A few minutes of continuing to watch Aries get bashed on the head multiple time, the group decided to move to a more appropriate place and finally have a series of proper introductions for Cole.Which ended up being Cole"s office.
There were a total of two couches situated opposite of each other at the ends of the office with a gla.s.s coffee table between them while there was also a desk and swivel chair.
Virgo(?), Pisces, and Cole were sitting together on the tight couch while Taurus(?), along with Gemi and Mini sat together on the other one. The twins ended up sitting on the floor though due to them nearly falling off.
Lucille sat on the swivel chair and did her own business.
"Well, I guess it"s time for introductions, is it not?"
Virgo(?) said, standing up and striking a haughty pose with her right hand on her non-existent chest and her left at her waist. She stood up on the black, leather sofa because she thought that due to her childish appearance, her n.o.ble aura would be greatly reduced.
What did end up getting enhanced was her childishness.
"I am Mirabelle Archambeault. The marvelous Department Head of--"
"Virgo. Because no one is going to take the jail bait."
"Kuh! Such insolence!"
Mirabelle grew red at Cole"s remark and was about to scold him but Cole immediately struck back with...
"But it"s true, right?"
"..."
With that, Mirabelle couldn"t say anything else and slumped back down on the sofa, deflated and defeated. The good impression she had for Cole vanished into thin air.
The next person to introduce themselves was Pisces(?) He looked up from his laptop and gave a simpler introduction in comparison to Mirabelle.
"Alfred Quincey. Pisces Department Head. Nice to meet you. "
"I guessed as such."
He stretched his hand towards Cole for a handshake to which Cole responded in kind.
Everyone"s stares then went to Taurus. He shook his head a few times to confirm that it was indeed his turn and introduced himself in a short and concise manner while keeping his arms crossed.
"...Maynard von Kaiser. Taurus."
Cole didn"t find this rude and it only heightened the impression Cole had in his head of Maynard being a man of a few words with excellent character. Up next were the twins Cole were already acquainted with.
"Gemina Stellan. Just call me Gemi."
"Mavis Stellan. I and Gemi prefer to be called by our Department Head names."
After everyone else had finished their self-introductions, Cole stood up and bowed respectfully.
"Cole Steward. And as of today, Libra Department Head. You guys can just call me Cole."
He then sat back down again on the sofa and Lucille stood up and clapped her hands to grab everyone"s attention.
"Okay, now that everybody present has introduced themselves. Everyone may go back to what they were doing earlier. Except for you three, I have something to brief you guys about."
Lucille pointed to Cole and the twins. With the "okay" granted from their better boss, Mirabelle, Alfred, and Maynard bowed respectfully and left the room.
After those three left the room, Lucille clapped her hands once again and announced to Cole, Gemi and Mini about〔Units〕.
"So, Cole. I a.s.sume that Gemi and/or Mini has at least given you a few hints about 〔Units〕, right?"
"Well, yes. They had told me it was something like a squad."
She then had a triumphant expression on her face and started to tell about how important〔Units〕were.
"Good!〔Units〕range usually from 3 to 5 members. In addition to their usual office work. Everyone here at〈S.T.E.L.L.A〉 is able to perform missions. It is also possible to only do either office work or mission taking, but the majority usually do both."
"The reason why this is such is that Mechanicas are the only race that can enter all Zones. It"s also because they can gain bonuses if they do missions."
When Cole heard the second sentence from Lucille, he had a sudden thought.
"Wait. If Mechanicas are the only race that can enter all Zones, does that mean there are other races that can enter selected Zones?"
Cole psuhed the thought at the back of his mind along with all the other stuff that he wanted to investigate at a later time. As Lucille was explaining this, Gemi and Mini were searching something in their Interfaces.
"Missions are usually ranked by four-pointed stars with black ones being several times harder than the normal white one. By common sense, the more stars a mission has labeled on it, the harder it is."
"So, I"m a.s.suming because of the difficulty, black star missons are usually handled by Department Heads."
Lucille nodded in affirmation and was secretly relieved that Cole easily caught up to these kinds of things. She slightly reminiscined about the tiem where she had to teach Rory about the simple rankings.
She ended up getting severe mental damage.
"Gemi and Mini will go on a mission together with you in a few days time. Ah, if you"re wondering who manages the Departments when the Department Heads are gone. The Vice Department Heads are the ones that deal with it. You"ll meet yours when you go on a mission."
"They"re also currently on a mission, you see."
Cole put his hand to his chin and thought for a bit. The organizational structure of〈S.T.E.L.L.A〉was very much like that of a regular company but it operated a bit more closely to a Mercenary group due to the presence of missions.
"Aquarius is also supposed to be part of your〔Unit〕I"ve laready notified her about you joining and she said for you guys to decide on the name."
"...So, what are you going to call your〔Unit〕?"
Cole snapped out of his pondering and Gemi and Mini put on serious faces.
"Hmm... Good question."
"Ah! How about〔The Apache Squadron〕?"
"We don"t have Apaches."
Mini wanted something that involved military weaponry while Gemi wasn"t sure of a name. It was then that they took notice of a Cole that had his hands together and was in deep though.
"...Guh..."
"Cole? What"s wrong?"
"Can"t think of a name?"
"No, it"s just that I"m currently vexed. I can"t use Black Skulls since it means absolutely nothing in context."
The twins ended up finding out that Cole was a bit of a chuunibyou inside. Well, they were a bit too. Lucille then tried suggesting a name to help them out.
"Sky Cardinals."
"Gemini, Aquarius, and Libra are all air signs and Libra is a cardinal sign. It sounds cool as well."
She was evidently proud of it and even had an explanation behind the name as well. She thought that it would garner an instant yes from the trio.
Gemi, Mini and Cole shared a glance with each other. They all thought for a few seconds before facing Lucille together.
"""No."""
"...I thought it was a good idea..."
Unfortunately for Lucille, none of them could fly and they all didn"t like the sound of it. Thus, crushing one of the vampire"s hopes and dreams. And maybe a little bit of their pride.
A few more minutes of back to back name suggesting occured between the four (Lucille immediately sprang back up.) before Cole finally thought of one.
"Guys, let"s just go with〔Ambivalence〕Contrasting ideas and whatever. I can"t think of anything else."
Gemi and Mini had their own interpretations of it and thought it made a little sense for all of them. Even when Aquarius was included. It could be contrasting flows. Different ideas, a balance between idea.
They ended up going with the name becasue it sounded fancy and they wanted to get back to actual work as fast as possible.
Thus sp.a.w.ned the〔Unit〕known as〔Ambivalence〕