(Chord, Imogene,
Ireland)
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¡°So today was an
interesting and eventful day,¡± Chord said as he trying to sound upbeat and
reassure the team as he walked into the room with Ireland to his left and
Harrison to his right. He was fully prepared to fall back and let Harrison advise
the team in the whatever manner saw fit, which was exactly what he said he
would do when he finally wore her down enough for her to agree to come to work
alongside of him to whip this ragtag bunch into shape.?
?Harrison was
just about to speak when Gen cut her off. Chord¡¯s jaw ticked. The taller older
man, placed both his hands in his pockets, a move that both Ireland and Brandon
would recognize.?
¡°I got this Imogen,¡±
He said to Harrison as he came to stand deceptively casually before Gen,
Oh this was not going
to be good Ireland thought¡
¡°I have never been big
on temper tantrum so let me be very clear that neither I nor Ms. Harrison will
tolerate them. Thus if you are given to such useless display of emotions this
program¡we¡± he gestured to everything around her, ¡°is not a good fit for you.
Furthermore, if you found today hard, good. Get used to it. Each new day from
here only get harder.? Understand that this is not the Gen saves the world
show and judging by the look of your performance today it appears you think it
is. And it for damn sure isn¡¯t the pre-game show for any kind of
extracurricular activity your raging hormones might have your brain
pre-occupied with.¡± ?His eyes flicked to Kites.
¡°This is not some
video game. You are not here to live our some hero fantasy. You are not here to
eat and get laid.¡± He said looking first firmly at Gen and then past her to
Kites, and then Kat and finally lingering on Brandon with a disappointed look.
¡°When you walk into
this room its real life.? Its test your mettle. Its push your limits. Its
learn your weaknesses and test your strengths. It is not play time. Its
shut-up, fall back, shut up, stop blaming others for your screw-ups, take some
ownership of your mistakes and learn time because what we do here are matters
of life and death¡for you, your team and civilians. So if today¡¯s activities
have your panties in a snit¡if you don¡¯t like mine or Harrison¡¯s tactics¡the is
door right there,¡± he said stepping aside so that Gen could see there was a
clear path to the door with no one blocking her way.
¡°You can walk out and
be about you merry way. None the wiser with our well wishes, otherwise
understand your role and the program. And as far as Ireland watching¡contrary
to what you think,¡± his eyes landing on Kites. ¡°Ireland is your biggest
cheerleader and a wonderful judge of character. And since ?the purpose of
today¡¯s exercise was to see what we were working with¡if you could adapt and
learn. If you were trainable and coachable. We were testing your personal abilities
and the ability for you to come together and work together as a team in a high
pressure, stressful situations, please understand you failed miserable. If
Ireland wasn¡¯t watching, you would still be flying around screaming at
unbreakable cameras, potential injuring yourself and your team getting your ass
handed to you by battle droids. It was because of her that the bots
self-destructed. When neither you or Kites conferred with your team lead about
the best way to approach the defeat of the bots...she realized that you were
giving the bots the opportunity to learn your movements with your solo
continuous attacks. When your team lead failed to do just that...lead...
Ireland realized someone was going to get seriously hurt. She is A computer
wiz, after asking me...begging me in fact to end the test, she hacked into my
computer causing them to self destruct. So make sure you thank her.¡±
He said moving to the
door. ¡°Oh and effective today. Ireland is your new team lead. ¡°
¡°Wait...what...¡±Ireland
said...she looked at Brandon.?
¡°Now all of you get
washed and changed and eat. i expect anyone who plans to be apart of this team
actually be apart of this team to report classroom B first thing tomorrow
morning. Good night.¡± He said gesturing for Imogene to follow him out of the
room.?
Once Chord and Imogene
we¡¯re gone, Ireland turned to Brandon. ¡°I had no idea he was going to do that.
I swear.¡± She said. ¡°I gotta go but we will talk later.¡± She said leaving out
too.
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(Brandon)
He listened to Chord, he realized he was trying to lead from behind making sure
everyone was ok.? But apparently it wasn¡¯t
enough.? When he mentioned the fact that
he didn¡¯t lead them he realized it.? He
was still used to doing things on his own.?
He didn¡¯t have to say he was disappointed in him¡he could feel it, his
eyes, his mannerisms.? He honestly would
have rathered Harrison have told him, he sucked than disappoint his
father.? But here he was again focused on¡nevermind
what he was focused on now, it no longer mattered.?
Now to add insult to injury he was demoted and Ireland was put in his
place.? ¡®Slap in the face and kick in the
nuts!? Thanks dad!¡¯? He realized why Rain left now, but it wasn¡¯t
worth him leaving.?
¡®Some hero he turned
out to be!¡¯
Ireland tried to apologize.? He put his
hand up to stop her.? ¡°I¡¯m good!¡±? He said as he watched them leave.? It wasn¡¯t Ireland¡¯s fault he sucked, the
blame rested solely at his feet.?
?
He turned to Kat and
touched her arm gently before he headed up to his room to clean up.? He was easily¡no longer hungry? as he made his way to the living room only to
let gravity launch him up into the air and floated into his room as he closed
the door and began to make his way to the shower.?
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Tag: ?Kat, Mia,
Kites, Gen, with Chord and co posting at random
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