I was stopped by Wigfrith halfway there. "What the hell was that idea!?" he snapped at me. I looked at him. "Answer me, you hunk of junk!" he yelled. There was no one around to see or hear us. "The best way for integration to take place between the platoons would be to have a friendly competition." I informed him. He said "So, a bunch of sluts are going to join our army? What are the generals thinking? This is going to be a major distraction." I said "I showed everyone in attendance that we are much more than pretty faces. We are deadly efficient with weapons and there are no flaws in our drills." Wigfrith rolled his eyes. "I'll be keeping an eye on you." he said. I just smirked at him. "Where? On my ass!?" I quipped before I walked around him. He was angered by that, but I did not answer to him. I answered to Captain Voss. I went to the squad leaders and informed them of what was going on. "Will we be on the menu?" Lina said. She was one of the tomboy models. "No. It's just the rank and file here now. Officers with self awareness we need to be set apart." Lambert and Clovis agreed.
Going forward we went around the barracks. We told the units not to engage in any comforting until the competition was completed and we got the go ahead. They complied and we instead got to know some of the soldiers in the other platoon. I personally saw a couple of soldiers enjoying a package. It was apparent that they were twins from how similar they looked. The package came with a letter. It was a collection of photographs containing their family. There were also an assortment of gifts and candies inside. "Looks like your family is thinking about you a lot. That's nice to see." I said as I made my presence known. They turned to me and looked shocked. "You can tell what this is!?" one of them asked. I looked closer, but I did not know anything about the brands of the candies or the other trinkets at the bottom of the box. I shook my head. "I don't know what most of these things are, but I do know that whoever gave them to you must have picked them out carefully." I said as I sat next to them. "You're one of the androids they sent? Are those ears real?" the other twin asked.
He was referring to my ears and tail. "Do you guys want to feel them? I'm told that they're quite soft." I said. They looked at each other before leaning over and feeling my ears. They both marveled at how nice it was. I smiled at them and they continued doing it until I asked if they had heard about the competitions that were going to be held. They did not. I let them know about it and the rewards. "So we might get to spend 'private time' alone with you? I don't know if a guy is what I'm looking for." one of the brothers said. The other slapped him in the chest, causing him to wince. "Berthun! You can't say that stuff to him. You're being rude." he said. Berthun looked at him harshly and snapped "I'm being honest, Burglem. You feel the same way too. Unless you want to tell mom and dad something when we next see them." Before tensions could rise any further, I said "Any of the rank and file members of our platoon can be chosen. I think that they are all pretty cute. It's just the leaders that are not on the menu, so you don't have to worry about that." They looked at each other and calmed down.
