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[center][h2][color=orange]DAY ONE[/color][/h2]
[color=orange][b]LOCATION:[/b][/color] Bus to Hands-On HQ
[color=orange][b]MENTIONS:[/b][/color] Dante[@Araby264], Temperance[@Tenma Tendo], Flint[@Superboy], Mark[@Rex], Noel[@Blu], Samada[@samreaper], Severa[@Pirouette], Ryoma[@NobodiesHero], Shakti[@Stern Algorithm] [/center]
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It was a sunny fall day, light cloud cover drifting through an azure sky as the bus trundled along, puttering as it went. Traveling from the hotel in the middle of New York farm country where orientation was held, the automobile had made it's long journey to finally grow closer to the Hands-On HQ. According to the speakers at orientation, it was a short drive to the high-tech, newly minted base where they would begin their journey to become Heroes.

The sense of tension in the air was palpable, but the Apprentices were still acting their age. A few had already clustered together, some sat alone, but all could feel the sense of nervous excitement in the air. Yesterday, a fight had broken out between two of them, apparently all in good spirits. None of them had met their mentors yet, but rumors were still flying around the country. Some said they would have intensive combat courses, others said that they would drop the lowest ranked team from the program at the end of the year, still others said that they would be taught by government employees, not heroes. Regardless of what happened, right now the bus was moving steadily towards the shining city glimmering in the distance, all glass and steel. It was going to be an eventful day.