Miho clutched her jacket closet to her as the wind slapped against her. Making her way into the building in front of her she was followed by Anzu and another girl around Miho's age.
Her name was Amaryllis (Amy), she was the Airsoft team leader. She had black long hair that reached her mid-back and mysterious twinkling grey eyes. She had pale skin and her eyes were just a tad sunken giving her a bit of a sickly look that only she could pull off as cute. Her uniform had the same color scheme as Mihos but had a slightly more infantry feel to it.
Moving towards the counter Miho asked, " Excuse me where is the sensha-do meeting taking place?"
"It's in room 10 miss"
"Thank you" Miho had gotten less shy over the past year but she hadn't fully been able to get over it.
Reaching the designated room Miho pushed the doors open and led Oarai's team over to their designated seat. On her way over she encountered Anchovy who proudly exclaimed " Miho!"
Before hugging the startled girl. Miho hugged her back as she started to introduce Amy.
"Anchovy this is Amy she leads the Oarai AR team."
"Nice to meet you, Amy"
" pleasure is mine" replied the girl
"Miho, this is Florence she's our AR team general"
"Nice to meet you Florence, I hope we can get to know each other in the future."
Florence was a girl with shoulder-length brown hair. She had brown eyes, fair skin, and had freckles splashed on her cheeks. She was wearing a light grey-green uniform.
Making their way to their seats Anchovy followed them as it so happened that they were sitting next to one another.
The other team next to them was the Jatkosota team with Mika and two other individuals Miho didn't recognize.
Darjeeling walked into the building followed by Pekoe and Mint.
Mint was Saint Gloriana's AR team leader. She had blond short hair and was wearing a ww2 British uniform. Her eyes were black and her skin was tanned. She exuded elegance and charm.
Darjeeling had just opened the door to the meeting, the long rectangular table covered most of the middle part of the room. At the end were three official-looking people in which she recognized one of them as the Head of Board for the Sensha-do league.
Making her way towards her seat she found the Oarai Team already talking with both the Jatkosta and Anzio Teams. Sitting down she found the Saunders and Kuromorimine who were seated next to her.
Kay greeted her cheerfully "Darjeeling, how nice to see you"
"Kay, the pleasure is all mine"
"Well in that case let me get the formalities out of the way. Darjeeling meet Diana, Saunders Ar General"
Diana was a rather short girl with a brown ponytail, she was wearing an officer cap reminiscent to General MacArthur. Her posture and aura were of one who was serious almost a complete opposite of Kay. She was also wearing some stylish aviator glasses that were tinted green.
"Nice to meet you Darjeeling"
" Nice to meet you, Diana, I would like to introduce our own AR general, Mint"
Shaking hands with each other the Saunders and Glorianna Girls sat down just as one of the Officials got up and asked
"Everybody, please take a seat and quiet down"
The room slowly quieted down as some of the more distant groups came and sat down.
"Thank you for showing up to this meeting, we appreciate you showing up to this meeting. I am the inventor of a new product that allows its user to completely immerse itself in the virtual world. I have approached the Board of Senshado and AR to ask them if they would be interested in creating a lengthened match that would be called The Great Senshado War. You would be put into the VR universe for seven days and would fight over the land given to you. Be warned that although you will be under for seven real days, the simulation will actually last seven virtual years and so seven days for us will be seven years for you. Each real-life hour would, therefore, be around 15 days for you. Therefore every 2 hours will be roughly one month. I will let the Board members explain how the mode will specifically work"
The man sat down as a woman stood up
"Thank you, Mr. Tojo, now as previously explained each school will be given a certain amount of land, in this land, you will have cities, lose all your cities, and you are eliminated unless one of your allies liberate you. For example, if Pravda is allied to Saunders but loses all its cities to Kuromorini it is eliminated in till Saunders Liberate it. Its army may fight under one of its allies but it will not be receiving reinforcements. Talking about reinforcement, they will arrive in cities as new tanks, weapons, and other girls who choose to join at a later date. This means that if halfway through the week a surge of girls joins then they will appear in a city as new recruits."
Letting everybody digest this the women continued " Schools will be separated into 8 teams which will be dubbed as "nations" which the schools can name as they will. Alliances may be formed and be dissolved between these nations but the schools inside these nations will not be changed once they have been agreed upon in this group"
Silence took over the room before the women sat down and a man stood up and said " now for the nations,
Nation #1 is composed of the schools of Saunder, Count *Romanian centered school*, Yogurt *Bulgarian centered School*, Gilbert *Danish centered school* and Viking *Norway centered school*. The leader shall be Saunders
Nation #2 is composed of Pravda, Jatkosota, West *second rate St-Glorianna Impostors*, and Kebab * Turkish centered school*. The leader shall be Pravda
Nation #3 is composed of St-Glorianna, Maple*Canada*, Koala*Australia/NZ*, and Bonple *Poland*. The leader shall be St-Glorianna.
Nation #4 is composed of Anzio and Blue *Spain* and the leader shall be Anzio
Nation #5 is composed of Kuromorini, Ooarai, Bellwall*Post ww2 Germany*, Gregor*Czechoslovakia*, and Viggen *Sweden*. The leader is Kuromorini.
Nation #6 is composed of Chi-ha-tan and Tategoto*Burma* the leader is Chi-ha-tan.
Does anybody have any objections."
Before anybody could comment on anything there was a loud scraping of a chair on the floor as two hands loudly hit the table. Everybody turned towards Miho who had just pulled off this spectacle.
" I object to the Ooarai team being forced under Kuromorini."
Everybody stared in shock, especially her sister Maho who could have never expected her sister to act so boldly. Mihos cheeks burned in embarrassment for what she had just done but she continued pushing forward.
"The values that Ooarai pride itself on do not match Kuromorini's and Ooarai does not believe that their interests could be represented properly." the words were said with a hint of frustration and annoyance.
Suddenly three more chairs were heard being pushed back as the representatives of Jatkosota, Yogurt, and Count rose.
Mika from Jatkosota spoke up " the rivalry between Jatkosota and Pravda is known to all and therefore we too believe our interests could never be represented in a nation led by Pravda"
A young pale girl from Count spoke up " The High school of count prides itself on its Witchcraft and Saunders have repetitively slandered this craft. We can not join forces with them"
A girl with long black hair from the school of Yogurt spoke " Saunders is known for its brash, aggressive and stubborn attacks. A complete opposite from the Doctrine this school believes in. We believe we would be considered just a simple number in their eyes."
The woman sitting at the front asked with eyes gleaming with curiosity " And what do you propose we do Miss Nishizumi"
Miho stood still for a few seconds as she came up with a few solutions before she spoke " If the other schools would accept, I propose we form our own Nation"
Mika immediately voiced her support for this followed tentatively by the representative of Count and Yogurt.
"Very well then there will be an 8th nation which will be composed of by Ooarai, Count, Jatkosota, and Yogurt. The leader shall be Ooarai. We can not promise that your land will be connected as the map has already been created. We shall deliver the maps as well as some more in-depth explanation of the mode in the coming week. The war shall start in 2 weeks, I recommend you take this time to make deals and alliances as well as discuss plans with the other members of your Nation. This meeting is adjourned"
Miho got up wracked with nerves as she looked across the table to meet her sister's cold eyes. A shiver went down her spine as she made contact with the Count and Yogurt Girls before looking at Mika who was now standing next to her.
"We should discuss when to meet" Mika spoke in a soft voice different to the tight and strained tone she had spoken in during her objections.
" Yes, I agree. Shall we gather the other members."
"That would be a good idea" Mika nodded
Making there way to the others they stopped in front of each other before Miho spoke
" I believe introductions are in order... should we do this talk at a restaurant, it may last a while."
Everybody nodded
"where should we eat?" asked Mika
"There's a Sushi place nearby" mentioned Anzu
As nobody brought any objections they made their way to the restaurant and sat at a table. After everybody ordered some food Miho began.
"I guess I should start the Introductions then, My name is Miho Nishuzumi I am the commander of the Panzer forces of Ooarai. Next to me is Anzu, she is the student president and member of Sensha-do. To my left is Amyrillis, also called Amy, she is the general in Ooarai's Airsoft Team."
Mika picked up where Miho left off " I am Mika, I'm the commander for the Jatkosota Sensha-do forces. To my right, is Hayha the general for the Airsoft team. To my left is Ryti, the school president."
Hayha had long white hair with light grey eyes, her aura was of a serious, patient, and mischief. Ryti has short brown hair, with blue eyes, she projected an aura of carefree seriousness.
The Count representative continued " I am Marina Constantinescu, Commander of my sensha-do team, and a striga. To my right is Michael, the president of the school, to my left is Constantine, Count High's general."
Marina was a short girl with long ashen hair and light brown eyes. She exudes an easygoing and carefree attitude. Michael is a young tomboyish girl with short black hair and dark brown eyes. Constantine is a young girl with long black hair and light blue eyes, she carries herself with confidence.
The Yogurt representative picked up where the Marina left off " I am Ivanna the Sensha-duo Captain. Damaska is the school president and Borislava is the general of Yogurt academy"
Ivanna had black long hair with red-brown eyes, Damaska had red hair that reached her shoulder with green eyes and Brorislava had dark brown hair which also reached her shoulders with black eyes. They all somehow projected an aura of patience and calm, as well as wisdom.
The food arrived shortly afterward as the girls continued to make some small talk in till Miho brought up what was going to be their nation's name.
There was a small discussion over it before it was settled with the proposed "Ooarai empire". It would work as a small deception to trick the others into thinking they were simply a loose group of independents.
They agreed to reconvene the next weekend on the Ooarai ship to further discuss what they should do.
Thank you for reading this chapter, I hope you enjoyed it. The characters should be entering the VR universe in 3-4 chapters. Let me know what you think of this chapter.
Signed Irish