Chapter 5:Team Building Exercises Alexandra watched with a dispassionate expression as the nearly untouched meal slid off the tray and into the garbage bin, before turning to walk quickly out of the dining hall. Internally she was practically gibbering in terror at the prospect of what awaited her down in […]
So everyone can keep track, and yell at me when I mix the characters up at some point in the future and put people in the wrong spot Team 1: Amelia Jacobson – Close Combat, Focus, Subtlety Michael Karl – Control, Focus, Ranged Combat Ty Rodins – Control, Ranged Combat, […]
Chapter 6:Ordinary Days “And what, Mr Carerra, do you call this?” The condescension laden question from the irate, bespectacled professor was accompanied by a paper being slammed onto the desk in front of the muscular young man. After a FAR too intense review of the paper in question, Ramòn looked […]
Chapter 7:Free For All The dark haired youth almost missed the tiny slip of paper taped to the outside of the locker room door as he hurried in to get changed for Wednesday’s Close Combat class. The non-descript card was hand written and held only the words: ‘All 7, Sat […]
Chapter 8: Pros and Cons “I’m starting to think our government babysitter’s aren’t such a bad thing.” The offhand comment from James Rachd as the HCP faculty found their weekly meeting drew looks of pure incredulity from the other six in the room. The red headed Weapon’s Instructor actually missed […]
Chapter 9: Finding Ways Forward Amelia didn’t look up from the benchpress as the door to the extreme-weight room slip open to admit someone. She did notice when that someone strode angrily to the press she was using and pushed the bar down with an impressive amount of force. Focusing […]
Chapter 10: Full Contact Two weeks after the sophomore team free-for-all exercise, Collin Gauge exited the elevator into the HCP facility to find another handwritten page taped to the corridor wall. ‘2 v 5, 3 v 7. 1 MT, 4 VM, 6 CF. Saturday’ The muscular youth spent several moments […]
Chapter 11: Bad Things and Good People “Alright boys, we need to seriously…” Iris Todd paused her carefully prepared speech as she entered the room and noted the presence of only two of her three teammates. “Where the hell is Barry?” “You didn’t hear?” The somber tone of the question […]
Chapter 12: Plots Beginning, Ending, and Thickening “My friends, I’m glad you all could make it.” Ramón Carerra stood and spoke as the last of the Overton Sophomore class entered the large lecture room they had all spent so much time in during their freshman year Ethics class. “I am also […]
Chapter 13: Promotions, Preparations, and Parents “You really think this is the time to be talking about parties, Collin?” The heavily built Samoan tried to put some force behind his words, but his tone seemed to come out hollow instead. All the sophomores were feeling the emotional drain of the […]