He stepped into the pod, sitting down in the chair, and closed the pod, as it shut there was darkness, and he shut his eyes, waiting for the *Chunk* and the light's came on, giving him time to slowly open his eyes and adjust, this wasn't his first time being in one of these, the screen showed him from the side, the side his Gunpla was on, a pop up asked if he needed a quick tutorial, he hit no, and put his hands up, grabbing the arm manipulators, sliding his fingers through the loops and brought them down, then up, on the screen he could see his Baund Doc's hands moving, upwards, he walked his fingers in his left hand, watching as his gunpla mimicked the motion, then flexed the fingers in his right, seeing the large pink claw open, then as he shut his hand, it's claw snapped shut,
"Everyone ready?" Miss Aida asked.
Shu reached over and flicked a switch, 'facecam on' appeared on the top of his screen, "Waiting on you teach." he said.
Miss Aida appeared on the top corner "Then, pilots-"
Shu moved his fingers to a red button behind a case, he flicked it open waiting with baited breath.
Everything vanished around him, everything but the button and her voice, he could hear breathing, he couldn't tell and didn't care who's, it was noise, noise distracting him from Miss Aida, seconds felt like minutes as he waited, "On your marks-" the breaths quickened, they could've been his own, he closed his hands, hearing his knuckles crack "get set~" he was trembling now, the excitement was getting to him, his thought's raced, how the other's would fight, already strategies formed and died in his head in the seconds of silence, it was now that he realised that breathing wasn't his, as spots in his vision formed, he sucked in air, and as he felt relief "go!"
As the button lit up he pressed it down, and turned his attention to the screen, just in time to see his turning Gunpla catching a glimpse of himself settling into place as it was turned around and launched out.
-Soon