Chapter Two: Introductions
Crystal Tachirai stared at the ceiling fan spinning above her with detached interest wondering once again why the hell she continued to fight in this god forsaken war. Even though she was a mechanic for the Mobile Suits, she had seen enough to know what war was really like. And true to its saying, war is hell. Crystal understood the Zeons desire for independence quite well, experiencing first hand the lengths the Zeon would go to for it. She was alive to see the first battles of the One-Year War only as a child, losing practically all of her family in the firestorm of the battles. And the move to end all moves, the colony drop that replaced Sydney Australia with a 500 Km wide crater, a searing hole that the ocean had already over taken, forever changing the Earth's environment and blemishing the blue spheres surface.
Before she could go any further along this train of thought, she was interrupted by a knock on the door. She sighed then called out "Enter." The twin metal doors that led out into the hallway electronically slid open revealing a young man about 5'9 with black hair and blue eyes with fair complexion. Quite a looker if she didn't say so herself. She noticed that she was staring at him and adverted her gaze. " Can I help you?" She asked as she brushed back a couple strands of blonde hair that got in the way of her blue eyes. "Yes" Shiroi replayed. "I kinda got lost and I was wondering where the.." He paused looking down at the pamphlet about the base and other facts. "Mobile Suit Ranger Battalion 13 barracks is." Crystal inwardly sighed. Well I hope he doesn't die. I would like to get to know him she thought to herself. "You must be the replacement for Xander." Shiroi lowered his head, looking down to the floor. " If you would like to put it that way, I guess I am." He mumbled. Crystal felt a pang of gilt go through her. "I didn't mean it like that. You see, Xander was one of my friends I was getting to know before he was killed." Shiroi was surprised that she would be open with a perfect stranger. "I'm sorry.." Shiroi paused. "What is your name?" Shiroi's blue eyes stared back into hers. "It's Crystal, Crystal Tachirai, but call me Chris." Shiroi smiled slightly. "Its nice to meet you. I'm Shiroi, Shiroi Amada." What a cute name. The two of them thought inwardly. "Well Shiroi, I hope I get to see more of you around here. And the barracks is on the other side of the building. Just take a right at the next hallway, walk about a section down and take a left then another right where the two sections meet. The sections shouldn't be that hard to find since they are numbered." Shiroi scribbled down the information furiously on the back of his pamphlet with a pen he brought with him to write to his father and mother on the trip down. He paused. "Was it a left at the cross section or a right?" Chris smiled. " Right." Shiroi was silent. " Do you mean right right, or right take a left?" Chris giggled. "Your funny you know that Shiroi?" Shiroi grinned sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head, out of habit when he was embraced or nervous. "Well I try not to be." Chris giggled again. "You should try, it'll make you more noticeable. And I meant right, take a left at the cross section." Shiroi finished writing down the information. "Thanks Chris, and I'll try to be more noticeable." Shiroi turned to walk out the door. Chris hesitated for a moment. "Shiroi?" Shiroi froze in his tracks, his back turned to her. "Yea?" He replayed. "Could you....drop me a line when you get settled in at the base? I'll show you around once I have some spare time." Shrioi thought about it for a moment. I'll sure be nice to have someone to talk to on the base since I don't know anyone yet, well, besides Sanders. "Sure I would like that." Chris smiled. "Then it's a date then." Shiroi smiled to himself. His fist day on the base and he already got a date. The heavy metal doors slid shut, Shiroi's form being blocked from Chris's view. Shiroi Amada, I know about your past. People say that you can't choose who you fall in love with so I'm not going to hold it against you. I just hope that you can make a name for yourself, I'll be watching. Chris thought as a small smile spread across her lips.
Crystal Tachirai stared at the ceiling fan spinning above her with detached interest wondering once again why the hell she continued to fight in this god forsaken war. Even though she was a mechanic for the Mobile Suits, she had seen enough to know what war was really like. And true to its saying, war is hell. Crystal understood the Zeons desire for independence quite well, experiencing first hand the lengths the Zeon would go to for it. She was alive to see the first battles of the One-Year War only as a child, losing practically all of her family in the firestorm of the battles. And the move to end all moves, the colony drop that replaced Sydney Australia with a 500 Km wide crater, a searing hole that the ocean had already over taken, forever changing the Earth's environment and blemishing the blue spheres surface.
Before she could go any further along this train of thought, she was interrupted by a knock on the door. She sighed then called out "Enter." The twin metal doors that led out into the hallway electronically slid open revealing a young man about 5'9 with black hair and blue eyes with fair complexion. Quite a looker if she didn't say so herself. She noticed that she was staring at him and adverted her gaze. " Can I help you?" She asked as she brushed back a couple strands of blonde hair that got in the way of her blue eyes. "Yes" Shiroi replayed. "I kinda got lost and I was wondering where the.." He paused looking down at the pamphlet about the base and other facts. "Mobile Suit Ranger Battalion 13 barracks is." Crystal inwardly sighed. Well I hope he doesn't die. I would like to get to know him she thought to herself. "You must be the replacement for Xander." Shiroi lowered his head, looking down to the floor. " If you would like to put it that way, I guess I am." He mumbled. Crystal felt a pang of gilt go through her. "I didn't mean it like that. You see, Xander was one of my friends I was getting to know before he was killed." Shiroi was surprised that she would be open with a perfect stranger. "I'm sorry.." Shiroi paused. "What is your name?" Shiroi's blue eyes stared back into hers. "It's Crystal, Crystal Tachirai, but call me Chris." Shiroi smiled slightly. "Its nice to meet you. I'm Shiroi, Shiroi Amada." What a cute name. The two of them thought inwardly. "Well Shiroi, I hope I get to see more of you around here. And the barracks is on the other side of the building. Just take a right at the next hallway, walk about a section down and take a left then another right where the two sections meet. The sections shouldn't be that hard to find since they are numbered." Shiroi scribbled down the information furiously on the back of his pamphlet with a pen he brought with him to write to his father and mother on the trip down. He paused. "Was it a left at the cross section or a right?" Chris smiled. " Right." Shiroi was silent. " Do you mean right right, or right take a left?" Chris giggled. "Your funny you know that Shiroi?" Shiroi grinned sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head, out of habit when he was embraced or nervous. "Well I try not to be." Chris giggled again. "You should try, it'll make you more noticeable. And I meant right, take a left at the cross section." Shiroi finished writing down the information. "Thanks Chris, and I'll try to be more noticeable." Shiroi turned to walk out the door. Chris hesitated for a moment. "Shiroi?" Shiroi froze in his tracks, his back turned to her. "Yea?" He replayed. "Could you....drop me a line when you get settled in at the base? I'll show you around once I have some spare time." Shrioi thought about it for a moment. I'll sure be nice to have someone to talk to on the base since I don't know anyone yet, well, besides Sanders. "Sure I would like that." Chris smiled. "Then it's a date then." Shiroi smiled to himself. His fist day on the base and he already got a date. The heavy metal doors slid shut, Shiroi's form being blocked from Chris's view. Shiroi Amada, I know about your past. People say that you can't choose who you fall in love with so I'm not going to hold it against you. I just hope that you can make a name for yourself, I'll be watching. Chris thought as a small smile spread across her lips.