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Dana grinned when she saw Nicole enter. She was glad that the red-head seemed to be mending well, or well enough to lay across the top of a couch at any rate. The Hastian went on to give Dana a playful poke before complementing her performance in the earlier battle.

[color=Gold]“Thanks, Nicole,”[/color] Dana replied, tilting her head back to smile up at her teammate. [color=Gold]“And if we’re talkin’ about giant robots, I’m happy as long as I get to fire the big, shoulder-mounted cannons! We [i]are[/i] gonna have shoulder-mounted cannons, right?”[/color] she asked in mock seriousness.

Nicole proceeded to inquire about when the other teams were attacked by their own surprise Voids, which garnered an interesting variety of responses. In particular, Priya’s team didn’t even get to finish all of their tests, which went some way towards disproving Penny's idea that there was a conspiracy at work, at least as far as Dana was concerned. Priya then went on to describe her Gladius, and Dana couldn’t help but share her excitement as she listened with rapt interest. At least, until Cara spoke up, mentioning that [i]her[/i] team's tests occurred without any unplanned interruptions. 

[color=Gold][i]She almost sounds disappointed…[/i][/color] Dana thought. [color=Gold][i]Then again, I’d probably feel the same way if [b]we[/b] missed out. After all, fighting that thing was pretty awesome![/i][/color] The energetic Norban grinned as she thought of how well they’d worked together to defeat their bonus adversary. 

That grin only broadened with the mention of off-campus food. 

[color=Gold]“I’d love to go get some pizza with you guys!”[/color] Dana declared in her typical upbeat tone. [color=Gold]“Nothin’ against cafeteria food, but ya just can’t beat a good pizza, especially when shared with friends!”[/color]