Sandrone's Alternate Self Boards the Astral Express

The Astral Express, journeying through the vast sea of stars, welcomes a special visitor: a young woman named Hazel from Fontaine.

She has brown hair and blue eyes, and wears a red skirt that falls just below her knees. Her every gesture carries just the right touch of elegance, yet her appearance is indistinguishable from that of a doll. And that happens to be the biggest problem of all.

Because Herta, #83 of the Genius Society, has made a whole bunch of dolls that look exactly like herself, and Hazel looks as if she were cast from the same mold.

She can make coffee more fragrant than Himeko's, and breakfasts more exquisite than Pom-Pom's. With a single glance, she can make the mechanical creations of the Antimatter Legion fall apart on the spot. Yet when March 7th gives her an enthusiastic hug, the blush creeps from her ears all the way down to her neck.

As the shadow of Destruction falls over Herta Space Station and the Doomsday Beast's claws tear through the platform, gear-shaped patterns appear in her eyes, silently declaring that this young woman who claims to “only know how to cook” is hiding a secret far more profound than her appearance suggests.

Tags: #AstralExpress #ComfortFood #TsundereAndTrueFeelings #MachineNemesis #March7th'sDailyFeeding #I'mNotADoll #DoppelgangerMystery #AnotherFormOfPreservation