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 Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:30 pm
Gabriella followed the teacher's hand as he pointed to each of the numbers and named them in turn. How was she going to remember all of that? She waited while Xenres said his numbers in order, but she couldn't remember them. She got a sour look on her face and plopped back down on the ground, crossing her arms. It wasn't fair!
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:53 pm
Xenres blinked as he caught Gabby crossing her arms together in what seemed to be a pout. Didn't her matron teach Gabby her numbers? He brought a hand up and started to suck on a thumb as he stared at her with wide eyes.
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:25 pm
The teacher pointed to each of the numbers again, saying them slowly for the girl.
"Right! Good!" The man waved Manelin back with the other students. "Now pair up. You're going to practice what I did. Go on, pair up." He waved his hands about again, to hurry the class up.
The teens awoke in a large white room. They had been placed onto couches placed along one wall. There were two adults present, a middle aged man and a slightly older woman. Both had quills and a pad in their hands. Once all of the teens awoke, the man spoke up.
"Alright, now to begin your testing. First off, we apologize for your lunch. We gave you a drug in your food that was supposed to help us with this testing process, but we accidentally gave you too much of it and you all fell asleep on us."
The woman stepped forth and spoke then. "We hope you aren't too drowsy. First off, we are going to have you take a test over there." She pointed to an area to her right and the teens' left where five desks were set up.
The man spoke again. "Then we'll have a few, very short, spars to determine your fighting abilities."
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:00 pm
Xenres watched the teacher as he said the numbers again for Gabby. - + - Manelin scuttled to get back in line. Now, who to pair up with? - + - Parmida groaned softly and put a hand to her head as she started to sit up. She cracked one eye opened as she settled back down and tried to glare at whoever was attempting to talk to her without much success. The light hurt her eyes too much. "My head hurts to the point I rather it just finish exploding and you want me to do what?" She - softly - complained. Note to self: stay away from drugs. They make your head feel like it will only quit hurting if it exploded. she thought grimly. She wondered idly if they had something for her head. "I don't suppose you have anything for headaches and dry throats, do you? There was a brief flash of panic somewhere in her mind - she shouldn't eat or drink anything she was given. She kicked that thought away, wanting to get rid of the pain over dealing with an unreasonable fear.
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:18 pm
The man glanced at the woman. "We can get all of you some water," she told the group, moving to the door on her left side of the room. She opened it a small amount and poked her head out, obviously talking to someone just outside of the room. She stood at the door for a few moments, then opened it as a younger woman, not far out of her teens, came in with a pitcher of water and several glasses. This was set at a table, where two chairs were set to look at the empty part of the room. Probably for the older woman and the man to sit at during the sparring.
The younger woman left after putting the tray down, followed by the older woman, who opened and closed the door for the younger girl.
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:42 pm
Gabby looked up from her pout and tried to follow the teacher as he explained the numbers again, and then tried saying them herself. "One....two....three...six...." No, that wasn't right! She sighed in frustration, looking at the board, trying to make sense of the figures. --------------------------------- Selma's eyes fluttered open once more and she squinted into the bright lights. She had been having a strange dream. Some guy was in it...and well, she couldn't remember much else. Weird stuff...but just a dream. She shook it off and looked around her. Blinking, she found herself on a couch next to Parmida, with Niki, Tali and Vincent not far away. A moment later, she heard a man start speaking about why they had all fallen asleep and then about testing. Ah, so that's what's going on. Inwardly she nodded a moment before freezing. Testing? A knot began to form in her stomach as she looked around at her agemates. She was still afraid of what they might tell her when she was finished being tested. She looked towards the desks where the women pointed, wondering exactly what kind of test they were to take. And then....fighting...ugh. Her sudden nerves brought on by the idea of being tested here and now make the fighting even less appealing than it normally was. She hoped that it wouldn't affect her performance in anything. Unconsiously, she began to play with the ends of her hair: the physical manefestation of her nerves. Parmida spoke up then, asking for water, which was promtly brought, and was a very welcome sight. Hesitantly, Selma got up and walked to the glasses to pour herself some water, hoping the man and woman wouldn't object.
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:22 pm
Nikiana awoke, recalling bits and pieces of her dream. Which seemed to have a rather frustrated and panicky man in it... But she didn't recall why he was like that. Or even why she was talking to him. But she remembered that he was weird. Very weird.
The redhead sat up, blinking sleep from her eyes as a voice spoke up suddenly. She looked over at the two adults, listening to what they said, then glancing over at the desks.
They stopped talking and Parmida asked for something to drink. Some water was brought in. It made Niki remember.... something. But she was thirsty, so she followed Selma to get a glass before going to take this test. It didn't sound like fun.
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A Matron knocked on the door to the toddler classroom, then opened the door, leading in a small male toddler. His thumb was in his mouth and he looked around in astonishment.
The Matron left him near the other toddlers, then spoke softly with the teacher for a few moments before leaving. Which caused the little boy to burst into tears.
Poor guy, he'd been shuffled about all day. They'd apparently messed up his paperwork and forgot to send him to the dorms earlier and realized their mistake today. Then he was taken over there, only for the Matron to realize that this was the first day of class, so he had to walk all the way back to the tower. Such a long walk for little feet. And now, she'd left him here.
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:52 pm
Tali jumped from sleeping to waking in a second, mildly jerking at the sudden transition. He sat up cautiously and swallowed, trying to wet his dry throat. His body still felt heavy and his eyes drooped a bit, trying to regain the slumber he had been in. However, his mind was quite possibly more alert than it had ever been. The teen slowly streached out and followed Selma to the water.
Experiment 001 filled a glass with water and gulped it down thirstily. He quickly did the same with a second and finally slowed down on his third. Thirst slaked, Tali swished the water around his mouth, trying to rid himself of the acrid taste that seemed to linger. "A test and a fight?" he asked Selma quietly. "Doesn't this seem..anti-climatic for all the mystery over testing?" he continued to think outloud. "Huh...but maybe that's the point. Hype us up and try to rattle us.." He glanced over at Selma and nearly swallowed his tounge. Probably not the best thoughts to be thinking outloud around someone that nervous.
"Don't be nervous. You'll do fine. We all will." Gently he placed his hand on her arm and squeezed reassuringly.
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:52 pm
Parmida sniffed the air. She could almost swear she smelled the water. Such lovely smelling water... She lurched upright, flailing for a moment to stay upright, then lurched to her feet. She wasn't quite certain if she managed to avoid hitting anyone during that rather long process, but she had high hopes considering she didn't feel herself hitting anyone... Then again, she didn't feel herself hitting the couch on her way up either... She started to shake her head then stopped when pain threatened to drown her again, so she sighed and stumbled over to where Niki, Selma, and Tali were to get herself a glass... Well, she decided as her vision blurred that perhaps just maybe she should have one of the others get her a glass since it seemed her balance and aim were off at the moment... - + - Xenres twisted in place to look at the door when it opened. Another toddler? He winced as the toddler started to cry and started to get up. No. No. He was suppose to sit here, so he would. But he really did want to go see about the new toddler...
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:21 am
Gabriella's frustration disapated slightly as her attention turned to the entrance of a new toddler. She hadn't seen him around before, and wondered who he was. She looked from him to the teacher and pointed. "Who dat?" ---------------------------------------------- Selma downed almost two glasses before she felt her throat to be comfortable again, returning to playing with her hair as soon as she set down her glass. Her hands stopped moving, but still clung to her hair when Tali made the comment about trying to rattle up the testees. When he placed his hand on her arm, it seemed to break the trance-like state she was in. She lowered her hands to her lap, turning to look at him, and tried to smile, but the corners of her mouth merely twitched slightly. "I-I hope so Tali..." she said, more quietly than usual, her face gone slightly pale. "I thought...there would be some warning...to prepare...."
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:29 am
Parmida mumbled something under her breath about it not being testing if you were warned before she finally nabbed a glass, poured water into it, and threw it back to swallow in one gulp. A small part of her mind was shrieking with fear, but she kicked it back into it's corner before pouring herself another and throwing it back too. She finally rubbed her face and seemed to wake up some more. She made a face and got a third glass of water which she sipped at as she listened to the others. She wondered if they would start testing without Vincent, and hoped Vincent didn't wake for awhile. She was still groggy and her head pulsed it time with her heart. She was hungry, come to think of it. After all, they really didn't get much lunch, but was it safe to fight on a full stomach? Her stomach growled, not caring about safe later and wanted fed now.
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:55 am
Selma's head snapped in Parmida's direction when she heard her comment. A hurt expression came over her face as she looked at Parmida, before dropping her gaze to the floor.
"I just thought..." she started, not sure how to finish her sentence. Because she was so stressed out, nervous and confused, the simple comment was like a slap in the face, and almost brought Selma to tears. She closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths, willing them back, all the while thinking: I will not cry, I will not cry, I will not cry.....
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:04 am
Parmida blinked and stared at Selma. She just thought what? Who said what? She tried to clear confusion from her face even though she had no clue what Selma was going on about... Maybe a half-clue. Did she go mumbling something under her breath again? She tended to mumble things when stressed and not remember them afterwards. This had to be one of those times. Elements only know she had reason to be stressed. She winced internally even as she tried to figure out how to calm Selma's nerves while her own were jangling so bad she could almost hear them... Her increasingly louder stomach growls only added to her worries.
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:32 am
Vincent had rolled over on his side, facing the wall. He woke up to the man's voice and the sloshing of water and his body decided that would be a good idea. He could hear the rest of them in the center mummbling and heard the adults shuffling around the other side of the room. Eh, he had to get up eventually.
His hair had fallen out of it's braid and he pushed it out of his eyes and got up, silently pouring himself a glass of water. He had to wedge himself between Parmida and Selma to do so and he ended up downing three glasses without much effort. They gave them too much of the drug? Vincent didn't believe for a second that that was an accident. Now where were they? It must be the tower... but was it really time for testing yet? He glanced over the group, his eyes lingering on Tali. What was everyone thinking?
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:43 am
Oh, by the elements. Vincent was awake and she was still feeling the last traces of the drug in her system. She had hoped she would have more time to cleanse her system before they started testing. Of course, she kept having the kick the curious part of her in a corner before it got her attention. Too bad it kept coming back and asking all sorts of questions about what they were to be tested on. The worried part of her constantly thought about the fighting part. She knew she wasn't the greatest at fighting and hoped that losing didn't reflect badly on her score, more so if she was paired with an "agemate" as those around her were called. At least all of her agreed that what they really wanted right now was out of here and to be seated somewhere else with a heap of yummy food in front of them so they could silent her annoying stomach.
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