After the heated final audition process and everyone giving the grand welcoming to the 78th generation, Acchan finally had the chance to have a genuine talk with some of the new Kenkyuusei. The first generation beneath her. Walking into the zero-gravity bunks, she floated over to the first person she made eye contact with.
Miyuki lay in her bunk, nursing the multiple bruises the paintballs had given her during the auditions. She hadn’t realised that they were paintballs during the audition - perhaps it was because of the circumstances, or it was the adrenaline rush, but when she was shot, she really really thought that she had been shot by real bullets.
Miyuki floated there, listening to the chattering of the other 7 kenkyuusei members. She had quickly gotten the hang of the zero gravity bunks - after all, she had lived on Akibastar her entire life, and simulations that attempted to copy environment of the bunks weren’t rare on the planet, considering it was 0048’s home planet. She noticed someone floating in front of her, and her eyes widened as she realised who it was.
“A-Acchan?!” There was no doubt about it. The girl that she herself had seen succeed Acchan at the now legendary Akibastar concert that had produced both a centre nova and a 14th Acchan was floating right there in front of her.
Acchan turned quickly to the sound of her name to find a red-haired girl staring at her with wide eyes.
“Hi, there!” Acchan smiled “I just came over to congratulate you all and to welcome you to the group.“ She noticed the girl’s bruises. “Pretty rough wasn’t it? I know it was kind of a shock.”
Miyuki leaped out of the bunk - harder than it sounds, considering they were in a zero-gravity situation - and hug-tackled Acchan. Surprisingly, tears were flowing down her cheeks out of pure joy. “It doesn’t matter if it was rough, because I had to get through it! I had to come and meet you, and thank you!” She hugged the other girl tighter, laughing and crying at the same time to the bewilderment of some of the other girls surrounding them. “Thank you, thank you, thank you! The fact that I’m here, the reason I even gathered the confidence to audition for 0048 and chase my dreams, is all thanks to you and Chieri!”
