Battle Action Harem Highschool Side Character Quest (No SV, you are the Waifu)
- Thread starter Avalanche
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Mykenae
The Meliorist
[x] I… do not think that will work out. (Decline.)
How can we escape our position as side character by remaining at the main character's side? If we want to become the deuteragonist and eventual protagonist, we should set out to forge our own destiny, not rely on the plot armor of being involved in someone else's subplot.
How can we escape our position as side character by remaining at the main character's side? If we want to become the deuteragonist and eventual protagonist, we should set out to forge our own destiny, not rely on the plot armor of being involved in someone else's subplot.
[X]I… will give it an attempt
Ramble
[Verified 'Murican]
- Location
- America
[X]I… will give it an attempt. (Temporarily join the MC's fledgling flight. Gain plot protection. +Character Relevance)
I elect that we work on our ability to put out killing intent.it should prove useful for scaring the idiots into following our orders.
I elect that we work on our ability to put out killing intent.it should prove useful for scaring the idiots into following our orders.
Avalanche
Atypical Netizen
- Location
- Australia
I do, but since you don't tend to think too much of your appearance, I wasn't planning to use it until I write a post from the perspective of another character if at all. It's currently Hange Zoe smiling rather widely but eh.
Maybe I should make a character page...
Waifu Quest as run by /tg/? That sounds spectacular, or disastrous, but no I can say I did. I'd say the heaviest influence on this quest thematically questwise would be No Matter What Happens, I won't become an Anime Character Quest.
Also, can someone help me out by telling me what choices in the editor gives you SB's default text and text size? I tried Tahoma size 4 which is what I thought was right, but it's too large. It would be a pain to strip all the editing and have to re-add it.
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- Location
- The Land of Many Bregrets
- Pronouns
- They/Them
/takes a bow
Admittedly I haven't seen IS but I did watch an unhealthy quantity of harem anime when I was young and stupid ([old shame intensifies]) so there's something of a sadistic glee in the opportunity to tear them apart in this...
-Wait, SB or SV? Default text for SV is just unformatted. There's nothing wrong with the current font; I honestly didn't notice until you pointed it out, and it's clear enough to read.
And also:
[X]I… will give it an attempt.
The less names we know left carved on granite, the better.
So, need to keep an eye out for Miss Noblesse Oblige and Golden Ace. The Sister being Yomi is both painful and slightly terrifying, but maybe this time she can get a sibling relationship that doesn't go horribly wrong...
Were you actually able to say that with a straight face. Not to mention its a harem parody, total bro-con.
trooperist
Cinnamon Roll AI
Oh. Well I just noticed a lot of similarities such as a waifu attempting to get independence from the protagonist and the universal story tone. Though Waifu Quest was a lot more meta as everyone except the protagonist knew they were in a story and attempted to influence it in order to gain independence and star in their own series. The one thing waifu quest had that this doesn't is that you could spend your waifu points you earned through plot relevance or being awesome, that you had to increase in order to become independent, on things like abilities, new story events and characters, and change the tone of the world to be lighter or darker. It was a blast. You can read it here. Too bad it stops in the middle.
Though I like what you've done so far allowing everyone to decide the personalities of all the characters and the general world tone. It allows us to play dark characters against light characters and enjoy the interactions. I'm enjoying this quest so far.
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- Location
- The Land of Many Bregrets
- Pronouns
- They/Them
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Er, to be clear, I mean 'sibling relationship' in the healthy, platonic sense. We never get enough platonic relationships in fiction; it's really depressing. Especially where siblings are involved, which is doubly depressing.
I dunno; these updates had a pretty serious tone, maybe I read into that too much.
Ultra Meh
Wubba Lubba Dub Dub!
- Location
- Earth
We should give her a presentation on the consequences of inbreeding, complete with Powerpoint and sources.
Just to mess with her.
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Avalanche
Atypical Netizen
- Location
- Australia
Whoops, I meant SV. I copy paste from One Note so I kind of hope to preserve the formatting by using the text selectors rather than using the remove formatting tool. I'll probably just strip the font tags with the bbcode editor in the future.
I've noticed a trend for older sister type characters to have either a hime cut or a ponytail. Yomi just happened to have both so when I was browsing pictures I was like, "This is perfect! Wait no, this isn't perfect at all! But she fits so well..."
Gah.
Thanks. The tone will hopefully remain fairly balanced in keeping with the -1 rating.
The "Oh hey, we discovered we weren't blood related/actually adopted/first cousins/other excuses/blahblahblah" would have required to a +4 rating at least to pan out most likely.
At -1, third years are often called to the front as reserve forces so anything more than platonic is probably not happening.
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Currently the votes stand at
14: Yes.
3: No.
So I think it's safe to start writing.
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Ultra Meh
Wubba Lubba Dub Dub!
- Location
- Earth
ebolasos
Hiiii please be my friend!
- Location
- Down under
So wait you want us to become kirei kotomine with less destroy the world urges?
Ridiculously Average Guy
I'm you, but stronger
- Location
-
Eh, we're meant to become a protagonist, we can be more interesting than that. I propose repressing the shit out of it and getting DID. Then, during battles Yami comes out.
Ginger Maniac
Subject to Gravity
- Location
- Old Blighty
Oh hey, this actually looks pretty interesting. The Monster was my preferred character choice as well, so I'm pretty happy about that.
I hope that we can get along with the Broken Ace, too. I like the idea of the two characters who've lost the most becoming... well, if not friends, at least people who wouldn't rather actively avoid each other. Besides, there's great side-story potential in the adventures of the two improbable friends as they go through the Enemy like a nuclear-powered blender while discovering that things might turn out alright after all. And that's what we're after, right?
I hope that we can get along with the Broken Ace, too. I like the idea of the two characters who've lost the most becoming... well, if not friends, at least people who wouldn't rather actively avoid each other. Besides, there's great side-story potential in the adventures of the two improbable friends as they go through the Enemy like a nuclear-powered blender while discovering that things might turn out alright after all. And that's what we're after, right?
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Khawy
TITANNNNNNNNNNN
- Location
- The United States of America
Is Kirei not fabulous enough for you?
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ebolasos
Hiiii please be my friend!
- Location
- Down under
Ramble
[Verified 'Murican]
- Location
- America
. . .
This must be priority 2 on our list of things to do.
1 is obviously to stay alive and get our own plot.
Frakir's brother
Goodbye.
- Location
- The Sea of Trees
Yes it must happen.
Post 2
Avalanche
Atypical Netizen
- Location
- Australia
Vote Results:
[X]I… will give it an attempt. (Temporarily join the MC's fledgling flight. Gain plot protection. + Character Relevance)
Character Relevance increases to 7 (Notable Side Character/Harem Nominee)
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To protect?
- I can keep you safe -
You clench your jaw and frown. You… were not a protector, you had already failed before.
But, you had been fighting alone back then, no one had come to help. Until there had been no one left to help that was.
…Were you also going to wait until it was too late to help someone before trying?
You shake your head at that thought.
"Very well. I will give it an attempt," you reply to Yukari.
She bows at the waist, dragging both the first year cadets, still locked under her arms in their headlocks, down with her, "I cannot thank you enough."
Nonplussed at her bow, you nod, before talking to the Academy and asking it to assign you into Koujirou and Setsuna's squadron for classes.
Straightening up, she releases the other two first years and stares at them levelly, then sighs again and starts talking, "I am happy to see both of you, especially you Setsuna, after so long, but you should not have come here. You do understand the severe risk you are putting your lives under right? I can't protect you two as I did in the camp."
"Sis, I know. I really do, but we all know camps can come under attack as well. The only difference there is we won't have any means of fighting back," Koujirou responds.
"Then why didn't you move to an arcology?" snaps Setsuna, "Sis would definitely have vouched for you. Perth arcology right next door is the safest in the whole world."
"Well… uh, why didn't you?" retorts Koujirou, "You could have moved to an Arcology with your family too, I'm sure Sis would also have vouched for you."
"Cause I know I can take care of myself, unlike you, you crybaby," Setsuna said, head upturned.
Koujirou again flushed in mortification, his voice growing heated, "If I am still a crybaby now, then that would mean you're still a bed -"
"Children," interrupts Yukari firmly, placing a palm on top of their heads and rotating them towards you, "This is Anna Sanchez. Though she might be first year and no older than you two, don't think she is a fresh cadet like you two. I won't share what of her story I know, you can ask her if you are curious. Just know that she most likely the best Valkyrie in the entire Academy. Afford her the same respect, at the very least, as what you do for me and listen to her words. Now introduce yourselves."
With that she takes a step back, letting your two new charges have space to talk to you. You were honestly rather uncomfortable now, that was rather too trusting of Yukari, she had only known you for a few hours, why did she have so much faith in your abilities?
Koujirou takes the first step, he advances with hand extended, you take it and shake once before withdrawing.
"Hello Miss Sanchez, I'm Rokusabe Koujirou, younger brother of Rokusabe Yukari as you heard. Call me Koji if you want. I'm currently wearing a girls uniform because I would apparently disgrace my roommate by association if I didn't wear a dress uniform to orientation. No matter to her that I had to crossdress to do it. Also, are you really only 16?" he asks, a grin across his face the whole time.
"Just call me Anna, and yes, I am," you say in response. He seemed the chatty and upbeat type, you hadn't been very good with them back when there were still chatty and happy people in town, but you can cope. As for his question, you did note that you were amongst the taller first years when you first entered the room, but you were hardly the tallest, why did everyone assume you were older?
Setsuna steps forward, but keeps a wary distance from you, "I'm Masaya Setsuna. Setsuna is my given name. I'm Koujirou's friend from a while back, when we were still kids."
"Call me Anna," you say with a nod in response, before Koujirou cuts back in, "Hey, you won't randomly hit me for stuff right? The girls in my life seem to like doing that, some, like present company, more than others."
"Koji, you brat!" shouts Setsuna, her hand rising- before she notices your stare and hurriedly lowers it again, shuffling behind Koujirou.
You sigh internally, these few minutes were already taxing your people skills, "No I will not, but that doesn't mean you should try to and provoke Setsuna either."
"Heheheh, okay, no worries Anna," chuckles Koujirou, before smiling sheepishly at the girl, "Sorry Setsu, but it looks like you gotta watch that temper of yours now."
Setsuna huffs in annoyance and puffs out her cheeks, but nods sharply to show her forgiveness.
At this, Yukari steps back into the conversation and claps her hands, "Alright, now we're all introduced, I should do my Senior duties and give you all the Academy tour. Is there anything you all would like to see first?"
"Uh sis, I would like to go get changed first."
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After Koujirou rejoined your small group, Yukari led the three of you on an expansive tour of the campus.
Perth Valkyrie Academy was a sprawling series of underground complexes perched on top the of the Perth Arcology, which itself was an enormous facility nearly forty cubic kilometers in volume. Technically the two were a single structure, which extended in a conch spiral downwards into the Earth with the deepest rooms, containing the Higgs Generators, nearly 8 kilometers deep. The sheer bulk of the academy meant that exploring it in full in a single day would have been impractical, especially for Koujirou and Setsuna whom did not have Valkyrie Units available.
Instead, Yukari leads the group on a short tour through the most populous areas of the Academy. Starting with the central class rooms and proceeding in an outwards spiral.
First through the indoor combat simulation rooms, where there were already a group of cadets practicing against each other. There was a small crowd of people watching through the holoscreens, most were third years by their uniform, though there was also a smattering of first and second year cadets also.
"Ah, it's Hiroto Flight against O'Conner Flight. They're some of the best Valkyries in Third year." said Yukari, watching with interest.
Your group had apparently arrived towards the end of the battle and as you watched, one of the remaining flying Valks was struck by a series of missiles then tackled from above by another Valk. Light flares between the two as both engage CIWS from melee range. The entangled pair smashes into the ground with an enormous explosion of dust and rock fragments. You grimace and look away at that, but rather than the dust clearing to reveal a pile of mangled limbs and mashed body parts, the screen fades to back and the stark white text scrolls across it.
DEATH MATCH
O'CONNER FLIGHT VS HIROTO FLIGHT
VICTOR: O'CONNER FLIGHT
6 DOWNS AGAINST 5 DOWNS
SCORE IS NOW 28-21-3
The door under the screens opens and out files a dozen women, some still glowing as they reset their Valkyrie units back into storage mode. They were chatting and… hitting each other? It really did appear people physically struck each other here more often but less seriously than back at the town.
The lead two Valks, one fairly tall and brown haired, the other shorter and with black haired appeared to be the flight leaders, the taller one apparently O'Conner and the shorter one Hiroto from their name tags. O'Conner looked towards your group and perked up, breaking off from her argument with Hiroto, "Oh hey! It's Yuka! You're back!"
She trotted over and abruptly swept Yukari up in a hug, ignoring her surprised gasp, and spun her around before setting her back down. She then looked over towards you and the other two first years. You eye her warily back, wondering if she was going to try and hug you too.
"I see you're already taking some tiny first years under your wing too-" "I am not tiny!" "-and a boy too, pretty rare to find one of them around here."
"Welcome to Perth," She gives you three a lazy a salute.
For a moment she seems to want to continue her sentence, but then hesitates, her eyes lingering on you and you feel a scan from her. You immediately jam her on instinct, before catching a hold of yourself. Ah, that's probably why Yukari asked you not to scan other Valkyries without reason.
She staggers a step and claps her hand to her temple, wincing, "Alright, never gonna do that again…" she mutters, shaking her head and turning to Yukari, "Well, can't really label your group fresh meat…"
"Anna was at Alaska also," replies Yukari quietly.
"Oh. Well shit." said O'Conner, smile sliding off her face.
She turns to you, expression serious, "Sorry about that, er, Anna. I was just wondering which Valk you were using- gah!"
Hiroto, who had approached from behind, was pushing O'Conner in the direction of the corridor, she turns to your group as she walks, a contrite expression on her face, "I'm sorry for Julia here, don't let her scare you away from the Academy alright?"
Their two flights trail after them, some of them giving brief hellos to Yukari and welcomes to your group, all of them apparently ignoring Julia's protests.
"Hey c'mon did any of them look scared? None of them look-" the closing door cut off her protests.
Yukari shakes her head, but smiles fondly, "Julia and Asuna are nice for elite third years and so are their flights, but don't take their personalities for the general attitude of third year elites, they tend to be… standoffish."
"Sis, you're a third year elite too aren't you?" questions Koujirou.
Yukari throws Koujirou an amused look, "Didn't you say I come off as standoffish to people other than you two?"
"Well I uh, that y'know, wasn't really meant to be serious?" Koujirou stutters out.
To his side, Setsuna huffs a breath of frustration, "See? This is why Yukari is too good for you, you moron."
"Next the cafeterias." said Yukari, studiously ignoring the bickering behind her.
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The Cafeteria was a fairly large and open room with tables arranged around several banquet tables, with softer yellow lighting and dark crimson floor tiles compared to the clinical white and grey of the rest of the school, the room presented a far more relaxing atmosphere. Open 24 hours with food on demand, this room was one of four such through the campus.
Where three were located towards the perimeter, the fourth was located towards the center of the Academy, above the classrooms and closer to the surface observation rooms. Nominally all equal, Yukari noted that they were not so in practice.
"It's one of those things about elite Valkyries I noted earlier. There is an informal rule that the fourth Cafeteria can only be used by elites Valkyries and those they invite, doesn't matter which year, just that your practical score qualifies you to be an elite. Since scores are public record, anyone can check. Some of the elites don't care for it, me included, but enough do that it's part of the unwritten rules. The Academy probably allows it to encourage competition."
She turns to you, "Though you do not have a publically available combat performance score, the fact that you have a blanket combat training exemption is notable enough that you could use it without anyone attempting to give you trouble if you wanted to."
You think about that for a moment, then shrug in response. It might be nice to eat in a place with fewer people, but you get the feeling it might actually be less hassle if you were to eat in the main cafeteria where there would be more people and thus, less reason for someone else to focus attention on you.
"Hey guys, since we're here, why don't we grab some food to eat as well?" interjects Koujirou, looking wide eyed at the banquet spread.
Yukari glances at the wall clocks, "It is nearly midday here anyway, who's hungry?"
"I am a little hungry I guess," mutters Setsuna, but her eyes are also glued to the banquet tables. Koujirou by her side doesn't bother with the pretence of reluctance and early nods.
You give a slight shrug, you didn't feel particularly hungry, but it would be early evening in Alaska now, when the UN personnel usually ate dinner.
"Lets have lunch," you allow.
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After lunch, or dinner for you and Yukari, the last part of the tour was to the above ground observation towers that overlooked the aboveground training grounds, the airstrips and various radar and defence installations.
You had to say though, whilst the sunlight was comforting, the landscape around Perth was rather… flat. Most interesting was the remains of Old Perth, some of the houses of the suburbs around Old Perth were still above the water, creating a rather surreal view as the ruins of houses and apartments marched further and further out to sea.
"Wow, uh, Australia is… reddish."
"It's… very smooth."
"…the sky is a nice colour?"
"You can say you find the view boring if you want," smiles Yukari, "Most of the Australians think so too."
"I'd take you to the observation decks the looks down into the Perth arcology but uh," Yukari coughs into her hand at this, closing her eyes, "…that's known as a romantic area, the place for couples to hang out."
Koujirou chortles at that, "Yeah. Wouldn't want that kind of misunderstanding forming."
"And what is that meant to mean you moron?" growls Setsuna.
"Eh? What?" Koujirou blinks in confusion, "Like, would you want everyone confusing us for couples?"
"When did I say that?" snapped Setsuna, "Who'd want to be mistaken for being in a relationship with you?"
"Oh I dunno about that," murmers Koujirou, rubbing at his chin in thought, "When I was arriving, some of those girls were definitely 'miring."
"You freaking pervert!"
You block Setsuna's punch midway with the back of your hand, sighing internally. You suppose you will just have to get used to people striking each other without the intent to kill, or even true intent to harm.
She makes an odd squeaking noise and rapidly crabwalks sideways away from you until Yukari is between the two of you again, before she turns back to Koujirou and the two of them appear to get into another argument.
Yukari shakes her head at the two, grinning, then looks back towards you.
"I think that's all there is to see today Anna. I'll be off to collect my Valkyrie unit and settle back in, then I'll will be sleeping off the jetlag. You should probably rest as well."
You consider it, there's nothing in particular that comes to mind, but...
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What do you wish to do for the rest of the day?
[]Nothing in particular. (Sleep and Skip to tomorrow, first day of classes)
[]Explore more?
-[]Perth Arcology Observation Deck
-[]Simulator Rooms
[]Write in?
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[X]I… will give it an attempt. (Temporarily join the MC's fledgling flight. Gain plot protection. + Character Relevance)
Character Relevance increases to 7 (Notable Side Character/Harem Nominee)
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To protect?
- I can keep you safe -
You clench your jaw and frown. You… were not a protector, you had already failed before.
But, you had been fighting alone back then, no one had come to help. Until there had been no one left to help that was.
…Were you also going to wait until it was too late to help someone before trying?
You shake your head at that thought.
"Very well. I will give it an attempt," you reply to Yukari.
She bows at the waist, dragging both the first year cadets, still locked under her arms in their headlocks, down with her, "I cannot thank you enough."
Nonplussed at her bow, you nod, before talking to the Academy and asking it to assign you into Koujirou and Setsuna's squadron for classes.
Straightening up, she releases the other two first years and stares at them levelly, then sighs again and starts talking, "I am happy to see both of you, especially you Setsuna, after so long, but you should not have come here. You do understand the severe risk you are putting your lives under right? I can't protect you two as I did in the camp."
"Sis, I know. I really do, but we all know camps can come under attack as well. The only difference there is we won't have any means of fighting back," Koujirou responds.
"Then why didn't you move to an arcology?" snaps Setsuna, "Sis would definitely have vouched for you. Perth arcology right next door is the safest in the whole world."
"Well… uh, why didn't you?" retorts Koujirou, "You could have moved to an Arcology with your family too, I'm sure Sis would also have vouched for you."
"Cause I know I can take care of myself, unlike you, you crybaby," Setsuna said, head upturned.
Koujirou again flushed in mortification, his voice growing heated, "If I am still a crybaby now, then that would mean you're still a bed -"
"Children," interrupts Yukari firmly, placing a palm on top of their heads and rotating them towards you, "This is Anna Sanchez. Though she might be first year and no older than you two, don't think she is a fresh cadet like you two. I won't share what of her story I know, you can ask her if you are curious. Just know that she most likely the best Valkyrie in the entire Academy. Afford her the same respect, at the very least, as what you do for me and listen to her words. Now introduce yourselves."
With that she takes a step back, letting your two new charges have space to talk to you. You were honestly rather uncomfortable now, that was rather too trusting of Yukari, she had only known you for a few hours, why did she have so much faith in your abilities?
Koujirou takes the first step, he advances with hand extended, you take it and shake once before withdrawing.
"Hello Miss Sanchez, I'm Rokusabe Koujirou, younger brother of Rokusabe Yukari as you heard. Call me Koji if you want. I'm currently wearing a girls uniform because I would apparently disgrace my roommate by association if I didn't wear a dress uniform to orientation. No matter to her that I had to crossdress to do it. Also, are you really only 16?" he asks, a grin across his face the whole time.
"Just call me Anna, and yes, I am," you say in response. He seemed the chatty and upbeat type, you hadn't been very good with them back when there were still chatty and happy people in town, but you can cope. As for his question, you did note that you were amongst the taller first years when you first entered the room, but you were hardly the tallest, why did everyone assume you were older?
Setsuna steps forward, but keeps a wary distance from you, "I'm Masaya Setsuna. Setsuna is my given name. I'm Koujirou's friend from a while back, when we were still kids."
"Call me Anna," you say with a nod in response, before Koujirou cuts back in, "Hey, you won't randomly hit me for stuff right? The girls in my life seem to like doing that, some, like present company, more than others."
"Koji, you brat!" shouts Setsuna, her hand rising- before she notices your stare and hurriedly lowers it again, shuffling behind Koujirou.
You sigh internally, these few minutes were already taxing your people skills, "No I will not, but that doesn't mean you should try to and provoke Setsuna either."
"Heheheh, okay, no worries Anna," chuckles Koujirou, before smiling sheepishly at the girl, "Sorry Setsu, but it looks like you gotta watch that temper of yours now."
Setsuna huffs in annoyance and puffs out her cheeks, but nods sharply to show her forgiveness.
At this, Yukari steps back into the conversation and claps her hands, "Alright, now we're all introduced, I should do my Senior duties and give you all the Academy tour. Is there anything you all would like to see first?"
"Uh sis, I would like to go get changed first."
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After Koujirou rejoined your small group, Yukari led the three of you on an expansive tour of the campus.
Perth Valkyrie Academy was a sprawling series of underground complexes perched on top the of the Perth Arcology, which itself was an enormous facility nearly forty cubic kilometers in volume. Technically the two were a single structure, which extended in a conch spiral downwards into the Earth with the deepest rooms, containing the Higgs Generators, nearly 8 kilometers deep. The sheer bulk of the academy meant that exploring it in full in a single day would have been impractical, especially for Koujirou and Setsuna whom did not have Valkyrie Units available.
Instead, Yukari leads the group on a short tour through the most populous areas of the Academy. Starting with the central class rooms and proceeding in an outwards spiral.
First through the indoor combat simulation rooms, where there were already a group of cadets practicing against each other. There was a small crowd of people watching through the holoscreens, most were third years by their uniform, though there was also a smattering of first and second year cadets also.
"Ah, it's Hiroto Flight against O'Conner Flight. They're some of the best Valkyries in Third year." said Yukari, watching with interest.
Your group had apparently arrived towards the end of the battle and as you watched, one of the remaining flying Valks was struck by a series of missiles then tackled from above by another Valk. Light flares between the two as both engage CIWS from melee range. The entangled pair smashes into the ground with an enormous explosion of dust and rock fragments. You grimace and look away at that, but rather than the dust clearing to reveal a pile of mangled limbs and mashed body parts, the screen fades to back and the stark white text scrolls across it.
DEATH MATCH
O'CONNER FLIGHT VS HIROTO FLIGHT
VICTOR: O'CONNER FLIGHT
6 DOWNS AGAINST 5 DOWNS
SCORE IS NOW 28-21-3
The door under the screens opens and out files a dozen women, some still glowing as they reset their Valkyrie units back into storage mode. They were chatting and… hitting each other? It really did appear people physically struck each other here more often but less seriously than back at the town.
The lead two Valks, one fairly tall and brown haired, the other shorter and with black haired appeared to be the flight leaders, the taller one apparently O'Conner and the shorter one Hiroto from their name tags. O'Conner looked towards your group and perked up, breaking off from her argument with Hiroto, "Oh hey! It's Yuka! You're back!"
She trotted over and abruptly swept Yukari up in a hug, ignoring her surprised gasp, and spun her around before setting her back down. She then looked over towards you and the other two first years. You eye her warily back, wondering if she was going to try and hug you too.
"I see you're already taking some tiny first years under your wing too-" "I am not tiny!" "-and a boy too, pretty rare to find one of them around here."
"Welcome to Perth," She gives you three a lazy a salute.
For a moment she seems to want to continue her sentence, but then hesitates, her eyes lingering on you and you feel a scan from her. You immediately jam her on instinct, before catching a hold of yourself. Ah, that's probably why Yukari asked you not to scan other Valkyries without reason.
She staggers a step and claps her hand to her temple, wincing, "Alright, never gonna do that again…" she mutters, shaking her head and turning to Yukari, "Well, can't really label your group fresh meat…"
"Anna was at Alaska also," replies Yukari quietly.
"Oh. Well shit." said O'Conner, smile sliding off her face.
She turns to you, expression serious, "Sorry about that, er, Anna. I was just wondering which Valk you were using- gah!"
Hiroto, who had approached from behind, was pushing O'Conner in the direction of the corridor, she turns to your group as she walks, a contrite expression on her face, "I'm sorry for Julia here, don't let her scare you away from the Academy alright?"
Their two flights trail after them, some of them giving brief hellos to Yukari and welcomes to your group, all of them apparently ignoring Julia's protests.
"Hey c'mon did any of them look scared? None of them look-" the closing door cut off her protests.
Yukari shakes her head, but smiles fondly, "Julia and Asuna are nice for elite third years and so are their flights, but don't take their personalities for the general attitude of third year elites, they tend to be… standoffish."
"Sis, you're a third year elite too aren't you?" questions Koujirou.
Yukari throws Koujirou an amused look, "Didn't you say I come off as standoffish to people other than you two?"
"Well I uh, that y'know, wasn't really meant to be serious?" Koujirou stutters out.
To his side, Setsuna huffs a breath of frustration, "See? This is why Yukari is too good for you, you moron."
"Next the cafeterias." said Yukari, studiously ignoring the bickering behind her.
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The Cafeteria was a fairly large and open room with tables arranged around several banquet tables, with softer yellow lighting and dark crimson floor tiles compared to the clinical white and grey of the rest of the school, the room presented a far more relaxing atmosphere. Open 24 hours with food on demand, this room was one of four such through the campus.
Where three were located towards the perimeter, the fourth was located towards the center of the Academy, above the classrooms and closer to the surface observation rooms. Nominally all equal, Yukari noted that they were not so in practice.
"It's one of those things about elite Valkyries I noted earlier. There is an informal rule that the fourth Cafeteria can only be used by elites Valkyries and those they invite, doesn't matter which year, just that your practical score qualifies you to be an elite. Since scores are public record, anyone can check. Some of the elites don't care for it, me included, but enough do that it's part of the unwritten rules. The Academy probably allows it to encourage competition."
She turns to you, "Though you do not have a publically available combat performance score, the fact that you have a blanket combat training exemption is notable enough that you could use it without anyone attempting to give you trouble if you wanted to."
You think about that for a moment, then shrug in response. It might be nice to eat in a place with fewer people, but you get the feeling it might actually be less hassle if you were to eat in the main cafeteria where there would be more people and thus, less reason for someone else to focus attention on you.
"Hey guys, since we're here, why don't we grab some food to eat as well?" interjects Koujirou, looking wide eyed at the banquet spread.
Yukari glances at the wall clocks, "It is nearly midday here anyway, who's hungry?"
"I am a little hungry I guess," mutters Setsuna, but her eyes are also glued to the banquet tables. Koujirou by her side doesn't bother with the pretence of reluctance and early nods.
You give a slight shrug, you didn't feel particularly hungry, but it would be early evening in Alaska now, when the UN personnel usually ate dinner.
"Lets have lunch," you allow.
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After lunch, or dinner for you and Yukari, the last part of the tour was to the above ground observation towers that overlooked the aboveground training grounds, the airstrips and various radar and defence installations.
You had to say though, whilst the sunlight was comforting, the landscape around Perth was rather… flat. Most interesting was the remains of Old Perth, some of the houses of the suburbs around Old Perth were still above the water, creating a rather surreal view as the ruins of houses and apartments marched further and further out to sea.
"Wow, uh, Australia is… reddish."
"It's… very smooth."
"…the sky is a nice colour?"
"You can say you find the view boring if you want," smiles Yukari, "Most of the Australians think so too."
"I'd take you to the observation decks the looks down into the Perth arcology but uh," Yukari coughs into her hand at this, closing her eyes, "…that's known as a romantic area, the place for couples to hang out."
Koujirou chortles at that, "Yeah. Wouldn't want that kind of misunderstanding forming."
"And what is that meant to mean you moron?" growls Setsuna.
"Eh? What?" Koujirou blinks in confusion, "Like, would you want everyone confusing us for couples?"
"When did I say that?" snapped Setsuna, "Who'd want to be mistaken for being in a relationship with you?"
"Oh I dunno about that," murmers Koujirou, rubbing at his chin in thought, "When I was arriving, some of those girls were definitely 'miring."
"You freaking pervert!"
You block Setsuna's punch midway with the back of your hand, sighing internally. You suppose you will just have to get used to people striking each other without the intent to kill, or even true intent to harm.
She makes an odd squeaking noise and rapidly crabwalks sideways away from you until Yukari is between the two of you again, before she turns back to Koujirou and the two of them appear to get into another argument.
Yukari shakes her head at the two, grinning, then looks back towards you.
"I think that's all there is to see today Anna. I'll be off to collect my Valkyrie unit and settle back in, then I'll will be sleeping off the jetlag. You should probably rest as well."
You consider it, there's nothing in particular that comes to mind, but...
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What do you wish to do for the rest of the day?
[]Nothing in particular. (Sleep and Skip to tomorrow, first day of classes)
[]Explore more?
-[]Perth Arcology Observation Deck
-[]Simulator Rooms
[]Write in?
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[X]Explore more?
-[X]Simulator Rooms
We find Broken Ace now? But seriously we're going to need a sparring partner at some point.
Unfortunately we probably won't make very good friends being both people with a lot of issues, until we start working through some of them or we have other people with us kind of pushing us along at least.
-[X]Simulator Rooms
We find Broken Ace now? But seriously we're going to need a sparring partner at some point.
Unfortunately we probably won't make very good friends being both people with a lot of issues, until we start working through some of them or we have other people with us kind of pushing us along at least.