In a certain place at a certain time, "I'm sure you remember how to sign up, right LLENN?" the black haired girl inquired whilst entering the facility. The four members of the proud LPFM team had just arrived at GGO's administration offices. Like BOB, this would be where players signed up for Squad Jam. The pink chibi who had just followed the rest of her teammates inside the massive building was greeted by a few cubicles. They were the machines used to fill out your application for the competition. "Ofcourse I do." replied LLENN, who made her way to one of the machines. Her comrades joined her but made sure to use separate ones from eachother. "Alright. Everyone, fill out the form and we'll check out the participating teams later." The pink-clad girl instructed.
"Roger that." She heard calls from all three of them.

Naturally, the first ones to finish were Pitohui and M since they'd fill out way more complicated forms in real life. Collaboration contracts or any business-related documents. But LLENN and Fukaziroh didn't take too long to finish as well. Right in front of them was a flat screen in which showed the participating teams for the incoming competitions. It was already pretty late in the afternoon so they doubted that anyone would participate after them. Besides, they already took that hint due to the fact that they were alone in this vacant room. Another one, LLENN was known for being last-minute. Taking her participation for SJ2 as an example.

"Let's see.." LLENN waited for the participants of SJ3 to come up. Fulfilling her wish, a board was displayed right before her very eyes. All gathered together, LPFM looked up to try and identify the newcomers and veterans. Shown as the fifth team joining, "Looks like SHINC joined. Yet again, it was pretty predictable. Those girls are always looking for a chance to fight in thrilling battles." Fuka commented, hoping to earn LLENN's attention. In which the latter nodded. "Oh definitely." She chuckled in return. That was until they had spotted other familiar teams appear. The board scrolled down pretty fast. "SHINC...MMTM...KKHC...ZEMAL...T-S.." listed LPFM's leader: LLENN.
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Training in the wastelands, "Boss! There's a new participant for SJ3!" Were a set of girls carrying around a set of heavy weapons. Ranging from the: Vintorez, Bizon, Dragunov and PK machine guns. The one who let out such a cry was the fox-like woman, Tanya. The girls of SHINC had found a monster lurking around near-by and settled that it would be their practice dummy for the afternoon. The braided woman, "I sure hope it's LLENN and her team. I didn't see her familiar initial in any of the team names so far." reloaded her beloved vintorez. Sophie, who was right beside her, "Neither did M and that woman Pitohui. Could it be that they retired after the fame of Squad Jam 2?"

Hearing such a suggestion from Sophie made Boss's eyes widen in disappointment. She looked down for a minute. "Those two teams  were hardcore players. It would be a shame to call MMTM and I the only favourites." replied the woman who had now lifted her chin up from the ground. Sophie stayed silent afterwards, letting Tanya have the time to announce who the participating team was. Slowly, she walked over to Boss and opened up SJ3's participating teams board. From there, her eyes widened. She found, "No way! It's LPFM!" that the newcomers' team was the one at the very top. That could only mean one thing.

"The participating teams have reached 30. Prelims would be held tomorrow at an earlier time than the actual time for the competition. " declared Boss with much confidence. Tanya and the others sighed in relief. "Well thank God. Since we came fourth last match, we'd have to participate in the preliminaries tomorrow, right?" inquired the blonde beauty, Anna. Boss shook her head at her assumption. She had already figured out LPFM's initials. "No we don't have to. Since the runner-up and third ranked have combined." she explained. But Anna didn't quite understand. "Huh? What do you mean? LLENN's participating. Isn't M's team as well?" She questioned.

"That's exactly what I mean. LLENN's participating and so is M and his own team. It's just, him and Pitohui are teaming with LLENN and Fukaziroh." She explained again, in an easier way to put things. Anna, who finally understood, "Ah so that's what LPFM stand for." She whispered only to be interrupted by Boss again. She curled a fist and with a valiant smile, "Alright ladies! A worthy competitor, finally! Let's give them everything we've got!" pumped her fist in the air. Her comrades cheered alongside her. "Roger that!"
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In the Center of Glocken, "Hm. I see." smiled a black-haired man as he saw the new team that was participating. His comrades, all huddled beside him, looked at him with curious eyes. "Huh? What's up leader?" asked Kenta. The others were just as confused as he was. But finally, keeping his answer short, "LPFM standing for: LLENN, Pitohui, Fukaziroh and M. Gentlemen. I believe we have GGO's strongest squad." he clapped, standing up.

It was rather clear that all veterans truly recognized the four's skillful battles back in SJ2. Excited, they couldn't wait for tomorrow to come.
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Later that day, it had fallen evening by the SF world and real life. The four friends had just finished training and rounded up at the saloon. However, the minute they walked inside, "It's them!" cried out a group of people. The first to react was LLENN, who like a bunny, jumped out in pure surprise. Fuka and M turned around to face the newcomers. "Huh? What the-" The pink chibi was confused on the matter. Though Fuka clarified things. "It appears that we are famous. Ahaha! Smile for the cameras LLENN!" She joked. The crowds grew around the four individuals. After all, they were considered as: 'the favorites.' After LLENN and M's stunning battles as well as Pitohui and Fuka's first debuts.

"H-Hi!" LLENN waved to the supposedly 'fans.' She kept close to M and Fukaziroh, who were just as tense. But if someone looked at the golden haired girl's expression at the moment, they'd think she's smiling due to being praised by these players, not one of uncomfortableness. Pitohui on the other hand, "Hey! How's everyone doing?" made her way towards the players that were 4/meters in front of them. They were barely enclosed in the room by the players and the door. LLENN growled lightly as she saw the woman make her way to the fans. "No no hey! Pito what are you doing?!" she raged quietly. She turned to M for guidance, but realized he just kept a sharp eye on the woman herself. That's when LLENN remembered. Elsa Kanzaki deals with these kind of people everyday in the real world.

"Oh you've got to be kidding me!" She pulled Fuka's arm and whispered in her ear. Fuka didn't understand why LLENN was freaking out too much, fright was it? shyness? After all, it took awhile for Karen to make friends due to her height.
That's when the pink-clad girl explained it in easier words. "She's got their attentions! Aww crappp." The chibi whined. Fukaziroh patted her shoulder with her other hand. "Relax. I'm sure she's got this. Besides, we can always ask M what to do when things go out of hand." The player behind Fuka reminded with reassurance. The other girl only sighed as more conversation opened up between the players and Pitohui.

"How's about it in participating in the next squad jam?" a man asked her with a charming smile. A few cheers were heard after the man had said that. The black beauty only turned to her friends: LLENN was clinging onto Fuka for dear life, Fukaziroh herself had a small smile and M didn't seem interested at the encounter at all. She sighed and smiled at her turn when she faced the fans again. "You've got it! We'll be there! Make sure to bet on us though! Remember, it's LPFM boys!" she advertised and with that, walked off with her team following straight behind. The players cheered after hearing their participation in the third squad jam: "Woo-hoo! Team LPFM! The favourites have fused!" They cheered. Yes it was true, LF and PM have fused to make: LPFM.
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In a private small room that Pito reserved earlier today, "I'll order the drinks. LLENN, what do you want?" Fukaziroh offered as she sat down right across from her pink-clad friend. Chairs were being pulled back as well as the table moving slightly. "You already know it Fuka. Iced tea, please." She requested nicely with a kind smile. Fuka placed her order on the ordering menu. She then turned to the two others, who were sitting to her left and right. "And you guys?" She waited for a response. Pitohui lifted a finger and said: "I'll just have black coffee and probably M will go for the same." She requested an order for not only herself but M as well. Fuka got ready to place the orders as well as some lemon tea for herself. But, "Wait wouldn't M get-" LLENN interjected, being aware of M's dislike for black coffee. However, "It's alright LLENN, I'll have what Pito is having." He denied her start of a statement.

Just by those words, the four mugs made of ceramic spawned. The grenade launcher wielder handed them the cups. "Alright, now that we have our drinks. Shall we discuss strategies for tomorrow?" Fuka suggested after taking a sip of her drink. LLENN and Pito looked at eachother before nodding. Though, the first one to answer was M. "Firstly, if we spawn in an inconvenient place, LLENN and Pito would need ponchos since their outfits stand way too much." He declared. It was true, Fukaziroh and M already wore camouflage gear while LLENN was a dusty pink munchkin and Pitohui was certainly a black beauty. "I've worn a poncho before. So I have no problem with it." LLENN reasoned.

M turned to Pitohui. "And you? Are you fine with wearing a poncho?" He questioned the woman. LLENN and Fukaziroh took a sip from their respective mugs while awaiting for the answer. Come to think of it, it was a question they've wanted to know about for quite awhile now. Pitohui wasn't the genre to wear camouflage since she was already stealthy. But the answer they got, "If it's to sneak up on more people and massacre them, I'm in!" surprised the two chibis. Pito was in a giggling state as a new-found energy sprouted out inside of her. But M decided to pass that stead of hers. "Since I'm a sniper, it's best that I stay in the rear. Fuka, mind staying back as support with me? A good grenade will certainly wake up other teams." He requested.

Fuka raised a thumb up. "You've got it! Watch out people, the massacre fairy is coming out! So you better look at the sky twice before deciding to shoot us." She said the last part in a serious tone. LLENN softly cackled. Typical Fukaziroh, always wanting to show others who's boss. M concluded thus, "Alright so Fuka and I will be rear while Pito, you and and LLENN will be vanguard as the team's main attackers." He planned it all out. The girls didn't oppose except one, "What? But I'm a sniper too!" retorted Pito. Her fist slammed against the wooden table. Her mug slightly tumbled over. M smiled slightly at her retort. "Yeah but not as good as me." he claimed. I mean, he's not exactly wrong on that one.

"I'll shoot a bullet down your throat the next time you remind me." Pitohui threatened. Seeing as arguing between the two were very and I mean very frequent, LLENN intervened, having seen and heard too much already. "Alright guys cut it out. Ahem, Pito you can be a back-up sniper if that pleases you. Whatever you tell me, I'm staying on the front lines." she requested.  Fukaziroh nodded. "I can assume that our positions are settled?" She assumes. The three of them nodded. "What's next?" Fuka asked.
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LLENN took a sip out of her cup. "Would we bring any side weapons? Like plasma grenades or gigagades?" She inquired to her team. Fuka gave a cheeky look in LLENN's direction. "Why LLENN, why need more explosives when you've already got me?" She said in a fancy tone. The latter brushed her face away with her gloved palm. "I'm saying when you run out of magazines! Or when we're having a close-quarters battle!" She shouted. To cut the chit-chat short, M materialized three small cases in front of them. The two chibis looked at the cases in confusion. "Huh? What's that?"

M explained, "Me and Pito had time to go shopping earlier today while we were waiting for you to spawn. Inside these cases are a set of three plasma grenades. Which gives us a total of 9 plasma bombs to use." with much precision and not much emotion. LLENN spoke up next. "Well that's great! Now the diversion....well! I'm a lucky girl, so I'll be taking two only." She opened up one of the cases and took out two out of three spheres from the first case.
Pito did the same by taking the left behind sphere from LLENN's case and one from another case. The two 'off-colours' now had four out of the 9 bombs.
"Pito, are you sure you don't need more?" M inquired, turning to her. The black beauty was playing around with the sphere, throwing it around.

"I'll be fine! Don't you worry! Besides, i don't rely much on these things. I mostly fight with my fists and weapons." She claimed. Again, that was not exactly false. The golden haired girl and the tall man looked at the remaining spheres.
There were five left. M looked at Fuka, "I'll take the two remaining plasma bombs and you take the three others. Trust me." and made a compromise with her. Fukaziroh's eyes widened. "No I possibly couldn't. How about you?" She showed much concern for the  main sniper of the group. M shook his head.
"I would have gave you two if you proved that you were just as good as us by using handguns." He told her. Proving by her debut in the jungle dome, Fukaziroh doesn't exactly know how to use a pistol.

"What? But I can train! That'll mean more work but I think I can train." She started and then turned to the cyborg-like woman, that was well known in the group for being able to reload her gun with only her fingers. Proven when she massacred KKHC as a whole, in exception of that 'Shirley' girl. "A little help please, Pito?" She requested in which the black beauty put one of her spheres down. She nodded. "Yeah! No problem. Trust me girl, you'll be an expert by the time SJ3 rolls around." She raised her hand out to pat Fuka's shoulder. LLENN butted in, "But that's tomorrow!" almost in a shout. Fuka and Pito raised their thumbs up. "We've got this!" They both said in union.

And with that, the conversation drew to a close. They believed they have discussed enough about materials to bring as well as their formation and positions up front. Now the real issue is, how will they do in tomorrow's tournament? The practice for SJ3 has finally ended!
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LillaSmolBean: Hiya guys! Lilla here. I hope you guys enjoyed chapter 4 of Meteors! If you did, leave a vote and comment down below what you thought! Now now, let's see. Something I enjoyed writing in this chapter? Hm...it's gonna be LLENN's dialogue as a whole honestly. I'm starting to really grow attached to that girl. She's so cute! I'll keep my note short lol. Since I feel like I write way too much. Cya guys!

RumiVoid: Ello there, RumiVoid here back with Meteors chapter 4. I hope ya guys enjoyed this chapter! It was certainly fun to write. I don't write much of M's lines now a days so this was certainly a challenge. Please leave a vote if you liked it and comment down your feedback. Me and LillaSmolBean would like that! Anyways, let's see, something I liked with this chapter? Uh...let's see...Rumi's trying to think here. I'd say it's the small   scene where Fuka asks Pito for help in pistol training, it's gotta be Fuka, yas! I thought that it boots up the bonds between her and Pitohui so it's a win-win. Oki doki, that's my author's note finished. Bye guys! I'll see you guys in the next chapter!