I will definitely have tried the Alert Rest instead of sleeping, so hopefully I'm ready when they come in. Basic training sounds great to me, an opportunity not only to see my opponents' moves, but also to learn them and advance myself further.
*Both of you do Alert rest, with Cass being mischievous and sliding her tail under your pants and down your left leg before she gets situated sitting in your lap to rest.*
*You two are much more rested than the rest*
*You are all taken to the co-ed showers issued soap, and shower things, and your sent into shower. Cass sticks to your front, getting undressed quickly and pressing her backside against yours*
*You are served oatmeal, sausage and eggs, with Orange juice for breakfast*
*You are taken to a course, it looks like an urban obstical course, with some live humans terrified there.*
*The first Viper lesson is using civilians to your advantage, a dead civilian is worth nothing to you if cops or a superhero is around.*
*He takes his HK prototype and locks and loads and sets it for single shot, points it quicky at one of the people's legs and shoots him in it, the man screams and starts rolling on the ground*
"You see class, a screaming, wounded civilian is worth more to you alive than a dead one. I want you all to pick up your weapon and take one non lethal shot at one of our gracious volunteers on the course."
*you see the people there take up other HK prototypes and load them in varying states of ease*
Bruce might come out now and say this is unacceptable; I'm not Bruce. I'll try to shoot one of them in a non-lethal way.
*You pick a target, lock and load and clip a woman in the shoulder, she falls down, screams and falls unconscious, Cass looks uneasy, but follows your movements, and pulls the trigger, click, misfire, she doesn't know what that means and points it to the side and pulls the trigger again, confused it goes off this time, through one of the Male recruits throats, he falls to the ground, clutching at it, he is bleeding bad, but the medics eventually arrive and say he'll live*
*Alley Viper beams*
"That's the way #284, that's lesson two, if you can't find a civilian, find the weakest link in your team and do it to them. You know they will do it to you."
((Why yes, she botched))
I chuckle darkly at his statement, still keeping by Cass's side.
*Cass is deeply disturbed by this but keeps quiet*
*Alley Viper quips*
"You all need some time on the range, good thing we have one here, I want each of you at a station over there with a partner, we are staying here till all of you can hit 30 targets out of 40."
*It takes 3 hours for this to happen, with Cass being the worst shot, but 3 hours to go from never firing to 75% is a huge leap*
((GE Roll 11))
*Alley Viper looks somewhat not unhappy*
"Take lunch 30 minutes"
*Anything else before going forward?*
I will speak in a low tone with Cass so as not to be overheard. "These are the scum we have to face; knowing your adversary is the surest way to defeat them. Remember. We are not them. If you want to leave, just tell me so. We aren't bound by the rules of death as the rest of them are, and we can leave one way or another if you're uncomfortable."
*she nods in appreciation*
"I used to be like them, so it's uncomfortable facing what you once were. I will be fine my darling." *In a low voice*
*You get a box lunch, it has a sandwich, fruit, drink and a desert, all in all not a bad way to spend a lunch amung um friends.*
*The afternoon gives way to hand to hand combat, and this reminds you a lot of your dragon assassin style*
((04 and 44 for rolls, both 1@1 Viper Assassin style, RF 2 Fast Weapon-utalizing, +10 to hit, +10 damage))
(Sounds fast aggressive. Decent.) Hopefully I don't kill anyone; since hand-to-hand is where I shine I'll make a point of showcasing my abilities.
((16 GE roll))
*You only kill one, he didn't dodge a dagger to his juggler, he goes down and bleeds out too quick.*
*Alley Viper looks*
"The menu for tomorrow has changed, it will be sloppy joes."
*no other deaths in this training*
I'm largely unconcerned. I didn't really mean to kill him; when you say the only death, I figure you mean the only one I caused, judging by the GE, so I'm not standing out much, which is a neither good nor bad thing.
((Your in here with killers, murders, robbers, rapists, and those are just the women))
*Everyone seems to have fun and laughs with the brutal style they have just been taught a new way to meet and kill, new and interesting people, it's mess time, Mac and Cheese and Meatload, there is a beer with each meal at dinner.*
*You are all given another communial shower, another uniform for tomorrow and free reign to do whatever in the dorm till tomorrow, some of the people are gambling, some are reading or drawing, the sexual tension was cut down yesterday, and it's only a dull roar tonight, and people are being more discrete about it.*
*What do you do for the night?*
I'm not done my own personal training with the style I've just learned; once I am it will be the Alert Rest again.
*Both you and Cass get your Alert Rest going, you see three of the guys packing up their things and sneaking out, about 3 minutes later you here gunfire for 20 seconds, then nothing*
((GE Roll 20))
Once my Alert Rest is done, I'll start laughing hysterically at the misfortune of the three idiots who thought they could leave.
*Cass gives you an elbow in the ribs, not thinking drawing attention to yourselves anymore than already has is a good idea, morning comes, breakfast of bacon, eggs, and toast and your lead into a giant room with a lot of junk, Alley Viper walks out and locks the doors and turns out the lights from the outside*
*Through the loudspeaker*
"You will learn communication skills with your team. I will be back in 4 hours, I want to see how much of this junk you can stack and organize while being robbed of your sight. Have fun."
Well, we can only do as well as we can do, which is just as well as we'll try to do. I think I've got Panoramic Awareness which is almost like knowing what's around in the dark.
((GE roll 16))
*Thinks go well enough, by lunch time you make rows that you can walk throw and stack the junk inbetween them, the panaramic awareness is saying there are things moving, not moving in the dark by you, so it's really confusing, but it does help and when Alley comes back it looks sorta pleased maybe.*
"Well what a bunch of busy vipers we have here."
*pauses*
"Lunchtime, and we may even provide the antidote."
Antidote. Interesting.
*Lunch is provided, but no Antidote, seems Alley is there to provide the constant sense of danger and death that is needed to keep people on their feet. You start seeing the wisdom in all of this training. It's twisted and evil, but it does teach evil people the value of teamwork and training. An organization like this would be a problem for not only Batman, but probably the bigger groups of Superheroes as well.*
What a ridiculous notion, evil working together. Evil works together for very few reasons, and it all boils down to they see personal benefit to working together that they could not have apart. Once the mutual benefit is gone, the group splits up. Common sense to me, and I won't be drawn in by his nonsense in spite of pretending to be. I'm good at undercover work; I have extensive experience role playing. (=P)
Bumpo
*Ridiculous as it is, the lure of money, power and dealing with the capes, seems to be incentive enough for it to work, and that's why you are here, since Evil is working together.*
((GE roll 11))
*One of the other evil couples wants to start a bridge club with you two at night, it's a strange experience*
rofl. Well, I have played bridge before, but I do suggest partner spades; it's a game frequently played in jail, so they may know it, and if not, it should be fairly easy to teach. Either way, it's guys vs. girls for reasons I can explain if you don't extrapolate.
*They are ok with spades or hearts as well, just something to pass the offtime without going nuts*
*He is Mario, he's done time for Manslaughter and Armed Robbery, she is Sheila, done time for Check Fraud, Armed Robbery and Indecent Exposure, they are pretty good, so teaming guys vs girls puts you guys at an advantage, before Cass catches onto cards. Others are playing poker, and gambling, so Cass is dividing attentions between both her eyes lighting up.*
I introduce myself as Arziay and say that I've done time for CDS possession and assault with a deadly weapon, and that I was about to go down again, this time maybe for good, but skipped on bail and am looking to make a real name for myself. I'm a freakin monster at spades.
*Cass grins*
"I am Desire, some call me a Demon, I was in jail for Genocide, Being a Blood Mage, and Kidnapping. The other's look at her strangely, but then start to laugh. You again realize the cultural differences from a world like you were in and here. Luckily they are taking it as a joke."
((GE roll 13))
"You guys win a lot more games than the girls, but it's due to you knowing a lot more than Cass."
*Things go uneventfully, for the night and you are back to the training from the first day, with the addition of running and an coarse to run through*
Running is good. Sounds like a nice plan.
*We will shift this into weeks, since 7 or 8 will go bye before you guys get anything close to in on any plan, and that happens after basic, doing 7 GE rolls*
*The first 2 weeks go well, the next two, go bad, fights start, one of the other men was cheating one one recruit with another, that man is now deceased. The week after that, 2 men get caught cheating at poker, which Cass has been sitting in on, she wins a lot, the both were hiding cards in their back pockets, and they swore up and down it wasn't them, they are deceased also now. By the end of the 8 weeks, all recruits playing own between 1-3 years of shares to Cass, and she is sort of seen as Queen of Poker. She is also playing cards with you guys, and obviously is a force to be reckoned with herself.*
*Anything particular you want to do during these weeks? before I go forward?*
Lay low, mainly.
*The last 4 are pretty quiet, Cass continues to win alot, a lot of card playing, you get to about 1@4 with your style, the abilities they teach to go with them, you already know*
*After 8 weeks, Alley Viper comes in, with the two women flanking him*
"It seems the wheat has been separated from the chaff, you made it through the basic training, we will evaluate your MOS with a test."
*You are all given a 1000 question test, how do you wish to answer, to get into what field, so I have a basis for the GE roll?*
I'll answer like myself. (I'm hoping to shine and be recgnizable as an important asset to his team, but) from an in-character perspective I want to be just a plain one, middle of the road, a perfect C+, useful in ground assaults that involve leaving the base of operations.
*You answer the test, sometimes putting something you think is wrong to get an average response*
*Alley Viper pulls you in one at a time*
"Well, well, well looks like we have a genius on our hands, looks like you will be in intelligence, with command leadership over a research lab, luckily your position allows you a female evil genius girlfriend."
*For Cass*
"You scored top of the list, have you done this before? She responds coyily no. You will be a Evil Genius Girlfriend who is the real power behind her man. Congratulations."
*GE roll for you to score Average:23, GE roll for Cass to know not to score well, 16*
I wouldn't quite say genius. I must have botched that exam, haha. "Excellent. However I may best serve."
*Grins*
"You will be enrolled into the Officers training program, with your woman."
*You are all given a viper handled graduation gift and a dress uniform, you look all spiffy*
*Doing anything before officer school?*
Anything? I don't think there's much I can do. Going where I have to go.
*You two get a day or two of leisure before the next class start up, you spend it with your new friends, Cass with her giant network of favors and money, making sure they all remember it with a smile and a wink, you play cards, catch up before you are all split up and sent to your rooms, you know have a room with a Queen, 2 Desks, 2 Sets of Drawers, a closet and a bathroom, very college dorm like, but it's private, Cass with her now three sets of clothes looks longingly at the almost empty closet.*
"I miss my shoes*
*Next morning, your sent to a classroom, with a blackboard, and 23 other people, you are issued your uniform, a Blue and Silver Body Suit with a Half Open chest, Cass is wearing a leotard like black garment with a plunging neckline and black thigh high boots, the men and women are dressed likewise*
I'm glad for the new class to start but concerned for Cass, as always. My sweet little desire demon. ((haha.)) Now that I'm considered an evil genius I'm trying to act the part in here, giving up trying to blend in. I put Batman and Wayne Industries as far from my mind as possible. Right now, the only important thing is to survive and eventually get out of here somehow.
*A woman in a black leather catsuit, open face, with black horned rimmed glasses, long black hair, brown eyes says: "Hello Class" in a easter european accent walks into the room, and almost commands attention just from her walking in and she sits down and studies you all.*
"I will be your instructor for your officer training, I am the Baroness, and you right now are not prepared. That will change during our time together."
Paying attention, trying to take in all this information, looking also to the Big Picture of my time beyond this world.