Alex was one of the last to enter into the battle room. He had to recover a bit from his choaking. Before he got to the room, Rou had taken off to go "work" on his Brave Gunpla model. Alex thought to himself: "He must really want that Brave built so he could battle with it."
When he enters the room, his eyes grew wide seeing all these Gunpla Battles taking place: "Amazing! Look at them all!" He saw suits ranging from common grunt suits like the GM, Dagger, and the ever popular Zaku models, too special units like the Sinanju, the Dreadnaught Gundam, and even a Victory Gundam painted black that was chasing what appears to be a Ball. Though soon his attention is drawn to one Battle system in the middle of the room that wasn't turned on: "Oh wow..." He walks up to exam it.
Soon someone asks him: "Impressive, isn't it?" Alex turns around to see instructor Satsuki who continues: "Advantage to being the leader of Gunpla Battle Systems means we get to test out the latest models before they go to the public."
Alex: "It sure got my attention. We only have one battle system in town, and it's actually an old PPSE model. Luckily though Yajima GP bases still work on it. We're not exactly the most popular town around."
Satsuki: "Hm, we should try to make sure your home gets the latest system."
Alex soon notices someone familiar is in a battle: "Is that... Alexis? And the Strike Freedom?" He sees that she's in a battle with another girl in a wheel chair using a Musha Gundam.
Satsuki asks: "Friends of yours?"
Alex: "Well I just met Alexis today and saw the other girl often but haven't talked to her yet. And I'm not quite sure how she thinks of me considering I kinda made a fool of myself. Though, i won't let it get me down, it's only the first day after all." He talks to himself: "Everyone's already fighting, i better find myself an opponent too."
Soon there was another voice behind him: "Confident, aren't we?"
Turning around, there was a tall male wearing a uniform looking down at Alex.
Instructor Satsuki knew who he was: "Couldn't stay away from the battle room, couldn't you Grand?"
Alex asks his instructor: "Who's this guy?"
He answers introducing: "Mitchel Grand, he's an attendee here at the labs, though not part of the Summer Academy."
Mitchel explains: "I just wanted to see the newbies here at the labs. And judging back how you act... you must be the biggest newbie here."
Alex was unfazed by his comment and asks: "Should I take that as a compliment or an insult?"