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Maya’s eyebrows shot up as Madison placed a heavy hand on her shoulder, turning away slightly to avoid the smell of alcohol coming off her. Not that it helped when the other girl leaned in to whisper to her.

[color=FireBrick]“You’re right,”[/color] Maya murmured back. [color=FireBrick]“And if she transforms… she’ll probably be detrimental to them rather than helpful.”[/color]

She then folded her arms as two of the newcomers (well, Grace was less so) were called over. Maya hadn’t paid much attention to them but they seemed… okay. Even if Grace was far too annoyingly bright. She was just glad she wasn’t on a team with Quinn or Emily.

[quote=Madison]"... And I'm just gonna make a long story short and say I'm going to throw you at the flag." [/quote]

[color=FireBrick]“You’re going to throw [i]me[/i] at the flag?” [/color]Maya pointed to herself, mouth forming an o shape, as she thought it over. At first it seemed ridiculous but the more she considered it the more she thought it was a great idea. After all, what was the point in coming out of something like this without any injuries? And she could probably use her directed soundblasts to make sure she didn’t completely collide with a tree.

Or even better, aim so she smashed right into Emily. 

[color=FireBrick]“Alright, let’s do it,”[/color] Maya nodded, dark eyes shining with a somewhat ferocious competitiveness. [color=FireBrick]“If I grab the flag I can keep them all away with my blasts and get it back to you so that they can’t get it. I probably won’t be injured too much by your throw… either way, they definitely won’t expect it.”[/color]

She waved a hand as Kara asked about how they’d been thrown. [color=FireBrick]“You don’t need to be thrown too if you’re too scared about it.”[/color] She then tilted her head towards Grace, who was bouncing around as if this was actually a game that wasn’t going to turn into a complete bloodbath. [color=FireBrick]“Glad someone else isn’t as worried about it.” [/color]

[color=FireBrick]“When you throw me, aim so that I can hit Emily with a blast or myself along with the flag.”[/color] As she spoke she pulled a hairband out of her pocket and tied her hair back, so it wouldn’t get in the way. [color=FireBrick]“This is the perfect opportunity to settle some grudges.”[/color]

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Isla completely ignored the shit talking of her that she’d half overheard, because she honestly couldn’t care less (on the outside). But it was nice to feel like she was an important part of this team! The training exercise had ended up as one that really played to her strengths. 

She nodded as Emily explained her plan, and then when Mariah explained an entirely different one that Isla struggled to keep up with (accent differences worked both ways). She struggled to concentrate on it but was fairly certain she understood a little of it by the end.

[color=f26522]“So you’re saying you’re gonna make us draw attention so that she,”[/color] Isla pointed to Vashti, [color=f26522]“can sneak in past ‘em? That makes a lotta sense cause they’re gonna go right for me since I showed off all my blinking.”[/color] She tugged at her hair as she thought a bit more. [color=f26522]“But ain’t there a little problem there? They’re gonna go for the flag rather than us first… and how d’you know that they won’t get there faster.” [/color]

It was a good idea, but Isla was also the fastest one of them. If they were starting from where they were… well she could blink right over to the flag and then blink away before they’d even get there. Sure, it’d exhaust her, but she’d be able to pass the flag over before the other team could do anything. 

She then clapped her hands together with a smile as Vashti expressed an awful lot of interest in the idea. Well if she was onboard for sneaking in then Isla was all down for it. It was nice to see someone else hyped up!  [color=f26522]“Alright, you know what, it sounds like a great idea. Maybe I can take them on a wild chase by blinking aw aboot the place. Then if needed I can blink in and teleport, uh, Vashti out, ay?”[/color] She looked at Vashti with an even wider smile. [color=f26522]"I ain't able to teleport people more than once every so often, but if it works out I can grab you when you get the flag."[/color]