As the shuttle neared it's destination, Alyssa grew more and more anxious. She was leaning forward with her forearms resting on her knees, looking down at her feet. What if I'm not ready for this? What if I can't do it? She thought, clenching her hands into fists. No, I can...I must...that's why I'm here, right? Cause I showed enough promise to replace that pilot? Or is it just dumb luck that I got picked? She continued to question her reason for being on this shuttle inside her head, recollecting some of her best and worst moments during training at the other facility. Letting out a sigh, she leaned back in her seat and covered her face with her hands, groaning somewhat audibly as the memories brought some feelings of embarrassment with them.
She almost didn't realize that the shuttle had arrived at Solaire, and was jolted back to reality when the shuttle door opened. She immediately jumped to her feet and gathered her things as fast as she could before hopping off of the transport. Taking a look around Alyssa saw a woman in a Framewerk suit standing not to far away, and figured that must have been who she was supposed to report to. Alyssa hurried over to the woman, whom she found was Lieutenant Ritsu, and offered a salute before proceeding to follow her though the base. As they walked through the hallways to their destination, Alyssa could barely help but look around and into each and every one of the rooms they passed along the way. This place may look like any other from the outside, but the tech here looks a lot better than where I came from. She thought, having toned out Ritsu almost completely before she realized and tried to listen more carefully. "Your Framewerk will be transferred here in a couple of weeks." She heard Ritsu say, and ultimately found herself sighing. That long, huh? Well, I'll miss Delta...but I guess I'll have to deal with it while I wait. Alyssa thought, barely hearing the next part of Ritsu's speech. "...You'll have to work hard to catch up with the others. You will be integrated into Squad Sigma starting tomorrow, but you can already go and introduce yourself to the other Cadets. If you have any questions I will be available in my office for most of the day outside of VR. If I'm not available, ask either Squad Officer Reynolds or Junior Squad Officer Shinkai."
"Yes, of course, Lieutenant...if I have any questions I will ask them..." Alyssa replied, just as a fairly big and disgruntled-looking guy came up and introduced himself. At first, Alyssa thought he was gonna be some kind of a douchebag with a bone to pick...but when he started speaking, she had a look of surprise, and then relief, on her face. "I'm Alyssa...uhm, nice to meet you Koehler. So...you have Facial Palsy? From being punched in the face? Huh...I had a teacher with Facial Palsy...but he got it from Lyme's Disease..." She replied to Koehler, then looked at the orange juice. "And, uh...no thanks to the orange juice...I can't really drink it any more on account of one bad day. She swallowed hard, and looked around rather nervously. Meeting new people...what fun...
"So...who all is in Squad Sigma?" She finally asked, holding her hands behind her back while leaning on one leg. "Probably need to meet all of them first, right?"