Lancer wannabe

[cloningblues]

[1] [It's a video transmission! Which shows a teenage boy, trying not to be tense and awkward and failing miserably. Also it's very obvious he's reading from offscreen.]

Is this on...? Unity Group, I should introduce myself. My name is Toshikazu Asagi. I am a member of Team Rabbits, and the pilot of the experimental AHSMB Blue One. My team was assigned to work with you after the recent operation, and... I hope we'll be able to repel aliens and other enemies as well as we did this day. We saved lots of people together.

...I'm not the team leader, but if you hae questions for any member of the team, you can find us all around easily enough. Let's work well together.

[He sighs in relief. That went better than expected, despite his stage fright! Suddenly Asagi realizes the camera is still going on and grabs the screen, cutting the signal. The transmission is over but he can still be easily reached, either via the comms or in person.]

[2] [Asagi inspects his accomodations at Star Rose. The room is comfortable enough, much more spacious than what he was used to at the academy.]

This looks very good. I think I can get used to living like this! Just...

What are you doing in my room?

[Not restricted to just people he knows. Groups welcome too.]

Comments

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[herodrawing]

Huh?

[Izuru interrupts his sketching, done on Asagi's desk while sitting on Asagi's chair.]

The rooms are so large, it feels empty and too much for just one person. It's much better if we all hang around together!

[cloningblues]

I like free space. And I like privacy even more.

[herodrawing]

This place is amazing, isn't it! I didn't know they could afford to make rooms this huge in space, and everyone gets one even.

[majestic_keiki]

Right. It's really impressive, isn't it?

[Kei looked up from her book, having apparently claimed Asagi's bed for her own.]

[cloningblues]

Why aren't you hanging out in one of your huge rooms instead? What would you say if I did that?

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[anewmachine]

Ah! I'm sorry! I'm lost!

[There's a small ovoid machine like a streamlined Haro floating in the corner - apparently having run up against it, occasionally backing up a little and then bumping back into the wall at around head height. A young woman's voice sounds from it, her tone embarrassed.]

I was just exploring and something went wrong with my steering, I bounced around until I ended up here. Can you check if there's something loose or jammed on the left side?

By the way, I'm not sure your door should have let me through. You might want to look in to that.

[cloningblues]

...

[Stunned speechless. Asagi expected a response in the vein of "Haro, Haro!", not this!]

[anewmachine]

Um, hello? I can't actually reverse properly, here. I need your help.

...Sorry to barge in? You've got a pretty nice room here, by the way. Great feng shui.

[cloningblues]

Oh, right, right! Sorry, I just didn't expect you to actually, er, respond. Robots aren't normally this talkative.

[Asagi grabs the pod and inspects it for any irregularities, carefully as if it might explode.]

[anewmachine]

Well, this robot isn't me, I'm just controlling it. Liz Butler. And if this is your name, you must be Asagi Toshikazu.

[It looks like something got sucked into and stuck in a vent, clogging it. There's no danger preventing Asagi from clearing the obstruction, at which point the drone shakes itself out of his hands - gently - and turns around a few times, confirming its maneuverability, before facing Asagi and projecting a hologram - a young woman perhaps a couple of years his senior, casually dressed.]

Thanks! I'll have to chew out the tech who forgot the screen on that, it's not meant to pick things up like that.

You're new, right? One of the people from the fight at Nora?

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[a_linear_mind]

Wow the rooms in Star Rose are way larger than the ones at Alhambra.

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[cloningblues]

Who are you?

Re: 2

[a_linear_mind]

Oh, Willis Clades. I'm from Fort Alhambra but man did I make a mistake. I should have gotten a room up here.

[cloningblues]

Can't you switch rooms, then?

...But this one is mine. You can't have it!

[a_linear_mind]

Aaaaaw but it's so nice though. I mean the room is carpeted!

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[smileys]

[May runs into you a short while after the broadcast.]

...You did fairly well out there, Blue One. The same goes for the rest of your group.

[cloningblues]

Thanks. Hmm...

Oh yeah! You're the pilot of that green blocky mech, yes?

[smileys]

Merrygate. [She corrects semi-sternly.] Yes, that would be me.

I'm May Greenfield. Nice to meet you.

And I would've thought you were the group spokesperson too, if not for that bit at the end of that introduction.

[cloningblues]

If I were, I think I would shoot myself. Being a spokesman is hard. I have no idea how some people do that.

[smileys]

At least one of you will have to manage it, right?

A leader, in other words.

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[gold_four]

I dunno, but I think its bigger than mine. Besides, everybody else seems to be coming in, so why not standardise things?

[cloningblues]

I don't want this kind of standardization.

Are you sure your room doesn't just feel smaller because you already cluttered it up with weapons and stuff?

[gold_four]

Of course not!

...Well yes, some space is gone, but not much! My quarters are just built around some of the station infrastructure, so space runs out compared to other rooms.

[...how convenient...]

[cloningblues]

Does that mean some of the station's electronics is running directly through your room?

[Asagi already thinks of several ways this can go wrong.]

[gold_four]

Physical infrastructure. One of the big old beams that makes and reinforces the shape of the station is in the way...

Though yes, a good chunk of wiring too. Better yet, one of the panels on the wall is loose.