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Lizard was just exiting the mess as Toby walked in. She didn't look in a particularly good mood but he nodded to her as she passed and spoke her name in greeting; she was their launch leader after all. Then he found himself inside the crowded mess for only the second time since he had come to Battle School. He paused in the doorway and took a look around. There were a lot of people sitting at the numerous tables, more than had been present the previous evening, all wearing different coloured uniforms. He shrugged his shoulders and grinned. He was bound to spot Volker and the rest of the launch sitting somewhere.
Walking between the tables towards the queue, he kept an eye out, but of Volker and the others he could see no sign. He collected his tray and stood in line behind a couple of larger boys. They belonged to the same army group he guessed from their dark green uniform adorned with an insignia of what looked like a lizard.
"We're gonna be late," said one anxiously.
The other laughed. "We'll be in plenty of time."
"So you say. I told you we shouldn't have gone to the game room before breakfast again. Luchic'll have us both transferred out for sure this time."
"Relax, will you? It's not going to happen. He needs us."
"Why not? You heard him after the last time. I think we've pushed our luck too far. There's other sharpshooters in the school."
"Yeah but we're not going to be late. Marna's not back from Vasquez yet and you know she's never late."
"There's always a first time," said the first boy no less anxiously than when he had initiated the conversation, and then they both moved off with full trays to an empty table.
A glass of fruit juice was plonked down on Toby's tray to complete his own breakfast and he nodded to the server as he stepped away. Vasquez again. Funny how he had never even heard of the name before and now it had popped up twice in less than half an hour. Stepping away in a different direction to the two older boys he let the thought slip from his mind as nothing more than a meaningless coincidence and concentrated instead on looking out for people from his launch.
After a few moments he spotted them. No Volker as far as he could see, which was odd considering he had left the shower room well before him, but then maybe he was sitting somewhere else and he hadn't noticed him, he thought, making his way over to his launchmates.
When he reached their table he stopped briefly mid-stride before sitting down between Jo and Raoul, opposite Shrike.
"I don't think it suits you," he commented brightly, flashing the beporridged boy a grin as he started on his own bowl. "Tastes nice though if you want to try something radical and eat it instead."
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Parker walked into the mess and didn't even bother with food. She needed to find someone... She spotted Toby sitting in front of a porridge-covered kid. She walked faster, glad that she had finally found a fellow launchmate. OOC Quite literally, as you know, Lorin OOC Parker stopped when she was close enough to talk to Toby. "Toby, uh, have you found Volk...Shrike?!? Is that you. What happened? "
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"I was going to try to talk to lizard, and at least try to understand her a little." He looked at his now red stained hair and imitated one of those stupid little psicolagists they had back on earth. "It is my profesional opinian that she needs help."
"Adn I think I might need a shower."
[ August 22, 2004, 09:18 PM: Message edited by: I wield the Hammer ]
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OOC Hammer, I don't get this. You posted in the barracks AND in the mess, and I don't know where Shrike is right now. I'm just going to assume that he was in the Barracks FIRST, okay? Thanks OOC
"Yeah. I...I think so too." Parker looked at Toby and said, "Well, I think I know what to do." She hopped onto the table and jumped off, landing on the other side. Parker grabbed Shrike's right hand and dragged him off his seat. Good thing he weighs less that me... "Come along, Shrike," she said, as she dragged Shrike across the Mess. "You and I have a date in the bathroom." She stopped and turned to Toby, "You coming? Or do you want to savor the deliciousness of your fruit juice?"
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(Yah, I'm sorry I made it confusing. I p[osted in the barrakcs forgeting about the post here, so yah, I *posted* in the barracks *first* sorry about the confusion, and that sounds wrong about the bathroom part. :} )
He had been coverd in porage, yelled at and now was being dragged to the bathroom by a girl, although it wasn't the same girl that had thrown porage at him... Shrike wonderd to himself what he had gotten himself into.
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Aah, Lizard. He might have guessed she would be behind the porridge bowl helmet idea. It looked as though he really had got off lightly when making his apology.
"Well, I think I know what to do," said Parker suddenly and leapt up onto the table.
Before he knew what was going on, she had grabbed Shrike by the hand and dragged him from his seat towards the door and the bathroom.
"You coming? Or do you want to savor the deliciousness of your fruit juice?" she called out back to him.
He looked down at his glass; still half full. Downing the remaining liquid quickly he jumped up with a grin.
"Course I'm coming," he retorted, running and catching hold of Shrike's other hand. "Wouldn't miss it for the world."
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Caleb walked into the mess to find it nearly empty. He walked over and picked up some food from the lunch ladies. He ate it and headed to the game room.
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Ellia strolled into the mess and the lights automatically switched on as she entered. She'd never seen the place so empty - it was kind of spooky. She headed over to the serving area and discovered a tray which contained what looked like nutrition bars.
"Well its better than nothing, I guess," she mumbled to herself and grabbed a couple before heading to the drinks dispenser and filling a glass with milk. Then she walked over to the nearest table and took a seat.
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The empty mess greeted Aris coldly, it almost seemed like the lights were dimmed for added effect. He snatched a variety of nutri-bars from the dispenser, not really knowing which kind he would prefer.
As he sat down next to Ellia he noticed the scoreboard, which took up a good amount of the far wall. "Wow... looks like that trophy may not belong to Raven after all. Check that out," he commented, waving a hand at the pitiful score Raven had drawn against Griffin.
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CSON walked into the Mess to see only two kids sitting at a table. For food their were only Granola bars. CSON walked over to the tray and grabbed some cinnamon apple granola bars. Then he proceded to sit down with the two other kids.
"Wow... looks like that trophy may not belong to Raven after all. Check that out," said the boy sitting at the table. The boy pojnted to the score board. Raven score was terrible. Even Launchies knew that.
"That's pretty bad," said CSON hoping to meet some new kids.
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Aris and then CSON had entered the Mess behind her and came and sat next to Ellia. She looked at the board Aris was indicating and had to agree, the latest performance had really done their ratings some damage.
"That's pretty bad," agreed CSON.
"Yeah," she agreed, "and with all the injuries we've caused Raven their soldiers may not be fit for the next few battles and they could drop even more in the ratings. They still might decide to get revenge on us, even with the story that Sphinx put us up to the raid. I don't like the idea of playing dumb little launchies, but this raid sure caused more trouble than we suspected and we've nothing to show for it but some bruises and an army that's out to get us."
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"Well what do you think we should do about it? I mean, I don't know how we can avoid being beaten up if they really want to hurt us. The only way I see us not getting beat up is to either give Raven a reason to fear us or make them love us. The way I see it making them love us is not going to happen. We need to get them to fear us. Wht do ya think?"
CSON wanted to try out his theroy he had been cooking up on a small group and if they liked it he would release it to the whole Launch.
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Aris considered the fear versus hate theory. "I don't think Raven is going to be too easy on us in any situation. Until we really get a good plan for dealing with them, we should probably try not to be caught walking around the hallways alone when there aren't teachers around."
He knew it wasn't the boldest strategy, but Aris realized how lucky they had been to escape any serious casualties in their first confrontation with Raven. And next time it wouldn't be a one girl and one guy on crutches.
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Clark walked into the mess and picked up his breakfast. He sighed. It was nothing compared to his mother's cooking, which remained the ideal in his head, the more he lacked it, the more he longed for it. He chugged his organge juice and wiped his mouth on his sleve, taking care not to make a noticebale stain. He began scooping out chunks of oatmeal and eating them, keeping his eyes on the door and looking for other members of the toon to join him.
Dan walked in to a glourious smeel. Bacon and pankackes. Sausage and Ham. The cooks had really outdone themselves. Again. IT was the one thing that reminded him of home. He went up to the line which wasn't there and got a full helping. He picked up some OJ and he headed torwards Clark.
EDIT- the food may not have been as good as his moms but it was cooked well enough to where it smelled like it.
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Indy sprinted in with the rest of his army following behind. Those who chose to would join... but he inwardly hoped they would all sprint. Good Cardio work out. He almost slapped himself realizing that was his grandfather talking, not him. He lead his army to the breakfast nook thingy and grabbed a plate and went to site at a deserted table. He knew his army would follow.
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ooc....Heads up - to whichever group just came into the mess - Launch 1551 are in here too (just before lights out in our plot line) - so as two different groups are using this place right now it might be useful if we head each post up by saying which army/ launch you're writing for...ooc
Ellia didn't know about the idea of making Raven fear them - they were launchies of 6 or 7 years max. She was intrigued to know what CSON meant.
"What exactly are you suggesting when you say make them fear us. I mean some of the kids in Raven have been up here as longer than I've been alive. How you planning to scare 13 and 14 year olds with what they see as a bunch of babies. The only reason we were successful so far, and so lucky if we're honest, was beause we had surprise on our side. We're not gonna get away with anything that easily again."
CSON didn't know for sure but he thought up something that had been striiring in the back of his mind.
"TWell we can't get them to fear us exactly just fear hurting us. My idea is The Battle Room! We need to get really good at manuvering and fast. We Should get into the battle room. While heyre just starting practice. It's to hard to see who we are. If we can get som sphinx flash suits wec ould send the big kids in to maybe hurt one or two of the big army soldiers. Then we can say, 'You go near te launch and we'll get you. you'l be sorry' Something like that. We get the kids in Raven afraid of hurting us. That of cousre should be a back-up plan. Do you think we could ever get Sphinx to do it for us? Or mabe a diffrent Army like Hydra or Squirrel. We could get a army to protect us. If that doesn't work out we can try to steal Sphinx uniforms or some army. Just like I said earlier. No the only problem I see with my plan is that why would an Army work for us? What can we give them that would make them want to protect us? That's the only thing I can see."
Well CSON knew that there were holes in his plan but there were always holes in every plan. The council... It hadn't worked out. IT had been a waste of breath. Would this be a waste of breath too? CSON hoped not. The Launch's safety was at stake it was much more serious then the Council had been.
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HYDRA
Caleb came into the mess to find that Dan was already about to sit down.
Darn he thought. Caleb walked to the the already forming line and grabbed his tray. It wasn't particullarly full, but that was the way Caleb liked it. Oh well he thought. Caleb walked over to the drink dispenser and got some milk. Before he went to sit down he took a sip.
"Blah!" said Caleb as he spit out the curdiling milk. IT was from yesterdays dinner. Caleb grabbed a orange juice and walked to the table Indy was sitting at.
Why not? You can talk to him.
CAleb sat down across from Indy and asked, "So what are you planning for practice today?"
Vladimir slammed the door open. He walked over to his army. "Toon C. I want you to come here. There's something I need to tell you."
He waited patiently for his soldiers to come. oh, what I am going to say, and ,boy, how they're gonna listen...
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Hydra
Caleb looked to his left. He saw Vladimir walk in and tell Toon C to come over to him. Indy didn't seem in the mood to talk so he went over to him to see what was up.
Indiana was about to answer the kids question when Polak slammed through the door and demanded to speak with his toon. So the kid got up and left, apparently in his toon. Indy looked and saw that Polak was STEAMING! MAN, that guy was mad. So, as any good commander would do, he stood up, finishing his O.J. and tagged along behind the kid.
Edit: I mispelled my name. Can you believe that? HA!
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"Listen toon C," Vladimir spoke up. "I just wanted to tell you that-"
His eyes fell on Mr. president. He was amazed at how small and innocent all of them looked. How he yearned to be like that...
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His eyes shut. what am I doing
He opened them faintly. "I just wanted to tell you... that I'm sorry for what I did earlier. That's it. You can go now Eating as an army today... remember?" He forced a smile, although that's really not what he felt.
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HYDRA
"I just wanted to tell you... that I'm sorry for what I did earlier. That's it. You can go now Eating as an army today... remember?"
What? he called us over to tell us that? What was up witht his guy. He comes in mad and fuming and tells us that we can sit with the army. HE was even smiling.
Caleb shook his head and walked back to where he had been sitting with Indy. INdy wasn't there anymore. He had gotten up and walked to where Vladimir had spoken. Caleb sat down to finish his food.
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Vladimir saw Indy come over to him - sure and prideful. Emediattely he was filled with anger. For some reason, Indy reminded him of his father - no, not father, his mean, old, vicious kidnapper. Must be because he has an authority and power.
For the same reason, Vladimir couldn't let his anger out on Indiana - becauhe was commander. But he could let it out on...
"Where are you going Mr. President?" He shouted to Dan's back. "I told you to come here. Some president. You know, if you want to become the president, you might get used to obeying your superiors."
"I'm not really sure that I want to side with Sphinx army - not after the mess they made of our barracks for no reason, what they did to Stalos, Bree and Ryan and then stealing the trophy from us. Yonush said they were pretty rough and nasty to him too and he was just standing by the trophy at the wrong time. I don't think I want to get involved with kids like that. Raven may have fought us but they were provoked. But we should discuss your ideas some more with the rest of the launch and see what they think."
She looked at the clock over the entrance to the mess and realised that it was getting late.
"It's nearly time for lights out and I really do want a quick shower before going to bed, I'll see you guys back at the barracks," Ellia said as she left hurriedly left the mess.
Aris finished his meager dinner in relative silence, not particularly wanting to trouble himself with plans for ridding Raven.
After sampling the various concessions that he had chosen, Aris decided that his favorite was a vaguely cinnamon flavored bar. He made a mental note of this as he trooped back to the temporary barracks.
CSON was glad that the kids had taken time to listen to him. Usually his ideas were blown off. He normally would say something and it would be dhot down. He was happy even though they had dissaggreed. CSON left the mess to return to the temporary barracks.
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HYDRA
"Where are you going Mr. President? I told you to come here. Some president. You know, if you want to become the president, you might get used to obeying your superiors."
Polak was shouting at Caleb. What was up with him? He had told them that they could go. Ugh! Caleb turned around and walked back to Polak. "What do you want Polak?" Caleb asked. Sheesh. This kid was annoying why'd he have to be C toon leader.
Edit- OOC- note: Mr. Presidents name is Caleb not Dan -OOC
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Indiana stepped forward as he heard Polak yell at Caleb. This was stupid. What the hell was this kid thinking. "Sit down, Caleb." Indy said, ignoring Polak's previous command. "And you." he pointed at Polak, "Sit with me." He waited for a response, preparing for the worst... 'Don't make me kick you ass, Polak.' he thought, 'Not today.'
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"Sit down, Caleb." Indy said.
Ugh, go sit down go stand up go jump off a cliff. I'm gettin tired of this. Caleb walked stoped where he stood and sat on the floor. There now I'm sorta doing both.
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Indiana smiled as he saw Caleb sit down on the floor. "Good boy." he said, smiling, and hoping Caleb would get the joke. "Well Polak?" he asked, turning back to the angry kid, "You gonna come and talk or am I gonna have to rethink my plans in making you Toon C leader?" He hoped the threat would get through.
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Clark swallowed and nodded. "Sure. Sit down." He studied Dan closely. Seemed nice enough, and he didn't seem bad. Clark had made a good choice last night in the barracks. He quickly finished off his breakfast and said, "Sorry to leave, but I would like to talk to Indy about starting practice as soon as possible...unless you wanna join me while I do it?"
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Vladimir grunted. You – sit with me. Such an Indianesque thing to say. He went over to the long line of students waiting to take their lunch. Vladimir passed half of them, scooped some bread, some omlet. Took a glass of orane juice, and sat next to Indy, eating noisily, but without saying a word.
OOC – Whenever Polak is around superior people, he changes into Vladmir, so I don’t know if you want hin to sit next to you. OOC
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OOC - Ima start practice as soon as me and Ploak start talking then I'm gonna cut it short realizing we still gotta practice. We'll be in practice by tomorrow afternoon. OOC
"You wanna tell me something, Polak?" Indy asked. He had no idea what the kids problem was, but he sure as hell was gonna get to the bottom of it. He had noticed that the kid was acting weird... almost.. Bipolar, or something. "Why are you screaming at your toon, man. What's up?" Indiana took some of his toast and bit into it, waiting for a response.
OOC- So Vladamir hates Authority... so what? Me and him are pretty much the same except he's an angry little man. - OOC
[ September 16, 2004, 02:55 PM: Message edited by: indiana england ]
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Dan had been eating his food while he had been walking so when Clark asked him if he wanted to come with him to talk to Indy he tagged along.
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Caleb chckled at Indy's joke. He got up off the floor and went to sit with Indy and Polak.
OOC- The floors kinda dirty -OOC
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Sam walked into the mess hall, grabbed a tray and his breakfast and went to sit down with the rest of Hydra Army. Indy and Polak were having some sort of conversation, but he didn't care. He just wanted to eat.
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Indiana stared at Polak as Caleb came to sit down. he looked at the clock on the wall. "Crap." her muttered. He stood and said, loudly, "OK, HYDRA ARMY! FIVE MINUTES TILL PRACTICE! DON'T EAT TOO QUICKLY OR YOU'LL GET CRAMPS OR SOMETHING ELSE LIKE THAT! BUT TRY TO FINISH YOUR FOOD ALL THE SAME!" he sat back down. "well Polak?" he asked, quietly.
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INdy stood up and yelled out to the army, "OK, HYDRA ARMY! FIVE MINUTES TILL PRACTICE! DON'T EAT TOO QUICKLY OR YOU'LL GET CRAMPS OR SOMETHING ELSE LIKE THAT! BUT TRY TO FINISH YOUR FOOD ALL THE SAME!" he sat back down.
Dan walked down torwards Indy, He couldn't help but chuckle when he remebered Caleb's description of Indy as a Blue boy in his dream.
He continued to follow Clark torwards INdy
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Sam had been wolfing down his food and when Indy called "OK, HYDRA ARMY! FIVE MINUTES TILL PRACTICE! DON'T EAT TOO QUICKLY OR YOU'LL GET CRAMPS OR SOMETHING ELSE LIKE THAT! BUT TRY TO FINISH YOUR FOOD ALL THE SAME!" He olny had a few bites left on his tray. So he slowed down some so that he'd be done when everyone else was.
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"You wanna tell me something, Polak?"
Vladimir stopped himself from saying what he felt. "Yes," He said, serious. "MY NAME IS NOT POLAK< IT"S VLADIMIR!" he turned angrily to his toon, and immedietly got softened by the site of them.
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this is my chance thought Polak. just don't look at Indy.
He said quietly "Indy, I'm sorry, I didn't meen to do that, I don't know what's happening to me..." He felt anger brewing in him. Quickly, he ran out of the room. "Let's go toon C. If you're not in uniforms yet, go to the barracks and change. I'll be waiting for you in practice."
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Indy stared in disbelief at Polak's back. What the hell was that? He watched as Polak ran out of the room and demand toon c follow. Indy stood to see some questioning eyes glancing his way. either they also were worried about Polak or they were looking to him for the final order. either one was good. "Ok, army, to the battle room. I trust you know what to do, seperate into your own toons and start practice. I will join you shortly." he then looked at the doorwy, wondring in Polak was waiting just behind it. "I'm going to the infirmary to see if I can find out what the hell is happening with Polak. I want you all to watch him. he may be dangerous. Then again he may not. Just keep an eye on him, ok guys?" He stod and looked into all their eyes before finally leaving, heading towards the infirmary.
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Abe halted. He had been following Cark and all of a they hadn't got their in time. Polak left demanding C toon to follow and then Indy got up telling everyone to go to the battle room. eas y enough. "See-ya there Clark" Abe already had his flash suit on so he headed for the BAttle Room.
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Caleb got up when Indy did and he headed over to the Battle Room.
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When Indy gave the order to move out, Sam had already finished and had quietly waited for Indy to declare that practice was starting. He was getting ready to leave for the battle room when he remembered, he still didn't know what toon he was in.
Dang, I better go ask somebody, Sam thought. Then got up and followed Indy out the door.
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