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 FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1

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Zack Fair
Riku Coswell
Leon Kennedy
Claire Foster
Noctis Lucis Caelum
Astrid Hofferson
Vidia Ryans
Mary Kathrine Bomba
Cloud Strife
Victor Van-Dort
Karissa Breeze
Milori
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Milori
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Milori


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PostSubject: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyThu Sep 10, 2015 11:41 pm

It was 5 in the morning, the sky was clear but it was still dark. Milori walked quickly toward the dorms and stopped in the open space right in front the entrance. With him came many EVE units, roughly around 50 units. At his command, the EVEs rushed in the building, opening the doors of each dorm and getting in the rooms. Milori counted 5 minutes, knowing the robots didn't need more time than that to take place, and than directed himself to the only EVE that had remained with him and started talking, knowing his message would have been re-transmitted to each and every one of the EVE and therefore every agent would have been able to hear it.
"Good morning, agents. For you who are still too sleepy to realise, this is vice head master Milori speaking. It's 5 in the morning and I have a more than valid reason to wake you up: your training has started a couple of months ago, well now is time to test its results. You'll have 20 minutes to put on some clothes, collect what you think will useful for you and then come to the entrance of the dorms. Who hasn't come in by that time, will not be allowed to take part to the test. The 20 minutes start now."

OOC:
So, the event is finally starting!!! Very Happy
Since I had some IRL problems and couldn't handle in time who wanted and didn't want to join, everyone who wants to join is welcome, but this topic is where things are decided so... if you wanna join just do it Wink
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Karissa Breeze

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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyFri Sep 11, 2015 1:11 am

((I'll be the first to start))

When Karissa was sleeping in her room, she heard the headmaster speaking, and although she did know about the training, she did not know that there was a test going to be happening. She quickly got up bright and early and got her clothes ready. The only thing that she'll mainly need is her laptop and her books that she picked up in the library about air bending and some leaves that were collected from the gardens. She headed towards the opening of the dorms to get meet the instructor. She was ready try her best in order to past her test.
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Victor Van-Dort

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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyFri Sep 11, 2015 7:57 am

"EEEEEEEEE!" Victor cried as he jumped slightly in his bed.
He had noticed the EVE bot come in, but put it down to a dream, regardless he blearily watched it as it positioned itself in a place it could be seen by them all, before closing his eye expecting to wake up when the morning came.
So, having the Vice Head Master (Who Crikey will now just call a VHM, because lazi) begin to speak startled him quite a bit.
"Oh, tests, joy of joys" He sat up, yawning and stretching, before getting changed into a pair of shorts and a tee-shirt (the cold never bother him anyway), and left the room, making it to the dorm entrances with a few minutes to spare.
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Cloud Strife

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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyFri Sep 11, 2015 1:12 pm

Cloud woke up when he noticed someone or something entering the bedroom. He knew his roommates were lying in their beds, sleeping so it had to be a stranger. Within no time, he jumped in front of that thing to threaten it, but he stopped when he noticed it was an EVE. What the fuck was  that robot doing here?! He sighed annoyed and wanted to go back into his bed when the EVE transmitted its message. A test? Well why not, huh? Cloud quickly dressed and took his sword with him, he wouldn't need anything else anyways. So he got out of the door and went to the entrance downstairs. He barely needed 10 minutes to get there, so he was one of the very first to get there. Cloud leant against a wall, folding his arms and waited for others to come.
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Mary Kathrine Bomba

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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyFri Sep 11, 2015 3:52 pm

MK was a bit startled when both she and Karissa woke up when the head master started speaking through the EVE. A test? MK thought. She decided to give it a try, so she hurried to dress up and tied her hair into a ponytail when she was on her way to the entrance of the dorms. She already got a glimpse of Karissa and Cloud who leant against the wall with his arms folding. She already started to feel nervous about this. She embraced herself, not because it was a bit chilly, but she was a bit scared to mess it up.
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Vidia Ryans

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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyFri Sep 11, 2015 5:40 pm

Vidia was not a morning person, like at all. But she sort of relished the idea of prying on some poor half asleep bastards for a test; plus her superficial side liked to show off her power. She got dressed and strode lazily outside, stretching her arms over her head. "Do we get coffee and doughnuts?" She hummed in a mocking fashion before waiting with the others for anyone else who would show up.
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Astrid Hofferson

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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyFri Sep 11, 2015 5:42 pm

Astrid was still half asleep when the Eve in her room began to transmit the message about the test from the vice and she surely wasn´t pleased about that kind of wake up. She was just about to throw a book at the robot when she stopped right in time and decided to get up and hurry so she didn´t miss the test. After all in her opinion it was never good to miss an opportunity to prove yourself and learn from your mistakes in case you have made them. With her hair still wet and messy from the shower and randomly picked clothes she was the third to arrive with nothing but one of her books about bloodbending in a bag. Yawning she went over to Cloud as soon as she saw him and didn´t hesitate to lean on him, using him as a pillow. "Morning."
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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyFri Sep 11, 2015 6:12 pm

Noctis was pretty grumpy and annoyed when he woke up, not pleased at all that again he had to get up so very early as if he was still in the military. With a sigh he sat up to listen to the announcement fully before he headed to the bathroom and to get ready. When he left he decided not to bring anything with him since to he couldn´t think of anything useful that moment and went right to the meeting place to wait with the others for the rest to arrive.
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Claire Foster

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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyFri Sep 11, 2015 6:49 pm

When the EVE entered their room, Light moaned annoyed, before she sat up and yawned, listening to the headmasters voice. A test? Sounded good, she thought and was completely awake the next second. She was used to get up so early because of her job at the police, so she quickly dressed and went down the the entrance together with Vidia. She didn't bring anything, because the only weapon she needed was her power. "Hmmhh, doughnuts sound awesome..", she agreed with Vidia and smirked. She nodded to Cloud, who - what a surprise - had already a girl at his side. Then her gaze went on, catching Noctis' eyes. She smiled brightly and winked at him. "Good morning, Noct.", she greeted him.
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Leon Kennedy

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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyFri Sep 11, 2015 9:48 pm

Leon opened his eyes when he felt something was moving in the bedroom. Did his roommate come back seriously? Like he wouldn't notice him just because he had been asleep, pah. An eyeblink later, he was standing right in front of the trespasser, but it wasn't Buddy, it was an EVE. He sighed annoyed. "What do you want, stupid robot??", he asked it and just like it was answering him, it started to transmit the message of one of the headmasters. A test, huh? Leon smirked. It wasn't like he had something better to do, so he used his power to quickly dress himself. He thought about taking a gun with him, but he wasn't allowed to kill other agents... but hey, why not? He could simply shoot their legs or something. He almost got excited at this thought and put the gun into his trouser waistband, before he walked slowly down the stairs, not rushing at all, because he had been finished in not time. There were already a few other agents down here and he smirked towards Vidia when he noticed her. Sure she was here, that cocksure-of-herself-ish thing.
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Riku Coswell

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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyMon Sep 14, 2015 7:06 pm

Riku tensed when he felt a body of metal enter his room. He lifted his hand and it was thrown against the wall. He scrubbed a hand over his face before getting to his feet and getting dressed. He placed some metal objects in the pockets of his jeans just in case and headed down to meet where everyone was gathering. He kept his hands in his pockets, running his fingers over the cool surface of his controlled element. He stayed off on his own, distanced from everyone else.
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Zack Fair

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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyMon Sep 14, 2015 7:20 pm

Zack had all ready been awake when the EVE bot burst in. He had been in the middle of drinking his morning coffee when the bot told him and Noctis to get ready. While his roommate opted to just get dressed and head down, Zack gathered things he thought would be useful, a first aid kit, a ration of food and water, a compass, and other small things that he tended to use in his survival training courses through the military because he had no clue what to prepare for. He stuffed it all into a small bag that he slung over one shoulder and grabbed his sword before he headed downstairs where everyone was outside. He appeared to be the most coherent person there, aside from Milori. Perhaps it was his morning coffee that helped.
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Coraline Jones

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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyMon Sep 14, 2015 9:42 pm

The sound of the door burst open was enough to wake Coraline. She casted a glare to the EVE unit that entered her room, sending unintentionally a wave of fear towards the robot, who remained unfazed. She rolled her eyes and covered her head with the blanket, refusing to get up in such an ungodly hour. But before she could fall asleep the voice of the headmaster brought her back to earth. She heaved a sigh before throwing the blanket aside and finally got up. A test uh, She thought to herself. It had been a while since the last time she used her powers on someone, perhaps it could end up being fun. She got dressed up and grabbed her backpack, taking some food supplies and an emergency kit along. At last she grabbed her jacket and her doll before going outside, where a lot of people was already reunited.
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Wilson Samuels Jr

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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyMon Sep 14, 2015 10:25 pm

Sunny had decided to give up on sleep for the rest of the day. He had already been briefly woken up by Puck digging around in her cage around 4:30 am but had been able to fall back to sleep. However, when the EVE robot came in and broadcast Vice Headmaster Milori's voice into the room, Sunny knew that this was the day the universe conspired against him to rob him of a full 8 hours of sleep.

Yawning, Sunny scratched his messy bedhead and got dressed. Quickly running a hairbrush though his hair, Sunny tried to collect his thoughts so he could figure out what he might need. Mumbling quietly to himself, Sunny gathered the things he thought he might need, listing them as he got them. "Backpack with snacks for both me and Puck....phone....extra clothes in case of emergency....keys....water bottle...map of complex...extra jacket...Puck's harness, tiny coat and leash... and finally Puck!" Gently, Sunny lifted Puck out of her cage, put on her harness and attached the leash. Then he placed her on his shoulder where Puck immediately made herself comfortable. "Come on girl, I've got a test and your my cheerleading team." Sunny chuckled quietly as he left the apartment and locked the door behind him.

Once outside, Sunny looked around. There were already a lot of people waiting for the test to begin. When he saw MK and Karissa already here, Sunny waved to the both of them and walked over to where they were. "Lovely morning don't ya think?" He asked, grinning widely.
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Buddy Pine

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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyMon Sep 14, 2015 11:04 pm

After the miraculous help of the girl with healing power, Buddy's arm had actually healed and he had been quickly dismissed by the infirmary. Now he just preferred not to think about the last night with Leon, the memory was quite scary, not to mention painful... After he had been released from the infirmary, he had wondered about going back to his room but... he had decided he could enjoy his arms intact for a little while longer, so he had crushed in Reno's room for the night. Only to be waken up at 5 in the morning by that stupid robot! For what? A test? Really? Urgh... Fine... after all, why not? Wasn't training the reason why he had come to the island? Maybe doing this stupid test would actually help him... he quickly prepared himself and reached the entrance, where many other people had gathered... and between them, obviously, there was Leon... great...
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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyTue Sep 15, 2015 12:53 am

Milori waited patiently for the 20 minutes to pass, then, once the time he had give had run out, he moved toward the agents, calling for their attention.
"Well, first thing first, congratulations to the ones of you who made it in time. Now it's time for some instructions: you'll be randomly divided in two teams, the Alfa team will have its basis in the forest, while the Beta team will have its basis in the beach. What we'll be doing will be a quite simple game of capture the flag, just keep in mind that you have two weeks to capture the adversaries's flag, the team that manages in that wins. It's as simple as that. Now the Eve will give each one of you a backpack containing some basic material, some instructions and the indication of your team as well. What else should I add if not... good luck, and may the best team win."
With that and a gentle smile, Milori turned around and started walking away but then he turned once more.
"Oh, I almost forgot. Of course we want to keep you motivated, so we thought about a little... incentive. For the winning team, you'll have the possibility to spend a weekend at home, as you know something pretty rare. For the losing team, you'll have to spend an extra week in your basis, without your comforts such as... toilets or beds. So, hope it will be enough to keep you motivated. Good luck again." And with that, he left the place while the EVEs started running around to give each agent a backpack: in each backpack there was an empty canteen, a torch, a pocket knife, a small medical kit, matches, a map to reach the basis and a note with the indication of the team.

OOC: SO, a couple of annotations:

1) If you haven't joined the event yet but you want to, don't worry: you have still 2 days to join: just write an action here saying that your character arrived IN TIME and I'll add you to one of the 2 teams Wink

2) the teams!!!
team alfa: (forest)
Karissa, Cloud, Vidia, Noctis, Leon, Riku, Buddy
team beta: (beach)
Victor, MK, Astrid, Claire, Wilson, Coraline, Zack

3) some informations about the locations:
each team knows thanks to the map about the location of his own basis, but not of the exact location of the other team basis, and both the beach and the forest and biiiiiig xP
At the basis your characters will find some tents and, of course, the flag that they have to protect in the middle.

So, from now on Milori won't do anything else, the game is all in your hands... unless, like the game becomes boring and I'll let shit happens to you so let it be entartaining people >.> you've been warned Cool
So... have fun!!!!!!! 8D
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Cloud Strife

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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyTue Sep 15, 2015 1:15 am

Cloud smiled when his eyes met MK's, but was already distracted by Astrid leaning against him. He smirked down at her. "Good morning, mylady. You slept well?", he asked and petted her head. He noticed Light coming down with a pretty girl, maybe her roommate?, and returned her greeting.
When they got their things from an EVE, he took a look inside the small bag. Alright, all he would need was in here.... next he took a look at the teamlist. The only ones he knew were Karissa and ..Noctis. great. He looked annoyed at the list and then at Astrid. "We're not in the same team, my dear... what a pity!", he said with a small pout. Besides Karissa the only girl in his team was Vidia.... He looked at the girl who came with Light. She looked like she was her. She looked quite selfconfident so he assumed she knew how to use her power... He looked at the list again. He knew Noctis was really skilled, Karissa was young and not that strong..for the other guys he couldn't tell. "Well, good luck then, mylady", he said charming to Astrid and decided to go to their flag in the forest, next to the others of his team.

OCC: I made a topic for the forest team Smile
http://elite.4rumer.com/t563-first-event-part2#8932
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Leon Kennedy

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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyTue Sep 15, 2015 1:24 am

Leon noticed it when Buddy came down the stairs and sighed annoyed. Sure, he just had to be here, right?? He just ignored him and took the bag from the EVE, looking inside with a small nodd. Good.. After that he looked at the list.Mh, Vidia was in his team? Awesome. He smirked, but when he continued to read, it fell again. Oh, seriously?? Buddy was even in his team?? He didn't want to work together with that stupid gnome. He glared at the piece of paper and put it away. That blonde guy was obviously in his team and he followed him to their flag, next to Vidia. "Morning. How are you, little hellion?", he asked her with a small amused smile.
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Vidia Ryans

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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyTue Sep 15, 2015 1:29 am

Vidia smirked at her roommate, quite enjoying her presence. She listened to the headmaster, finding this sudden camping expedition unnecessary but whatever. Capture the flag was always a fun game. Vidia could only be amused that Leon was on her team. That made this about ten times more fun. Though fighting him probably would've infinitively better too...oh well. They can wreak havoc together then. "Hellion?" she echoed with a smile of her own. "Pretty fantastic. I just received permission to 'help' those people on the other team. What about you, bad boy?"
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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyTue Sep 15, 2015 1:31 am

He smirked now. "Oh, you're really the caring type, I knew it right when I saw you! Well, you might have noticed that the little gnome of my roommate is in our team aswell... I wish I could fight him instead. But well. I'm glad I have you to get some fun.", he said, first sighing annoyed about his words about Buddy and then slightly smiling at her again.
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Vidia Ryans

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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyTue Sep 15, 2015 1:46 am

Vidia snickered at Leon, recalling the stubby ginger from the beach. "I wish I could've too." Her eyes flickered to her roommate. "Good news for me - I get to fight my roommate. Which will definitely be loads of fun." Vidia gave her roommate a sly expression that bordered erotic before looking back up to Leon, "I didn't hear a penalty for accidental friendly fire." She pointed out to him.
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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyTue Sep 15, 2015 1:53 am

Leon's eyes glowed in excitement, even if his face didn't really show it. "We should do it together sometimes... you  could come ot our  room...", he suggested. Oh, that would be too good. He could tease the gnome perfectly, he could even neck her in front of him...perfect. "Your roommate, huh?", he meant and looked over to the tall and pretty woman who returned Vidias gaze the same way and then laughed, turning to the blackhaired guy again she was with. Wait, accidental friendly fire? He looked back down on Vidia and slowly began to smile diabolic. "True.... we could do that..", he said and totally wanted to put it into practise.
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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyTue Sep 15, 2015 1:57 am

Zack looked over his things and his team list. Well, this wasn't good. He glanced over at the speedster from his division. If they weren't careful, were even the least bit distracted, then that man could make them lose the game in a heartbeat. Zack swore under his breath. Opened his large wings and headed off to the beach.

((Made a thread for Beta Team))
http://elite.4rumer.com/t564-first-event-part-two-beta-team#8945
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PostSubject: Re: FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1   FIRST EVENT!!! Part 1 EmptyTue Sep 15, 2015 2:02 am

Claire talked a little with Noctis and when they got their bags, she quickly looked at them and then put the bag over her shoulder. It was a really ugly one, but this wasn't a fashion show after all... She looked at the list. Noone she knew...oh hey! Zacky was in her team! She smiled brightly and searched for him with her gaze, but she only saw him flying to the beach already. Well then, quickly after him, right? She noticed her roommate looking at her and obviously talking about her and returned her gaze, even winking at her, before she turned to Noctis again. "A pity we're not in the same team, Noct. But it will be really interisting like this, huh?", she said with a smile at him. Weren't the biggest love stories the ones where two different sides were colliding? She smiled amused at this thought. "See you later then!", she said, kissing him on his cheek and heading to the beach right after.
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Now Riku was really glad he had brought metal with him. He glanced over this team list. He barely knew anyone on it. He played ball with Leon once. He supposed that had to count for something? He didn't really care about the 'prize' for winning. He had no one he wanted to see 'back home', but losing was not an option. So he hung around, waiting for his team.
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