Three months have passed since the tournament. In the end I actually went back to my school to finish the year and participate in more tournaments to enroll officially. This was recommended by Allen Adam's as he encountered some push back to my transfer due to my lack of record. Something we both overlooked in the moment. School was boring I finished the year with good grades. I participated in a few tournaments no one was really of note.
Time passed. My birthday has come and gone. I'm now officially 13 now. I have won 5 tournaments over these last 3 months there were a few interesting opponents. A few characters from canon showed up, but no one as skilled as Saga let alone Wilfrid. Shia actually contacted me a few times over this period of time. I'm starting to think that the feeling she developed later for Sekai Kameki have been redirected to me for some reason.
I have no reason to refuse her advances. I did think she was more beautiful than the other options in the anime. I wasn't ashamed to admit I thought her white hair was beautiful. Not like we would do anything inappropriate if we do get together. we are under aged after all. Apparently the age of consent was at one point 13, but that has long since been changed.
Still a year before canon. Other than that not much happened. Then my letter off acceptance arrived. It read as such
"Gin Murasaki, we, the board, officially accept your enrollment into Gunpla academy. And grant you a provisional place on our academies Gunpla team. Although Coach Adams has recommended you to the team. We are allowing people to challenge you for the placement. Be prepared.
I finished reading the letter to my parents. My dad was… Vibrating in place with excitement.
"Congratulations Gin."
My mom smiled at me.
"Thank you mom. I'll start packing. I know it doesn't start for a week, but I'm going to need to make something brand new. Using Goetia as a base that is."
Gunpla academy, honestly there was barely any information on it in the anime. It was just stated the best go and train here. What kind of things they taught here is could only guess. But if everything I've experienced so far is concerned probably things involving: coding, model building and repair, part making, and combat.
I needed to fully prepare. The only reason they're allowing me is Allen's recommendation and my 99% win rate, (Wilfrid currently basically unbeatable). So I've been going over the rules when I noticed something. Despite people complaining about code and parts that are basically unfair, my nanolamiate code which I was forced to share after my third tournament was listed, no parts and code are banned. I remember shouting in surprise.
"NO BAN LIST?!"
Yeah uh so blatantly op things like the code for Turn A's DHGCP, or the sheer nonsense QuanT ELS can pull are some how not banned. When I looked up the reason it was simple and dumb. Why would ban someone's creativity?Gundam is love.
So yeah I went digging into parts of some of the most nonsense stuff i could find because why not. Goetia will always have a place In my hear, but I built it to compensate for lack of experience mostly.
So I got to work on my new one. I refused to take apart Goetia, but it was now retired.
I grabbed some various kits mostly for code though I was making something entirely my own. I ended up using Turn A's reactor it had way more out put than what I managed with twin drive + Ahab. Honestly absurd since all three are pseudo perpetual motion machines.
I then did something that will probably piss off a lot of my opponents. QuanT ELS is a Gundam but it is also a living metal alien called ELS. Even though its abilities were never shown on screen. After looking over the code this thing is incredibly unfair. It was basically a Gundam shaped symbiotic life form that can shape shift its parts.
But when I looked at the code it only had a Sword and a gun option. The two apparent weapons on QuanT ELS combined with is Funnel type weapons and ability to create warp gates,(no clue how some one coded that, but we don't have it ourselves). So I modified the ever loving fuck out of that one piece of code. I also finally figured out how Wilfrid got those damn beams to track. After looking at Empruss mobile armor I realized it was a medication of its attack code.
The end product looked, besides its design of an IBO style gundam with 3 pairs of Endless waltz's wings, unassuming in nature even appearing to lack main weapons. The terror would be revealed When my new creation, Gundam Seraphim, was revealed.
Was I feeling at all guilty for using blatantly unfair code. Nope not a bit. Preparation is half the battle in this sort of thing. I'm not a shonen idiot who can fumble his way to victory with the power of friendship. Honestly, the only redeeming quality the apparent protagonist has is his battle sense, and hot sister.
Seraph was mostly done a complete now painting and decals. I couldn't fit all defensive measures on Seraph before I Hit the code limit. The code limit isn't a rule by the way. It's the point before it just doesn't function despite being on the field. A field would have to do. A super mode and special mode took up all the other code limit. Along with the reactor, beam code, and shifting form.
It was the morning of the day before my first day. So I cleaned myself up and grabbed my stuff. We were to check into dorms before the first day.
We were not far from the academy about an hour or so. But it's a boarding school so no point not taking advantage. Dad talked about Gundam and how proud he was the whole drive up. He also asked me about Seraph, but I said no spoilers. Never do I ever do I want to see a stern faced man, like my father, pout like a sad schoolgirl again.
I brought Goetia with me too. It just… felt wrong to leave it behind. Dad dropped me off at the front. I grabbed my stuff and booked it to the registration office before I had see my dad cry. I still heard him cry though.
Gunpla academy was big like either a small college or a large highschool. Y'know I don't remember much of… anything from my past, but I get the feeling that the very idea for a school for this is probably considered dumb by past life logic.
I went to the registration office and got everything sorted. Apparently my reserved spot on the team had the perk of a private dorm room. As if I needed another reason to keep my spot. The dorms were massive. when a got there a group was standing in front of it. They didn't look friendly. However why should I care even if this place is for elite these people were nameless. Now I'm not say that they're not interesting, or good fighters, but I does mean they weren't good enough to compete.
"Hey! Are you Gin Murasaki?"
He looked mad. Maybe I ended up replacing him because of the recommendation.
"Yes I am. do you have a problem with that?"
The boy was a little taller probably a year older.
"A problem? Of course I have a problem! Because of you I got removed from the team!"
"Ah so your mad your now the 4th strongest because someone was stronger than you. Got it now if you could kindly get out of my way."
My comment set him off further.
"You little! I challenge you to a battle!"
Fool I don't doubt he's seen Goetia in action and thinks he could counter it. He probably couldn't, but who am it to avoid crushing a fool.
"Okay, damage smart C I don't want you crying because I damaged yours. Lead the way to the Battle projectors."
Authors note: been awhile huh was really stuck on this Gunpla academy has like one image on the wiki and its purpose is slightly different in season 2 so yeah. Any way I know compared to my other stuff not a lot of readers but I hope you all enjoyed just the same.