Testing Emotions

New Eyes and Skies

Okay, lets hope this chapter is longer, that would be nice BRAIN.
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Duke stared in awe, ignoring the fact that it was rude to stare. This mecha was silent, and had a few english featured. She had sky blue eyes with a bright glint, and long orange hair that was only a foot shorter than Suki's, which was still pretty long.

She looked to be the same sort of model, well, close to the same model that Suki was made of. Her face was plastered with a serious look, with a hint of kindness that gave a small welcome. "Hello, you must be Duke, Regina has talked a lot about you." A sudden friendly smile formed as Aleida lifted her arm for a hand shake.

The other mecha looked at her hand for a second as if he forgot the simple gesture. He then grabbed her hand and shook it a little bit forcibly. Her voice was somehow delicate, as if singing the quietest note in a lullaby. The female mecha didn't seem to realize how harsh he was. Her eyes held a happy glow as she brought her hand back to her side.

"Duke, why don't you show her around?" Regina gestured to the pink robot and smiled. Duke supressed a long rude huff.

"Alright." Was all he said before gesturing to Aleida to follow. The other mecha first looked down at Regina, as if asking 'Was he always like this?'

The human shrugged, of course while she was away, she was building Aleida at the time, so she didn't know how Duke was doing.

"This is the repair ward." Duke said flatly, stopping in the entrance of the building. Deckerd seemed to have moved and was now standing beside Suki who was still laying there with no glow in her eyes.

"Who're they?" Aleida nodded to the other female mechas.

"Sukurian and Chiyoko, Suki was the first female built." The red and white robot obviously didn't want to give any attention to them. The rose mecha looked at Duke, he probably had an explaination as to why he is like this. She just had to get it out of him. He looked at Deckerd, "Oh, and he's Deckerd, the eldest." But Deckerd didn't look up.

"Ah, this must be Aleida," Todou walked up, smiling at the new bot.

She bent down and smiled warmly back, "And you must be the mechanic named Todou."

"The one and only, good to finally meet you." He bowed lightly in respect then walked away towards the two unconscious robots.

"So... what happened to you guys?" Aleida asked as the two walked towards the Decker room.

"Emergencies, that's what." He hissed softly with a twinge of regret. Aleida looked down at the floor. The door slid open to reveal the room filled with the others. Golden Night was the first to look up from her work. She looked to have a few paint scratches and dents, but obviously not caring about them. A mecha leaned on her desk beside her, he was very dark purple in colour with a few spots of red.

"Hello, you must be new?" McCrane walked up.

"Yes, I'm Aleida, you are?" The pink robot held out a hand and he shook it politely.

"Name's McCrane, good to meet you." And after that, he went back to his work.

"Sure looks like you guys get deep into your reports...." She said softly to Duke.

"There always comes a time where work has to be put on hold." He said, actually starting to warm up to the new bot.

At least he stopped being cranky. Aleida thought, smiling up at him for a second.

"Er, that over their is you workspace, feel free to do whatever you'd like with it." He rubbed the back of his neck and gestured to an empty desk beside Suki's.

"Thanks, hey, what's behind this door?" This was possibly the last question from her.

"Hm?" Duke looked to his left to look at the door, "Rooms, still working on them though."

"Huh," Aleida mused.

"That's pretty much it of Headquarters."

Aleida stood there for a moment, having been dismissed by her tour. So all the stories she's been told by Regina were true.

"Aleida," Speaking of Regina, she stood at the ledge and waved her over. The robot then walked over in a non-hurried manner and stopped behind Duke's desk.

"Yes, Regina?"

"Stay safe, stay alert and most importantly stay-" Regina began, but got interupted by the bot.

"-stay strong. I know, I know, you sound just like a mother." Aleida smiled softly. She was programmed to be more calm then full of emotion.

Regina chuckled, "I'll see you in a few months Aleida. Try to fit in." The englishwoman smiled then walked out, leaving the female bot standing there. Duke had heard her, she knew that he had trouble fitting in when he first arrived. Everyone despised him, and only wanted Deckerd as their leader. Of course he adjusted and everyone is now seen as equal. But before Aleida, he felt cast out again. As if everyone was slowly pushing him away for making room.

Aleida turned and walked towards her desk, brushing past Duke and accidentally catching his attention (Yeah, 'accidental' xD *Seriously Su?*). He looked at her from behind, eventually going down to her hips and watching her hips sway for a moment. The male robot quickly realised what he was doing and looked back down to his work.

The long orange hair that sprouted from the back of Aleida's head reested on the floor as she sat down. That was going to be a problem upon rolling around in her chair.

The door opened and Deckerd walked through. Gunmax looked up at the bot hopefully, only to recieve a simple shake of the head. Suki and Chiyoko were fine, but it would still take some time for them to wake up. Deckerd had wanted so badly to stay by Sukurian's table, but he didn't quite know why. Gunmax seemed more in check of his emotions, but had already out-stayed his visit with the slumbering Chiyoko.

Shadowmaru had leaned down furthur to inspect a paper Golden Night showed him. So the mecha didn't speak, or, not that Aleida's heard of yet. The black and gold bot smiled brightly as 'Maru acknowleged what she had written and praised her for it. Jumping to conclusions, Aleida started to think that they were together, if not then close friends. Either way, it was adorable.

The purple mecha then patted Night's shoulder with a kind smile and retreated to his seat, leaving the other mecha to her work.

Aleida wondered if they ever got shined up and had the dents banged out of em. She realized that she was beginning to judge them through looks, and immediately stopped.

This was going to take some getting used too... surely it can't be that hard?