Day One - Steady Paces
((Authors Note: Ah yes, a four day hiatus because I have both been unable to sleep, AND sick. What a nice combination, amirite? (High key kinda wanna just curl up in a ball and kermit to existn’t). Anyways, here is yet another chapter of this cluster-frog of a fiction I am writing. Wish me luck on more chapters to come fellas, at this rate, I will need it.))
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Sandra and the others all peer out from their windows and gaze at the building. Despite it being more formal, and general in structure, some part of it was still so alluring, in a way. It was sturdy, and tall, strong. Some part of the building called to them, while somewhere in the back of their mind was somewhat intimidated by the sight of the building.
The bus stops with a graceful halt, and the bus driver smiles, standing up from his seat. “Welcome to Wings of Life, girls! I hope you all have a wonderful time here, and I will meet all of you after your internship. Make sure to not doddle, I do have places to be.” The bus driver grabs some candy from the small pouch next to his seat, offering them some. They all take one, and thank him for the offering, before getting off the bus.
Sandra thought it was a little odd, but seeing some of the seating markings, the bus driver was also a kindergarten bus driver as well. Something pacifist Frisk had said was common for them to do was offer sweets if the kids behaved, or if they just wanted to. It depended on their mood.
“Thanks for the ride, sir. We appreciate it.” Sandra waves to the man as she steps off the bus, and onto the paved sidewalk. The bus started up its engine once more, and soon made its way to roll down the road, and turn to the left. No sooner than the bus is gone, the door opens and out comes a fairly tall woman, clad in white clothing. Her hair was deep red, yet the sleek shine overit made it seem so much brighter. It kind of reminded Sandra of that deep red wine that Razz loved to drink on special occasions.
“Greetings, girls. I am glad to have all of you here at my establishment.” The woman smiled down to them, her voice sounded as smooth as milk and honey, oddly enough. Her white platinum eyes stared down to them, seeming to look right through their very existence. “I was very much impressed by your performance at the sports festival, Sandra. Your participation was both amusing, and fairly eye opening.”
Sandra blushed a bit at the compliment, somewhat feeling flustered at such nice praise. This woman sounded a bit like Toriel, a friendly, and accepting mother. Someone you want to tell everything to, because you know it will be okay. “Thanks ma’am.”
“As for the rest of you-” the white-clad woman looks to the rest of the girls, who were still standing at full attention, “You all did exceptionally well, for dropping out of the middle of nowhere. It was also quite impressive.” Their mentor for the week slides down one of the polished rails, before stepping off and standing in front of the group. “It seems you might not be used to your quirks, though, there were some awkward interactions.” She smiled as she placed her hands on her hips. “We will help you to control them better, I assure you!”
Nightmare and the others all seemed to be relieved at the statement. Watching the woman was calming somehow, making them feel more at-ease with the decision to come to her. There was always obvious apprehension from having to go somewhere unfamiliar, as well as going to impress someone who you had not met before. This person was supposed to be a vital part of their moving forward, despite having just been in school for a few days.
“Follow me, girls, I will show you to your rooms.” The woman waves a hand to them, gesturing for all of them to walk up the stairs with her. “We will start our beginning training, and lecture tomorrow morning at 7:30 after your breakfast is eaten. From what I heard, none of you had allergies, so everything we make should be fine, am I correct?”
Killer nodded to the woman’s statement. “What do we call you again, Miss-”
“Ah, that’s right, do please excuse my rude manners. I never put what I would like you all to call me on the form. You may all call me Sosei. When we are outside, in our hero costumes, you may address me as my hero name, Revitalize.” The woman laughs a bit awkwardly, before turning to the door. She puts her hand on a pad, and allows her hand to be scanned.
After she had done so, the device under her palm let out a curt click, allowing the woman into the establishment.
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The night had passed by quickly, all of the girls were given their rooms in a decent amount of time on the top floor of the building, Error and Fresh shared one room, Dust and Horror had another, Cross and Epic got the third room, and Killer and Nightmare shared the last dual-bedded room. Sandra took a smaller, make-shift room that was made in a large little-used janitorial closet. There was a window in the small space, and it was pretty cozy, so she didn’t mind. If they had any other rooms, she would have most likely gotten one. Who was she to complain about being given a room that had been made better for her comfort?
The morning hours had passed quickly, all of the girls woke up to their alarms, and if they had not, Sandra came and got them up herself. They filed into the room to eat breakfast, chatting lightly as they made sure to try to eat in a timely manner. After they had finished, they helped the staff with the dishes, which they much appreciated.
Going to their respective bathrooms, they all change into their hero costumes, and meet outside the building in a complicated back-yard area. There were multitudes of equipment types, as well as several obstacle courses and individual learning areas.
“Being as this is your first day here, girls, I want all of you to become more familiar with this training equipment. The first run through the obstacle course will be with the aid of your quirks, if you wish to use them. This run will be used to predict resourcefulness. You may use any means possible to get across, as long as you can get across with no hitches. Understood?” Sosei asked the girls, before folding her arms over each other.
All of the students nodded to the woman, before inspecting the course. Sosei said that they could travel across by any means necessary as long as they did not have problems with trying to reach their destination. Meaning it could turn into a dog-eat-dog game.
One person for themselves, the game in the hands of the player.
Sandra easily gravitated towards teamwork. They were all supposed to be a team anywho, right? There was no harm in helping each other out, especially if there were no rules against it. It was basically the same incident as the beginning round of the sports festival. They needed to get there by any means possible. They needed to be timely, and efficient.
“Everyone, grab on.” Sandra stated to her counterparts. All of them nodded, before either touching her back, or one of her arms. After ensuring that everyone had grabbed a hold of her, she closed her eyes, and concentrated on the course.
She squints, making herself teleport all of them to the several ‘checkpoints’ that the obstacle course had in between the exercises. Subsequently going through every checkpoint, she drops all of them in front of the finish line, and they all jog over it, making the buzzer go off in the process.
The pro-hero watching over them was not surprised, seeing as it was one of the first moves Sandra had pulled during the exam. It wasn't a bad move either. If this were the case of an emergency, it is always preferred to take the easiest, shortest way to reach the goal. It is preferred to be timely.
"Very good, Girls. Working together is going to help you out a lot here, just make sure to look after yourselves just as much as you are looking after your teammates." She walks over to the group, before standing in front of them. "Now, we will be moving on to our second exercise. I will need all of you to RUN through the course individually, with no one else along with you. Being able to teleport is good, and saves time. However, there are just some situations where you cannot do that."
She steps back from the group, before guiding them back to the beginning of the course, whilst finishing her explanation of the exercise they were supposed to be performing.
"Being able to deal with several different obstacles in a difficult situation will be helpful. The life of a pro hero is hazardous and prone to accidents. It is always better to go into a situation knowing you can go through it, even if your main way of doing so is unable to be accomplished."
All of the girls thought it was a true enough statement, she did have a point.
All of the girls line up one after another, waiting for the next instructions. All of them wish each other luck, confidant in each others skills and capability to succeed at this excercise.
(To Be Continued)