Joseph leaned forward, pushing his legs the same way, pressuring the straps to keep balanced. He looked over to the girl Jay had pointed out to and saw that she was unresponsive. He then recalibrated himself and straightened his back. "Maybe we should let her concentrate," he said, chuckling. "You're doing pretty well though!"

Jay grinned, shrugging slightly as he continued to keep his balance. "I think she's better as this whole 3DMG thing than me," he proudly said. "She just needs to be more confident in herself." Noelle grumbled at what her brother said, somewhat displeased. To her, it was quite the opposite; Jay had a lot more bravado and was fearless. Nevertheless, the girl started to loosen up. She stopped trembling and opened her eyes. 

"Oh." Was all she could mutter out. It wasn't that bad actually. She was doing well, like Joseph had said and the instructors didn't make any moves to throw her out. "Ah, manners!" she thought, turning her head slightly to Joseph. "It's very nice to meet you. Thanks for putting up with Jay," Noelle said, her lips tugging into a small smile. 

Joseph almost laughed at Noelle's last comment about Jay. "Likewise," he said with a smile, suppressing the amused visage in order to avoid trouble with the officers. "Looks like we're all gonna pa--" Just as he was about to finish his sentence, the boy stumbled, now lying sideways. He'd quickly kicked his legs to make sure he wouldn't go further down. He took a quick breath and pushed his upper body back up. "--pass."

The two siblings stared at Joseph as he lost his balance, lying sideways. Jay sputtered something incomprehensible whilst Noelle's eyes slid to the instructors. The mean one had a wicken grin on his face as he opened his mouth to scream out 'fail', but Joseph managed to regain his balance, pushing himself up with force. Jay rolled his eyes, a sigh of relief escaping his lips. "Thank goodness," he breathed out. Noelle just grinned. "Since we all pass," she began. "Can we get off this thing?" She made a point to stare at the instructors. 

The three instructors shared a look and sighed. The one who lifted Jay spoke with a kind tone. "Chief Zachary gets to decide," he said. "Though you seem to be doing fine. You just have to wait until he says you're good to go."

Joseph huffed upon hearing this. "Chief Zachary... The guy from yesterday," he muttered. He turned to Jay and Noelle after glancing at the military policeman who was observing them with an almost sadistic look on his face. There was no way that guy would start before people fell over. "What made you two join the military? Other than, you know, wanting to get the hell out of your city."

He couldn't help but let out a soft groan of digust when his instructor had mentioned that Chief Zachary had the final say. All three of the trainees had their eyes on the Chief. Jay had a rebellious look on his face while Noelle had an expectant but otherwise calm face. The siblings were prepared to hear a 'pass' from the stern man, however, they got a question to answer. Jay pursed his lips before answering first. 

"I'm going to join the Scouting Legion," he clearly said, determination flaring in his eyes. "I'm going to open the outside world and free humanity."

Noelle glanced over at Jay, feeling a glimmer of pride for her brother as she looked back at the Chief. 

Joseph heaved a sigh as he heard Jay's explanation. "I know, I know," he said. "That's not what I'm asking. What made you guys--" His attention turned to the void created where the Chief was standing. "Let's continue later. I don't want to give that guy an excuse."

Zachary Smith was already scanning through the recruits, failing the ones who were upside down with a maniacal smile on his face.

He scanned through the successful recruits and nodded at their instructors with slight amusement. The instructors lowered Samuel, Joseph, Jay and Noelle, informing that they were good to go.

[b]"Next batch! Mika Smyth! Susan Borne! Darek Myst! Felipe Abar! Erin Fulbart! Mikael Daeryn! Alexander Éan! Thomas Erhart!"[/b]