"…is just one of our lab floors, but… once you've seen one, you've seen them al…" Callaghan's voice became muffled as he moved from the corridor into another room.

"Ah ha." Fred grinned, sitting the right way up in his well-worn armchair, "The newbies are here."

"Ooh! I didn't get to go to the expo this year – I can't wait to meet them!" Honey Lemon peered down the corridor, trying to catch a glimpse of the tour group as it meandered through the rooms, before heading to a large door and knocking. "Tadashi! They're here!"

"…. uh huh."

Rolling her eyes, she opened the door. "Tadashi. The new students. They're here."

"Yyyep." He didn't move an inch, still hunched over his sketchpad, technical drawings littered all over the table. The area surrounding his swivel chair was covered in pencil shavings and rubbings, scrunched up balls of paper and old post-it notes.

"Ta-"

"Tadashi!" A pop. "Are you coming or what?" GoGo stalked into the lab, grabbing the back of his chair.

"Just gimme a se- woah!"

"Let's go, slowpoke." Pushing Tadashi in front of her, GoGo made her way to the door, passed various experiments and out into the common area, where the rest of their closest friends had gathered. She tipped the chair slightly and Tadashi fell off onto the rug, narrowly missing the wooden crate they used as a coffee table.

"They best not be messy."

"Oh come on, Wasabi, loosen up!" Fred gave the broad-shouldered student a playful whack on the arm, "I'm sure they'll keep well away from your scarily tidy area. Because you know… it's scary."

"It's organised, Fred. And at least one of these new guys is going to call me-"
"And this is the common area," Callaghan's voice suddenly sounded a lot closer. "Ah, and here are some of your classmates. This is-"

"If you'll allow me, Mr. Callaghan." Fred pushed himself up off the chair and suddenly a large green dinosaur was centre-stage.

Callaghan chuckled. "By all means, Fred."

Clearing his throat, Fred slowly walked over to the lone, bemused looking student stood just beside her tutor. There was a pause, before he swung open his arms, the head of his suit bobbing slightly behind him. "Welcome! To thebest nerd school in all of San Fransokyo!"

Pop. "It's the only "nerd school" in all of San Fransokyo."

Fred dropped his arms slightly and looked over his shoulder at his heckler, scowling slightly. "Don't ruin the moment..!" He turned back to the newcomer, turning his huge claws on his hands in on himself. "The name's Fred; school mascot by day, but by night… I'm also school mascot. And I am here for thescience ."

Pop. "Trying to transform yourself into Godzilla's crazy twin isn't science."
"The party pooper back there is GoGo Tomago. Need anything sped up, she's your gal." After a non-committal wave from GoGo, Fred moved on. "This is Honey Lemon. Chemistry is her bag. Literally. I swear she's got a small chemistry set in there."

Honey grinned and gave an enthusiastic wave, "Hola! It's so nice to meet you!"

"And I'm-"

"Wasabi! Don't let that angry face fool you; he's a teddy bear really. Just… don't touch his tools." Ignoring the grumbles of "One time!", Fred moved on.

"And last but not least, our resident robo-nerd, Tadashi!"

Fred turned to face his friend, as he had done with all the others, and raised an eyebrow at his friend's dropped jaw. "Uh… 'dashi?"

Tadashi just continued staring at the girl stood by Callaghan, motionless, even when Fred waved a large green limb in front of his face. The rest of the group turned to look at him, as did Callaghan, who cleared his throat. "Mr. Hamada…?"

"Oh… oh! S-sorry. Sorry, I uh… hi. I'm Tadashi." He stepped forward a little, holding out a hand, then withdrawing it when he saw how grease covered it was. He nervously rubbed his hands on his lab coat. "Uh, sorry, uhm…"

"Elsa. My name's Elsa." She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, with the same sheepish smile she'd worn in the coffee shop weeks ago.

"Elsa! That's a cool name." Fred grinned, looking between the two and made the same mental note everyone else was making. "Well… I suppose you should get back to work, my science minions!" he cried, ushering people in the general direction of Tadashi's lab. With a chorus of "Pleasure to meet you, Elsa!" and "See you soon!", Elsa and Callaghan left the common area and headed to the main doors.

GoGo walked to the nearest bin and spat out her gum. She then grabbed Tadashi and shoved him into his lab chair, pushed the back up against the desk, and spun him around to face them all.

"Explanation, now."