Following after Justin and Cassandra, Kanoko left her materials at the seating area, stepping into the next room that the lab assistant had pointed out. Upon entering, she was floored with walls of Gunpla, different grades in 1/144 and of so many different kits that it seemed endless. Her eyes followed her two fellow applicants as they gathered their kits, a Duel Gundam with the full assault shroud and a real-grade Unicorn Gundam. 

She had plenty of UC kits, heck she brought two to the exams. What would she pick? After all, members here already had Iron-Blood Orphans kits. What could she do to be even slightly different? 

As her gaze crossed the walls of gunpla, something strange piqued her interest. It was a kit from a side story, and a grunt suit to boot. Moving close to its slot in the shelves, she tenderly pulled it out to look at it. 

A GN-X Superba. An advanced, high-spec version of the original GN-X and GN-XII used by the Earth Sphere Federation in Gundam 00. This one was dark blue instead, navy with some black and grey, but its visage called to her. 

She rarely had a heart for grunt suits unless they were particularly endearing. This one simply clicked, like her fingers were itching to tear it open and start cutting the parts from their sprues. 

"I'll...take it. I'll be the odd duck out this time."