Elena sat on the train that would take her to her destination. The news of her transfer to Riot Force 6 came as a incredible surprise to the serious girl.
She could still remember the embarrassing display she did on her fight with First Lieutenant Signum. She had been kind to her and said she did well, but until the day she got her letter she had thought that those where just words of comfort to her.
This is it... I'll be able to learn from one of the greatest knights of all
She would make sure not to dissapoint them. This she promised herself.
"Tahiro-san, are you sure this is the right way?"
"Uhh. I think it should be."
A strange duo of a teenage boy and a smaller hooded figure were running around the train station. An earlier directional mistake by the boy had cost them half an hour on their way to the rendezvous point. Now, they were back on track, but late.
A voice called out, "New members of the HQ Mobile Section Six, Lushe-san and Tahiro-san! Are you there?" The shouting boy was on the floor below them and his voice was almost lost within the sounds of the crowd's.
"That must be who we're meeting with. Let's go Caro."
Hyundai ran towards the escalator. However, Caro got to it before him and started running down to meet the other recruit.
Words of caution never became anything more than a thought before Caro predictably lost her footing and fell. Hyundai winced for a moment before the impact, but when he opened his eyes, a boy and Caro were in a pile next to him.
"I-I'm sorry."
"No, it's ok. You saved me."
Hyundai decided to break the moment of silence caused by the boy's hands on Caro's chest. "Umm. You're Recruit Erio Mondial, right? Nice to meet you. I'm Recruit Hyundai Tahiro and this is Caro Ru Lushe of the same rank."
A small flying creature flew out of Caro's bag and landed on her lap.
"And this is Caro's dragon, Freidliche. I hope we get along."
— A Certain Mid-Childan Train Station —
Signum stood waiting to rendezvous with the future forwards of the Lightning and Ghost teams, doing her best to stay composed.
"I still say you should go out more often. With your looks and reputation, you could have quite a bit of fun without too much effort," Supreria continued her rather one-sided conversation.
"And just what kind of 'fun' is it that you are suggesting?"
"Though that is one thing I'm worried about. Between Captains Harlaown and Takamachi, you, and everyone else, I've got a lot more rivals this time," the carefree woman continued, ignoring Signum's question. Supreria's face then took on a mischievious smile, "Heeey, Signum, from what you told me about Colonel Yagami's hobbies—"
"No."
"Eh?"
"I do not know what you were thinking at that moment, but the combination of that smile with my own knowldege of Hayate's personality leads me to believe that 'No' or 'I refuse' will be the proper answer."
"It wouldn't have been that bad. It's not like your knight armor has pants anyway."
"What was that?"
"Nothing, nothing," The bubbly 1st lieutenant looked around, "Hey I think I see one of the new forwards. Hey! Mobile Section Six's Fresh Meat! Over Here!" She called out cheerfully, waving her arms in the air.
Signum sighed. When Supreria had called them 'fresh meat' on the way over, Signum hadn't really expected even the jocular acting captain to actually address them like that.
edited 10th Oct '10 8:36:06 PM by zzzdragon
Fear the Gothilolions! | Anime listStepping outside her train Elena looked around at the Mid-Childan Train Station with a little bit of awe. It was the biggest and most organized she had seen on her travels. She should have expected so this being the home planet of the TSB but still she couldn't help but being a little bit impressed.
Elena was still wearing the rather plain uniform of her old regiment, while she did have other clothes she felt the most at ease in it. She fixed the strap of her bag on her shoulder and then started walking.
The young soldier had not being told exactly where she would meet with her superiors but over the crowd she saw her.
First Lieutenant Signum was standing a little way ahead. She never expected her to be there to pick up the new recruits. She hurried her steps a little barely hearing a call for new meat, until she reached them.
"Lieutenant Signum, we meet again" Elena said giving a bow and then a salute at the woman "Recruit Elena Hoplar, reporting"
"So, Uno, Meckana is finished with her devices? Hehehehe, it's almost time then. Wonderful"
Hyundai's motor functions halted for the moment when he heard the woman call the three of them, fresh meat. Fresh meat? His muscle control returned as he realized that it was another girl who was being called that name. Erio and Caro did not seem to worry themselves over the woman's words as they saluted their new superiors and fellow recruit with no pause.
"Thank you for coming all this way. I am Recruit Erio Mondial"
"I am Recruit Caro Ra Lushe."
Still lagging behind the two a bit, Hyundai stuttered for a moment before saluting and introducing himself as well.
"I-I'm Recruit Hyundai Tahiro. It is an honour to be working with you."
edited 10th Oct '10 9:08:17 PM by neobowman
Scaglietti heard the footsteps and turned to greet his guest. He had recruited Vonh Trevor a good time ago. The boy had a ridiculous obsession with one of the test subjects of Project F. He was a poor thing that would break if told the truth, Scaglietti dealt with him accordingly, amusing his own desires in the process. "Good day Vonh. I suppose you're here to see how the plan is progressing? Do not worry, we will soon begin."
"Now now, all in due time Vonh. Now, I ask that you continue your training. I will have a mission for you soon to go out with my gadget drones. For now, you must work on your skills."
Scaglietti smiled and turned back to his monitors, manipulating several screens at once in a confusing display of multitasking. There was work to be done.
Wilbur Countach's train had been delayed coming into the station due to a magical herd of cows - as unlikely as it had seemed - and now the young Mage was forcing his way through the bustling crowds, his small stature only making things more difficult.
Muttering apologies from behind his cossack, he feared that he may not have been recognisable to his future superiors. However, this proved unfounded as soon as he heard "Mobile Section Six's Fresh Meat! Over Here!". Though he would have been insulted by such a statement in normal circumstances, this was by no means normal. If he remembered correctly, Mobile Section Six was staffed with only the best mages, including Nanoha Takamachi, the famous "Ace of Aces", among others.
His mind was immediately filled with dreams of future glories, and he shunted his way over to Signum and Supreria, taking up his position with Elena and Hyundai. "So you're going to be part of the team, right?"
Unfortunately for them, he immediately forgot about his question as soon as he saw Signum. He'd heard about her exploits, but seeing a famous mage in person was almost too much.
"Is that...? No, it can't be... can it? A-Are you Signum? Cool!" He launched into a set of superlatives and questions, though his excitement caused him to trip over his words.
Locking you up on radar since '09"It certianly has, Recruit," Signum greeted her aquaintence in her usual manner. She looked around at the other three who arrived a moment later. So those are Testarossa's charges...
While preparing her greeting to them, her train of thought was interrupted by a rather fanboyish attack from her blind spot.
"fufufufu I told you you had admirers just like Captains Takamachi and Testarossa."
Signum ignored the comment, recognizing the boy as another one of the new recruits, "Ah, I am First Lieutenant Signum, Vice-Captain of the future Lightening squad. And this is—"
"Hiiii!! 2nd Lieutenant Supreria Marron, acting Captain for the Ghost team," the woman who had been suspicioulsy queit up until now jumped forward for her introduction," but more on that later. My hobbies include matchmaking and fine wine. 3-sizes are a secret, though I'll tell you if you guess right. Oh, and my name comes from the fact Papa wanted me to be Super-Pretty when I grew up. Unfortunately, boys, I'm not on the market."
Signum stood quietly for a moment, her mind performing a strange combonation of processing and ignoring the introduction turned personal ad.
"Wait a moment, Mister Vonh Trevor," Meckana chimed in over the intercom, "I've got a new invention that needs combat testing. Care to help a lady out? I'll just transport it to your usual training area if feel like giving it a go."
Fear the Gothilolions! | Anime listElena retreated a step looking at their new Captain. She didn't expect somebody quite like her and it intimidated the young recruit just a little that she didn't knew how to react to such a greeting.
"I-It's an honor to meet you Captain Marron. From now on I'll be on your care" Elena said, it being the best she could come up with.
"Eh, Eh???"
Hyundai did not expect such an excited woman as his new leader. What a..... unique personality..... He tried to smile but he felt his face turning red and instead went into a deep bow to the 2nd Lieutenant. Righting himself, he faced Signum, who seemed the safer of the pair.
"First Lieutenant Signum, it's a pleasure to meet you in person." Hyundai bowed, sneaking a glance at Supreria Marron at the same time. In a pleading tone, he asked, "Please take good care of me." Which in this case actually meant, "Don't let the other person eat me."
Erio was also surprised by Captain Marron, but he managed to gather himself up better than Hyundai. Caro seemed slightly more nervous to talk to the Captain Marron after her introduction, but the two greeted their superiors in unison.
"It'll be a pleasure to be working with you Captain Marron, Lieutenant Signum."
"The feeling is mutual, I hope we can get along as well," Signum replied. "Let's be going then."
Outside Signum showed the group to a taxi outside, "This will take you to the base. They've been paid in advance, so don't worry about that."
"One of the perks of working for the government," Supreria chimed in. "Be good boys and girls and try not to get into trouble ok? Lt Signum and I have some business to attend to, but we'll see you at the kickoff briefing. Bye!" Signum simply nodded slowly as a farewell, before the two began walking off in another direction.
"Splendid," Meckana replied, "I'll begin the transfer right away then."
Moments later, a blue robot
◊ entered Vonh's training area.
"His name is Beowulf. Try not to damage it, but don't hold back too much either. It's primarily a close combat model, so just get some distance if things get hairy. Well then, Beowulf, you can see your target, right?" The machine nodded mechanically, before assuming a ready position. "Alright then, make sure you give him a good beating."
"You came on a little stronger than I expected."
"You think so? I was just trying to act like my usual self."
"It came off as overbearing. This is you we're talking about. Overacting could cause quite a few misunderstandings. I haven't seen you this out of it since..."
"I know, I know. But we can't worry the kids like that. They'll have enough to worry about it. Especially with most of their histories, from what we were told. The fact that they seem to be such good kids in spite of that..."
"That's certainly true."
"Signum, you didn't need to come with me for this, I'm pretty sure at least two of them would have liked to stay and chat with you."
"I might have been ancilliary to the incident, but I was still involved. I would like to see this resolved as well."
"... Thanks."
Fear the Gothilolions! | Anime listThe machine sidestepped in a maneuvar that most people wouldn't gamble on. Inches or centimeters would probably best describe the margin by which the attack missed.
Rockets ignited from the machine's back, as it charged directly at Vonh's position, with surpring forward impulse for its bulk.
Fear the Gothilolions! | Anime listHyundai, Erio and Caro saluted the two women as they left, though Hyundai was rather shaken inside. Trying to steel himself for the challenges ahead, he quickly got into the front seat of the taxi.
Caro gave a weak smile at Hyundai's anxiety. "I'm sorry, Tahiro-san is really shy with new people, but he's very nice."
"It's ok." said Erio. "You two were adopted by Fate-san too, right? So that means we're family."
Caro smiled back. "Yes! Oh, Countach-san, Hoplar-san. We should get in the taxi." Folowwing Caro's lead, Erio followed her into the back seats, hoping there was enough room.
edited 12th Oct '10 10:01:36 PM by neobowman
Wilbur was sporting a bright red blush as the 2nd Lieutenant spoke, managing to utter a greeting and an affirmation of his excitement to be working with her and the rest of the team before they were ushered to the taxi.
"G-goodbye!" He started waving before he realised that he was in fact under Supreria's command, so he switched to a salute.
"...Let's." was his only response to Caro as he trotted over to the taxi. Luckily for him, his size allowed him to ferret out a space with almost no trouble.
"Sorry about that," Wilbur said, regaining his composure and hopefully a little of his dignity. "What did you guys do before you joined this Section? I was an aerial mage, probably one of the best in my unit!" He puffed out his chest in a display of pride, though it came across as silly instead of impressive.
Considering the travel time, he decided to take a closer look at his fellow mages. They didn't look like future elite mages, but then again he probably didn't either.
Locking you up on radar since '09

— Somewhere in Scaglietti's Hideout —
"And with a final touch," Meckana finished the final touch on her latest creation. One of the mechanical arms attached to her back set down its tool and summoned up a viewscreen, displaying a purple-haired woman. "Good evening, Une. I just finished working on our latest aquisition. This one could use some combat testing before we let it get too beat up in live combat. Is anyone around?"
"Is that so? Tre and Cinque are busy," Une replied, "I believe Kuro is around somewhere, though whether he is willing to help is anyone's guess. There maybe someone else around..." Une remarked, as she began typing on her own console, searching the base's security system for signs of one of Doctor's newest associates.
edited 10th Oct '10 6:43:43 PM by zzzdragon
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