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When the request was made, the first thought that came to Raspite's mind was 'School' s**t, this really was going to be like a normal class, glorious. He had a moment to think about the last time he had attended a class like this. It had been one of the reasons he had dropped out. Too much random fluffy bullshit and not enough stimulation for a growing mind. He had learned so very much more on the streets.

He watched as the others stood and gave their little speeches, he chuckling now and then at the formality behind so many of them. Military, he could see it in some.

As the attention turned to him, he slowly rose to his feet, his long, wavy, hair falling over his shoulder in a heavy mass. He turned his head to each gathered, giving a firm nod before speaking. He wanted them to know he saw them all as equals, and he would respect each by giving them his eyes.

"Lieutenant Raspite, present and pleased to be here with so many other willing and able looking comrades." He began, his smile twisting onto his face as he look to the two in charge, one after the other.

"I come to this meeting to gain connections, knowledge, and to increase the skills that I already started to acquire through this organization."

He gave a gentle chuckle before nodding "I thank you all for your time." With that said he returned to his seat, crossing his ankles and relaxing back into his seat.

That looked to be all the introductions, though his eyes did linger on Leifite and Valeria for a moment longer than the others. He did not say anything to either of the two's tardiness, or at the very least, he did say anything while everyone made their introductions. Once Arsenopyrite sat back down, Leucite cleared his throat again.

"In the future, I expect everyone to be on time and in their seats before the class starts. I don't care much for excuses. You are here on time or you are not. As I was saying earlier, everyone in this room is a part of a team. If one of us fails to be at a place at our appointed time, a plan can fail, our teammates could be put in greater danger. Keep that in mind." Leucite finally said before turning to the table and picking up an angular piece of purple crystal.

"Thank you all, for your introductions," Leucite said with a small smile. "It is good to get to know your teammates. I encourage all of you to speak with each other after these classes, work with one another. Get to know each other. Patrol together... It is important to know who you can trust."

"But, now onto why we are here. As I said at the start of the class, this will be a refresher for some. This is after all, a fundamentals course. We will be covering the very, very basics of what it means to be an Officer in the Negaverse. To that end, I have gathered a few things that you will all need to become familiar with." He continued, holding the crystal up for everyone to see.

"This is a crystal from the Rift, they all can have some interesting properties, but this one is one we commonly use in large scale energy gathering operations. It's purpose is simple..." As he spoke, Lecuite moved over to Valeria and placed the crystal against her skin. The Crystal began to dimly glow as it drained the energy from the corrupted senshi. Once he had gathered enough to give the Crystal a dim, almost purple glow, he pulled it away from her, and held it up for all to see. "As you can see, it functions well enough. However, we do not tend to use these unless we have a lot of energy to gather, or a lot of people to gather it from..."

Moving back to the table, he placed the crystal down, and picked up the small glowing orb that sat near it on the table. "In most cases you will be dealing with energy on this scale..." Leucite said, holding the glowing orb up as well. "This energy I gathered before the class..." He said, before placing it back down onto the table.

He pulled away from the table, and walked over to Leifite. "We will hold a practical energy gathering course later, but, this too, is not a difficult task." He placed his hand lightly on Leifite's chest, and in short order, removed it with a much smaller orb of glowing energy in his hand. "Energy can be renewed, of course, that is why we are able to gather as much of it as we can. After a good nights rest, usually, a fully drained adult human will recover their stockpile. For some the recovery takes a little longer, but in general, you should not be afraid of pulling as much energy as you can when the need arises."

Walking back to the table, he placed the smaller orb next to the larger, and finally moved to the box.

"Now, then..." He said, his voice taking on a slightly more... serious tone. "Last, but certainly far from least..." His fingers gripped the black cloth covering the box, and he pulled it away from the container. Then reaching in very gently, he lifted a freshly harvested starseed from the box.

"This, is a starseed. It is the whole of a person's being... essentially their soul." His grip on the thing was gentle as he spoke, his hand perfectly steady as he let the class observe. "Once removed, if not given proper medical attention a person will die very quickly. Metallia has granted us the power to remove theses starseeds from others. This is perhaps the most important task of any Negaverse officer."

All levity was gone from his face. "That said, I advise all of you to avoid pulling starseeds from your average civilian. We are here to protect the people, not cause them more suffering. My personal prey of choice are those the law refuses to touch... Drug dealers and the like. I advise you to chose similar targets...."

"One further word of caution..." Leucite continued, his grip on the starseed still as light as if he were handling a fine piece of china. "Starseeds are extremely fragile... Grip them too hard, and they will crack or shatter, rendering them useless to us. Be extremely careful when pulling them. If you are attempting to pull one from a knight or a senshi, be advised to look for their allies before you do so, the last thing you want to do is be interrupted while your pulling a starseed."

Turning once more, he placed the starseed back in the box and covered it with the cloth. "Should you wish to practice your hand at pulling starseeds, I am always available to tutor anyone interested on a one-on-one basis. Lt. Stibnite is also fairly practiced at it, should you desire to work with her as well."

Turning back to the class, he once again gave a small smile. "Any questions so far?"

Before her General could speak, Stibnite pushed off the wall and began walking towards the front of the classroom. There was a point in the answer to that question she wanted to avoid Leucite going into. His personal beliefs were not needed right now.

"The collected energy is presented to Metallia for the continued ability to fuel our powers." She smiled, reaching down to pick up the small orb of energy that had been taken in a demonstration. "We provide 'her' with energy and she continues to grow more powerful in return, we keep our abilities. This is a task expected of every one of us in the Negaverse."

She gazed down at the energy for a moment. "Those of us who are still Lieutenants must be careful. Physical contact, as General Leucite showed, is required to drain energy. A target fighting you makes that very difficult. I would be happy to show any of you how I go about things at some point."

Her eyes then shifted onto Calomel. It was hard to say if she was happy with the questions or annoyed. Stibnite was not an easy one to read with that hood over her eyes. "Your other questions are both simple and...not. Yes, a person can die from too much draining. It is a mistake many make until you learn the signs. Always better to start out taking less energy from more people than trying to collect it all from one. Unneeded Death totals are something we should avoid." The smile on her face though was a bit...dark.

Placing the orb back on the table, Stibnite now uncovered and reached for the starseed. "Think of this as the human soul. Our powers allow us to access human souls and energy. If animals do have starseeds, we are not able to pull from them. You should plan to focus on humans alone." Her hand held up the starseed to allow them all to see it clearly once more.

"I do hope that answered those questions?" Stibnite smiled back towards Calomel before gazing around the room.

"A word to the wise though. Starseeds have many benefits and that come at great costs. But I believe we will save that for another time."

Well, he had learned a bit. He certainly hadn't known what the energy collection was going towards, though he did wonder why Metallia needed it. Perhaps it was the way to distribute powers? He didn't know but it seemed to be an exchange of some sorts.

He was intrigued by the fact that starseeds, if they were in animals, couldn't be pulled. It meant they weren't going to target innocent animals for energy needs. Though he hoped they had one, he would rather believe that they had a soul.

Did he have any questions right now though that he felt the need to ask? So far he couldn't think of anything. Hopefully if he did think of one he could ask it later.

As Stibnite moved to the front of the room, Leucite allowed himself a small smile. That was her warning for him to keep the dogma to... the lowest possible level. She knew how quickly this could go from a lesson to a sermon. He had done well in keeping his dogma out of conversation with her, but she would know better than anyone how quickly he could flip that switch. She had seen him do it on more than one occasion.

So to that end.

When it seemed that the questions had died down a tad, he moved away from the table and back to the white board. Erasing the board, he quickly wrote down a few things.

General Operations: The starting branch for all Negaverse officers. It's purpose is to facilitate their growth and training into one of the three specialized branches.

Information Officers: The informative branch of the Negaverse. Charged with the gathering of information on both enemies and allies. Works closely with both Infiltration and Special Operations to disseminate information.

Infiltration Officers: This branch has a stronger focus on the Civilian side of things. Infiltration Officers work to make a name for themselves in the civilian population so that when the time is right they can help recruit or even ease the transition of others into the Negaverse.

Special Operations: Captains only - This branch requires the utmost dedication to the Negaverse. Special Operations Officers perform the hardest and most brutal missions of the Negaverse, including the tracking down and punishment of rogue officers and traitors. They must be prepared to do whatever it is that is asked of them without question.

"I have written on the board, a brief rundown of the branches of the Negaverse. The Training Corps is a special project in the General Operations branch, and thus falls under its auspice. Each branch, as you can see, has its own distinct mission. If one of these branches interest you, feel free to speak to either myself or Lieutenant Stibnite, and we will see to suggesting a more focused study curriculum." Leucite said as he stepped away from the board so that people could take some notes.

"Any questions on the functions of the Negaverse branches?" He asked, before summoning his weapon, the long spear easily resting against his shoulders. "Before we move on to our next lesson... Weapons and Magic."

Oh, that was rather nifty. Leifite gazed at the energy taken from her, stiffling a yawn, noting the uses of it. Her eyes gazed to the starseed next, a hand reflexively pressing against her sternum as if to protect it. She stayed rather quiet, listening intently to the lecture.

The branches of the Negaverse quite intrigued her, especially the Infiltration branch. She could do that. Maybe. It certainly seemed up her alley if nothing else. That or Information perhaps.

Juicy secrets~

"No questions, though I will want to talk to you about the branches later, sir," she said with a raised hand after a moment.

When it seemed like the questions had slowed to a trickle. Leucite nodded his head. Turning his attention first to Chrysocolla he gave her a small but very warm smile. "Talk with me after class and we can schedule a meeting to discuss things in more detail." He said with a small nod. "I'm sure we can find something that suits your skills and interests if we look hard enough."

His head turned next to Leifite and he also gave her a nod. "Speak to me after class as well and we'll set up an appointment to discuss what might suit you best as well." He was glad to see that his energy drain had not completely dragged her down.

Clearing his throat he turned to the rest of the room and motioned to the door with his free hand. "For this next part of the class we'll be getting a bit more active, so if you'll follow me to the gym..." he said, moving out the door. "Leave your things here, we'll be coming back."

He guided the group down the hall a few doorways before opening another door and leading them into a large gymnasium. Moving to the far side of it, he let his spear rest lightly against his shoulder.

"I'd like all of the Lieutenants to summon their weapons. Corrupts, if you would be so kind as to stand over here by me for now?" He said, motioning his hand next to him. "We'll discuss the importance of your magic in a moment." he added with a grin.

"Many of you," he said, addressing the Lieutenants. "Probably don't view your weapons as very useful. Therefore, I want each of you to come up with at least three ways you could hurt, incapacitate, or kill someone... with your weapon."

Turning his attention to the corrupts again he bowed his head. "As you two do not have weapons, I'd like for you two to come up with three ways your magic could assist your fellow officers in battle." He said with a smile. "It not always that we have magic on our side as well. So your skills are invaluable on the battlefield."

"Once you come up with your reasons, I'd like you to come and present them to me." He pointed in front of him with the tip of his spear as he spoke. "Right there will do quite nicely."