Lucas stepped out of the elevator only to be walking aimlessly on the first floor not paying attention to the hallways he was walking down, then again he didnt know where everything was thanks to his life infiltrating avalanche,as he walked he made a left turn and without paying attention found himself bumping into a door causing the youth to rub his head looking up at the door how ironic that it said "SOLIDER TRAINING ROOM" shrugging he opened the door stepping into the room meekly 'im sorry lucas but i cant let that happen i only have one brother' he recalled his sister say before recalling gawains words 'first there would be the training school and you would be lucky if you survived the mako infusion your chances of survival are 50/50'
Post by Thalia Melpomene on Jul 22, 2020 6:55:18 GMT
It was a large gymnasium with a variety of punching bags, targets, and a race track with a variety of hurdles and obstacles encircled the room on the second floor balcony. There were several soldiers utilizing the space but the one nearest to the door was a female with dark hair that was teaming up with her german shepherd against a life size training robot that was covered in foam pads.
The woman glanced over at the door as it opened and upon seeing Lucas she stepped away from the robot. “Hey!” She called out, “Only SOLDIERS are allowed in here right now.”
Thalia didn’t intend to seem blunt or unkind but she didn’t want to be held responsible for some kid getting hurt. Training accidents happened all the time at Shin-ra and she knew from experience that the resulting paperwork could be pretty brutal.
A look of recognition crossed her face and Thalia squinted at the newcomer’s red hair. “Wait… I remember you... from that sushi bar! How’d the mission g-” Thalia was socked in the side of the face by the robot she’d been sparing. She stumbled back as her mouth guard went flying and Ajax let out a surprised woof!
Lucas jumped a bit but soon caught his breath recognizing it was the same woman he met at the sushi bar "i didnt know, sorry" he apologized "well i guess you you could say thats to be determined because my sister is in care of the doctors right now" he explained but soon ran to the woman as she was socked in the side of the face making her mouth guard fly as he came to a halt chilled cold air covered his right fist as his ice materia glowed next to a grey materia he punched the robot hard causing ice, and ice spots to start forming on the side of its face.
Post by Thalia Melpomene on Jul 27, 2020 20:58:56 GMT
The training bot was pushed back and seemed stunned for a moment as its programming assessed the new situation, "Recalculating."
Thalia straightened up and eyed Lucas appraisingly as she rubbed her jaw. It was an impressive punch and if he was trying to get into SOLDIER she figured he had a pretty good chance. Although, she didn't know what his sister being in the hospital had to do with it.
"Hey! That was pretty good." She aknowledged. "I'm sorry to hear about your sister. What's wrong with her?"
lucas stood back up and was surprised really that a SOLIDER was willing to talk to him. "apparently an avalanche leader SWITCH left a robot spider in one of my pockets with an ice crystal in it that was meant to kill me not her so me and gawain rushed her to the medical bay to get her better taken care of we were told conditions stable but i left there and right now shes unconsious"he explained his face obviously showing that he didnt want to remember what just happened "of course this all happened when i mentioned SOLIDER infront of her and she had gawain explain it to me suggesting of course that i stay working as a double agent in avalanche with switch"
Post by Thalia Melpomene on Jul 30, 2020 7:01:26 GMT
“You’ve had a rough day.” Thalia grinned sympathetically, “Gawain’s a good soldier. He’s cruel to his enemies and kind to his friends. Maybe too kind. He probably thought he was doing you a favor.”
Thalia laughed as she crossed her arms over her chest, “Personally, I couldn’t care less if you get yourself killed. If you want to join up you should be given a fair shot.”
“Alright, kid...” She rolled off to the side as a volley of three fireballs came blasting towards them from the training robot. “Show me what you’ve got.”
Lucas nodded as the three fireballs came blasting towards them but if she had expected him to go towards the training robot she was dead wrong: 'what good is fighting an opponent who uses the same pattern over and over?' he thought before rushing her instead of the robot going in with a left hook to her and pivoting so that he was now in close quarters with her before throwing a head kick
Post by Thalia Melpomene on Jul 30, 2020 21:38:31 GMT
Thalia’s attention shifted from the robot onto Lucas as he swung at her unexpectedly. She grinned through clenched teeth as the punch landed on her raised bracer. It was lucky she’d been quick enough to block it because she could feel the strength behind the fist. She wasn’t too proud to admit he might even be stronger than her but that didn’t mean that his victory was assured.
Next, he kicked up towards her head and she pushed his fist aside in time to catch his foot in the air. She pivoted in place, turning her back to him in a motion intended to twist his foot around so his toes would be facing down at the ground with his ankle tucked under her armpit.
The soldier intended to knock him to the ground with this maneuver but even if it didn’t she would let go and attempt to put a couple yards between them. She goaded him jovially as she turned to face him again. “That all you’ve got, Lucas?”
panting as he stood up he now knew why they got the title SOLIDER compared to him,now focusing on her he couldnt help but smile now as his thoughts faded from worrying about what had happened earlier to facing her "like hell its all i've got after all" he told her stretching his arms and legs "im just getting started" he said rushing at her again but this time when he threw his fist at her he feinted to grab ahold of her arm to attempt an arm throw
Post by Thalia Melpomene on Aug 1, 2020 20:48:35 GMT
Thalia chuckled at the enthusiastic retort as she raised her forearm to deflect another punch. It didn’t come. Instead she got yanked off to the side. Thalia tumbled into a roll and landed on one knee.
The training bot emitted another three bursts of fire. The first careened off somewhere behind Lucas but the second was aimed directly at him. The third blast was aimed at Thalia who leapt straight up and onto the second floor balcony above. Her jump materia glowed a faint yellow on her belt.
“You’ll have to catch me first!” She called down playfully as she peeked over the rails. There were a couple of climbing ropes dangling from the ceiling that could be used to climb up or the ladder to the maintenance hatch but that was built into the wall further away.
She supposed he could also leave the room and take the stairs to the next floor up but that would take a long time and she’d be so incredibly bored.
with the first blast of fire careening behind him lucas let out a sigh before having to rush to a dangling rope and climbing up it as a fireblast was heading straight towards him hearing her call to him to catch her in a playful tone as he hopped off the rope he was climbing as the fire ball from below hit the wall as he looked at her panting but despite looking like he was getting tired his eyes looked like he wanted to keep going
Post by Thalia Melpomene on Aug 4, 2020 6:16:56 GMT
Thalia crossed her arms and watched him climb the rope, tapping her foot in mock impatience. It was actually rather impressive how quickly he ascended to the second floor. A mischievous grin appeared on her face as she turned and ran along the track, which was blocked by several obstacles.
There was a pile of large foam blocks and she leapt from one to the next like she was ascending stairs before jumping off the peak and rolling forward.
lucas continued to chase after the woman along the track first he saw a pile of large foam blocks as she leapt on them like stairs before jump "no you dont!" he could hear himself mutter as he began to try to ascend the blocks, he could feel his legs burning from how much he had been running and moving just to avoid the fireblast from earlier and the rope climb but he continued to try to push himself as he jumped and despite his legs burning he began to ascend the blocks until he reached the peak and rolled off trying to atleast land on one knee to minimize the damage as he wearily continued to chase after her
Post by Thalia Melpomene on Aug 6, 2020 1:04:53 GMT
Thalia kept running until she reached the second floor entrance area. She pushed through the door and into a short brick hallway lined with little cubbies. The SOLDIER grabbed someone’s stinky old tennis shoe and prepared to toss it in the direction of Lucas’s face the moment he came into sight.
She ran into the sauna room and hid along the side of the doorframe hoping to ambush him from behind. There were several men attempting to relax that seemed rather startled by her sudden appearance and demeanor.
Thalia raised a finger to her lips and flashed her most reassuring smile. The other SOLDIERS quieted down. They still seemed confused but less on edge and more just curious.
lucas continued running while not as fast as before he was still running until he reached the second floor entrance area and saw that the door had already been pushed through unaware of the cubbies as he ran the doorframe confused as his run finally came to a walk as he entered the room panting heavily looking everywhere 'where is she...'