A crash landing... [audio]
--PERSONAL DATA LOG 20XX0501.001 SAMUS ARAN. RECORDING...--
It's barely been a week and it feels like I've been on this planet for months already...
I suppose this is what I get for investigating a sharp, sudden high-energy spike emanating from this planet; Earth. The Galactic Federation picked up it up with little interest and one of my old colleges gave me a tip-off about it. I told him I wouldn't bother. ...I lied. It's short lived energy signature looked like a distress signal. How could I resist?
Upon entering the atmosphere, my ship's hull began to warp, unexpectedly. Perhaps it had something to do with the very energy spike itself, I'll never know. This quickly caused a domino effect of other problems and I lost control... I braced myself for impact and miraculously, managed to survive. Looking back at the extensive damage my ship and my Power Suit received, I'm amazed I survived at all with barely so much as a bruise or two. I still haven't been able to contact the Federation or anyone for that matter despite my best efforts.
I spent two days after the crash surveying my surroundings, scouting and making emergency repairs. No monsters tried to attack me and wild game was abundant, and easy to catch... and actually edible/tasty to boot. While I was surveying, I came across a curious building. A school, to be specific. They call it "Sumabura Gakuen", or "Smash Academy". It's very close by--so close, in fact, I crashed in the forest just outside of the school's football field.
........... To make a long story short, I was offered a job at the Sumabura. I got caught my first night investigating the strange school's hallways, sneaking around with a gun poised in my hands and ready to shoot. This apparently makes me a prime candidate to be a teacher, go figure. But, money is money. It pays decently enough, honestly, and the school year is just starting. How convenient.
Within walking distance of here, there's a small city with tons of shops and surprisingly, a lot of those shops carry the parts I can use to repair my Gunship and Power Suit with. I was also offered a place to live that's connected to the school... sort of like the kid's dormitories only private. My ship's showering facilities don't compare to a real one, so it was rather tempting. I still prefer to spend my free time out here in the ship, however.
I begrudgingly accepted, was given a uniform, handbook, keys to my new "apartment" and access to the student files and other records necessary to help teach. There's a wide cast of characters in this school. It's all a little bit overwhelming but I think I'm settling in. Teaching might be a nice chance of pace, for a little while anyway. I'll manage in the meantime, but anything to help get my ship back in the air, and my Power Suit working again... both are almost completely fucked until then.
There's still something very strange about SumaBura, I just can't quite put my finger on it.
--...END RECORDING. SYSTEM HIBERNATION ACTIVATED.--