Introductions

[majestic_keiki]

1.

[Another video intro is coming in. It shows a teenage girl trying to seem cool and professional, with trying being the operating phrase, giving the impression of someone neither used to, nor comfortable with cameras.]

Hi. I'm Kei Kugimiya, a student of the MJP project and member of Team Rabbits. I've been assigned to support the Unity Group and has been assigned to the Star Rose.

[There is a pause as she apparently runs out of things to say, but clearly realizes that she was too brief, creating a rather awkward silence.]

Our team has already taken action in support of the group, during the recent battle of the Nora colony and I hope future operations will be as successful...I'm the pilot of the purple ASHMB and will serve as local mission control in future operations as well. I look forward to working together with you all.

[The camera holds for a bit as she gives a slightly weak smile, before turning it off.]

2.


[Shortly after introductions, Kei can be found moving the shopping areas on the Star Rose and near Sakihama. While her expression is a bit hard to read, it appears that she's looking over the shops for something specific that she hasn't found yet. She already carries a number of shopping bags.]

Comments

2

[gold_four]

...H-How much have you spent exactly...?

[Ataru is surprised, and... actually curious as to how much they get in terms of a salary, now that he stops to think about it.]

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[majestic_keiki]

Not that much. I was just getting some ingredients for baking.

[Looking at the bags reveals that to be true. At least part of the truth, there are also some ready-made snacks and one of the bags looks like it was from a bookstore.]

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[gold_four]

Baking? What, were you going to make a cake to celebrate our victory?

Re: 2

[majestic_keiki]

Ah, yes. I hope you'll all have a taste when it's done.

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[gold_four]

Y-You're serious...?!

2

[star_of_sad]

Oh. Hello.

[Your awkward search is interrupted by an awkward greeting from a person you may or may not recognize as a Unity Group pilot. But she seems to recognize you either way.]

You seem... a bit lost. Is everything okay?

[Setsuko herself carries a bag with some mysterious things inside.]

Re: 2

[majestic_keiki]

Ah, yeah. I was just trying to find a store selling black cane sugar, the local ones only have refined sugar.

[star_of_sad]

That sounds like it's hard to get. But, what would you need black cane sugar for?

[majestic_keiki]

Oh, it's for a cake. The other ingredients were easy to find, but it's the cane sugar that gives it its special taste.

[star_of_sad]

You are making cakes?

[Sudden interest.]

I didn't know we had culinary talented people in Unity Group.

2

[kinaesthete]

[Someone else whom Kei may recognize as having disembarked after the mission is out shopping too - for a somewhat eclectic mix of snacks, essentials, and... toys? The stuffed animals may not be too surprising, but some of the action figures and the like definitely look rather kiddy for the woman toting them. Yet despite having her hands literally full with her odd cargo, she has a satisfied expression.]

Whoa! Nearly bumped in to you there. You lost?

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[majestic_keiki]

Oh, hi. [Kei looked over the strange mix of stuff for a bit, choosing not to comment. She knew Izuru, these things clearly happen and she didn't know this woman well enough.] You were at the Nora colony as well, right?

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[kinaesthete]

With my sister, yup. Cathy Butler. Oh, you were the mission controller, right? Kugimiya.

Good job out there. Your first deployment?

Re: 2

[majestic_keiki]

Thank you.

And you're right, it was the first time for all of us. We're still only students of the MJP program, not actual part of the military yet.

[She paused for a second before continuing.]

I thought I heard another voice over your coms.

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[kinaesthete]

Well I guess that's what they call a trial by fire. And making a big entrance, they also call it that.

You did! My sister, Liz. She's my co-pilot. She says hi, too. Here.

[Cathy takes off the small pair of glasses she's wearing and hands them to Kei.]

1

[abugslife]

[Suddenly a response from someone who's definitely not a human!]

A student... How old are you?

Re: 1

[majestic_keiki]

[The girl turned completely normally, right up until the second she actually sees Heph.]

...Who are you? [Kei was already trying to figure out how to alert somebody about aliens walking around among them. What if that was a Wulgaru or UE or something?]

[abugslife]

Then you were not told of my presence here, yet.

I am general Hetepheres, the ambassador of Gebian Pro-Earthling Party. You might see members of my retinue walking around the base; do not let their presence bother you.

[majestic_keiki]

No, I wasn't...I haven't even heard about Gebians. [And you'd think people would warn others of bug women living among them.]

[abugslife]

My presence here is not public knowledge yet. People from outside Unity Group are not supposed to know.

2

[streamedastar]

So what are you looking for?

[Might as well speak to the other member of that team, since she's around Sakihama. And he's curious what the girl's up to.]

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[majestic_keiki]

[She seems a bit startled by your sudden appearance, even if she tries to maintain her composure.]

Oh, just a video store. I thought I'd pick up a few films while we have some downtime after the mission.

[streamedastar]

Oh, there's one down the corner.
I usually just get DL off of amazon myself and watch it.

[majestic_keiki]

I'm not old enough to get a credit card. And they restricted our online access at the academy, so I didn't even think about it.

[streamedastar]

What seriously? That sucks.
I have a few CDs if you want to borrow them.