Entering the lobby was quite interesting.

It was a pretty lobby, for Earthling standards.

"Yep. Just as magnificent and classy on the inside as it is on the outside." Komaeda exclaimed, crossing his arms with a faded smile.

"You know, if this was a regular excursion, I'd have a big stupid look on my face too..." Citrine admitted, trying to not say field mission. "But, why is there no one in this except us? Where are all the workers?"

"That can't be helped. It's an uninhabited island, after all." Komaeda explained. "An uninhabited island..." He paused. "With flawlessly maintained facilities, power, and probably running water too."

He glanced over too a short girl with primrose hair playing... something - glittering like a star map.

"That's amazing! Just what you'd expect from a luxury hotel!" Komaeda exclaimed.

"Are you sure? They look more like what you'd find at a era-1 training facility."

Komaeda gave a confused look. "...What?"

...Hold it.

There's a girl sitting at the arcade table. She's totally immersed in the map.

Citrine gracefully walked over to her.

...Silence.

"Hey, Hinata-kun. You haven't introduced yourself to her yet, right?" Komaeda mumbled awkwardly, ignoring the gem terms used seconds ago.

"Y..." He stuttered. "Yeah."

"Um, do you have a second?" He stated. "We should introduce ourselves."

Silence. Dead silence.

"Hey, Nanami-saaaan!" Komaeda called for the small girl.

"Ah! I'm sorry..." She squeaked, her lavender eyes looking at the screen. "I think I got a little bit too engrossed in the game..."

The girl wore a white blouse with a pinkish-yellow shirt, black thigh highs and pink shoes. She had a blue jacket, despite the current weather on Jaborwocky was immensely warm.

"Oh, there's no doubt about it. You were totally lost in it." Komaeda joked politely.

"Um..." She placed a finger on her lips. "Do you want me to introduce myself? Okay, got it."

...Silence. Again.

"My name is Nanami Chiaki. I'm the Ultimate Gamer Girl. My hobby is playing games. I'm pretty good with all genres." Nanami introduced.

"Nice to meet you." She mumbled sleepily.

So please wake me up when I get there, It feels like I'm lost in a dream.
Nanami Chiaki, Ultimate Gamer Girl
I already see - the possibilities are never ending.

"My name's Hinata Hajime." He shrugged. "Nice to meet you too..."

"Yeah, you too." She chirped, quickly going back to her 'games'.

"You aren't very good with conversations, are you." Citrine snapped harshly.

"She's still playing the game while she's talking, you know." Komaeda told the member of the superior and cooler species, Citrine.

"Oh, it's not just that..." Citrine mumbled, facepalming.

"I can't speak well unless I compose everything I want to say inside my head first. If I don't have every word prepared, I'm just not a very good speaker..." Nanami explained. "That's even more so with someone I'm meeting for the first time..."

"But I think things will move faster the more I get to know you."

She just said all that without taking her eyes off the 'game' once.

...And it even looks like she's keeping up with it. I guess she really is a good gae-mur.

"Yaaaaawn..." Nanami yawned. "...That got me so tired."

Citrine felt eyes pierce into him. He glanced over to the now apparent other girl, a slim girl with gray pigtails and deep red eyes. She had a sword case.

He walked over to her.

"...Do you want something?" She asked coldly.

"Um, no. I just thought we should introduce ourselves. Is that alright...?" Is she the equivalent to a solider...?

"Introduce ourselves..." She muttered. "Very well, I don't mind."

"My name's Hinata Hajime." He introduced. "Nice to meet you."

"I am referred to as Pekoyama Peko." She - Pekoyama - stated. "It's an honor to meet you too."

The story begins with who's gonna win
Pekoyama Peko, Ultimate Swordswoman
Knowin' the danger that lies within

"This gallant young woman has a talent with swords - she's the Ultimate Swordswoman." Komaeda explains.

Swordswoman...! She is a soldier!

"Pekoyama-san..." Komaeda mused. "Her cute name may not convey this very well, but..."

"Her swordplay is so good that most adult men can't beat her."

Her stare alone makes me feel like I'm going to get shattered.

"If what that bunny told us is true, we are going to spend some time together on this island." Pekoyama said bluntly.

"...Oh?" Citrine chirped. "Oh, yeah, that's what it looks like."

"If men and women are to live together, mutual understanding is of utmost importance." Don't forget, a gemling such as I would forget anything from an earthling. "We must have no ill feelings between us."

"I..." She stumbled over words. "I wouldn't want to hurt anyone."

"U-Um..." Citrine stuttered. "That thing on your back is just for practice, correct?"

"It is, and therefore I cannot actually cut anyone. Still..." Pekoyama said sadly. "A strike in the wrong place will inflict lasting harm..."

Pause.

"No..." She shook her head. "No, perhaps I should have said, 'the right place'..." She smiled devilishly.

Citrine realized he should not disrespect Pekoyama, even if she was just a weak and good for nothin' Earthling.

>OBTAINS HOPE SHARDS C. NANAMI 1 AND P. PEKOYAMA 2!

Next time on Aloha Despair: Gem Boy -

I should call for Tsumiki? She's basically a lily quartz, right? Oh, what am I saying, a dead Earthling is the only good Earthling.

...Except maybe Pekoyama, Kuzuryuu, or Komaeda...

...Maybe...

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Prologue, Part 6 - Toxicity and Royalty.