[u]Poppy Flanagan[/u]

This capture the flag match was nothing short of terrifying for Poppy. She could deal with the jokes about being used as a human shield, but as soon as the siren sounded everything went to hell. First Amanda charged off shouting, then loud offensive music started blaring. It wasn't like anything she had heard before, and she might have been okay with it if it wasn't so loud. That and it was cruder than she had ever wanted to be, even at her most rebellious. It hurt so she she stopped listening to the lyrics and protected her eardrums. If that wasn't enough the lights went out. Thankfully the music died down otherwise anyone near Poppy would have flanked by the shriek that followed. She panicked and tripped. Although she was padded up, hitting the ground felt anything but pleasant. In fact it hurt quite a bit. Enough to cause a tear trickle to run her face. Since she couldn't see where she was going if she got up, Poppy remained on the ground whimpering. Then she heard Theresa call out to her. "I-I'm, I'm over here." Her voice was heading in the wrong direction, and she heard her talk as if to somebody else. "Theresa!" Poppy cried out in a high pitched wail. "I don't want to do this anymore..." Whether this was a regular occurrence or not, it didn't matter. All she wanted was to get out of this place. Lights or no lights, it was all too much for her.

[u]Karlie Davis[/u]

[i]Who the heck is this metal guy?[/i] Karlie didn't have any reason to dislike him, other than that he was totally raining on her parade. [i]How the heck am I going to drive if I can't see... damn everyone's going along with it.[/i] Right now she was a headstrong race car driver, but she wasn't stupid. If she couldn't see where she was going she'd run the risk of hurting herself. Damage reduction made it so she wouldn't kill herself, though that didn't mean slamming into the wall would be fun. Then of course there was the chance she'd run somebody down while they were unaware. That could end up being even worse. Reluctantly she stood by with the others who were waiting to rush. Which team she got put on was irrelevant. Valjean was back, and actually doing something useful for a change. Everyone else she could deal with, so far.

[u]Vespera Spindel[/u]

This game of capture the flag was sure out to be quite the display, and an opportunity. More so than power training. Seemed just about everyone was participating, which meant it was to observe and take note of abilities and tactics. Vespera was thwarted in her attempts when the metal doctor she had become acquainted with earlier sapped the electricity from the arena, thus cutting the lighting. Normally this wouldn't have bothered her, but that was when she was in the arena. The viewing platform was on it's own grid, so her eyes didn't adjust whatsoever. Instead the pane became a refractive wall of black. All she could see were the teachers, and the woman who had showed up with Tetsuya. This wasn't going to do, and so Vespera decided to make a large display of her power than she normally did outside of combat. Only because most of the peopled she cared about seeing were inside the proving grounds themselves. The glow in her eyes flared slightly as midnight strands formed before her finger tips. They came together forming a black viewing booth up against the glass. Inside it was just as unlit as the arena, which with her darkvision would allow her to spectate once more. Before she entered Vespera beckoned absentmindedly in case anyone else was just dying to see what was going on. Granted that they had eyes sensitive enough for them benefit. Perhaps Ms.Raven, or if this newcomer cared for her fury companion. As verbal bait she deliberately mentioned his name in her invitation to her. "You wouldn't want to miss out on how Tetsuya is doing, would you?" With that the solidified shadows parted like a curtain as she walked through them. The question was whether she was the type that would be so quick to follow a stranger into a gloomy booth at either the offer of better viewing, or the fact that she once knew the pandaman.