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 Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 8:13 pm
The pod room wasn't just quiet: it was locked.
That is, until a small noise coming from the other side of the formerly sliding door, a series of beeps, clicks, and then what sounded like a formidable amount of swearing.
"The other way Mark. Look, the manual says, hold down the button for five whole seconds and then swipe the card facing towards you to reset the lock."
Another beep and then a shuffle. The other voice swore again, this 'Mark' person. "I know what I'm doing I got this, I got this, okay? I calculated it."
Beep. Buzz.
"Here, let me do thi-"
"No I got it this time, look, it clearly requires the maths." The sound of something rustling, paper perhaps? "I took all the coefficients of every single numerical entry in the access panel and averaged out the values, which I placed on this Runic key card, which is supposed to run the entire formula through."
Beep. Buzz.
"Mark, look you're a nice guy. I tolerate you, but seriously? Coefficients?"
Beep. Ding!
One stunned Hunter and another more smug one, wearing oversized goggles on his head stood in front of the now-open sliding door.
Said stunned one, gave the other one more incredulous look before pulling out their clipboard. "Okay, so candidate 242 - A should be up, 201C, and 255B. I think that's it this round."
"Kay." Mark rolled up their sleeves, readjusting his retro pilot goggles - the little flaps at the ends flopped up and down awkwardly in response. Like some sort of demented fairy, he fluttered around for a bit, shifted forwards, then backwards to squint at the label, then forwards again, seemingly pressing buttons at random. "Done!"
By the time said Death Hunter looked around, the other was long gone, leaving Mark wondering if he had just been talking to himself the entire time. "Huh. Remind me to have a conversation with myself about my attitude."
OOC - Your trainee has been sleeping this entire time and is now awake from the pod. - Feel free to post a solo before awakening, as during their sleep they dreamt, restless dreams, dreams of regrets and of their past, of everything they did wrong, and of an infinite coiling darkness - The second they wake up, it is strange, it feels odd, more disorienting than usual. It will probably take a while for them to readjust themselves.
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 8:39 pm
Kat had dreamed for far too long, and of things she had no wish to recall. Things of the past, should stay there. They had no business haunting her dreams further. But there they were, as vivid as the day they had happened.
Slowly, she began to wake, her head lightheaded, and vision blurry. There was another voice in the room--she could not recall who's, but it was enough to keep her from falling back asleep. How long had she been in the pod? The last thing she recalled about the island, was there was frost on the ground. The holidays..? Did she miss Christmas? What day was it? What month?
Pressing her palm to her forehead, she felt a dull pain as she attempted to lift her head. It felt as though she had been asleep for months. Or as long as she had, when she first woke in Deus ex.
Focusing on her surroundings, she spotted another figure in the room--perhaps the unfamiliar person she had heard before--it was too blurry to see. But there was something about him..something she wanted.
Waiting until he moved a bit closer, Kat narrowed her gaze before suddenly snatching at the hunter's headgear.
Those goggles. She wanted them!
Practically strangling the hunter as she tugged at the goggles, she struggled to remove herself from the pod in the process.
"Give them to me!"
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 8:54 pm
"Arise, my minions!" Mark raised both arms dramatically.
Nothing happened.
With a sad little sniffle, he turned back around, shuffling one foot, then the other, and then making shuffling noises to the opening stanza of Symphony No 8 by Beethoven.
After that stopped entertaining him, he leaned a little over to one of the open pods to stare at them - seriously were they dead or something because this was taking a really long, long time-
- When a hand came out and practically killed him.
Later on, Mark would claim that he was attacked by a rabid trainee. A rabid zombie trainee. A rabid zombie insanity trainee with a division leader weapon. And oh, it had laser eyes. Totally.
Currently found the Hunter making all sorts of gagging noises as he was practically strangled to death by a trainee clinging to his headpiece - which had slipped down to his neck thanks to the pull backwards - and well, making more gagging noises. It wasn't really informative much.
Finally, with a loud snap, the strap of the goggles broke loose, disengaging the Death Hunter from near.... death. Ten foot rabid zombie Insanity trainee with a division leader weapon and laser eyes. Yeah, that totally happened and he survived.
As Kat loomed over him (sort of), the Hunter scurried a few steps back, pulling both hands to a T. "Wait, wait wait wait wait, time out time out time out." He looked around desperately before looking back. "I know kung fu."
Man, what he wouldn't give to really be Asian at this point.
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 9:09 pm
It was obvious by now that Kat was not a morning person. She showed no mercy to the hunter boy as she pulled on the goggles. She would not release him, not until he surrendered his headgear to her!
Tugging harder, she heard a loud snap, and the sun hunter was suddenly stumbling back into the pod as the goggles broke loose. Managing to keep her footing, she leered down at the hunter who quickly scurried away from her.
Keeping the goggles tightly grasped in her fist, she waited and watched as he made a timeout gesture with his hands.
Remaining silent as he finally spoke, she slipped the pilot goggles onto her head, and stepped away from the pod. "Prove it."
It was hard to tell if she was calling his bluff, or if she just wanted to see some actual kung fu.
She totally wanted to see the kung fu!
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 9:19 pm
"Okay okay." Mark adjusted his coat, then pulled up his pants a bit, refastening his belt. "You're gonna be so impressed. I got this." He shifted positions, hopping back and forth on both feet. "Kung fu man, here it comes." Deep breaths. "Prepared to be decimated by the Markinator."
A few more deep breaths and then some hand rubbing.
Was something actually going to happe-
"HIYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!" To be honest, it kind of sounded like he was dying as he posed dramatically on one foot, arms raised at all the wrong angles. He made a few complicated hand gestures, that is until his security tag fell out of his pocket and he cursed and went looking for it.
A loud voice echoed from beneath one of the pods, "Are you impressed yet and willing to subjugate yourself, lowly minion?"
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 9:36 pm
Squinting, Kat rubbed the sleep away from her eyes, trying to focus on the boy in front of her. Somehow, she still felt as though she was dreaming. This felt like one of those odd dreams she would have, and this..hunter fit right in for oddity.
Quietly, she stared, waiting eagerly for him to do this almighty move that he was about to demonstrate. With the amount of preparation it was taking, it had to be good! Right? She had seen a lot of kung fu movies before, and many had been doing something like this! He must be a master!
Okay..masters don't take this long..
There was a long moment of silence before--
"ACHOOOOO!"
Rubbing at her nose, she missed the kung fu move entirely. By the time her eye's had stopped tearing up, he was already off looking for something. "Nope, sorry, I missed it. Can you do it again?"
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 9:40 pm
"Oh come on," Mark made gibberish complaining noises as he gestured to where he was standing, "But I was just- and then - and all the preparing and-"
Wait wait. There was something very important here. Very important. He was a freaking Hunter not a trainee. That meant he could pull rank. Note to self: think of this earlier goddamnit. "I don't have to answer to the likes of you, I rank higher than you." That's right, rub it right in. "You know why you've been sleeping this entire time, right? It was because you were very bad. You didn't do stuff and were very bad. Bad things happened. But you've been given a second chance and guess what, I have control over your freedom."
That's right, take a second to let the trainee sink that all in. The authority pull worked every single time. He held out a hand. "Now gimme my goggles back."
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 9:56 pm
Surely it wasn't that hard to do again, right? Otherwise, she wasn't yet convinced of his claim to knowing kung fu.
Focusing on him again, she sniffled quietly before glancing off to the side for a moment. Spotting something a little ways off from where they stood, Kat returned her gaze to the hunter. So, he was a higher rank than she? If she wasn't so groggy, she probably would have responded to that.
Instead, she strode over to the object on the floor, as he spoke, and moved to pick it up. Grasping the object in her hand, she spun around, holding it out for the hunter to see. A wry grin on her face.
"Superior my a**! I'll make a trade--I bet you need this--" she waved the security tag for him to see before continuing. "--I don't care much for my freedom, but I do want that coat your wearing. Its cold in here. The goggles also stay with me." Folding her arms, she leered at the boy again.
"Bow down, knave!"
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 10:08 pm
"That's right, new minion, obey my-"
All conversation was dropped in favour of that single keycard. "Wait- wait now just hold on- hold on a sec." There was definately some alarm in the tone. "You can't do that, that's like, mutiny! M-u-t-i-n-e! Totally off the reservation okay, there is a natural order to things and that is not how they-" He practically spasmed as the key card dangled back and forth as he tried to make a grab for it- "Gimme that!"
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 10:25 pm
Kat couldn't help but grin at his response. Now she was in control! Keeping him back at arms length, she held the key just out of reach from the hunter. "I don't know..this is sounding pretty good to me now. I bet your superiors would just love to hear how you lost this key card, while trying to impress a trainee with an attempt at a kung fu move." She glanced at his coat, realizing he was from the death division. "Yes..Caelius would just love that, wouldn't he, hmm?"
Snickering to herself, she continued. "Now, you have a choice. Hand over your coat, and you get the key card back. Don't, and I'll hand it over to Caelius, and inform him on how I found it. Your choice."
One thing might become clear to Mark now. Kat was not a zombie. She was a devil!
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 10:46 pm
Actually, it was becoming increasing clear that Kat was a zombie undead trainee Sith Lord with laser eyes and killer poison breath: clearly much more destructive than a mere demon okay.
"I will not fall to your evil ways, the force is strong with you but," he stood a little taller, "If you kill me now, I will rise ten times stronger than before."
However, at the mention of He Who Must Not Be Named, the Death Hunter suddenly cringed, shifting nervously left and right, and then looking at the security camera in the very corner extremely guiltily. He cringed again as she said the name again, goddamnit, stop pushing him in all his conditioned reflex places!
Stupid Sith Lord zombie undead trainee with laser eyes and killer poison fog breath.
"Okay, okay, fine, god, rob someone of their only status symbol wont you." With a loud sniffle, he dramatically shucked his coat, giving the trainee one last dirty look - he would obey but not submit in spirit! - before throwing it over and running for his life.
The door slid behind him with a close, and then two seconds later, slid open again as one sheepish Hunter came back.
"Oh yeah, can I still have my key card?"
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 11:09 pm
Oh..how the mighty have fallen!
Kat stood, triumphant, as the boy slowly gave in to her blackmail. Yes, she was definitely in control now. Rank? Rank meant nothing to her at the moment. Sure, later, this might come back to n** her in the butt--but what was important now, was she was superior to he who attempted to pull rank on her. How she loved it.
Grinning deviously, Kat caught to coat as he tossed it to her, returning his dirty look with an innocent smile. Watching as he made a run for it, she slipped the coat on, thankful for the warmth.
Her crimson gaze shifted back to the door as the hunter returned again. "Back so soon?" She smiled again.
Looking to the key card in her hand, and back at the hunter. She moved to hand it to him, before pulling it back out of reach again. "Okay, but before I hand it back over--who are you?"
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 11:19 pm
He reached for the card - only to have it pulled - what the hell was this - that foul fiend!
"I will never surrender!" Mark exclaimed rather loudly, making sure he was lined up just perfectly with the camera in the corner of the room so whomever was monitoring the rooms, probably Lance or something now that those room were cleared, could see that whatever was happening he had put up a bold struggle and fight. "You will never learn my true name, and forever only remember me as the one you opposed your evil tyranny!"
He shivered for a second, rubbing his arms up and down: who the hell put up the air conditioner in this room, what was even-
"And now, I will prove to you your methods useless as in this time that I have been talking to you I have-" he pulled out his cell phone - "Used my cell phone to not only deactivate your key card but also upload the contents of your useless key card to my new one, what now?"
The truth: he actually had.
The even more honest truth: the second Mark pulled out backup his key card to prove his point, he dropped it again. Goddamnit, Sith Lord mind control!
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 11:34 pm
Man, this guy was a character. Amused, she folded her arms again, keeping the card key close, so that he couldn't swipe it out of her grasp.
When he pulled out the phone, she raised a brow, curious as to just what stunt he would be pulling now. When he announced it, Kat nearly burst out laughing--wait--she was laughing! "Hahahah! Why didn't you do that before you handed over your coat?"
When he pulled out the second card key--and dropped it, Kat quickly snatched it out from under him, swinging it around again, grin still present. "Alright, Bob," If she wasn't going to get a name, 'Bob' would have to suffice. "I'll see you around then, and thanks for the souvenirs~"
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 11:40 pm
Mark sufficed with making very pathetic whining "But" sounds as Kat simply picked up his spare spare key card and made to exit.
It wasn't until the door closed behind him that he muttered a very sad, "But that was my last spare card." Now they were going to dock it from his pay, sigh.
Another sigh.
Another sigh.
Something important suddenly occurred to him. Revenge. He ran out of the door, catching the tail-end of the trainee's leaving figure as he yelled really loudly, "Whatever you do, don't take two turns left, up the stairs, and into the orientation room, because that would be really bad."
Yeah, reverse psychology, he just went there.
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