Some people were easier to train then others. The ones who wanted to summon their weapons and fight were good, she could point out their flaws and they would try to improve on their own. Others, the ones who did everything to not be on the training field, who didn't like listening to her, were like pulling teeth.
She wasn't trying to be a know it all. She just liked making everyone bad a**. Plus it helped Deus Ex in the long run. So it benefited everyone to get off their butts occasionally and punch somethings.
Today she was after a particular individual. This one was extremely hard to get onto the training fields but dammit she was gonna try!
"Helloo, Riley?" She peaked her head into the labs.
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Character's name: Paige Character's Division: Sun - Full Hunter Specialized: Trainer Character's journal link: Here Character's arcana The Chariot - Wild Arcana (+2 points) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Paige stands tall with her long brown hair, brown eyes, and ready to kick all the a** and hit all the things. She wields Whirlwind, a large claymore sword, who's slain many a enemy. She works at training other hunters, bringing out their strengths, helping them to be better.
{quote="Nio Love"]
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 2:41 am
Paige was right to try and find Riley. There was no way in hell that she was going to train of her own volition. She did her job, she took on the missions allotted to her, and she did her work in privacy. This was what she'd signed up for.
Not gym class.
When Paige found her in the labs, she had safety goggles on, as well as gloves, booties, a hair net, and her lab coat pulled up tight. When she heard someone at the door, she held her hand up swiftly.
"Stop." She commanded. "Don't take another step. If you so much as breathe in this room right now, it may affect the controlled environment of this experiment. It could be catastrophic. It could lead to disaster beyond your -"
The breeze from the door opening snuffed out her bunson burner, and everything in the beaker stopped bubbling and hissed as it turned to useless gunk.
She sighed, pulled her goggles up over her head, and gave Paige an exasperated look. "What."
Sadly Paige heard her too late, the door was already opened, and apparently she had just ruined some important experiment.
Just like she would stare down a fearsome opponent, Paige kept a level gaze at Riley's exasperated expression. "Now...look Riley." She began "I know you don't like to...go outside....but there comes a time when all hunters are called to do their duty, and I want you to be prepared for when that time comes."
"And in order for you to be prepared, I need you to come with me." She said this slowly, not wanting to scare away her quarry. "And we can go to the training grounds....and we can have a little....spar. Then you can come back and re do your experiment. I can even help you do it again. " Not that she had a clue on how to do it but she offered at least.
She stood back and waited for the inevitable backlash.
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Character's name: Paige Character's Division: Sun - Full Hunter Specialized: Trainer Character's journal link: Here Character's arcana The Chariot - Wild Arcana (+2 points) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Paige stands tall with her long brown hair, brown eyes, and ready to kick all the a** and hit all the things. She wields Whirlwind, a large claymore sword, who's slain many a enemy. She works at training other hunters, bringing out their strengths, helping them to be better.
Nio Love
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 3:34 am
"Prepared?" Her soft voice chuckled out. "Don't be ridiculous. Do you presume to believe I got where I am today because I wasn't prepared? I'm trained in Aikido and Taekwondo. I've trained under our Division leads for over 2 years, and before that I was trained at home for self-defense and basic fighting skills. I've been on over a hundred missions since my instillation at Deus."
And yet, for all of that, Riley still looked a bit.. fragile. Perhaps her strength was well hidden, or more likely she'd grown complacent since her specialization had taken up all of her time, and thought.
"I don't need anyone telling me that a spar or two is going to help me be the best I can be. This isn't the army, this is Deus Ex. And I best serve the needs of the whole here. In this lab. Where my designs make bodies of war for me."
She bit her lip, a little regretful over just how crisp her words had been. After all, she could tell this was more than just Paige wanting to show off. This was probably her job, too.
"I'm not saying that training and spars aren't helpful. I'm just saying.. that maybe they're more helpful to the new Hunters." She pulled the cap off of her head. "Or Hunters who didn't grow up in a household of people whose only objective was to prepare them for this. This place. This - everything."
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Character's name: Riley Character's clan: Life Hunter, Specialization: Golem Research Character's journal link: Here Character's Arcana: Judgement (Wild Arcana Bonus, +2 Arcana to others bonus) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER: She's 6 foot even, thin, and a little on the nerdy side. Glasses, dark skin, thick purple-black dreds held up in a ponytail, and very introverted. She's always in the Life Labs, and has trouble talking to others. About anything. Ever.
Riley's list of accomplishments sounded real impressive, but Paige was doubtful. She certainly didn't fit the bill of a seasoned hunter, her body frame held little muscle, and she included little experience on the field.
"Prepared for research and prepared for close quarters combat are two different things." She frowned. "for starters, martial art skills are great, but have you used them? Did your division leads teach you how to fight? Have you fought with a horseman before? Infiltrated their base? What about your weapon, how often do you train with it? 'Self defense and basic fighting skills' Aren't gonna cut it when you're by yourself and up against a hoard of insects."
She wasn't about to back down, continuing to press the life hunter. "It may be called Deus Ex, but it is very much like the army. And everyone in the army has gotta pull their weight otherwise they wont make it."
Then it was her turn to look doubtful, even a little apologetic. It felt like she was scolding Riley for doing her job. She wasn't supposed to be on the front line. "Look, I don't doubt your life abilities, I've heard about your accomplishments. I know your rightful place is here in this lab. But every hunter is sometimes needed to complete missions, and most of the time, those missions don't go to plan. People get separated, they get ambushed. And there wont always be a sun or moon there to bail you out."
It felt strange for Paige to hear about growing up in this environment. "I haven't had that chance like you have. But I learned most of my skills out there. Fighting alongside others, trying to keep them alive. Making sure they came back." Her eyes went to the floor, biting her bottom lip. "...There were times they didn't. When I wasn't there, or I wasn't strong enough..."
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Character's name: Paige Character's Division: Sun - Full Hunter Specialized: Trainer Character's journal link: Here Character's arcana The Chariot - Wild Arcana (+2 points) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Paige stands tall with her long brown hair, brown eyes, and ready to kick all the a** and hit all the things. She wields Whirlwind, a large claymore sword, who's slain many a enemy. She works at training other hunters, bringing out their strengths, helping them to be better.
Nio Love
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 5:33 pm
"I told you, I've been on over a hundred missions.. I fought during them. I have fought horsemen dozens of times. And won."
But when the weapon was mentioned, she went suspiciously silent. She could hear Andeon chuckling in her head. The last thing she wanted was to train with him more often.
Paige's melancholy went wholly unnoticed, because Riley couldn't tell exactly why she'd suddenly gotten sad. Hunters would always have losses. No one would ever be able to save everyone. They were all expendable. Including herself.
"You harbor guilt over the loss of your partners in a mission. It's not healthy. We all know what we signed up for. Loss is inevitable."
Ok well, perhaps she had more experience then Paige first thought. A lot of experience actually. But she had remained quiet about her weapon. Did that mean she lacked experience with the bond?
Still, she wasn't confident to just leave Riley by herself. She could be incredibly stubborn and was determined to get Riley some good old sparing practice.
Then Riley probed at a sore spot. Those three words cut at her, causing her anger to build. Not at the life hunter, but at herself.
"NO IT'S NOT" She shouted, louder then she intended before lowering the volume. "N-no, it can be avoided, We can always do more. Train more, train harder. I will always work harder to keep everyone from perishing. We don't have to stand by and just accept that we'll die out there someday. We can always come back."
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Character's name: Paige Character's Division: Sun - Full Hunter Specialized: Trainer Character's journal link: Here Character's arcana The Chariot - Wild Arcana (+2 points) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Paige stands tall with her long brown hair, brown eyes, and ready to kick all the a** and hit all the things. She wields Whirlwind, a large claymore sword, who's slain many a enemy. She works at training other hunters, bringing out their strengths, helping them to be better.
Nio Love
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 6:41 pm
Riley shrank back when Paige yelled at her. Her eyes rounded, startled by the explosion.
"The strongest, bravest Hunters have lost their lives to the inevitability. They trained harder than you could ever imagine. My father died to that inevitability, and I do not mourn him. My grandparents died to that inevitability, and I do not mourn them. We serve our function. I'm not denying how important training is, as we must serve to our highest degree - but to say that we will always come back is an unfair lie to tell yourself just to sleep better at night."
Perhaps this had hit a sore spot on her, as well, but nothing as hard as Paige's. "To refuse to admit that death as a Hunter is inevitable is to deny the strength those who'd come before us. That's.. unfair."
This was absurd. Riley spoke of losing her close family members, her father of all things, as if it was nothing. There was no sadness behind those words, just a bluntness. The cold hard facts, that no matter how hard you tried, eventually you would fall, as would everyone you knew and loved, and there was nothing you could do about it.
Riley was speaking, and Paige was shaking. Her words had cut deep, ripping at the fabric of what she held dear, what she believed in. To help that she could triumph over all the heartache and stop it from ever happening.
"...You can't be serious" Her voice shook, torn between shouting and keeping her calm. "So thats it? Your family died, oh well, they did their duty? Nothing? Just accept that and move on? How can you even do that?! They're your family!" To think of those she most cared about have their lives taken...
"So i'm being unfair now to everyone who sacrificed their lives for us? To want to prevent others from becoming that same sacrifice? Just accept that we'll always be stuck in a endless cycle of death at the hands of someone else?!"
Her arm swung sidewards into the frame of the door with a loud thunk. "I Can't do that!!"
Whirl whispered quietly, she felt and saw the mental image of his muzzle being pressed into her size, a comforting gesture.
The hell was she even doing now. She was letting someone get under her skin, not that it wasn't hard to do at times. Paige wasn't someone who kept a level head.
"Fine!" She barked, spinning around and facing the wall behind her. "Forget the training. Do your own thing."
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Character's name: Paige Character's Division: Sun - Full Hunter Specialized: Trainer Character's journal link: Here Character's arcana The Chariot - Wild Arcana (+2 points) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Paige stands tall with her long brown hair, brown eyes, and ready to kick all the a** and hit all the things. She wields Whirlwind, a large claymore sword, who's slain many a enemy. She works at training other hunters, bringing out their strengths, helping them to be better.
Nio Love
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 9:26 pm
She had ruined this social encounter.
She couldn't even understand where she'd gone wrong. Still, the results were clear. Paige had blown up, and Riley knew no other factor but her own words that could have caused it.
At this point, she thought a typical person would reach out and pat on her back, or say something like 'there, there'. Her fingers itched, almost considering it.
But that wasn't going to happen.
"I've upset you." She stated. A fact. "I apologize. I did not mean to. There isn't much I can do to help this situation. This is how I feel... that is how you feel.. these are conflicting outlooks. I am by nature inclined to try and convince you that my ideology is sound and based on fact. That doesn't make it.. right."
Yes it did, she told herself. Yes it did, yes it did, yes it did. But for now, she lied, because she didn't want to upset Paige further.
Paige was upset. That much was certain, her shoulders shook heavily and she said nothing for some time. She felt wronged, but she couldn't act blameless, it was unfair to Riley to take out her frustrations when she knew the life hunter wasn't trying to provoke her. She understood the fundamental difference between their divisions.
"No...I should apologize." She turned around. She wasn't tearful, just annoyed, but she kept her voice low this time, her gaze more on the door frame then Riley herself.. "I let my emotions get the better of me. I shouldn't have yelled at you."
She rubbed the back of her neck, feeling foolish. "I'm... I'm not a logic person. I don't make calculations or look at all the variables. I let hope guide me. Even if logic dictates the outcome is certain, I don't want to focus on that. I can't. Sometimes the facts are...too much to bear."
"I guess it's why I'm in sun, heh..." It was a hallow laugh "We don't have a good record of staying around long. Our survival rates are low. A year estimate is generous, a few makes you a veteran... But you can't focus on that. If you do...well, you don't last long."
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Character's name: Paige Character's Division: Sun - Full Hunter Specialized: Trainer Character's journal link: Here Character's arcana The Chariot - Wild Arcana (+2 points) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Paige stands tall with her long brown hair, brown eyes, and ready to kick all the a** and hit all the things. She wields Whirlwind, a large claymore sword, who's slain many a enemy. She works at training other hunters, bringing out their strengths, helping them to be better.
Nio Love
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:58 am
Riley bit her tongue so hard it felt like she'd drawn blood. This girl let 'hope' guide her over calculations and logic. Riley's stomach churned. She couldn't handle this conversation any longer.
"The facts are all that sustain me." Riley whispers, clearly uncomfortable. "I think.. you should be more careful out there. Don't shun logic too much. It could save you, one day."
All that sustained her? It made no sense to Paige. You couldn't just live of facts alone, there was so much more to life then that. She said nothing about it however; she could see from Riley's expression she didn't like this conversation. They were words apart in thinking, it seemed.
"It's hard to be careful when you're in the thick of battle." She replied. "But I'll try. It doesn't hurt to have some caution. Though when you're with Hunter and Shiv you end up throwing caution to the wind most of the time."
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Character's name: Paige Character's Division: Sun - Full Hunter Specialized: Trainer Character's journal link: Here Character's arcana The Chariot - Wild Arcana (+2 points) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER Paige stands tall with her long brown hair, brown eyes, and ready to kick all the a** and hit all the things. She wields Whirlwind, a large claymore sword, who's slain many a enemy. She works at training other hunters, bringing out their strengths, helping them to be better.
