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[indent][sub][color=#2F8C24]Location:[/color] Titans Academy, Midway City, Michigan [right][b][color=#2F8C24]Episode #3:[/color][/b] The War Room[/right][/sub][/indent]
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It was only Conrad’s third day as a student at Titans Academy and he was having a hard time adjusting. Many factors were at play in this difficulty for the World War II veteran. Not only was this his first time attending post-secondary education, having put away his dreams of becoming a doctor to go fight for his country instead, this was his first time attending any modern schooling.

It seemed that schooling was no longer done with pens and books, but rather these computer things everyone had, included some that were dubbed phones, though Conrad almost never saw anyone actually make a call with one. As part of a crash course in modern advancements being provided by Cyborg, Conrad had been given a phone. So far he had figured out how to call and sent texts, but the whole idea of the Internet and the app store were still too daunting to the young man.

But one good thing about living in the future was that beds were a lot softer. Conrad felt like he could spend all day in the bed provided by the Academy, but he had been shown specifically how to set a wake up alarm on his phone.

This third morning of attending the Titans Academy, Conrad was still in bed, having a pleasant dream, a rare occurrence for the stressed out veteran. This nice dream was abruptly stopped by music blaring from the phone sitting on the nightstand next to Conrad.

He was instantly awakened to the loud booming pop music. Reaching out with his hand, Conrad swiped the alarm off. He wanted to stay in bed after that, but through discipline gained through the military, Conrad forced himself out of bed.

Standing on the floor, which was cold on his bare feet, Conrad yawned loudly. Thoughts of wondering what today would bring were quickly replaced by a memory of Cyborg telling him that all students were to meet in the entrance lobby right in the morning.

Not wishing to be late, Conrad jumped into the shower. Having consistent warm water was like heaven for the young man who had just recently spent months in the wilderness, even if it was recent for him and not for the rest of the time line.

Once cleaned, Conrad dried off and opened his closet. Most of his current clothing was provided by a mix of Checkmate and Titans Academy, as he had arrived in this year with just his costume. It was said costume that Conrad changed into. It would be his first time using it since arriving in the modern era.

Conrad put on the green, yellow, and black costume, noting that it wasn’t in the best of condition. It seemed to Conrad that current superhero costumes were a lot more durable than those wore during the War.

Conrad then exited his room and headed for the lobby. There were already several students there, all people he didn’t know. Thinking it would be improper to force his ways into their lives, Conrad instead remained a few steps behind them, remaining silent as Cyborg and Flash arrived.

The mentors started by explaining why some students were missing, but as Conrad had never met them, it didn’t really faze him. Cyborg then said they were to use a machine to make new costumes. Conrad didn’t really want to change his costume, but perhaps he could just make an identical one out of better material.

Cyborg also revealed the existence of the War Room. Most of what he said about it went over Conrad’s head as he figured it was advanced even for a modern person. But he understood at least that it was sort of a mock combat obstacle course that could be any location.

Another mentor then exited the War Room. Explaining who he was the man known as Arsenal began to critique Conrad’s classmates actions on a previous mission. Conrad knew how easy it was to screw up a mission, as that was how he ended up traveling through time.

Two of the Academy students then decided to use the costume creator before challenging each other to a battle in the War Room. As Shuriken and Shattercrash began their battle on the television, Conrad saw a young woman trying the costume maker.

Several more students asked to try the costume maker and War Room. It was only when a student, Conrad believed his name was Alex, said he would like to give it a try, did Conrad decide to step forward.

[color=#2F8C24]“I’ll fight him,”[/color] Conrad added in as he raised a hand.

While he knew practically nothing about his fellow classmates, Conrad did get strong team leader vibes from Alex. While he wasn’t sure what powers the young man possessed, Conrad was always trying to better himself. So why not go after who he expected to be at the front of the class?

The only bad thing was that this was a mock battle. All of Conrad’s other battles during the war had been to the death as the Nazis were trying to do the same to him. So he would have to pull some punches and not do something accidentally like cracking his skull with the Gargoyle’s tail barb.

But even with that worry, Conrad was excited to prove himself. He had recently learned that his whole presence during World War II was almost entirely forgotten, so he wished for his time at Titans Academy to actually mean something and leave an impression in history.