learning local customs. It has a lot of things to see too.

[No comments about possibly returning to base, though.]

[herodrawing]

Okinawa!

[gold_four]

Why not make it a full on backpacking holiday? Start at one end of the country, travel to the other, see a different place every day.

[And having chimed in, Ataru raises a particular pamphlet.]

We have to see Kobe though! There's all sorts of stuff to see there, beef to eat, hot springs to try, and then there's the giant robot statue!

[cloningblues]

You see real giant robots every day, and you're excited to see a fake one?

[herodrawing]

You don't get it Asagi. It's different if it's a statue! You have to respect that.

I wonder how much time we have though... a full-scale backpacking holiday'd take a while...

[majestic_keiki]

Kobe is on the way and we can see whatever we feel like if we go on a trip like that.

And they owe us for leave, how much have we gotten our entire lives?

[herodrawing]

Uh, there was that one vacation... I got thrown into the water.

[majestic_keiki]

That's kind of the point. We've only gotten a few days of leave, they owe us some more and it seems like things are less desperate anyway.

[cloningblues]

As long as it will be a calm trip and not some kind of extreme sports. I don't need more bike races in my life.

[majestic_keiki]

Why would it be extreme sports? Backpacking across Japan just means staying in the same city for a few days instead of the entire trip. We'll get proper hotels.

[herodrawing]

We could climb a mountain! That's what hiking is all about, right?