Guns, Battlesuits and classes

I was in awe of what I saw. Okay, that was a horrible line to start with but basically, I’m in a ‘Mag-Ryder’ or a car that works by repelling itself off of magnetic rails in the road. Yes yes, the hover car is nice, it’s also super comfy and drives itself. The awe inspiring thing is the big ass mecha out the bloody window.

Yes, mecha. Battlesuits, walking battle robots. Well, technically it’s not a robot since it’s piloted by a person but still.

To describe the metallic monstrosity, it stood about two stories high, would be difficult other than to say it was a giant battle bot. It was coloured in an urban camo fractal pattern with one of those stereotypical anime-style robot heads. You know? Kinda looks like the helmet of a primaris marine? Two beady eyes under armoured plates with sensor attachments and what have you. Perhaps I’d be able to conjure more detail if I wasn’t glued to the window of my Mag-ryder like an over excited school girl. I wasn’t being **** to do that . . . I am an over excited school girl. Why? Because the academy I am going to is an academy for training new pilots in the United Earth Defense ****. Wow that’s a title that can only come from an anime but at least I get to pilot one of those battlesuits.

Speaking of the Academy, that is what the battlesuit is guarding. Situated on a massive Campus was Nova Europa, one of the many academies for training battlesuit pilots and currently ranked nowhere near the top in the school rankings. Looks like this is going to end up being one of those types of anime where the MC’s class is gonna end up dominating the ranking boards or something. Either way, back to the academy.

The school was actually quite large. In fact, it even had its own mag-ryder system for students to get around. I mean, any school that teaches students how to pilot two story tall battlesuits is bound to require a little extra space. Even so, studying my map of the school on my Aphid, I quickly noticed that there were multiple wings just for living space alone. And despite this, the rooms would still be double up. I sigh at that, I just know the Mysterious Voice is planning something.

A gentle trill directs my attention to the console on the mag-ryder, and then to the parking spot the car had found. Apparently, while I was off in the clouds or studying a battle bot, the car had arrived at its destination. With a Sigh, I get out and take a deep breath before looking up at the administration building. Two life size statues of Battlesuits framed the entrance way, holding spears that crossed each other. Of course, they crossed each other so high up that nobody was hindered in the slightest but damn was it cool crossing under them.

“Ahh, Furokawa Michiko” said a woman at the reception desk as I entered. She must have had a picture or something. “Thumb here please” the woman requested, holding out her own tablet with a very large glowing spot for me to put my thumb. Apparently biometrics was the thing of the future, who’d have guessed.

I did as requested and the lady took the tablet away before fishing out a holo card which she threw at me. On reflex I caught the holo card and it was absorbed into a thin black bracelet I hadn’t known I was wearing up to this point. The bracelet was a remote link to my Aphid and would allow me to call people, bring up holo projections of maps and my daily activities. Also my inventory but I didn’t have one, this wasn’t a game. I tried to frown at that thought and to make sense of what was going on but, once again, god has taken the wheel.

“Thanks, uhh, what’s my room number?” I ask unwillingly.

“Room B-303” The lady replied happily and I unwillingly set off. With a mental sigh since I wasn’t allowed a verbal one, I resigned myself to my fate and decided I might as well get unpacking since my stuff was probably already in my room. After that, it’d only make sense to have a shower before the opening ceremony which includes dinner. Still, all things equal, I should be getting a girl because they never mix genders in dorms, that’s just stupid and no school ever does that ever. Never.