[COLOR=GRAY][INDENT][INDENT][i] [/i] [/INDENT][/INDENT][hr][CENTER][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/ea908735971a18689ce44bad239a48d2/tumblr_inline_p7hbyrrZpH1rrrkde_500.gifv[/img][/CENTER][indent][sub][COLOR=SILVER][B]Location:[/B][/COLOR] [I]Pacific Royal Collegiate & University - Dundas Islands, Pacific Ocean[/I][/sub][sup][right][COLOR=SILVER][b]First Class: # 2.04[/b][/COLOR] [I]This Computer Isn't Configured For Fast User Switching[/I][/right][/sup][/indent][sub][hr][/sub][INDENT][sub][color=SILVER][B]Interaction(s):[/B][/COLOR] Nil[/sub][SUP][RIGHT][COLOR=SILVER][b]Previously:[/b][/COLOR] [I]Devices Not Detected[/I][/right][/SUP] [INDENT] Adie knocked on the door of Isabella Christianson's office. The door was a clean white affair which had been cracked open, so that any on the outside could tell it was occupied. Some steady clacking of keys, and five seconds later she was told to [color=white]"Come in!"[/color] [color=lime]"Hi, Belle. I--"[/color] [color=white]"Adrianna Dahl! I was told you might be stopping by![/color] Adie considered her reply for a moment. [color=lime]"'Told' or warned?"[/color] Belle laughed. [color=white]"Well, in this case Adrianna, I think they might be the same thing."[/color] [color=lime]"Well, speaking of what we were 'told'. I was told to come here and see what you've been up to in terms of this school's defences and help you in lending my experience for a different perspective. Or at least that's how it was phrased to me."[/color] [color=white]"Defences?"[/color] Belle queried. [color=white]"Well, that is an interesting way to put it, because I've been tasked with strictly non-violent measures and methods to protect the student body."[/color] [color=lime]"Non-violent. Even in spite of recent events?"[/color] Belle smiled warmly. [color=white]"Well, yes. Professor Lehrer is extremely wary for the potential of technology to be turned around and used against us. He tends to put his faith in people, rather than machines."[/color] [color=lime]"Well, that's rid--"[/color] Adie started, only to find her thought cut short. [color=white]"Ridiculous? Yes, I'm inclined to agree. Technology is a tool, and we happen to be more capable with that tool than most threats and people in general that you would come across. But Professor Lehrer has his ways and generally his reasons, even if I don't see them. I'm inclined to follow his recommendations, and obligated to carry out his request--"[/color] [color=lime]"You mean orders."[/color] Came Adrianna's curt reply. [color=white]"I [b]mean[/b] requests, Adrianna. If he dropped an order, I would follow that as well, but he hasn't had to do that... He did tell me that you could be brittle and a little onerous when it comes to working together."[/color] [color=lime]"Well, that statement's the kind that would bring the brittle nature out in anyone."[/color] Adie replied gruffly. [color=white]"If they had the propensity for it, yes. I agree."[/color] A small smile creased across her face. [color=lime]"Are you testing my character for bugs, 'Belle?"[/color] Isabella's smile widened. [color=white]"Perhaps something like that."[/color] Adie groaned. [color=lime]"So what [b]have[/b] you come up with, since I'm to overcome my onerous nature and look to offer my perspective in a gallant display of selfless teamwork?"[/color] [color=white]"Well, presently we have arresting field projection devices. At this point dispersed by drone. But I've considered pop-up 'sprinklers' with the same technology. They release irradiated ele--"[/color] Now it was Adrianna's turn to interrupt. [color=lime]"Yes, yes. Irradiated electrons. But if he does what he did the other night, and duplicates himself many times over, if you don't hit all of him then you're basically just slowing him down."[/color] [color=white]"Slowing him down has a value all to itself. If nothing else, allows time to evacuate."[/color] [color=lime]"Evacuate?!"[/color] Adrianna laughed. [color=lime]"That many kids and faculty members? Running from someone who can just transport themselves through lightni--"[/color] Adie stopped for a moment and considered what she was about to say. [color=lime]"He can travel through lightning--"[/color] [color=white]"Yes. We know. That's been known for a while now. H.E.L.P have their own report on him which states exactly that."[/color] [color=lime]"No. He can travel through lightning. Lightning is just-- He's converting his own data and packaging it for transportation on electrified discharge."[/color] 'Belle nodded. [color=white]"Well, yeah. Obviously."[/color] [color=lime]"No. Don't you see? We don't necessarily need HZEs to do that... We'd want to come up with a more solid, more reliable conduit. But if we have enough power initially. This should be something I could duplicate, given time..."[/color] [color=white]"You're-- you're sure? This is a thing you could do?"[/color] [color=lime]"I mean, given the proper time to work through it, and a sufficient power supply. Yeah. And this place... it's never want for power."[/color] [color=white]"I'm taking this to Jonas right now![/color] Belle said, getting to her feet. [color=white]"You start working on preliminary data, the kind of power generation needed. The kind of protection to ensure the conduit doesn't get damaged. That sort of thing..."[/color] [color=white]"If he greenlights this, there might be a Doctorate in Engineering and Applied Sciences in this!"[/color] [hr] Adrianna walked into the stadium surrounded by the new group of H.E.A.T program students of various teams. She turned and attempted to count off the members of her own team in twos, to clarify that everyone was here. It wouldn't do to have less than a complete showing. Eyes would be on them, and expectations that they hold solid, especially with the recent tragic hits to Team Blackjack and Eclipse on the Eve of the cancelled Homecoming Trials. Having been denied her time to display her worth then, this was the first impression she'd now have for many of the students and House Leaders. Adie had no intention of squandering it. She'd been busy of late, hard at work on the project, which Isabella had managed to secure clearance for from Jonas. It was being kept quiet, at this point, and there was as yet no device to speak of. Even a prototype. As the project was still very much in the stage of preliminary calculations. It wasn't behind schedule. It was just early in the process. She had complete confidence in her ability to produce what she claimed she could. Jonas took to the podium and once again repeated his reminder that she is a student. It irritated her somewhat that he'd chosen this very public forum to once again belabour that point. She'd been playing by his rules. Adie furrowed her brow. Then he disappeared on some other wild tangent about it not being their responsibility or obligation to hunt and pursue this terrorist Hyperion... as if that were ever her intention. What lunatic would go on that's fool's errand? Was he just beating strawmen to further feel good about his position arguing with her, or had some blowhard student gone out espousing their demand for blood - as if they had the means to actually do anything about it? Then Jonas stopped wasting his time and got to the reason they were all here. The Team swap and House selections. Adrianna flipped her hair, and smiled out to the wider audience. She felt confident that Team Firebird would hold its form. Team Blackjack, from what she'd heard, already had a reputation for being somewhat combustible and explosive - the fact that it were members of that team who both died and were severely injured, was suggested to not be entirely unexpected in hindsight given the horrific situation they all had found themselves in and supposedly the personalities involved. And Eclipse's numbers dwindled after mass defections to join Hyperion himself. As a member of Firebird, she found herself in good standing, on the most desirable team of the bunch. She expected there might be a few people from both of the other teams, diving for the opportunity to join their team. But they'd hold solid. There'd be no space for any of them to join. She smiled with assurance in her position and her team's, and began to ponder what House invitations she would receive, and what her own preferences would be regarding them. Surely Lutra. She was an intelligent woman, and once the other's got to know her better she'd doubtless have a flourishing social life. She'd achieved success, was a somewhat recognisable face amongst the people here, she wouldn't be surprised if she were sought after by the popular groups. She'd have to make sure that she didn't forget about the nerdy girls who were in the position she often found herself in back in highschool. Try and be a bridge to them where she could. Yes, Lutra seemed to make a lot of sense. Social butterfly. Brilliant... Bring on the envelope. 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