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At exactly 7:00 am on the training fields there was a whole pile of equipment - titan gear - just dumped in a pile, but no leading Hunters to be seen.

Alistaire, on the other hand, was standing there looking as pristine as ever, gloves in place over his hands, his trainee coat neatly pressed and ironed, and one of the Styrofoam to-go cups from the Deus Ex Machina cafeteria that was filled with coffee (black, no sugar or cream).

Beside him, Ian stared stoically ahead, hands in his pockets, dark circles beneath his eyes.

It wasn't so much the monetary reward that lured him, but after all the "training" he and Sherry had been doing involving titans, he liked to think he was somewhat used to this by now. Also he might have secretly enjoyed fighting titans at some point.

And so, despite the early arrival time, Jake was already at the training field, eyeing the equipment.
Ahhh, memories.

Stormy wasn't much better off looking than before, hands stuffed in pockets, studying the equipment with intense and unnatural interest rather than looking at anyone else. 7 am used to be so hard for her to get up; now it was almost laughable, given her erratic sleep patterns.

She did not want to be there, but duty overrode everything else.

Melvin was tired, and wasn't actually happy to be up this morning, but he had heard about training and he also heard about compensation. By now, he knew the value of money.

His snacks were just what he grabbed from the vending machine, which equated to Trident Gum, a bag of Jalapeno kettle chips, and a bottle of water. This was breakfast. Considering what they served in the cafeteria, he felt he was getting about the same nutritional value.

The lure of money was a strong one. Strong enough to draw Peyton out of the dorms. She slipped through the, looking for familiar faces, and ended up heading for Stormy, who looked a little better than she had the previous time she'd seen the mist hunter. "Hey," she greeted, smiling softly as she took up post beside the other shorty.

Right about then she realized there was someone there that hadn't been for quite some time. Someone she had been surprised to realize she'd been worried about. "Long time no see, Evan." He appeared to be all in one piece.

Being up in the morning was not something usual for Leon, but it did make him raise an eye to see others making the attempt to rise and shine. Well, for money he was sure they were willing to do a lot, himself included as he sauntered up and purposely dropping the bulk of his frame on Dakotas side.

"Want some beef jerky?"

Because why not.

Dakota grunted as Leon was suddenly on him.

"Jesus, did you eat the cow before you came?" he reached out to snag a piece of the jerky, and took a bite. "how's it hanging beefcake?"

All the beef jokes for you Leon. All off them.