[center][img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1070792705547980842/1080162347148136679/Trevor_Banner.png[/img][/center] [indent][sub][COLOR=SILVER][B]Location:[/B][/COLOR] [I]P.R.C.U. - Dundas Islands[/I][/sub][sup][right][COLOR=SILVER][b]The Homecoming Trials #1.01[/b][/COLOR] [I]Semi-Secret Identity[/I][/right][/sup][/indent][sub][hr][/sub][INDENT][sub][color=SILVER][B]Interaction(s):[/B][/COLOR] [I]Calliope, Banjo, Trace, Haleigh, Katja[/I][/sub][/INDENT][SUP][RIGHT][INDENT][COLOR=SILVER][b]Previously:[/b][/COLOR] [I]---[/I][/INDENT][/right][/SUP] [COLOR=gray][color=white]"Why do you think I called you in here, Trevor?"[/color] Dr. Leher asked. Trevor paused for a moment and furrowed his brow in thought. Was he in trouble? No, he couldn't be unless everyone in the line behind him were also in trouble somehow. It had to be something obvious and mundane. There's no possible way the school had found out about what he'd been up to before arriving. As much funding as P.R.C.U. had up its sleeve they couldn't be everywhere at once, right? He absent mindedly rubbed his thumb across a patch of shiney metal in his forearm no bigger than a dime. The metal wasn't embedded into his skin like shrapnel, more like the metal was part of him. [color=green]"To do some paperwork?"[/color] he asked hesitantly. Dr. Leher shook his head with a smile. [color=white]"Nothing like that, all your paperwork has been taken care of. Your file is very much in order. I just like to get a chance to know a little more about new students."[/color] He glanced at a computer monitor on his desk and scrolled down a bit. [color=white]"You are from Kansas City, Missouri, correct? So I'm sure you have read about the hyperhuman vigilante the press called the 'Tin Man'."[/color] [color=green]"Personally I was never a fan of the name."[/color] There was a moment of quiet before Trevor loudly cleared his throat. [color=green]"Not that I have a personal stake in that or anything. I'm just saying they could've been more creative for a guy who can turn his body into whatever he finds lying around."[/color] Dr. Leher's smile turned slightly more upward in what Trevor guessed was amusement. [color=white]"Is that so? What makes you think that was his specific ability? The police never could agree on exactly what they were dealing with. It's the main reason they took so long to call us in. If they had not been so late in asking for our assistance we might have been able to find out who this masked vigilante was before he went to ground. Oddly similar to your own hyperhuman ability, now that I think about it."[/color] Trevor tried to swallow but ended up in a coughing fit that lasted a bit too long. Eventually, he managed to scrape some words together in his head and force them out of his mouth. [color=green]"Are you trying to imply I'm that guy? Well, sir I'm not. We just have similar abilities or maybe we don't. How would I know about his ability? I just heard a rumor about it and maybe the guy was just doing what he thought was right who are they to judge?"[/color] He threw the words across the desk as if they might keep Dr. Leher's thinly veiled accusations at bay. The doctor raised his hands in a placating gesture. [color=white]"I'm not accusing you of anything no need to get riled up. As for your comment on vigilantism..."[/color] His smile disappeared entirely, replaced by a hard, thin line as he steepled his fingers in front of him. [color=white]"We strongly discourage such behavior here. While that young man may have been doing what he thought is right, I would advise him to not repeat his behavior if I ever have the chance to speak with him."[/color] Dr. Leher paused to let that last sentence hang in the air. His stare became pointed and Trevor shifted uncomfortably in the doctor's gaze as panic swelled in his chest. He gripped his chair with sweating palms and tried to stop his heart from beating clear out of his chest. [color=green][i]He knows. Oh shit he knows. Oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit he knows. This is it. The police are right outside and they'll bust in here and I'll be locked away until I rot. No, scratch that. They'll put me in jail until the jail rots on top of me and then they're gonna move me to a new jail and then-[/i][/color] [color=white]"I would also tell him that we have several, much more constructive and I do want to emphasize [i]legal[/i] outlets for such proclivities."[/color] Dr. Leher added as he slid two pamphlets across the desk to Trevor, [color=white]"But he is not here so I might as well give these to you."[/color] Trevor's gaze flicked down to the pamphlets in front of him. [i]"Hyperhuman Emergency Response Operations, join today and become a H.E.R.O.!"[/i] [i]"Hyperhuman Investigate Tactical Unit, join today and solve the problems no one else can!"[/i] The covers showed a number of uniformed men and women posing behind flags with the symbol of their organizations and various images of agents performing their jobs. Trevor seemed reluctant at first to touch the paper as though it were some kind of elaborate trick, but slowly reached a hand out and gathered them up. The realization of what had just transpired filled him with an odd mix of relief and dread. Not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth, Trevor nodded politely and mumbled a quick thank you followed quickly by a half baked excuse about having another appointment. Dr. Leher chuckled and gestured to the door. [color=white]"By all means, don't let me keep you, but I strongly encourage you to do further reading. The Bureau is an excellent career opportunity for anyone with the right skills and a good head on their shoulders."[/color] Trevor stiffly waved goodbye and did his best impression of a nonchalant walk past the other students lined up in the hall. Unfortunately, he's terrible at impressions and ended up half marching half jogging until he rounded a corner. [hr] [center][img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e2/a8/3c/e2a83c44298ad6c8dc9bf724a4ab799d.gif[/img][/center] [hr] The ceremony was actually very nice in his opinion. Not that he would ever admit it, but he thought he looked pretty damn good in uniform even if the imprint of the rosary around his neck broke the flow of the undershirt just a bit. Plus, having a dress code was a small price to pay for room and board, especially if it looked this good. He was about half way through a hearty rendition of the first line of the Star Spangled Banner when he realized everyone else was singing a completely different song. Also some people were staring at him. The realizations that he was supposed to be singing the [i]Canadian[/i] national anthem and that it hadn't even occurred to him this would be the case both hit him in the forehead at once like walking into both halves of a double door at once. He opted to remain silent for the rest of the anthem, staring at his shoes and resisting the urge to see if his ability would let him displace the ground beneath him and sink into the Earth. He could only hope and pray no one he was going to be teammates with had heard that. As Dr. Leher took the stage, Trevor tried his best to look at the stage without obviously avoiding eye contact and it seemed to work. Sticking to the back of a crowd has its advantages. Still, he managed to spot a few people with the same card-themed arm band included with his own uniform and cringed. They had definitely been in ear shot but hopefully they wouldn't recognize his voice, especially the British one. He doubt they'd ever let him live that down. [color=green][i]Better to rip that band aid off now if they did...[/i][/color] And so he made his way over to the gathering crowd of his teammates and waved in greeting. Ideally something friendly and welcoming would fall out of his mouth. Something charming and maybe even witty. Yeah, charming and witty sounded good. He gave his friendliest smile as he approached the group. [color=green]"Hey all! Looks like we're teammates. I hope we don't actually have to play cards. I'm much more of a soccer guy myself."[/color] Nailed it. 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