[center][h3][color=gold]Aaron Erickson[/color][/h3][/center]
It had been...a long day even after arriving in his room with his new roommates. 

After having made sure his things were there, his roommates seemed to branch off on their own, the edgy one headed to the shower and the other began to seemingly addressing them before unpacking her things and starting on the placement exams. Blinking for a moment as he watched her do that for a moment after she had spoken to them, Aaron had simply shrugged and grabbed a pencil from the desk and sat down to start on the placement tests as well. After all, he might as well get the school stuff out the way before he did a bit of gaming before bed. He was sure his 3DS was in the duffle bag he had inspected, so an hour or two of Pokemon Moon would probably help him veg out and not have to think too hard after the events of the day, if nothing else. Then again, pulling out a larger console and trying his hand at a a bit of that old Battlefield 1 game people still seemed to play online ever since it came out could be fun as well...as long as his team didn't run around like a bunch of morons this time around. 

It was a couple of hours, one lunch break to get some food quickly from the cafeteria, and one nearly fully depleted wooden pencil later when he had finally finished the exams and had managed to get on his handheld for a short while. It had been somewhat soothing for him to just sit and stare into the screen, but even so at the time of turning on the game he had found he was currently in the middle of trying to beat the Akala Island Grand Trial with his Torracat to give himself more of a challenge. From there it had been a somewhat enjoyable, if not slightly irritating as well, fight before he had moved on to the next island and the next part of the game's story as such, though by the time he had made it to the Houkalani Observatory after a good deal of level grinding he had found himself feeling a good bit tired mentally. Perhaps it had been the day, the events...maybe everything combined together if he were to be frank to himself. 

So too tired to play any more games, he had just decided to climb onto his bed and start to get some sleep a bit earlier than his roommates. In his mind, perhaps a good night's sleep would give him energy for the morning. What could go wrong? 
 
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[center][color=gold]𝕊𝕖𝕡𝕥. 𝟛, 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟘   / /   𝕌𝕊𝔸ℝ𝕀𝕃ℕ 𝔼𝕒𝕤𝕥   / /   ℂ𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕦𝕤   / /  𝟚𝟘𝟝𝟟[/color][/center]
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As the alarm sounded and the ankle cuff on his leg began to beep, Aaron's eyes popped open at the sound of the voice of the cold Dr. Zhang, who seemed to begin to tell them what was going on without a pause. As he lazily began to rouse himself, getting out of his bed still in his clothes, Aaron stretched his arms and continued to listen to the cold woman eventually get to orders for himself and the new arrivals. Glancing down at his glowing green ankle cuff, and jokingly wondering in his head if the ankle cuffs could be any other color then the blasted primary colors, Aaron rolled his eyes at the situation before waiting for Chris to exit the bathroom after seemingly having been surprised and such by the alarm. It brought a smirk to Aaron's face and a light chuckle at what seemed to be happening with his very edgy looking roommate. Once his roommate was gone, Aaron quickly went into the bathroom and splashed his face with cold water before wiping it with the hand towel nearby, before a guard eventually poked his head into Aaron and his roommates' room and barked about needing to report to his group with the other newbies in "Green Team". Apparently Chris had left before he had, eliciting a sigh from Aaron. 

[color=gold]"I get it, i'm coming,"[/color] Aaron said, walking out after the somewhat frustrated looking and angry guard. 

It was all a crazy situation to hear about, much less get thrown into especially since they were apparently being attacked by monsters.....ones made by a Precursor nonetheless. It was nothing to gawk at in his opinion, and could probably be deadly if they made the wrong moves. Already as he moved down to meet with the other and then get into the truck, his mind began to race over what they could be facing, the answer of which he felt to be "anything and everything". Facing a person who could make monsters similar to what the Dreamcatcher had done, well, it probably entailed a lot of variety that could be thrown out there. Perhaps even something interesting would be among the ranks of whatever the heck [u]Menagerie himself[/u] was sending against them according to Zhang. At least if something interesting killed him and the others out there, he could put something funny on his headstone. 

Lightly shaking his head at the thought of possibly dying, one thing he had wanted to avoid by coming here in a sense, the brown-haired boy clambered into the military truck with his other groupmates and the one nervous-looking guard who probably wanted to get away from them if he could. Despite his casual pose, Aaron for a moment felt like mulling over the thought of what he would be thinking if he were in the guy's position, but at the last second decided to avoid the awkward topic altogether. It wasn't worth the trouble. Rather, Aaron let his mind slip into thinking about the situation at hand. There was no use whining about anything that had happened so far, and there truly wasn't any use in thinking about the guard's perspective. After all, they were all the ones being thrown out there

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[center][color=gold]𝕊𝕖𝕡𝕥. 𝟛, 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟘   / /   ℂ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕟 ℂ𝕦𝕝𝕡𝕒𝕖 𝟙   / /   ℕ𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕆𝕦𝕥𝕤𝕜𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕤   / /  𝟚𝟙𝟚𝟙[/color][/center]
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[center](insert the events of the collab post that occur in the truck here)[/center]
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It was safe to say that once they finally arrived on the battlefield...it looked like something out of a video game. Not in the good way, however. Lights being thrown, a dancing girl with a barrier, another girl using shapes to harm and kill a striking variety of monsters, it was all somewhat surreal, as if it was a dream, albeit not a good dream if it was one. Rapidly one of the back-line individuals of the group that was fighting the monsters seemed to jog over to them before noting they had been briefed about the new arrivals and calling back to his friends about backup having arrived. With the short briefing on things and apparently their welcome party done with his mission, Aaron looked to where his team's monsters would be located. 

As much as he had spoke about dying back in the truck...this was now how he had imagined it possibly happening. Lo and behold, there were two -no, three- flying spaghetti monsters hovering in the air on large, white saucers. The fact that this creature which had solidified itself in internet memes and references had been a joke to him before, and now three of them were before him and his team in full, good-smelling, tasty, menacing details. For a moment the boy did not know whether to laugh, cry, or make a joke about needing a giant fork. As he listened to Chris talk about his power and the black-haired metal girl who had first spoken in the truck, and also watched the flying plates of spaghetti drop large, marinara-coated meatballs that had tiny legs and set of large, sharp teeth in their mouths, the southern boy lightly shook his head before looking over at Angélique once more and beginning the summoning process for his creatures. 

[color=gold]"Mmm, i have some idea, but we have to act fast before these things get too close,"[/color] Aaron said to the girl as the tiredness of starting the summoning of two creatures set in rapidly and began to make him sleepy again, before giving her a nod and looking back to the others in his group in general and also the grotesquely transforming Chris for a moment before looking back at her, muttering the last bit he said next under his breath, [color=gold]"Here's to hoping we don't wipe this..."[/color]

[color=gold]"Ok everyone, listen up!"[/color] the brown haired boy shouted at the others, after cracking his knuckles aloud and then turning to face the Green Team as a whole, a look of serious concentration and thought crossing his face as he spoke and made sure the others were listening to him [color=gold]"We're breaking into smaller group to handle this, because if we stick together these things will probably overwhelm us. Chris over there needs cover so he transforms into...whatever that things seems to be he's turning into. So: You, girl who can break things down. You, the girl who first spoke in the truck on the way here and said you can shout things to death. Both of you stick with Chris while he transforms, protect him from the meatballs, and then all three of you move towards the first Flying Spaghetti Monster while killing meatballs on the way. Stay together. Also tell Chris to keep the things' attention on him, whether its the meatballs or the stupid spaghetti. Don't care if he whines about it.l Once you get to the meatball, shouting girl, you try to save enough energy beforehand to try to stun it with your shouting while breaks-stuff-down girl and Chris try to break that that thing's body down and maybe pull it down while they are at it during the time the the arms are hopefully stunned by your voice. If you can get down that first plate, move to the next. If you get that one, move to the next."[/color]

Using his right arm and index finger to distinctly point at the people he mentioned in his orders, of course having pointed at Zoe and Angélique as he had mentioned them, Aaron then turned his attention to the rest of the group, not skipping a beat. He next pointed at Alexis, Savannah, and Allison before he addressed them next in a straightforward manner.

[color=gold]"You three, i need prep time as well, as i just started summoning. So keep me covered while i finish. After that, i'll support you and you with my creatures and we will kill as many of those stupid meatballs as we can to lighten the load on Chris and the two that are with him as they move from plate to plate and try to take these things down,"[/color] Aaron shouted aloud to the three, pointing at Alexis and Allison as he noted those who would go out and fight with his creatures once they were summoned, before turning his finger to Savannah next before continuing to speak, [color=gold]"You stay back with me while i assist them with my creatures, to help protect me just in case i have to re-summon my creatures to help the two of them in the field. On top of that, if either we or Chris and company need backup, we could send you in as well to assist either party if need be."[/color] 

Aaron sighed once more as he folded his arms like some kind of anime hero-protagonist and gave a light "huff" before continuing once more. He was trying to keep himself away as the summoning occurred, though once the control panels were up after his creatures were summoned it would likely help him stay awake a bit as well. It was like he had been hit by...bricks, late nights, and other things all at once. Even now he seems to visibly tire more facially and otherwise more as the summoning continued to move forward, the minutes ticking down until his creature would arrive since he had begun his preparations just after Chris had started. He wouldn't pass out or fall asleep again after this, since he had managed to actually get some good rest before all of this, but having just woken up not long ago did not make things easier regardless. 

[color=gold]"Now i don't care if you whine at me about this damn stuff, but if you want to live and get these things taken down without dying then stick to the damn plan i just said and get moving!"[/color] the gamer said, a determined tone in his voice that did not seem to back down even an inch at the thought of others not wanting to cooperate as part of the plan, [color=gold]"And if one of the two groups is getting overwhelmed and needs help, then say something to us so ya' don't die before we can send anyone in to help!"[/color]