Reynolds
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Zenjinkaze Fighting High School, Tsubomi, Yamatai
Late Summer, YE 38
0800 Hours
It was a pleasant day. Warm, patches of soft, fluffy clouds lazily drifting across the sky. Cicadas crying, crows cawing. A truly idyllic day to start the new school year. The end of summer, but the beginning of something else. Not truly the end, and not the beginning, but a beginning.
Dozens of students were gathered on the grounds of Zenjinkaze, the healthy green leaves of cherry and maple trees offering spots of shade from the warm sun. Some students had arrived early, and others were just joining the group. There had been no real organization to the gathering, no formality. Just a stage set up in front of the koi pond, with the main building looming further behind. Several adults that had to be teachers and staff were seated on the stage, including one wearing a Star Army uniform. Bright eyes flickered behind oddly tinted glasses as she scanned the crowd, apparently performing a quick headcount as the time rolled over to 0800 hours exactly. The rather soft, mousy Neko stood, glancing at the other staff members before approaching the lectern on stage, adjusting a small microphone.
"Um...ahem...ah..." The speaker seemed a bit nervous, blushing slightly before she took up a stance more befitting an officer, jaw tight. "Welcome, students, to Zenjinkaze High School. I am Itto Heisho Murakami Mitsuko, your official Star Army Liaison. I will also be acting as Vice Principal...um...and the Head Librarian." She hesitated for a moment, adjusting the collar of her Duty Uniform, medals gleaming on this sunny day. "This is rather new to me...but...I'll do my best. Please count on me." She smiled and gave a small nod of a bow to the assembled students. She'd been in charge of soldiers before, but this was so different. Even if it was rather likely most of the students would move on to careers in Star Army. Easing them into that was part of her job, after all.
"Oh, right...um...and now, let me introduce to you, the Principal...and...School Nurse..." Her smile faded, as she obviously seemed a bit unsure about that idea. "Um...Shoi..." She seemed to be stalling for time, glancing to one side of the stage. Most of the crowd would realize nobody was standing up to join her. "...Shayla McBelle?" There was an awkward silence, punctuated by another crow's caw, before Mitsuko leaned towards the microphone again. "She must b-" The Neko was interrupted, her last word twisted into a high-pitched 'eeeeeeeeeee' sound, as a figure came crashing onto the stage. The lectern exploded into a shower of wood panels and splinters, mic dying in a squeal of feedback. The plump Heisho flopped onto her rump with a squeak of surprise as a particularly large form towered over her.
"Just call me Shayla! I already told ya that before!" The new arrival was tall...likely the tallest person any of the students had seen on Yamatai so far. And definitely the tallest Neko any of them had ever seen. The 6'7" giantess reached down to take one small hand and easily tug the comparatively pint-sized Neko to her feet, eliciting another squeak. "There ya go, sorry about that. I just thought this thing needed, uh, yah know...more excitement! A big entrance! My last boss was real big on that kinda stuff." She laughed, a loud, booming thing, giving Mitsuko a slap on the back that almost sent her flopping onto the stage again. Thankfully she recovered and made it look like a bow, hurriedly moving aside and out of range to let the Amazon speak.
"Alright, they told me all about this place, and it seems like a great idea. You kids've gotta get ready for the big, scary universe out there...believe me, ya never know what you're gonna run into out there." It was obvious she didn't need the aid of the now-destroyed microphone to make herself heard, her conversational tone reaching to the back of the crowd. "Whether you're gonna be a soldier, or a farmer, or a mercenary, or a vid star, or start your own cult, or gotta kill every damn alien on a backwater planet until they respect you properly...and...uh, right." She realized she was getting off topic. "...learnin' how to defend yourself proper is a good idea, that's all I'm sayin' kids." She grinned at the assembled students...the glittering field of medals on her rather ample chest putting the Heisho's to shame in both categories. "Oh, and I'll make sure you're all patched up and make it outta here in one piece, in case anyone gets a bit too frisky."
Another barked laugh, before she waved over the group of students. "Alright, show's over folks. Someone clean up this mess and get these kids assigned to their dorms already. If anyone's got any questions, find a teacher or one of the student council kids from last year or somethin'." She seemed to be finished, stepping aside to lean rather far over and begin conversing with her Vice Principal, the two making a rather odd pairing.
Late Summer, YE 38
0800 Hours
It was a pleasant day. Warm, patches of soft, fluffy clouds lazily drifting across the sky. Cicadas crying, crows cawing. A truly idyllic day to start the new school year. The end of summer, but the beginning of something else. Not truly the end, and not the beginning, but a beginning.
Dozens of students were gathered on the grounds of Zenjinkaze, the healthy green leaves of cherry and maple trees offering spots of shade from the warm sun. Some students had arrived early, and others were just joining the group. There had been no real organization to the gathering, no formality. Just a stage set up in front of the koi pond, with the main building looming further behind. Several adults that had to be teachers and staff were seated on the stage, including one wearing a Star Army uniform. Bright eyes flickered behind oddly tinted glasses as she scanned the crowd, apparently performing a quick headcount as the time rolled over to 0800 hours exactly. The rather soft, mousy Neko stood, glancing at the other staff members before approaching the lectern on stage, adjusting a small microphone.
"Um...ahem...ah..." The speaker seemed a bit nervous, blushing slightly before she took up a stance more befitting an officer, jaw tight. "Welcome, students, to Zenjinkaze High School. I am Itto Heisho Murakami Mitsuko, your official Star Army Liaison. I will also be acting as Vice Principal...um...and the Head Librarian." She hesitated for a moment, adjusting the collar of her Duty Uniform, medals gleaming on this sunny day. "This is rather new to me...but...I'll do my best. Please count on me." She smiled and gave a small nod of a bow to the assembled students. She'd been in charge of soldiers before, but this was so different. Even if it was rather likely most of the students would move on to careers in Star Army. Easing them into that was part of her job, after all.
"Oh, right...um...and now, let me introduce to you, the Principal...and...School Nurse..." Her smile faded, as she obviously seemed a bit unsure about that idea. "Um...Shoi..." She seemed to be stalling for time, glancing to one side of the stage. Most of the crowd would realize nobody was standing up to join her. "...Shayla McBelle?" There was an awkward silence, punctuated by another crow's caw, before Mitsuko leaned towards the microphone again. "She must b-" The Neko was interrupted, her last word twisted into a high-pitched 'eeeeeeeeeee' sound, as a figure came crashing onto the stage. The lectern exploded into a shower of wood panels and splinters, mic dying in a squeal of feedback. The plump Heisho flopped onto her rump with a squeak of surprise as a particularly large form towered over her.
"Just call me Shayla! I already told ya that before!" The new arrival was tall...likely the tallest person any of the students had seen on Yamatai so far. And definitely the tallest Neko any of them had ever seen. The 6'7" giantess reached down to take one small hand and easily tug the comparatively pint-sized Neko to her feet, eliciting another squeak. "There ya go, sorry about that. I just thought this thing needed, uh, yah know...more excitement! A big entrance! My last boss was real big on that kinda stuff." She laughed, a loud, booming thing, giving Mitsuko a slap on the back that almost sent her flopping onto the stage again. Thankfully she recovered and made it look like a bow, hurriedly moving aside and out of range to let the Amazon speak.
"Alright, they told me all about this place, and it seems like a great idea. You kids've gotta get ready for the big, scary universe out there...believe me, ya never know what you're gonna run into out there." It was obvious she didn't need the aid of the now-destroyed microphone to make herself heard, her conversational tone reaching to the back of the crowd. "Whether you're gonna be a soldier, or a farmer, or a mercenary, or a vid star, or start your own cult, or gotta kill every damn alien on a backwater planet until they respect you properly...and...uh, right." She realized she was getting off topic. "...learnin' how to defend yourself proper is a good idea, that's all I'm sayin' kids." She grinned at the assembled students...the glittering field of medals on her rather ample chest putting the Heisho's to shame in both categories. "Oh, and I'll make sure you're all patched up and make it outta here in one piece, in case anyone gets a bit too frisky."
Another barked laugh, before she waved over the group of students. "Alright, show's over folks. Someone clean up this mess and get these kids assigned to their dorms already. If anyone's got any questions, find a teacher or one of the student council kids from last year or somethin'." She seemed to be finished, stepping aside to lean rather far over and begin conversing with her Vice Principal, the two making a rather odd pairing.