Well, wasn't this swell? Mina loved when everyone got on a good start, sure there would be bumps and conflicts along the road, completely normal between human-... oops, cyborg and android relations. "Hmmm~" Mina returned to the group after her little introduction, examining Eunike along the way. Contrary to her previous image, the way Eunike spoke and acted debuked any notion that she's a snob noble, Mina felt a bit guilty for it, but well... not like the woman knew, unless she could read minds. "Oh wow..." The ancient curtsy from human culture centuries past... Mina never thought she'd personally one being performed. "Zero Kelvin Queen? So she's like... really really cold?" Mina blinked a few times in confusion, an odd title befitting an eccentric guardian.
Of course, what followed next was the opposite of elegance and composure. The huggable android, Alice, broke down the moment she started to introduce herself. "Eh..." Mina was about to assist her, but Alice got the hang of it... somewhat, it would do. Her speech pattern sounded like someone installed pre-recorded lines in her system, if she's not advanced enough to create new dialogue lines, then oh... poor girl. Mina scratched the back of her head, there was nothing she could do, only advanced mechanics could tinker for Guardian-type Androids, hopefully one of crews could help her.
Then came the last, but not least, the blond curvaceous woman who acted with similar 'proper soldier' demeanor as Princess Benedicta. She looked calm and preferring to stay in the background, but if Mina knew something about quiet people, they were more than meets the eye. Her specialty brought a smile from the pink-haired young woman though, "Oh, awesome, looking forward to fight with you side-by-side, Yulia." Mina nudged at the blond woman's shoulder, "My role is quite similar to yours."
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The tour continued, despite Esfir's snark attitude, Mina had the feeling she was enjoying herself. When the blue-eyed tour leader gave a glance at Mina, the girl would grin then wink as if telling, "We'll talk later.". Mina had already took a few glimpses at the ship's map through her phone, but nothing beats seeing the compartments with her own two cybernetic eyes. First, the personal quarters, "Five, huh? That's okay, the more the merrier." Mina quipped, keeping her voice rather low as to not sound rude. Second, the training field with a horribly easy half-assed code, "Maybe it's... you know, reverse psychology, infilitrators wouldn't think the door has such a simple passcode."
An offer for demonstration? Well, as Chief Petty Officer, she would do the honors! Mina was about to volunteer, her arm already raised half-way when Esfir gave a look at the awkward android instead, "..." she put it down. "Welp, awkward moment avoided..." That's fine, see if Alice turned out to be a competent Guardian despite her lack of social functions. What came next kinda made Mina's jaw dropped, well... Alice did the job alright, literally so. Somehow, someway, defying all metaphysics and scientific mumbo-jumbo, she pulled out a freaking ice block from her leg, "Wha... how... when?" What an utter waste of function, putting a refrigerator inside her leg, her creators had a poor sense of humor, the thought of them creating Alice just to mess with other people passed Mina's mind. "H-hey... Ali-Waaah?!"
*GLOMP!*
Mina's surprise didn't end there for a shorter girl suddenly tackle-hugged her from behind. So fixated on Alice's magic trick, she didn't notice Rika's introduction until the moment the girl glomped her. "R-rika...?" Mina froze, her golden eyes open wide, no... it couldn't be. Mina slowly, very slowly, turned her head to look over her shoulder, "Im... possible..." oh how she wanted to believe this person just happened to have the same name as her little sister, but no... same surname, very familiar voice, her demeanor, and the face she had grown to cherish for most of her life. "R-rika... rika?!!" Mina turned around then grabbed both of her little sister's shoulders with her hands, "Y-you... you, a.. g-guardian?! H-how?!..." Mina shook her head twice as if to clear her thoughts, she leaned in even closer as if convincing herself that Rika was there, not just some hallucination.
"W-when... I never heard..." All of her cheerfulness and composure went down the proverbial drain, her emotions going out of control, Mina could feel her cybernetic body administering hormones to calm her down just like during combat situations, in other words, her own body deemed she was tense enough to consider meeting Rika as dire as cornered by Bydos. "...Ri... ka..." Mina slowly released her hands from the girl's shoulders, if Rika became a guardian that would mean... "I... I never thought... y-you... a machine... I-...i-it's enough if it's just me... b-but you... d-do they know about this? ...Mama and Papa, I mean..."