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Post by Sleuth on Feb 7, 2017 22:16:10 GMT
"Unless you're the most sober drunk, I think we'll manage. Might want to clear out your schedule for the next couple of hours, though, just in case." Ed glanced over at the foreboding concrete corridor. "They ain't going to kill us. Only maim, or seriously injure."
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Post by Flynneus_Knight on Feb 7, 2017 22:20:06 GMT
April frowned. "Interesting," the two parents exchanged a look before Gilbert stood up.
"hat would be great though. And you're free to go," he smiled. "Thanks for the time. Let's get you suited up and off to training. As for being beaten up, well... depends how well you do. I have a feeling you'll bounce back." They stood up and led Lucio out of the office to training area.
"You'll have to wear this," he held up a black body suit like the ones he and April were wearing. "Luigi doesn't like his stuff being used in 'training' for some reasons about ruining them without people seeing them, I don't know."
April shot a hand out at blurring speeds. So fast Lucio didn't register it until his mouth felt different. "Cream," she explained. "Now get going. And we'l look forward to seeing more of you, Lucio."
They pushed him towards his friends and walked off t the catwalk to observe.
(OOC: Lucio is free to go into the Harry Potter maze.)
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Post by Mittens on Feb 7, 2017 22:35:49 GMT
Lucio darted off into the changing rooms. He emerged in full costume. Master Frigolini would want feedback, after all. He'd rolled up the undersuit and hung it off the back of his belt, just in case. Lucio caught himself in the mirror before heading to the start of the maze. He grinned at his reflection; he looked kinda awesome! The costume itself was really comfortable and flexible. He had pretty much full mobility and the shoulder armour made him look a bit more intimidating than usual, which was handy. The sandals were a work of art, though: comfortable AND supportive. The only complaint he had was about the shorts he wore under the tunic: they were VERY tight.
He made his way to the start of the maze, and sidled up to Ed and James; "Hey, Amici. Guess who's not dead again?"
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Post by Sleuth on Feb 7, 2017 22:50:50 GMT
Ed practically fell on Lucio in a hug that threatened to kill him again by choking on all her fur. "I'm glad you're OK, Bella," she said softly. "I saw the texts too late. There was nothing I could do. I'm sorry." She drew back. "I -- Why are you wearing a skirt?"
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Post by Mittens on Feb 7, 2017 23:00:34 GMT
"It's a tunic." Lucio replied earnestly. "See, you can tell by the way it's shaped, especially around the chest and neck areas. But more importantly, look at this belt!" He held up part of his belt to show off: "It's a modern adaptation of the traditional Tellasite dancing belt, which involves weighted strips of leather to allowe the dancer to of spinning better. These aren't as weighted but they're still good! Master Frigolini is truly a genius." He stopped gushing about clothes when he spotted the odd looks he was getting. He grinned sheepishly. "Sorry. It is good to see you again, Ed.I'm sorry I was dead. It'll probably happen again, but don't worry, I'll come back."
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Post by cyzici on Feb 8, 2017 8:24:05 GMT
James looked confused. Must be a figure of speech. Better laugh it off.
"you were dead? when did that happen?"
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Post by Sleuth on Feb 8, 2017 8:53:47 GMT
"The other night, right? With Signe?" Ed scrubbed at her nose. "I wish I could've done more for her. I should've done more." She'd been terrified when she'd finally read the texts from Aurora that Signe had done something stupid and gotten into a fight with the Redeemer. That is was something as ordinary and horrific as suicide just made her sad. "But I'm glad to see you're still shaking off the dead thing."
Ed gestured to the corridor and the maze beyond that they were all studiously ignoring. "They want us to run a maze and hit a button. Meant to build team work, no doubt, test our problem-solving skills and all that. Ready to take a crack at it? You should take point in case they miss 'injure or seriously maim' and actually manage to off someone."
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Post by Mittens on Feb 8, 2017 19:11:05 GMT
"And then what happens when one of you is lying on the floor bleeding out?" Lucio laughed "You should go first, because you've got the nose and chances are we'll need some method of navigating without a light source, I bet you there'll be a dark bit. Hang on;" here he turned to James "What powers do you have? I didn't even know you were a super until now."
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Post by cyzici on Feb 8, 2017 20:54:36 GMT
"so far all I seem to be able to do is blind people, and glow slightly, kinda uv-ish. But yeah, you wanna flashbang kinda thing, I'm your guy. Or party mood lighting."
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Post by Sleuth on Feb 8, 2017 21:20:59 GMT
"He smells kinda like sunshine too," Ed said, before she realised that sounded creepy. "Uh, right. The maze, we should do that. Nose first."
She walked over to the doorway and gave it one last suspicious sniff before she started making her way down the concrete corridor. "If we have to diffuse a bomb by cutting the green wire, I'm out."
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Post by Flynneus_Knight on Feb 17, 2017 17:58:00 GMT
(OOC: I know it's a time bubble but this has been ages since the last post. trying to bring attention back because we need Olympus guys free for the party).
April and Gilbert looked at each other. The heroes had been down there talking what ages now. Gilbert leaned forward on the bannister.
"They really need to get going," he muttered. April frowned, crossing her arms.
"I'm going to talk to them," she decided.
The heroes suddenly saw a blur disappear from the balcony. Less than a second later it exploded out of the door to the training arena, and stopped in a heartbeat, a strong wind buffeting the heroes. Quickstep stood there, still in her black training jumpsuit, frowning at them. Voltage, still up on the balcony sighed. He jumped into the edge and stepped off. Extending his hands he created a strong electromagnetic force, allowing him to gently hover down to the ground beside his wife. He took looked seriously at the heroes.
Quickstep moved closer to the. "Heroes, you need to move. In combat," she told them, suddenly appearing next to Lucio, "you won't always get the chance to wait around and plan, as you are now." She locked eyes with Ed and sped up to her in a second. The height comparison was ignored as Quickstep radiated authority. "If you wait like this, you are going to die!" She stated. "You will be killed as you talk," she moved next to James. "You will be flanked, beaten, you'll be lucky to get away." She raised her hands. "I know you'll say this is just training. Sure, but you must make sure you treat this with the utmost respect. What you do here will be what you do in battle. I have reports you four didn't participate in Ravespace much. Lucio," she pointed. "You were killed. Fantastic; your team can't heal though and you dying will just make them more likely to as well." She turned. "Ed; congrats. You scratched Ruin's face. And that's it. Were you too busy 'planning' whilst the other students were killed?" She turned to Freya. "Freya; you have power, greater than you know. You need to use it. You can be the difference in battle... if you;re aware there's one," he noted at Freya's blank face. "And James. You didn;t even show up but god knows how little you would have done too."
She sped to the front again, her face softening. "I'm sorry guys. That was harsh, but it's the truth. If you guys wnatto back out, then say so now. But if you can't even coordinate quickly and efficiently in a training course, you'll never survive against the super villains. They won't spare you because you're young, because you're new. They will kill you, if they get the chance." She gave them a steely look. "Don't give it to them."
She and Voltage waited, looking at them. It was clear they were ready to force them into the maze.
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Post by Nathan Cloud on Feb 18, 2017 13:54:58 GMT
Nathan walked in eating a baguette. He looked at the scene and the stubble covering the heroes. 'You look like you've been here for weeks!' he remarked, looking slyly at the hypothetical camera.
'Screw this, let's go party!' He observed the glazed faces of the trainees. 'Or not I guess.'
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Post by Flynneus_Knight on Feb 18, 2017 14:19:17 GMT
Voltage and April saw Nathan, recognised him as Spectre, rolled their eyes and looked back at the heroes.
"Ignore him, please. Think on what we've said," Quickstep flared, her grey eyes burning. Voltage came over to Nathan.
"What are you doing here?"
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Post by Nathan Cloud on Feb 18, 2017 16:42:54 GMT
Nathan held his hands. A bit of curry from his baguette fell to the ground, staining the white floor.
'Hey Gilbert, looking fly for a white guy,' he said. 'April, still as beautiful as the month.' He grinned. 'What are you guys still doing here?'
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Post by Flynneus_Knight on Feb 18, 2017 18:20:01 GMT
Voltage frowned. He moved away from the kids and April. April was locking her grey eyes on Nathan, but a small smile appeared. Her eyes still looked dangerous however.
"Training these heroes. Overseeing it actually," Gilberttold him. "You? I didn't think Olympus would let you back."
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