FSRPA Research Facility
Europe
May 16, 2071.
After unloading the crates, Bravo Team assisted a team of three scientists bringing them into the facility itself. Unlike other Fenrir structures, the facility was protected using a special Anti-Aragami wall that surrounded the perimeter of the building. Experimental Anti-Aragami railguns similar to the weapons they used, but in bigger scale were mounted on the roof to repel airborne Aragami. It was also an arcology (Like almost every Fenrir facility) that would sustain the scientists and researchers. The interiors had a more dominant white and red color scheme, compared to the usual red, black and brownish scheme other buildings primarily had.
"Thank goodness you managed to recover these crates! Our research on these would have been put at risk," a scientist said as they walked down one of the hallways in the R&D sector.
"Well, you're welcome," Four replied. "'Put at risk'? So there's more of whatever's in these crates here, huh?" he wondered as they came to a stop in front of a vault-type door.
"Okay. This is as far as you can come with us," another scientist said. "Thanks again for your help."
One of them swiped a keycard on the door's scanner, with the door opening shortly after. They brought the trolley of crates inside and closed the door, leaving the elite soldiers outside.
"Alright. So now what?" Two asked aloud. Almost immediately, Lieutenant Janus replied to his question.
"Talk about timing, Two. Coincidentally, I just received your new orders," Janus announced. "According to Command, Bravo Team shall remain at the research facility to safeguard the items. Accommodations have already been prepared for the six of you, so until then, standby for further orders."
"Copy that, Lieutenant," Six responded as he slung his weapon on his back.
"Enjoy your stay, guys! If you have any questions, contact my line. Janus, out," she answered. Shortly after, Bravo Team proceeded towards the facility's Security Forces' Barracks for some rest.
"For 'security', huh?" One asked. "Who or what are we supposed to guard that stuff from? Aragami? What would they need tech components for?" he jokingly questioned.
"I've heard that the Aragami find high-tech shit very delicious. Like five-star meals..."
"Orders are orders, everyone," Six said. "Besides, I'm pretty worn out from all this excitement. A nice nap would be perfect right about now."
Fenrir Far East Branch
Former Isles of Japan
May 17, 2071.
Far East Branch Director Johannes von Schicksal sat alone in his office in Administrative Sector of the Branch arcology. The Director was contemplating the progress of Project Aegis when he received a call.
"This is Director Schicksal speaking. What is it?" Johannes gruffly said after receiving the call.
"Sorry if I'm interrupting anything you might be doing, Director, but the NORN has identified three potential New-Type God Eater candidates."
"Send them over."
"N-Now, s-sir?"
"Potential must not be wasted. Have them take the test."
"R-Right away, Director. I've sent their data to your terminal."
"Thank you, Kariya."
"You're welcome, sir."
Johannes moved the laptop-like device in front of him and opened his NORN Database admin account inbox. The files of three potential New-Type God Eaters appeared alongside the files of the Old-Type candidates.
"Three potential New-Types? The odds must be in my favor, indeed," he thought as he opened each of their profiles.
"Let's see..." he thought as he looked at the first person's profile. He was a teenager with slightly spiky light brown hair and cobalt eyes. In his profile picture, he looked mildly uncomfortable.
"Yuu Kannagi...inhabitant of the Far East Branch...his traits: kind and dependable based on his records from his primary and secondary education...although very laid back...and lazy. Ugh, we're going to have to change that once he gets his God Arc..."
Johannes furrowed his eyebrows as he shook his head. He looked at the next person's profile. He was another teenager with more spikier hair than Yuu with a dark blue color and light green eyes. In his profile picture, he looked excited and enthusiastic.
"Lenka Utsugi...adopted brother of Iroha Utsugi...hard-headed, brash and impulsive... Well that isn't much of an improvement over Kannagi, but New-Types are New-Types...though his profile says he cares a lot about his friends and family. I'm afraid that won't do much for him..."
Johannes sighed as he looked at the last profile. This time, the person was a teenaged girl. She had shoulder-length red hair tied up in a messy ponytail and grass green eyes. In her profile picture, she looked serious.
"Aki Tamashiro...intriguing. Top honors in all her stages of education. An intellectual with a penchant for old world literature...has issues with making connections with other people, a loner, tends to be cold towards strangers but affectionate and sweet to people she knows well...certainly an improvement over the last two."
Johannes clasped his fingers over his mouth and closed his eyes.
"Oh Aisha, my love...don't worry. I'm so close to finishing our work, so please...wait a little longer..." he thought to himself as he shed a tear. Johannes wiped it off with his coat's sleeve as he logged off, stood up from his chair and headed for the God Eater Conversion Chamber.
Arcology Elevator
BGM: God Eater OST - Resting Time
It was one hell of a day for Far East Brancher Yuu Kannagi. He was only 16 years old and on the way to becoming one of the fabled defenders of humanity. the God Eaters. Earlier that day, he and many others were subjected to the God Eater Evaluation Test. He was very confident that he wouldn't be compatible, but it seemed as if he had really bad luck.
Because he was identified as a potential New-Type.
Immediately after, he found himself and two other strangers on an elevator heading to the Branch's HQ's R&D sector. One was a girl dressed in a green Fenrir formal uniform. She was standing with her arms crossed and with an indifferent expression on her face. The other was a fierce-looking guy with a blue cape, brown gloves, ripped dark blue jeans, and brown sneakers. He was standing a little closer to him while playing with his coat by fanning a part of it to see how long he could keep it floating. Yuu was wearing a blue, unbuttoned Fenrir formal uniform jacket with a white shirt under the jacket, a black fingerless glove on his left hand, black pants, and short dark gray boots. He was leaning on the rail while holding onto it.
The atmosphere was very awkward, with only the pleasant-sounding elevator music breaking the silence. Yuu found it funny that an intimidating place like the Branch HQ would have such cute-sounding elevator music.
"How many floors does this place have?" Yuu wondered as he looked at clock of the elevator. It had only been five minutes!
"Auuugh...I don't know what's gonna kill me. The awkwardness or the tension..."
Yuu took a deep breath and sighed. He might as well get to know his fellow New-Type candidates, so he turned to the guy near him.
"Hey..." he weakly said, getting the other man's attention and getting him to look at him. The girl ignored him.
"Aaaaand it's already even more awkward. Great job, Yuu. Master of interaction you are," he thought as he mentally cringed and facepalmed.
"You're, uhhh...you're a New-Type too, right?" Yuu asked.
The other guy grinned at him.
"You too? Nice!" he said as he gave Yuu a thumbs up.
"At least this guy's friendly. Thank goodness," Yuu thought as he sighed in relief.
"I'm Yuu. Yuu Kannagi. You are...?"
"Lenka Utsugi. Nice to meet ya, dude!" Lenka said as he held out his hand for Yuu to shake, which he did.
"I suppose I should introduce myself as well, since you two already have..." the girl said, startling the two which caused them both to jump back.
"Oh wow, you finally talked!" Lenka said as he was backed up against the wall. The girl rolled her eyes in disdain.
"Overactor..." she muttered.
"I'm Aki Tamashiro. Just Aki is fine," she said, still having her back towards them. "Let's just keep it at a first name basis, understood?"
"Sure."
"Gotcha, Aki."
At that moment, the elevator stopped and the doors opened. Two Fenrir Elite Peacekeepers entered and escorted them out. The three kept silent as they were brought through empty, dark-colored hallways.
They stopped in front the large blast doors of the conversion chamber.
"The Director awaits the three of you inside," one of them spoke.
Yuu, Lenka and Aki stood in front of the doors as they opened in a slow and intimidating manner, stopping to leave enough space for the three to walk inside.
The doors closed behind them as they were presented with three machines that looked like large, metal clamping devices in the middle of a hexagon-shaped room. Each of them had a God Arc on them.
"Okaaay...that looks painful as hell!" Yuu thought as he looked. He was starting to sweat profusely. What had he gotten himself into? He looked at Aki and Lenka. Aki was still indifferent, while Lenka looked determined.
"How are they not scared? Just look at those things! It looks like it could rip my arm off!"
On the upper part of the wall in front of them was an observation and control center. They could see a blonde-haired man dressed in a white Fenrir Administrator's coat and uniform together with a mature-looking woman wearing a customized, white sniper's uniform. There were also scientists behind the two of them observing the three.
Yuu noticed that the walls all had varying degrees of damage on them. Some had large claw marks, others had holes.
BGM: Rainbow Six Siege OST - Invitational Theme
"Greetings, New-Types. Welcome to one of humanity's last bastions, Fenrir," the man spoke, his voice booming throughout the room.
"Here in this chamber, we shall test if you have the capability to join the the Anti-Aragami Punitive Force..."
"The what?" Yuu wondered.
"...Or as you all know them by, the God Eaters."
"Oh, riiiight. Dammit Yuu!" Yuu mentally facepalmed.
"I advise you all to relax. There is nothing to be afraid of."
Yuu raised an eyebrow.
"Oh really now? The three, big machines in the middle of the room look definitely friendly," Yuu thought as he focused on breathing properly to keep calm.
"Once you have deemed yourselves ready, please place the wrist of your choice on your respective devices in the middle of the room," the man spoke. Yuu, Aki and Lenka walked towards one of the machines. Yuu glanced at Lenka, who gave him a nod as he walked to the machine on the right.
BGM: None
He stood in front of his machine. A basic model God Arc and the lower half of his armlet was mounted on the device. Yuu tried to keep calm as he looked at his companions, who were each readying themselves for their respective machines.
Yuu had heard stories about the God Eaters. Some good, some bad. One story in particular was about what happened when potential God Eaters were not compatible with their God Arcs: The God Arcs ate them! Would that happen to him here?
He knew he had no choice, if there even was any. The most important choice was to be made by the God Arc.
It was do or die.
Yuu took a deep breath as he looked at his right wrist.
"Okay, God Arc-san..." he said as he looked at the God Arc.
"...Please take care of me."
Yuu placed his arm on the lower half of the armlet.
*SHUNK*
"AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHH!"
Yuu screamed as the clamp slammed down on his wrist. It felt like several needles were jammed into his right wrist at the same time. The pain forced him onto his knees as he grabbed his wrist. He looked at Aki, who was surprisingly taking it well, though he could see that she was grasping her arm in pain. He looked at Lenka, who was grunting in pain, but compared to Yuu, he was only on one knee.
"My wrist! MY WRIST! NGGGGHHHHHHH!"
Yuu felt something get injected into his arm. The sensation spread throughout his body, making him feel lightheaded.
"Uhhhnnn...what...the...?"
Once it completely spread, the clamp flipped open. Yuu groggily pulled himself up, his hand grasping the God Arc. He pulled it off as he held onto the machine to keep his balance.
"Woah...huh?"
He looked at his arm. The God Arc felt very light to him.
"I thought these things were heavy...?"
Suddenly, a black and red tendril shot out of the God Arc and mechanically inserted itself into a notch in Yuu's armlet. Yuu's eyes widened in shock and fear as a black mass spread from the armlet to his forearm and his hand. The mass faded as fast as it appeared.
"Congratulations. The three of you are the Far East Branch's first New-Type God Eaters," the man said as Yuu, Aki and Lenka all looked up at the control room.
"Now that we are certain of your compatibility with your God Arcs, we must ensure your well-being with a short physical examination. Now please wait in the lobby. A doctor will see to you shortly, but do tell someone if you are feeling unwell."
Yuu turned back to see Lenka and Aki holding their respective God Arcs.
"Wow, Yuu. You've got a really high voice," Lenka said to him as he nudged him on the arm.
"Hmph," Aki said as she examined her Arc. "This will need some improvements..."
Yuu sighed in relief. It was all over, he survived his conversion and he was now a God Eater!
"You will all be under the command of Lieutenant Amamiya for the duration of the day. Follow her orders well," the man said as he left the control center with the observing scientists, leaving the woman behind.
"New-Types!" she announced, calling the attention of the three as they looked at her.
"Relinquish your God Arcs once you exit the room. You will not need them for today. I shall see all of you in the lobby," she said before leaving.
HQ Lobby
BGM: God Eater OST - Peaceful Time
The trio exited the elevator, leaving the Elite Peacekeepers inside to return to their posts at the Administration sector.
"I can't believe I'm a God Eater now..." Yuu mumbled as he looked at his armlet, still in disbelief over everything.
"Well you better, Yuu!" Lenka exclaimed. "I can't wait to kick Aragami ass!"
They walked past the Terminals and down the stairs. Aki and Lenka went over to the vendor to buy snacks, while Yuu sat down on a cushioned bench near a male teen wearing a yellow and orange striped cloth cap with earflaps, a scarf with brown and beige stripes, a sleeveless yellow cardigan open up to the chest with a logo on the back over a sleeveless black shirt with cobwebs pattern, orange shorts with black vertical stripes with zippers at the knee level that were open, and pockets on the sides along with matching shoes that reach below the ankles.
"Hi there! Want some gum?" he asked Yuu, who was startled.
"Oops. Didn't mean to scare ya there," he said.
"Oh no, it's alright. I wasn't expecting you to say hi to me either," Yuu said as he smiled awkwardly at the stranger.
"Well, anyway. About that gum..." he said as he fumbled in his pocket. "...oh. Totally out, dude. I think I just ate the last piece..."
"It's fine, it's fine. I can just buy something from the vendor, it's alright," Yuu said to him.
"Errr...what was the flavor of that gum, by the way?"
"Let me see..." the teen said as he swung his legs while looking at the wrappers. "...uhh, peppermint?"
Yuu sighed as he drooped his head.
"Aww man..."
A few seconds of silence passed until the teen talked to him again.
"Sooo...you're a match too?" he asked.
"Well, yeah. That's...kind of why I'm here," Yuu replied.
"Huh. Well I guess that makes at least two of us. So how old are you, anyway?"
"Oh, I'm uhhh...sixteen. Yeah, sixteen. How about you?"
"Fifteen, but I've still got like a nanosecond of experience on ya."
"Oh really now?"
"Well I did get converted a few minutes before you, I reckon."
Yuu chuckled.
"Pardon me, but I don't think I've gotten your name yet," Yuu asked him.
"Kota. Kota Fujiki," the teen said as he held out a hand.
"Yuu Kannagi. Nice to meet you, Kota," Yuu said as he shook Kota's hand.
"Pleasure to meetcha too, Yuu!"
"Heeey! What am I missing?" Lenka said as he walked over holding a small bag of potato chips and a can of soda. Aki followed, munching on a sandwich and holding a bottle of water under her arm.
"Oh. Lenka, Aki. This guy here's, uhhh, Kota," Yuu said as he pointed a hand to Kota. "Kota. These two are Lenka and Aki. We're all New-Types."
"Wait, whaaaaaat?" Kota guffawed upon hearing. "Y-Y-You three?"
"Hard to believe, right?" Lenka said before putting down the soda can and eating some chips.
"I-I've heard about New-Type God Eaters from the other Branches, but we have three already? Woah, man!"
Aki swallowed a bite before speaking. "So I assume you're an Old-Type then?"
The four didn't notice Tsubaki standing behind Aki and Lenka.
"Stand," she commanded. The four looked at her in surprise.
"Who? Us?" Yuu asked as he pointed to himself.
"Not just you two, all of you! Stand at attention, now!"
Yuu and Kota stood up immediately, with Kota leaning his head back way too much. Aki and Lenka turned immediately towards Tsubaki, Aki still holding the sandwich and water and Lenka with the potato chips.
The four presented themselves to a gorgeous woman wearing a variant of Fenrir's sniper uniform, which exposed a ridiculous amount of cleavage and her thighs. Her long hair was swept to her right, covering her right eye. On her right arm was a deactivated armlet and she was holding a clipboard on her left. Lenka and Yuu didn't know where else to look at but her face, which was astonishingly beautiful.
BGM: Rainbow Six Siege OST - Invitational Theme
"Hmph. I'll allow the both of you to hold those items for now. I've got a busy day planned, so I'll keep this brief. I am Lieutenant Tsubaki Amamiya. I'm the senior operator here at Far East Branch and also your advisor and temporary commanding officer for today. The schedule for all four of you is the following: a full medical check-up followed by a gamut of physical conditioning. You will all be taught basic combat strategies and tactics. Afterwards, you'll be given a brief overview of God Arcs and armaments."
Tsubaki looked at each of them in the eyes before continuing. She rolled her eyes upon seeing Kota.
"Until now, the God Eaters have placed their lives on the line to protect you and all your loved ones. Starting from today, it's your turn to pay them back. So if all of you want to stay alive from now on, every single order shall be answered and obeyed immediately, understood?"
None of them answered, being too scared and nervous. Tsubaki sighed.
"I said, am I understood?"
"Ma'am yes ma'am!" the four shouted in unison. Tsubaki nodded in approval
"Very good. Now, about your exams..." she said as she looked at the four of them before locking eyes with Yuu.
"Why don't we begin with you, young man?"
"M-Me?"
"Yes. You. Report to Doctor Paylor Sakaki's office before 1500 hours. The three of you..." she said as she looked at Kota, Lenka and Aki. Tsubaki glanced at her clipboard to check their names.
"Fujiki, you're at 1600. Utsugi, at 1700. And you, Tamashiro. You're at 1800. Is that clear?"
"Ma'am yes ma'am!" the three shouted.
"Excellent. Until then, you may familiarize yourselves with the facility. Once again, welcome to the Fenrir Far East Branch, which we affectionately call 'The Den'. It will be your home and your teammates will be your family."
"You're all dismissed. Good luck and Godspeed."
