13 SENTINELS: Aegis RIM: ANOTHER STORY - [PART I] (BOOK I)

10.1. Natsuno's Perspective: Sakura HS: New Building Hallway: "Break Time" (♫)

It was lunch time.
Natsuno left her classroom and stood outside its doors.
Next to those doors, there was a group of three that immediately recognized her and greeted her.

???: "Minami-san."

???: "Natsuno-chan."

???: "Nat-chan!"

Natsuno: "Oh?"
Natsuno: "Iori, Y/n-san, and Kurabe-kun!"
Natsuno: "What're you guys talking so seriously over there?"

Iori: "N-nothing, really."

Y/n: "Just talking about what our dreams were last night."

Juro: "Oh yeah, the video you asked for the other day."
Juro: "I was about to bring it to you."

Natsuno: "No way!"

Juro hands her the DVD and Natsuno retrieves it from him.

Natsuno:  "Yes!"
Natsuno:  "This is it!"
Natsuno:  "Thanks a bunch."
Natsuno:  "I was super bummed, you know."
Natsuno:  "I couldn't record last week's UFO Mysteries."
Natsuno:  "That baseball game was going on for freakin' ever."

Juro:  "I haven't watched the video you lent me yesterday yet."

Natsuno:  "Come on, you gotta watch it!"
Natsuno:  "E.X.T.!"
Natsuno:  "It's a classic!"
Natsuno:  "I saw it in the theater three times at least."
Natsuno:  "You can't talk about aliens without seeing that movie."

Juro:  "I don't intend on talking about aliens anyway..."

Natsuno:  "Thanks for recording this!"

Juro:  "No problem."

Natsuno looks at Y/n to which she side glances to Iori.
Iori had a deadpanned look as if she was already used to Natsuno's UFO blabbering.
Natsuno was used to this and goes to Iori.

Natsuno:  "Bet you're thinking, 'Here she goes about those UFOs again.'"

Iori:  "No, not at all!"

Y/n:  'Just by that look alone...'
Y/n:  'I'm pretty sure that's what you thought of, Iori-chan...'

Natsuno:  "You'd be the same if you watched this."
Natsuno:  "They're already on Earth, you know."

Iori:  "Yeah, they look like octopuses and want to destroy us all, right?"

Natsuno:  "No, no, no!"
Natsuno:  "You've got it all wrong."
Natsuno:  "That's from a book."
Natsuno:  "You're probably thinking of 'The War of the Worlds'."

Iori:  "Oh, Nat-chan."
Iori:  "There's no stopping you once you get going on this stuff."

Natsuno:  "Just watch."
Natsuno:  "One of these days, I'll work for NASA."
Natsuno:  "And I'm gonna find a real alien!"

Iori:  "You're gonna have to get better grades in science, then."

Y/n:  "Meep."
Y/n:  "Didn't hear that."

Natsuno:  "Oh man, you're right..."
Natsuno:  "Anyways, I'll get this back to you soon."

Juro:  "Take your time."

Natsuno:  "See ya guys!"

Juro:  "Bye."

Y/n:  "Bye, Natsuno-chan."

Iori:  "See you later."

Natsuno leaves the group, stands a few feet away from them, and smiles at her acquired DVD.

Natsuno:  "..."
Natsuno:  "Hehe, so stoked."
Natsuno:  "Gonna pop in my headphones, turn off all the lights..."

???:  "Nat-chan!"