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?(Brandon)
Was¡he was¡hell! He was just worn the hell out! There was no other way to say it¡he just needed a shower, some food and to wrap his arms around Kat. The only thing that wouldn¡¯t change in that order was a shower. The shower was primary!
This was¡this was Chaos. He played by their friggin rules and he and the team needed a break. It wasn¡¯t his team¡they knew of him, but didn¡¯t know him. He realized that they weren¡¯t going to follow him into hell and that was what this was! The only thing he
had going for him was¡experience! He had been superheroing for a long time now. But this..even this pulled at the structure of his willpower and after nearly drowning in his past¡in his own self-doubt¡yeah¡he was tapped out!!!
¡°Work in pairs, this is not a solo mission, remove the heads and heart of the little ones, they feed information to the bigger ones. We will have to work together or we will become more beaten than we are already. Move NOW!¡± He had no idea who would listen
or who would follow he knew only that he couldn¡¯t stand by and see any of them hurt. He would deal with Harrison and his father once this was over, he didn¡¯t see past what was in front of him and he saw them as trying to get them killed after the psychological
and physical struggles that they had seemingly all endured.
He looked at Kat and her request. ¡°Yeah¡I can!¡± He said it would only be one, that would take care of one cause he couldn¡¯t use the same trick twice, the machines were truly adaptive. He listened to Kat and smirked at her strategy. Maybe she would be a better
leader?!? ¡°Good plan.¡±
Mia didn¡¯t balk, it was a good plan and set about doing what she could to help and the mudballs were righteous. Even now he couldn¡¯t help but smirk at the thought of her skill. ?Kites and Gen moved to work together and he saw the pair being good at aerial attacks
together and he would request later that they work on that in conjunction with one another.
Brandon smirked it he had anything to do with this he would have been proud but he had been so focused on helping everyone else get through the other obstacles that he didn¡¯t think of the end¡that didn¡¯t make a good leader in his mind. ?He didn¡¯t need that
right now, there was no time for fear or self-doubt, if any one of them got hurt because he was in his mind then he was no good to any of them. He moved to punch to the head of one augmenting his strength to take its head off while pinning the body to the
ground. He glanced over at Kites and Gen to make sure they were ok. He felt Kat close by him, making sure she would be able to get the heart out once it went down. Yet he turned to make sure Mia had some cover of protection as well. No one would get hurt on
his watch. He wasn¡¯t he punkass Rain always told him he was. He was going to simply do what needed to be done.
He was moving forward keeping everyone inside over the scream of the attacks everyone was doing. ¡®Comm-sets. So, they can hear whoever the leader is and change tactics accordingly. Coordinate attacks and move, can¡¯t hesitate. Leave no person defenseless. Mia
should have been with Kat for support and he should have been solo or at least a target. It would have allowed the fliers more time to get their tactics down. He was about to blast another when one by one the droids began to combust from the inside out. He
frowned wondering what was going on. When the giant bots did the same he looked around really confused.
When the doors opened and the lights came on, he went to check on everyone. ?¡°Y'all ok?!?¡± He said thinking this was quite the showing they all had today. Good under the circumstances but a very long way to go¡especially him. ¡®Totally uphill battle.¡¯ He thought.
(Kat)
Kat gave a nod to Mia when she said she couldn't due fog but mud was doable. "Good" When Brandon said he could bring one down her eyes grew bright and she smiled.. "Let's do this." She caught Kite and Gen head in the other direction. She hoped that between
the five of them they might be able to tame down two.
She took cover for a moment while Mia chucked mud balls at the smaller ones. Giving their lenses. If they can't see then it restricts what they can send. Seeing Brandon take another smaller on down she takes the opportunity to get there and start ripping at
its plating. Using all her strength she starts to tear through the hull.
It was heavy going. She heard just in time when Gen said something about covering ears. She didn't realize what Gen meant till her ears almost burst from the winged avenger. Folding her ears back as much as she could. The the pain was almost to much. She almost
had to stop trying to get the chest open on the robot.
As she continued she felt the chest on it start to buckle a little. She knew it wasn't from her. Jumping off she stood back and watched as the things started to explode from the inside. She then looked around to see the rest doing the same. Finding Brandon
she went to him. Standing next to him as the he called for the others to see if they were ok.
Her hearing had started to equal out again when the doors opened and in walked Ireland Harrison and Chord. Kat shook her head slightly and looked to Brandon and whispered. "I take it that this had not been planned." She will follow Brandon¡¯s lead.
(Mia)
So much happened so fast that Mia didn¡¯t have time to think and simply acted on instinct using mud and water to fling at the robots. ?Then suddenly she was covered in muddy water from the one that was knocked over into the electrical lake. ?The robot that she
had been flinging mud at suddenly stopped advancing on her and she stopped and stood still for a moment. ?She stared to feel the cold of the water and realized that the robot lost sight of her. ?Her body temp had dropped some and she realized it was trying
to find her heat signal and since she wasn¡¯t moving and the mud covering part of it¡¯s ¡°eyes¡± it couldn¡¯t see her.
She stood still for a few more moments waiting to see what it would do next when all of the sudden the bird boys in the air started screeching. ?¡°Agh,¡± she quickly covered her ears, dropped to the ground and began rolling way to find shelter from the robots.
?She realized that this was going to be a loosing battle for them and it was time to just stop. ?She was worn out from the obstacle course and now had no more energy left to mix and fling elements. ?She rolled until she came to some barrels and still covering
her ears moved around behind them and once sitting up right looked to see what was happening.
The robot that had temporarily lost sight of her seemed to be standing there watching her roll away, like it was confused that she was retreating. ?It didn¡¯t try and chase her and then suddenly it was dropping to the ground. ?She had watched as the ones that
the boys were attacking suddenly grabbed their wings. ?She took her hands away from her ears, briefly to see if the screeching had stopped.
Then all of the robots were collapsing, the lights came up full, the doors opened, and in walked their boss and company. ?She stood up from behind the barrels and waited to see what was next.
[Kites]
As Kites dove at the same bot again, using the speed with which he was hurtling through the air, he hadn't expected that it was going to simply sidestep his attack. ?But it was too late to change the direction of his drop because of all the built-up momentum.
?As his feet hit the ground, he immediately started sliding, but as he threw his wings out in an attempt to counterbalance the forces, he suddenly slipped and fell face first right into the muddy muck below. ?Though some of it managed to cushion his fall,
he still hit the floor pretty hard, knocking all the wind and bravado right out of him. ?All that was left was the wave of exhaustion that crashed right back down on top of him. ?But now was not the time to think about it. ?He had to push through this, no
matter what.
"Get up, Kites, get up, now! ?He hissed to himself, struggling to get up. ?Wait, Gen! ?Where was Gen?! ?He wildly looked around, trying to get a hold of where she was, not realizing that the bots were slowly circling him. ?Every second he wasted is a second
closer that they got to him. ?Suddenly, he heard Gen yelling and as he turned to try and get a fix on her, she let loose a barrage of high pitched, sonic screams. ?He gritted his teeth as he felt extremely sharp pain in his ears, wincing as his hands immediately
flew up to cover them, trying to keep the sound out or at least muffle the frequency. ?Before he knew it, however, the two bots flanked him and he suddenly felt four very strong hands grab hold of and squeeze his wings.
"Let-let go of me!" he shouted, trying his hardest to flap them away, but the more he struggled, the more the bots squeezed and held him down. ?It was starting to hurt, so he lashed out, balling his hand up as he slammed one right into one of the bots' faces,
immediately regretting the action. ?In that sheer moment of foolishness, he forgot that they were made out of metal and as his fist connected with its face, pain unlike what he's ever experienced in his life raced through his whole arm. ?Yelling out in pain,
he dropped to his knees, clutching his hand to his chest. ?Forcing himself to bear through the pain, he looked up just to see another group of bots grab hold of Gen, plucking her right out of the air. ?His heart dropped as he helplessly watched them swing
her around, suddenly letting go as she hurtled into the ground. ?"Sh-shit! ?Gen! ?Gen, are you okay?" ?He tried to rush forward, but try as he might to move, he couldn't. ?The bots had a steel handed grip on his wings and they weren't budging one inch, simply
waiting for the others to neutralize the rest of their team.
The rest of the team seemed to be doing better. ?At least, neither Brandon nor Kat were caught. ?In fact, it looked like they had made some progress in fighting back against the droids. ?Mia seemed to be able to handle herself, rolling out of the way when one
tried to advance at her, skillfully wrapping it in mud in an effort to slow it down. ?However, both he and Gen had failed, and quite spectacularly at that. ?Just when he started to feel despair, Kites felt like his wings were vibrating and when he looked back,
the droids were violently shaking. ?Several explosions seemed to ring out from inside their bodies as they suddenly stopped moving and fell away like ragdolls, un-moving and dead. ?As he looked around, the same happened with the rest of them, falling away
like leaves in the wind.
"Wh-what the h-hell just h-happened?" he asked, trying to stand up, feeling his legs shake as he did so. ?Just then, the entire training center lit up like Christmas and the doors at the back slid open with a woosh as three people stepped inside. ?Chord, the
hologram lady that greeted him in a guest room long ago, and the fiery redhead, Ireland. ?He visibly shrank when he saw her. ?He looked away, head hung in shame, as he waited to hear just how much of a failure she, or they, thought he was.
(Gen)
Suddenly, it was over. ?Gen picked herself up cautiously from the mud where she'd been thrown by one of the Sentinels. Debris from the exploded droids was all around her and she didn't want to get cut by any sharp edges. ?She was exhausted, barely able to stand.
Her mud-coated wings felt so heavy it was all the androgyne could do to fold them against her back. And she ached all over, every joint and every muscle. ?She was tough but she could feel pain like anyone else. ?
But worst of all, she felt humiliated. ?Everything she'd tried went wrong. ?Her attacks on the battle droids had failed to stop even one of them for more than a minute or two. ?And her impulsive attempts to disable the cameras had apparently failed as well.
?And worst of all, her use of her sonic power had done far more to disrupt and create problems for her teammates than it had as a weapon against the droids and sentinels.
"Sorry," Gen mumbled, unable to look at the others, her wings drooping behind her. ?"I should've told you I could do that before we started. ?I just... I dunno... wanted it to be a surprise."
Then the doors slid open and Chord, Imogene and... Ireland?... strode into the testing area. Exhausted and humiliated as she was, Gen felt a wave of fury take over her. ?"You guys suck!" she yelled, glaring at Chord and Imogene, her anger overpowering her usual
respect for authority, at least for the moment. ?"And it wasn't enough that you had to give us a beat down? You let Ireland watch?" she went on, a flush of fresh embarrassment burning her face beneath the mud. ?Giving one final scream of sheer fury, the androgyne
kicked at a detached droid-head, sending it flying across the test area.
(Chord, Imogene, Ireland)
?
¡°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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Tag: ?Brandon, Kat, Mia, Kites, Gen, with Chord and co posting at random
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Peace and blessings?
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(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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(Chord, Imogene, Ireland) ? ¡°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. ? ? (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.?
(Kat)
? ?Kat listened as the boss talked to them. Well scolded them really. She understood what he was saying though it didn't have to be done this way.? ? ?Tired and still hurting from all that they had done, Kat was ready to hit the showers and sleep. She had started to half listen to what was being said when she caught the words that Brandon was being replaced by Ireland as leader of the team. She looked to Chord, Harrison then Ireland, her eyes shown with a mixture of anger and disappointment. He wasn't giving Brandon a chance. Ireland for her part seemed genuinely shocked. Telling Brandon that they would talk later. ? ?To shocked herself she turned to Brandon when she felt his touch I her arm. Turning to him she put her hand on his. She could see the hurt in his eyes, smell it in his scent. Wanting to say something yet not sure as to what, Brandon turned and left. It had been a very long time for Kat to have felt like she wasn't alone. It was a good feeling. One that she wanted to keep, yet she felt as if this was starting to slip away as she watched Brandon walk through the door.? ? ?She turned to briefly look at the others. Those that could smell her scent could tell that she was angry, hurt and confused. Mia could see it in her eyes. "We do better tomorrow. Right?." Her voice held that anger, hurt and confusion yet the group could tell that her emotions were not directed towards them. She gave them a brief small smile then turned to Kite and placed her had on his arm and gave him a bigger one, then left to go after Brandon.? ? ?She didn't need to try and track him down. His scent was easy to follow. Once in the living room she stopped where he had stood and looked up to his room. It only took her a moment to make her way up to his door. Standing outside she remembered what Chord had said about seeing everyone and what they had done together earlier. She reached up knocked then spoke. "I......I going to get cleaned up. If you would like to talk later. I would like to. After dinner? Let me know......Ok?" She stayed for a second then turned to head to her room. ? Tag: Mia, Kites, Gen, with Chord and co posting at random
On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 12:37 AM, Charlie Clay <charlie.clay@...> wrote: (Chord, Imogene,
Ireland)
?
¡°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.
?
?
(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.?
?
Tag: ?Kat, Mia,
Kites, Gen, with Chord and co posting at random
?
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(Chord, Imogene, Ireland)
¡°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 pregame show for any kind of extracurricular activity your raging hormones might have your brain preoccupied 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. ?
(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 rather Harrison have told him, he sucked than disappoint his father.? But here he was again focused on¡never mind 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.?
(Kat) Kat listened as the boss talked to them. Well scolded them really. She understood what he was saying though it didn't have to be done this way.?Tired and still hurting from all that they had done, Kat was ready to hit the showers and sleep. She had started to half listen to what was being said when she caught the words that Brandon was being replaced by Ireland as leader of the team. She looked to Chord, Harrison then Ireland, her eyes shown with a mixture of anger and disappointment. He wasn't giving Brandon a chance. Ireland for her part seemed genuinely shocked. Telling Brandon that they would talk later.
To shocked herself she turned to Brandon when she felt his touch I her arm. Turning to him she put her hand on his. She could see the hurt in his eyes, smell it in his scent. Wanting to say something yet not sure as to what, Brandon turned and left. It had been a very long time for Kat to have felt like she wasn't alone. It was a good feeling. One that she wanted to keep, yet she felt as if this was starting to slip away as she watched Brandon walk through the door.?
She turned to briefly look at the others. Those that could smell her scent could tell that she was angry, hurt and confused. Mia could see it in her eyes. "We do better tomorrow. Right?." Her voice held that anger, hurt and confusion yet the group could tell that her emotions were not directed towards them. She gave them a brief small smile then turned to Kite and placed her had on his arm and gave him a bigger one, then left to go after Brandon.?
She didn't need to try and track him down. His scent was easy to follow. Once in the living room she stopped where he had stood and looked up to his room. It only took her a moment to make her way up to his door. Standing outside she remembered what Chord had said about seeing everyone and what they had done together earlier. She reached up knocked then spoke. "I......I going to get cleaned up. If you would like to talk later. I would like to. After dinner? Let me know......Ok?" She stayed for a second then turned to head to her room.
(Mia)
Mia listened and watched everything that transpired.? She couldn't believe that Gen suddenly "attacked" the bosses like that.? What was he thinking?? He could be thrown out on his ass if he wasn't careful.? Then Mr. Chord stepped up and let them know exactly what he needed to.? He didn't beat around the bush, he didn't coddle them, he told them what was what.? She was glad for it because some of them, Gen especially needed to be knocked down a few pegs.
Then he announced that Ireland would be the team leader from then on.? Well, she thought, if they were going to pursue any kind of relationship aside from leader and follower it would have to be outside of this team.
She simply sighed and watched as everyone the bosses left the room.? She didn't say anything to any of them at that point.? There was nothing she could say that would change what happened.? She simply walked out and headed to her own room, showered and dressed for bed.? She was pretty beat, but knew she needed to eat something.??She made a pb and j, had some Cheetos?and juice from her little kitchenette in her room before climbing into bed and was asleep in a matter of seconds. (Exit Mia) ? Tag: Kites, Gen, with Chord and co posting at random (OOC: Mia will be ready for the next scene when it is time.)
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(Chord, Imogene, Ireland)
¡°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 pregame show for any kind of extracurricular activity your raging hormones might have your brain preoccupied 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.
?
(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 rather Harrison have told him, he sucked than disappoint his father.? But here he was again focused on¡never mind 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.?
(Kat)
Kat listened as the boss talked to them. Well scolded them really. She understood what he was saying though it didn't have to be done this way.?Tired and still hurting from all that they had done, Kat was ready to hit the showers and sleep. She had started to half listen to what was being said when she caught the words that Brandon was being replaced by Ireland as leader of the team. She looked to Chord, Harrison then Ireland, her eyes shown with a mixture of anger and disappointment. He wasn't giving Brandon a chance. Ireland for her part seemed genuinely shocked. Telling Brandon that they would talk later.
To shocked herself she turned to Brandon when she felt his touch I her arm. Turning to him she put her hand on his. She could see the hurt in his eyes, smell it in his scent. Wanting to say something yet not sure as to what, Brandon turned and left. It had been a very long time for Kat to have felt like she wasn't alone. It was a good feeling. One that she wanted to keep, yet she felt as if this was starting to slip away as she watched Brandon walk through the door.?
She turned to briefly look at the others. Those that could smell her scent could tell that she was angry, hurt and confused. Mia could see it in her eyes. "We do better tomorrow. Right?." Her voice held that anger, hurt and confusion yet the group could tell that her emotions were not directed towards them. She gave them a brief small smile then turned to Kite and placed her had on his arm and gave him a bigger one, then left to go after Brandon.?
She didn't need to try and track him down. His scent was easy to follow. Once in the living room she stopped where he had stood and looked up to his room. It only took her a moment to make her way up to his door. Standing outside she remembered what Chord had said about seeing everyone and what they had done together earlier. She reached up knocked then spoke. "I......I going to get cleaned up. If you would like to talk later. I would like to. After dinner? Let me know......Ok?" She stayed for a second then turned to head to her room.
(Mia)
Mia listened and watched everything that transpired.? She couldn't believe that Gen suddenly "attacked" the bosses like that.? What was he thinking?? He could be thrown out on his ass if he wasn't careful.? Then Mr. Chord stepped up and let them know exactly what he needed to.? He didn't beat around the bush, he didn't coddle them, he told them what was what.? She was glad for it because some of them, Gen especially needed to be knocked down a few pegs.
Then he announced that Ireland would be the team leader from then on.? Well, she thought, if they were going to pursue any kind of relationship aside from leader and follower it would have to be outside of this team.
She simply sighed and watched as everyone the bosses left the room.? She didn't say anything to any of them at that point.? There was nothing she could say that would change what happened.? She simply walked out and headed to her own room, showered and dressed for bed.? She was pretty beat, but knew she needed to eat something.??She made a pb and j, had some Cheetos?and juice from her little kitchenette in her room before climbing into bed and was asleep in a matter of seconds. (Exit Mia)
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[Kites]
Kites watched as Gen screamed in barely controlled fury and kicked the droid's head clear across the room.? He already knew that when Chord started addressing them all, it was going to be less a motivational speech that it looked like it was going to be.? Kites was extremely frustrated, a feeling that they all equally shared.? Though they tried their hardest, it obviously wasn't enough because they still managed to fail miserably.? However, he didn't expect that they were all going to be scolded like little children because that's exactly what it felt like, or that he was going to be pointing out several of their "extracurricular activities."? That just further added to the shame and embarrassment that he was feeling in that moment.? They were all cold, sweaty, dirty, exhausted and most than likely very hungry as a result, and yet they had to stand there and be told how much they sucked and how awesome Ireland was for saving their skins.? Thanks, Chord, like we didn't already know it ourselves.? Just rub it in some more.? Kites didn't even want to look at Ireland, much less acknowledge her as their new de-facto leader.? He was still quite a bit sore about being told off for not knowing she was power-less, as if she half expected him to be psychic.? At the very least, she seemed to be just as shocked at this revelation as he was.
Once the dressing down was done, Chord and co left, leaving everyone standing in shock.? After what seemed like minutes, everyone else who was left began to slowly shuffle out of the training room.? First Brandon, looking quite dejected and demoralized.? Then Kat who seemed to be fine on the outside, but he could tell that she was boiling underneath the surface.? He could sense it in her scent, which was typically gentle but was now quite turbulent, revealing a storm of emotions that she was going through.? As she walked past him, reaching for his arm, Kites returned the gesture, extending a wing to her and gently squeezing her hand.? He then let go as Kat disappeared through the doors.? Mia, well...Kites wasn't exactly sure what Mia was feeling.? She simply turned around and wordlessly walked out.? That just left himself and Gen, and Gen seemed to be hit by this the most.? He watched her for a while, the androgyne just listlessly standing in the muck, wings drooping and caked in mud just as the rest of her and himself were.? He wanted nothing more than to run to her side, give her a hug and tell her that they can just try harder tomorrow, but he knew that even if they weren't there, Chord and co were watching.? The last thing he wanted to do was to give Chord more reasons to think that he and Gen didn't make a good team.? It was conflicting and suddenly it made him very angry.
"Come on, Gen.? We're done here.? Let's go get cleaned up," he called out to her, leaving the training room.? It bothered him that he walked out by himself.? It bothered him all the way up to the elevator as he called it down to the floor.? As the doors opened with a woosh and a soft ding, Kites stepped in and punched the button for the living quarters.? He crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, feeling that all too familiar shift in gravity as the elevator started up.? His eyebrows furrowed together as he thought about what Chord said.? As much as he hated to admit, the man was right.? The gauntlet was meant to test them, test their mettle, their ability to cooperate, but what did they do?? Flirt their way up and down the mountain?? What were they here for?? Become a super hero team or indulge in some debauchery?? Of course it was going to look like none of them were taking this seriously.? It didn't help that he himself was totally all Gen in the same space that was taking him up to his room.? His eyes flicked up to the ceiling, wondering just which of these corners held a camera that watched him then and was probably watching him even now.
When the elevator reached the floor, Kites stepped out and with a flap of his wings, flew up to the second level of their space and alighted on the rail edge, hopping off, then pressing the panel of his door as it opened to let him inside.? Once the door shut, he leaned his head against the its paneling, breathing out a sigh of relief.? Peace, quietness, privacy.? A sanctuary.? It's something that he hoped he could provide Gen with, hoping that the androgyne wasn't too far behind.? He wanted him, he needed him and he wanted to show him.? It just sucked that he had to hold himself back.
"I'm waiting," he whispered against the door, placing both palms against it's coolness.? "I hope you will come."
( Tag Gen, Brandon, Kat, Mia, with Chord and co posting at random)
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(Chord, Imogene, Ireland)
¡°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 pregame show for any kind of extracurricular activity your raging hormones might have your brain preoccupied 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.
?
(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 rather Harrison have told him, he sucked than disappoint his father.? But here he was again focused on¡never mind 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.?
(Kat)
Kat listened as the boss talked to them. Well scolded them really. She understood what he was saying though it didn't have to be done this way.?Tired and still hurting from all that they had done, Kat was ready to hit the showers and sleep. She had started to half listen to what was being said when she caught the words that Brandon was being replaced by Ireland as leader of the team. She looked to Chord, Harrison then Ireland, her eyes shown with a mixture of anger and disappointment. He wasn't giving Brandon a chance. Ireland for her part seemed genuinely shocked. Telling Brandon that they would talk later.
To shocked herself she turned to Brandon when she felt his touch I her arm. Turning to him she put her hand on his. She could see the hurt in his eyes, smell it in his scent. Wanting to say something yet not sure as to what, Brandon turned and left. It had been a very long time for Kat to have felt like she wasn't alone. It was a good feeling. One that she wanted to keep, yet she felt as if this was starting to slip away as she watched Brandon walk through the door.?
She turned to briefly look at the others. Those that could smell her scent could tell that she was angry, hurt and confused. Mia could see it in her eyes. "We do better tomorrow. Right?." Her voice held that anger, hurt and confusion yet the group could tell that her emotions were not directed towards them. She gave them a brief small smile then turned to Kite and placed her had on his arm and gave him a bigger one, then left to go after Brandon.?
She didn't need to try and track him down. His scent was easy to follow. Once in the living room she stopped where he had stood and looked up to his room. It only took her a moment to make her way up to his door. Standing outside she remembered what Chord had said about seeing everyone and what they had done together earlier. She reached up knocked then spoke. "I......I going to get cleaned up. If you would like to talk later. I would like to. After dinner? Let me know......Ok?" She stayed for a second then turned to head to her room.
(Mia)
Mia listened and watched everything that transpired.? She couldn't believe that Gen suddenly "attacked" the bosses like that.? What was he thinking?? He could be thrown out on his ass if he wasn't careful.? Then Mr. Chord stepped up and let them know exactly what he needed to.? He didn't beat around the bush, he didn't coddle them, he told them what was what.? She was glad for it because some of them, Gen especially needed to be knocked down a few pegs.
Then he announced that Ireland would be the team leader from then on.? Well, she thought, if they were going to pursue any kind of relationship aside from leader and follower it would have to be outside of this team.
She simply sighed and watched as everyone the bosses left the room.? She didn't say anything to any of them at that point.? There was nothing she could say that would change what happened.? She simply walked out and headed to her own room, showered and dressed for bed.? She was pretty beat, but knew she needed to eat something.??She made a pb and j, had some Cheetos?and juice from her little kitchenette in her room before climbing into bed and was asleep in a matter of seconds. (Exit Mia)
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[Kites]
Kites watched as Gen screamed in barely controlled fury and kicked the droid's head clear across the room.? He already knew that when Chord started addressing them all, it was going to be less a motivational speech that it looked like it was going to be.? Kites was extremely frustrated, a feeling that they all equally shared.? Though they tried their hardest, it obviously wasn't enough because they still managed to fail miserably.? However, he didn't expect that they were all going to be scolded like little children because that's exactly what it felt like, or that he was going to be pointing out several of their "extracurricular activities."? That just further added to the shame and embarrassment that he was feeling in that moment.? They were all cold, sweaty, dirty, exhausted and most than likely very hungry as a result, and yet they had to stand there and be told how much they sucked and how awesome Ireland was for saving their skins.? Thanks, Chord, like we didn't already know it ourselves.? Just rub it in some more.? Kites didn't even want to look at Ireland, much less acknowledge her as their new de-facto leader.? He was still quite a bit sore about being told off for not knowing she was power-less, as if she half expected him to be psychic.? At the very least, she seemed to be just as shocked at this revelation as he was.
Once the dressing down was done, Chord and co left, leaving everyone standing in shock.? After what seemed like minutes, everyone else who was left began to slowly shuffle out of the training room.? First Brandon, looking quite dejected and demoralized.? Then Kat who seemed to be fine on the outside, but he could tell that she was boiling underneath the surface.? He could sense it in her scent, which was typically gentle but was now quite turbulent, revealing a storm of emotions that she was going through.? As she walked past him, reaching for his arm, Kites returned the gesture, extending a wing to her and gently squeezing her hand.? He then let go as Kat disappeared through the doors.? Mia, well...Kites wasn't exactly sure what Mia was feeling.? She simply turned around and wordlessly walked out.? That just left himself and Gen, and Gen seemed to be hit by this the most.? He watched her for a while, the androgyne just listlessly standing in the muck, wings drooping and caked in mud just as the rest of her and himself were.? He wanted nothing more than to run to her side, give her a hug and tell her that they can just try harder tomorrow, but he knew that even if they weren't there, Chord and co were watching.? The last thing he wanted to do was to give Chord more reasons to think that he and Gen didn't make a good team.? It was conflicting and suddenly it made him very angry.
"Come on, Gen.? We're done here.? Let's go get cleaned up," he called out to her, leaving the training room.? It bothered him that he walked out by himself.? It bothered him all the way up to the elevator as he called it down to the floor.? As the doors opened with a woosh and a soft ding, Kites stepped in and punched the button for the living quarters.? He crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, feeling that all too familiar shift in gravity as the elevator started up.? His eyebrows furrowed together as he thought about what Chord said.? As much as he hated to admit, the man was right.? The gauntlet was meant to test them, test their mettle, their ability to cooperate, but what did they do?? Flirt their way up and down the mountain?? What were they here for?? Become a super hero team or indulge in some debauchery?? Of course it was going to look like none of them were taking this seriously.? It didn't help that he himself was totally all Gen in the same space that was taking him up to his room.? His eyes flicked up to the ceiling, wondering just which of these corners held a camera that watched him then and was probably watching him even now.
When the elevator reached the floor, Kites stepped out and with a flap of his wings, flew up to the second level of their space and alighted on the rail edge, hopping off, then pressing the panel of his door as it opened to let him inside.? Once the door shut, he leaned his head against the its paneling, breathing out a sigh of relief.? Peace, quietness, privacy.? A sanctuary.? It's something that he hoped he could provide Gen with, hoping that the androgyne wasn't too far behind.? He wanted him, he needed him and he wanted to show him.? It just sucked that he had to hold himself back.
"I'm waiting," he whispered against the door, placing both palms against it's coolness.? "I hope you will come."
(Gen)
It took a lot of Gen's self-control not to take Chord's invitation to just walk away, and the rest to keep her mouth shut until he and Harrison left the training room.? Not surprisingly, the room was dead quiet as the others tried to deal with the dressing-down they'd just received.
She did manage to mumble a grudging "Thanks" to Ireland before the redhead left.? It still stung to know that Ireland had witnessed their humiliation, but it did make her feel a little better to know that Ireland had actually acted to help them.
Brandon left, looking depressed, though Kat tried to comfort him some and then followed after them.? Mia didn't say anything to anyone, though Gen got the feeling that the water manipulator was annoyed with her personally when she departed.
That just left Gen and Kites.? He looked to Gen and beckoned her to come with him to get cleaned up.? "I'll join you in a minute, okay?"
When the winged youth had left, the androgyne squatted down and hugged her knees tightly, rocking back and forth on her heels as she brooded over the situation, fighting down one impulse after the other.? She _wanted_ to stay.? It was nice to be around others who, like her, were different from ordinary people.? And she _had_ been having fun up until this. ?
Finally she stood up, looking up in the general direction of where she thought the cameras might be.? "Mister Chord, I know I don't know a lot about social interactions and things, but you have to be one of the _worst_ motivational speakers on the planet!"
With that, Gen stalked out of the training room with as much indignity as her still-mud-soaked self could manage.
(End of thread - everyone has exited)
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(Kat)
? ?Kat
listened as the boss talked to them. Well scolded them really. She understood
what he was saying though it didn't have to be done this way.?
? ?Tired and
still hurting from all that they had done, Kat was ready to hit the showers and
sleep. She had started to half listen to what was being said when she caught
the words that Brandon was being replaced by Ireland as leader of the team. She
looked to Chord, Harrison then Ireland, her eyes shown with a mixture of anger
and disappointment. He wasn't giving Brandon a chance. Ireland for her part
seemed genuinely shocked. Telling Brandon that they would talk later.
? ?To shocked
herself she turned to Brandon when she felt his touch I her arm. Turning to him
she put her hand on his. She could see the hurt in his eyes, smell it in his scent.
Wanting to say something yet not sure as to what, Brandon turned and left. It
had been a very long time for Kat to have felt like she wasn't alone. It was a
good feeling. One that she wanted to keep, yet she felt as if this was starting
to slip away as she watched Brandon walk through the door.?
? ?She turned
to briefly look at the others. Those that could smell her scent could tell that
she was angry, hurt and confused. Mia could see it in her eyes. "We do
better tomorrow. Right?." Her voice held that anger, hurt and confusion
yet the group could tell that her emotions were not directed towards them. She
gave them a brief small smile then turned to Kite and placed her had on his arm
and gave him a bigger one, then left to go after Brandon.?
? ?She didn't
need to try and track him down. His scent was easy to follow. Once in the
living room she stopped where he had stood and looked up to his room. It only
took her a moment to make her way up to his door. Standing outside she
remembered what Chord had said about seeing everyone and what they had done
together earlier. She reached up knocked then spoke. "I......I going to
get cleaned up. If you would like to talk later. I would like to. After dinner?
Let me know......Ok?" She stayed for a second then turned to head to her
room.
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(Brandon)
Brandon was back in his room now the flight up that he created had been short
but even in all that time he thought about it. How Rain was right he was weak!
Ireland wasn't really his sister, he accepted her as his sister because he
couldn't have anything more.? Something
Rain often made completely clear to him, he wasn't good enough for her or he couldn¡¯t
be the man she needed for him to be.? Not
the weak pantywaist that followed after their father with no backbone of his
own.
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He was simply far too wanton and lonely, far too
thirsty for her.? He wanted to be with
her, but he really didn't get to know her, he wanted her as a lover but didn¡¯t
know how!? Otherwise he would have known
she likes both men and women and to be with him would have tied her down.
?
Mia was just simply another example to show him
that he didn't have his act together. He invited her to be with him or the
group, either way it was under false pretenses.? Yes the group needed her powers but he needed
something more or he wanted something more and that wasn't what Mia wanted!? She wanted what he didn¡¯t have, so it was
simply yet again is hunger that over rode his sensibility.
?
He heard Kat at the door and for the life of
him; he should have just left the door closed. In the back of his mind he was
simply giving up, he just wasn't leader material.? He had gotten chewed out enough, so now what
was something else, he had failed them as a leader.
?
Sure he had been a warrior, a protector of the
city for some time. But he never work with a group, he never led a group, he
was just an individual and knew what he was doing with HIS abilities.?? So he was nothing more than what Rain said
just poppa¡¯s boy that was willing to do whatever was necessary to stay in
father¡¯s good graces and yet he had failed at that.
?
What on earth made him think that he'd be a
good leader?
?
Even now he could hear Rain laughing at him in
the back of his mind. But as he waved his hand, the door opened he stepped out
and looked at Kat he was glad she hadn¡¯t gotten too far.
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¡°Are you coming in?¡± He gazed at her all he was
wearing was his pants and his boots looking like he was getting ready to take a
shower.? There was nothing for him to
lose, as a failure.?? Maybe not being
leader was the best thing for him, Ireland was better at him in everything
including control, so she was easily better suited to the mantle.? He would do what he was told like usual and
just live.? Seems her and Mia were
getting along splendidly, thereby they could both be leaders since Mia wanted
the job as second already.?? ¡®There you
go!¡¯
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?Tag: Mia, Kites, Gen, with Chord and co posting at random
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