[hr][center][i][H3][color=00ffff]Shieldmaiden[/color][/h3]Victoria van Dyne[/i][hr][b][Color=00ffff]Location:[/color][/b] Framework lobby > Framework 
[B][Color=00ffff]Skills: [/color][/b]None
[B][Color=00ffff]Equipment: [/color][/b]Shieldmaiden armor[/center][hr]Alas, the last of them arrived. Try as she might, Victoria could not figure out whether Zari was even in the room in the morning - maybe buried under her blanket? - with how busy she was admiring her new piece of kit. She mentally kicked herself, noting that she was not going to win any favors like that. Maybe she should make breakfast? [Color=00ffff][i]Are you trying to poison her, dummy? Remember the last time you wandered into the kitchen?[/i][/color] she berated herself. However, the roommate did not seem to give her any grief for it, and Vicky decided to roll with it.

The infernal spawn then talked again, only convincing Victoria further that the worst joke here was the teacher. The news that the game was rigged was not entirely news, what with the Young Avengers remaining a team across multiple years, but hearing the details, she had to admit, stung. Not because it was happening in the first place, but because she didn't hear it from Cas. Come to think of it, recently the two of them seemed to be growing a bit more distant, hardly ever seeing each other despite literally living under the same roof. Which sucked, and Vicky suspected a little bit that her handlers may have had a hand in that to force her to interact with other people some more. But in the superhero scope of things, it did not matter. Victoria could not care less about the Contest of Champions, rigged or not. She was here to learn how to be good at the job of protecting the people, not to with the contest or become an Avenger.

As soon as she heard the assignment, she was on her way to the dressing room. She picked up her size and was down to her bra before the door even closed behind her. Few seconds later she was back out, deciding she vastly preferred her actual armor even for the Framework linkup, but she was not about to waste quarter hour of everyone's time to go suit up. Stopping by Usagi's table, she wanted something clarified: [Color=00ffff]"Do you want me to go with armor or without? Judging by what you said so far, I'd say you'd like to see if I can nuke a town, but just in case I'm wrong..."[/color]

[right]Usagi smirked looking at Vicky. “I’d like to see you try to [i]actually[/i] go without one of these days, blondie! But inside the Framework, sure, put on the tin can.”[/right]
[Color=00ffff]"That can be arranged."[/color] Vicky gave Usagi a predatory grin. She would have preferred to have some training time with her new toy, although for now she set her tank into the 'suited' preset. Thinking on it a little more, maybe it would be best to train a bit before ahving four others descend on her in a fight. [Color=00ffff]"Any briefing on what's the sim, or do we get a surprise?"[/color]

[right]"It will be a surprise!"[/right]
Naturally. Nodding, Victoria walked over to the tanks, plugged in the links and engaged the sim. As it loaded, she wondered whether there would be any countdown before start, or if they were to start slaughtering each other as soon as the simulation loaded. Something she could also have asked while she was at it, but in the end, it did not matter too much to her. If she found herself in the open area, she would fly up immediately to get a lay of the land, and if there was a roof in the way, she would look for cover to get behind, just in case. [Color=00ffff][i]And maybe get ready to put an outward repulsor field around me, just in case someone thought I'd make an easy target.[/i][/color]

She quickly reviewed her files on everyone again, as her previous deliberations about team synergies weren't exactly useful right now. Arcade was an unknown, but unless he started hacking the Framework, he looked like a bit of a pushover for now. Leah could control potentially affect cover and the very ground under their feet, so hovering might be a better tactic than walking, even if it would waste power. Diana could zoom around the field, the worst thing was going to be landing hits on her. She would have to catch her unawares, probably from long range. Zari... would depend on the terrain. She had a feeling there would only be one winner though, and not any of them. [Color=00ffff]"Usagi will have blood. Mine or theirs."[/color] she grumbled as the world finally loaded around her.