- Messages
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"GET OVER HERE!" Proctor Ezekiel would yell, seething at some students taking a bit too long on their mile long run to the training grounds. One such person near the back was Kaye, not so much because she couldn't keep up, but because she found the grumpy man's rage to be, frankly, hilarious. He was a stocky man in light clothing, but somewhere in the upper-middle of the pack as opposed to in front of it. In fact, it seemed like the only thing propelling him forward was an immense anger. Kaye groaned and picked up the pace, just managing to avoid rolling her eyes at the proctor's look of grudging approval as she passed him. "Not too bad, new girl. Now keep it up." He'd state smugly, keeping pace. Kaye would slow and turn to talk, grinning. "Ah, piss off. I'm here now, so what do you have ta' complain about?" She'd probably get a flogging or something for that bit of verbal artistry, and "Zeke" had an expression that supported that theory, but for now, his jaw clamped shut. There was nothing he could say, because there was nothing else to actually complain about.
Finally, the training ground in the forest appeared within sight and the class entered it not a moment after, everyone coming to a stop and simply breathing heavily, various levels of exhaustion to be seen. Kaye looked around, somewhat tuckered out, and felt herself shiver. It had been something that always happened when she was about to be in danger, but nothing happened, and yet the chill remained. NO WAY....unbelievable. If nothing was happening even so, that meant the class she now participated in were populated by people her body instinctually knew were dangerous. It was so...thrilling, really, to feel such a thing. Ezekiel stood in front of the class and roughly dragged her by the arm like an exasperated parent, which she noticed many people happened to look like around her. "ATTENTION." His voice was low and impatient, as though he were organizing a group of children. Truly, it was decently scary, and she almost- almost laughed as certain initiates visibly jolted and then stood, stiff as a board. "We have a new initiate and from what I've experienced, another headache, in this class." Kaye snorted at the insult, genuinely amused. That sort of dry delivery was just her humor.
"Hello! Name's Kaye Vellen-Keelie. Hopefully we don't all die horribly one day!" An audible smack could be heard as the Proctor facepalmed, muttering something under his breath. Pointing back towards the crowd, he'd simply say: "Stand there and shut up." Feeling a bit playful but not stupid enough to really get "Zeke" mad, she'd silently jog over to the rest of them. The proctor would take her place and begin to explain the lesson, and Kaye stopped being strange, a focused look on her face. Why? Well, because now the real fun began. "Right, so there's a light forest all around here in a circle, we left it maybe two miles back. For the past fifteen minutes, we've been running on the only path through this part of the institute, a deep forest. Lots of undergrowth and animals wander. Find your way back within an hour alongside your partner, and you pass. Fail, and you fail. Only rule is, Anyone caught using the path we came here, or in other words cheating, will receive a personal beating from me and a fail.- Ha. A leisurely stroll through the forest? Not too bad, maybe they'd even run into an animal! It all really depended on who her partner was.
Everyone began speaking to one another and making plans. Poor fools they were for getting their hopes up, as Ezekiel roared: "NOT DONE TALKING." while levying a forbidding look at their group. "You will not be picking your friends...that's too easy. All of your names are in this jar, and I will be picking two for each pair." First off were initiates Emmett and Carmichael, who actually seemed to be enemies. Next, another pair. Kaye kinda stopped keeping track of their names after the first one, if she had to be honest. Finally, her name was called. "New kid. You'll be paired with Thraah." What a fun name! After a small qna with another initiate, she knew who to look for.
Thraah
Finally, the training ground in the forest appeared within sight and the class entered it not a moment after, everyone coming to a stop and simply breathing heavily, various levels of exhaustion to be seen. Kaye looked around, somewhat tuckered out, and felt herself shiver. It had been something that always happened when she was about to be in danger, but nothing happened, and yet the chill remained. NO WAY....unbelievable. If nothing was happening even so, that meant the class she now participated in were populated by people her body instinctually knew were dangerous. It was so...thrilling, really, to feel such a thing. Ezekiel stood in front of the class and roughly dragged her by the arm like an exasperated parent, which she noticed many people happened to look like around her. "ATTENTION." His voice was low and impatient, as though he were organizing a group of children. Truly, it was decently scary, and she almost- almost laughed as certain initiates visibly jolted and then stood, stiff as a board. "We have a new initiate and from what I've experienced, another headache, in this class." Kaye snorted at the insult, genuinely amused. That sort of dry delivery was just her humor.
"Hello! Name's Kaye Vellen-Keelie. Hopefully we don't all die horribly one day!" An audible smack could be heard as the Proctor facepalmed, muttering something under his breath. Pointing back towards the crowd, he'd simply say: "Stand there and shut up." Feeling a bit playful but not stupid enough to really get "Zeke" mad, she'd silently jog over to the rest of them. The proctor would take her place and begin to explain the lesson, and Kaye stopped being strange, a focused look on her face. Why? Well, because now the real fun began. "Right, so there's a light forest all around here in a circle, we left it maybe two miles back. For the past fifteen minutes, we've been running on the only path through this part of the institute, a deep forest. Lots of undergrowth and animals wander. Find your way back within an hour alongside your partner, and you pass. Fail, and you fail. Only rule is, Anyone caught using the path we came here, or in other words cheating, will receive a personal beating from me and a fail.- Ha. A leisurely stroll through the forest? Not too bad, maybe they'd even run into an animal! It all really depended on who her partner was.
Everyone began speaking to one another and making plans. Poor fools they were for getting their hopes up, as Ezekiel roared: "NOT DONE TALKING." while levying a forbidding look at their group. "You will not be picking your friends...that's too easy. All of your names are in this jar, and I will be picking two for each pair." First off were initiates Emmett and Carmichael, who actually seemed to be enemies. Next, another pair. Kaye kinda stopped keeping track of their names after the first one, if she had to be honest. Finally, her name was called. "New kid. You'll be paired with Thraah." What a fun name! After a small qna with another initiate, she knew who to look for.
Thraah
