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Being back on the island meant a few things; back to missions (that had been done, thank you), sparring and training (getting back to that) and then a few other duties about the island (somewhat avoided in favor of training and sparring and things more exciting). But, soon enough Milo found himself on pod duty - maybe tracked down, grabbed and sternly told to do it. Not that it was really terrible, it gave him a chance to really catch up on magazines and greet new prospect of friends. It was just a little cold in the pod room. And dark. And all that sitting.

Milo let out a long hum of boredom as he leafed through one of his newer issues of a tokusatsu magazines (Tokusatsu Newtype) - well, relatively new, at least to him, maybe a few issues behind. It didn't have anything on Drive after all. Still though. "Really need to catch up on Gaim."

< Really don't care. >

An alarm suddenly went off, Milo turned towards it and then oh so slowly towards the pods. Well, a light would be going off around one of them, right? Huh. Gingerly, he got up to go investigate.

< I'd pick up the pace or 'potential new friend' might keel over, aho. >

Not that the suggestion was the sole reason for a little boost in speed, the concerned (distressed? Stutter after all) voice was in itself enough for Milo to finally be beside the pod - totally ignoring the little monitor that told him who this person was and any other personal information. "Kala mai, dude ~ thought these things just opened on their own, ya." They did for him, they did for that one girl he had greeted into the new life as a Hunter.

Milo began pressing around the pod for some sort of release - like in movies, not just Power Ranger movies or anything.. barely of those had pods in them after all. There wasn't like a big button or anything that said 'Release if the door is stupid : D' or anything.

< Things come in latches, switches and levers too. Not everything is a button. > Koume so boredly suggested.

Milo made a face, and said not a word when he found the fail-safe latches attached to the side of the pod.

Honestly, he would have caught her - or attempted to - if he knew that was going to happen also. First the pod being weird and now falling Hunter! Seemed the pod openings were more unpredictable than he had imagined. (At least made for interesting introductions.)

The sound of clattering small objects was a little unmistakable, at least, and when Milo noticed the object near his foot he picked it up without hesitation on his way towards the new trainee and knelt by her. "Aa, dude, you okay?" The Sun asked, gently patting her back in that sort of person-is-coughing reflex.

Glasses? He looked down at the hand clutching them. Then back at her, "aa, these, ya?" And held them out.

"Aloha ~ by the way." The greeting he had pilfered from Szczeosny just didn't seem appropriate here.

Sherry liked pod duty. Not all the time of course, but from time to time the quiet was nice. Time to reflect, or work on her notes. Sometimes she'd sit and read any information she could on the sleepers, wonder who they were and why they were here. And why they were still sleeping.

It was relaxing.

Until things started beeping.

Sherry jumped a little, and then sprang to her feet. She should...go find out who was waking up.

That was some pure anime action he just witnessed there, Milo was half expecting a gleam to shine upon the glasses once they were properly in place - and then half wondered if he should keep an eye on this girl just in case of evil intentions, but he dismissed that. Oh, silly thoughts. Instead, he just gave her a hearty laugh at the compliment - there was a 'thanks' in there - and offered a hand to oblige her request.

Once she was up, it was onto introductions. "'M Milo Hale ~ Welcome to Deus ex Machina." And the Sun was as chipper as could be, "An island of adventure." Were there hand gestures? Of course! Well one, swept across the air like a rainbow while he reserved the other just in case she fell over or something - it could happen, who knew!

"And you are, wahine nani?" Might as well pass the compliment along, right? (Still, there was a screen right there that could give him this information. But no, he wanted conversation).

Yore? Well, that made sense. A bit, "ya, Bermuda Triangle, island of specially selected people to fight for justice against the forces of evil and monsters. Totally." Milo nodded, hands on his hips in a heroic pose and everything, confirming that much as she looked about the room. "This is just the beginning, ya."

Her cute little salute allowed him to finally notice her scarring and as human nature went, Milo couldn't help but give it a stare. But he refrained from asking about it. For now. But wondered about its possible interesting story. He had to get her along her way after all, and Milo moved forward towards her, still smiling and holding a thumb up towards yet another dark hallway.

"To see the rest of the island and join in on the fun, just gotta get to the cove and meet your weapon." Demonstration? Eeh, maybe not now. "Its like Abaranger." Still, he was trying with that one, even though no one ever got it, worth a shot. "Your partner ~ they help ya fight, keep ya alive and talk to ya. Kinda cool really." Sometimes annoying. Koume. (She huffed at that.)

Sherry eyed the pod, little lights flashing, monitors buzzing...all the usual pods room things, and all the things that meant someone was waking up. And she stood there.

Now, she knew what you were supposed to do. She knew the science behind it. But in all honesty...Sherry had never actually been there when someone woke up. Her pod duties had always been boring. Nice. Calm. Not this nerve wracking...whatever this was.

Crap. What had it been like when Sherry woke up? ...Confusing that's what. And that realization was not very helpful.

There was a sound, and the pod door started to open. Sherry was there, right next to it, helping to push it out of the way, just in case anything was wrong.

"Good morning," she said. Sure, it might no have been morning, but it seemed appropriate.