Avengers: A New Dawn (IC)

[noodle]

SHIELD HQ, NYC
July 10, 2030
12:00 Noon ​

It was a beautiful day outside. Birds were in throngs, even in the city, and families abounded in the various parks. But there was one place that seemed to be.....quieter. More serious. It was a huge windowless warehouse-looking building, located on the outskirts of town by the docks. It really wasn't that unique to look at, which is why it was perfect for a place that was trying to stay undercover.

Inside, there was a parking garage for the many SHIELD vehicles, several small apartments for SHIELD members, an infirmary, a training area, high-security holding cells, and a cafeteria. In the center of it all was the control room, where the hub for the whole operation's power was located. The security feed, any information that couldn't be released to the public, and the like were kept there in secure files, heavily guarded by several field agents.

There was something else happening, besides the usual ruckus of the facility. Some new recruits were currently being transported there under high security to make up a new Avengers. Hopefully, this new group would be able to work together enough to eventually achieve their end goal- destruction of HYDRA...once and for all. And then they would become the well-functioning team that the original team had never been. But they had to arrive first. And then they had to meet their predesignated leader, who was waiting inside already.

Finally, one of the armored vehicles pulled into the facility and the door opened. A girl stepped out, her silver eyes scanning the place with wariness and suspicion. Her hands were clenched at her sides and she was dangerously silent. She seemed nervous about this. She finally listened to the directions of the agents that drove her there and sat down in a group of chairs waiting for the recruits.

Hopefully the rest of them would be here soon, because Luna wanted to get this over with.
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HYDRA HQ, Sokovia
July 10, 2030
6:00 PM
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The HYDRA base hadn't changed much since the Avengers' attack on it before Ultron was created. Really, just a few major repairs and tech upgrades, as well as a heater. That addition was nice.

Indis was standing in the HYDRA base with crossed arms and a neutral expression as she waited for the last members of her 'team' to arrive. Outside, it was the typical weather for Sokovia- cold, with snow beating against the walls of the base thanks to the wind. She sighed and adjusted the sunglasses on the bridge of her nose. Where were they?

She was too impatient, perhaps. But she had been waiting for a long time and wanted to get this done as fast as possible. This new team had better cooperate with her. She did not have the patience for messing around with people. Once everyone arrived, she would make sure they all understood what they were here for, get them settled in...and then the next day, kick their asses in training. They'd have to prove themselves before she ever put them on the battlefield.​

 

[Lockheart]

SHIELD HQ, NYC
July 10, 2030
12:00 Noon​

He heard the vehicle pull up outside. Even from the sound, Peter could tell that it was too heavy. The SUV had too much armor, was too slow, too heavy, and no doubt exerted too much pressure on the power steering. But SHIELD did not understand that the ability to take a bullet was not the only necessary type of defense.

As a young girl walked in, Peter checked through the documents in search of her detailed files. Detailed... Who compiled this folder? It was severely lacking in necessary information.

"Shapeshifter. Fifteen. Luna Adler," he read aloud. "Take a seat and wait. The others should arrive shortly."

Should being the operative word. These new recruits were hardly the best fit, barely considered heroes, and he doubted if they could arrive punctually let alone form a functional team and protect the world. Though, he supposed, it was him job to make them into heroes and into a team. This was going to take loooong time.​

 

[Jinxer]

SHIELD HQ, NYC
July 10, 2030
12:05
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"You do realise it's five minutes past now, right?" Rhiannon was jittery, shifting in her seat and constantly looking out the front and side windows. The SUV was probably meant to be subtle but she felt any all black car with blacked out windows was going to attract the wrong kind of attention. Thankfully, New York had a lot of them. Apparently people liked their anonymity here in the 'Big Apple'; it was a bit different to her home of the Welsh Valleys were everyone knew everyone and their pets intimately.

One of the men in the front spoke without turning around, probably on constant alert or something like that. Rhiannon had trouble with these agent types; she only knew the army guys from back home and they liked a good drink to blow off steam and there was none of this steely attitude. "We're nearly there, Ms. Jones. HQ already know about the delay."

Yeah, I know. I heard you speaking on the radio.

She hated being late, for anything. When she was waiting for the bus to school she'd be there ten minutes early just in case the driver was ahead of schedule. Finally she could see the warehouse come into view. Inconspicuous and yet so very obvious once you knew all at the same time. Some kind of greeting was exchanged and they were allowed entry into the cavernous hive of activity inside. Barely had the SUV come to a stop before she was out the door, rocking on the balls of her feet and looking from side to side to find whoever she was meant to be meeting. Someone talked to her and her head snapped around.

"I'm sorry we're late! My plane was on time and everything! Honestly, I'm great at being punctual. I'm sure that's probably in my file though, huh? Tidy, I'll just... calm down a little..."
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HYDRA HQ, Sokovia
July 10, 2030
6:00 PM
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"Sweet place. Very medieval. I do hope you've got some... artefacts from back then? I do like sharp and pointy things." The sweet voice full of youthful exuberance echoed around the stone-walled building as Elena was guided toward the meeting place. Her escort looked a little unnerved by the jarring message and tone of words and she was enjoying every bit of it.

"You see, I like to play with sharp things. And way back when they had the best ways to play with people, fewer rules, right? I guess that's what HYDRA is all about, yeah? Good to be working with you, by the way, Mr Brick Wall."

They apparently arrived at their destination as her escort stopped, saluted, and then hurried away as quickly as possible. He looked a little pale and Elena logged the moment to savour it later.

"Hi there! I'm Elena, pleased to meet you. When do I get to play with some people?"​

 

[Lockheart]

SHIELD HQ, NYC
July 10, 2030
12:00 Noon​

"Take a seat and wait," Peter said. "Another child, nineteen." Though that was only three years younger than himself. "Rhiannon Jones. Electric manipulator...."

He would have to test her level of control. Otherwise she could prove to be one of the team's most valuable members or an uncontrollable and unusable wrecking ball. But he had worked with electric and lightning powers before. He knew how to train her. Or at least try to. If she could be trained.

"Feel free to talk among the two of you. Others will hopefully arrive soon." Maybe he should apologize for the SUVs. "And the SUVs were not my idea."

Quite frankly, they suck. An armored vehicle is a target and not protection. Peter reviewed the documents in his hand. He paused when he reached a set of papers regarding a slime woman... What? They really dredging up the shallow end of the pool for this team. Of course they were, Peter knew this already: They expected him to be a leader.​

 

[Banana-senpai]

[fieldbox="Cleave, mediumslateblue, solid, 10, Courier New"]

SHIELD HQ, NYC || July 10, 2030 || 12:00 NN
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Claidheamh Soluis was active but was dormant, seated on one of the chairs. On his power saving mode, he sat still with his eyes closed, looking like a stiff mannequin. Only his audio detector and heat sensors were on high activity so he paid no attention to his surroundings. He knew what his task was but the unusual thing about it is that there was only one: to wait at the lobby for further instructions. Having been set to save power whenever necessary, he was still sitting lifelessly when Peter Earl's voice rang through.

"Shapeshifter. Fifteen. Luna Adler, take a seat and wait. The others should arrive shortly."

Claidheamh immediately went back to full power mode and saw a dark-haired teenage girl come in. He looked at her unblinkingly, knowing she didn't have the orders he was waiting for. If anything, Peter might. Claidheamh knew the name. The data was already added in the database, to which he had some access.

Another girl came in. She was rather flustered and spoke hurriedly, "I'm sorry we're late! My plane was on time and everything! Honestly, I'm great at being punctual. I'm sure that's probably in my file though, huh? Tidy, I'll just... calm down a little..."

"Take a seat and wait. Another child, nineteen." Peter replied simply. He seemed rather unimpressed. Claidheamh watched the newcomer this time and Peter read from his files the same thing Claidheamh also knew. "Rhiannon Jones. Electric manipulator...."

Peter then encouraged the girls to speak with each other before leafing through his files again. Claidheamh stood and approached the two, taking it upon himself to open a conversation. He was with Peter so he felt he should help them get better informed. "Good day," he spoke with a cordial but calculated voice, exactly as was applied on him. "This is my name," -He pointed to the engraved Claidheamh Soluis on the plate that pas pinned on his pale blue clothing- "or you can call me Cleave. I'm a bionic security droid. We may be working together from now on, along with Peter Earl," -he gestured to Peter- "and six five others."
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[fieldbox="E t z l i, darkred, dashed, 10, Tahoma"]

HYDRA HQ, Sokovia || July 10, 2030 || 6:00 PM
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Two people had arrived before Eztli had, not that he cared much about being late. He simply disliked making people wait and hoped the two ladies didn't have to for very long. He had to get himself a good coat, picking one with expensive looking fur trimmings. Someone had surrendered it to him since he had asked very nicely. Or at least that was his explanation if he would be asked.

He wasn't fond of snow at all, so he just wanted to survive using minimal magic. "I'm the medicine man," he introduced himself. "And I might get a frostbite soon."
[/fieldbox]

 

[Lockheart]

SHIELD HQ, NYC
July 10, 2030
12:00 Noon​

"You didn't have to tell them my real name, Cleave... We don't know if we can trust them yet," Peter said. Looks like they had to trust them now that they knew his real identity. "If you want to help them get orientated then go ahead."

He looked through his files for Cleave's. Though the two had already met, learnt enough about each other, and worked for SHIELD for some time now. But it never hurt to remind yourself of what your allies were capable of. An android, specially built security robot, with an impressive set of statistics for just three years in the field. Peter had always been curious to how Cleave performed in the field.

"While you've got the time, run a self analysis subroutine in the background," Peter ordered. "We have some training exercises and tests to run through once everyone arrives."​

 

[noodle]

SHIELD HQ, NYC
July 10, 2030
12:08 PM
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Luna silently took a seat near the exit, her shoulders hunched slightly in discomfort. It gave her the jitters, knowing that SHIELD already knew her name, age, and what she was. Even after all she had done to hide, somehow they had found her already, and may know everything about her. She still managed to stay relatively calm, though.

Another girl entered, around her height, with long brown hair, and who seemed to be panicking about being a little late. Luna couldn't help but relax a little, seeing someone somewhat normal in this place. She waved with a small smile as she sat down. Luna was open to conversation, especially since it seemed like they'd be working together from now on.

....Wait. Did that guy just say "child" about a nineteen year old? Her silver eyes swept over him skeptically. He didn't seem to be much older than her. And nineteen was legally an adult. Eh, whatever.

Then someone else approached, a robot human, or something like that. She attempted a small smile at him. "Hi. My name is Luna..." Wait, he already knew that, didn't he? Oh well. "...Nice to meet you. So there's six more coming?" She clarified, wondering when they'd get here so she could get some sleep and hopefully a meal.
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HYDRA HQ, Sokovia
July 10, 2030
6:02 PM
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Indis straightened as the pshyco girl entered, her hands clasped behind her back. An eyebrow arched at the girl and she noted with annoyance that she was taller than her. Hopefully there would be some people shorter, or it would be harder to be intimidating.

Enough of that. "Elena Shearer, I presume?" Indis inquired in a clipped, professional tone. "We will get you some...erm...playthings soon enough." This one may be a handful. Fortunately, she knew how to take care of trouble. Her red eyes flicked to the doorway as someone else entered, the blood red orbs betraying no information as to her thoughts or emotions.

This one was even taller. Now that just wasn't fair. "Eztli," she remarked, glancing at the files in her hand. Her lips twisted into a small smirk. "Well, fortunately I doubt we will be waiting much longer," she replied to his complaint. She, too, could admit that it was rather cold, but it would get warmer once they went inside fully. Honestly, if the rest of them didn't arrive soon, she'd have to call in to the agents escorting them to find out what happened. And honestly, she hated hearing their stutters when they were intimidated.​

 

[Unyielding]

SHIELD HQ, NYC
July 10, 2030
12:00 Noon

Flying above the meeting spot was a helicopter with a child size jar hanging by a thread under the aircraft. Inside was a shushing green liquid "I hope you were not expecting some sort of armor truck..." Shouted a woman in a lab coat. however when she looked down, she saw one and laughed, "Well Shield never surprises me." She pressed a button and the jar dropped onto the ground but didn't break. "Well I delivered her as you wish, please take care of her and report how she does!"
The bottom of the jar was cushion stopping it from breaking the ground.

HYDRA HQ, Sokovia
July 10, 2030
6:00 PM

A trembling girl walked out into the open from nowhere. She was over bundled in warm clothes with a scarf covering most of her face. "Too... cold." Where the only words that came out of her mouth before she returned to trembling and walked into the corner of the room.

"E-e-e-emral.... Wh-why group he-ere." Then she sneezed and rested her head against the wall.

 

[Lockheart]

HYDRA HQ, Sokovia
July 10, 2030
6:02 PM​

Ayo had already ditched the escort and vanished from the truck. It had been easy enough.

Now he was looking through a telescopic sight on his rifle. Through the high window, reflecting of the low-grade iron girders, he could make the shot. Ayo's gun was lined up to take out the leader. But he didn't want to kill them. Just knowing that he could made him feel safer.

Ayo lowered the rifle and took a another look at the base. It was a big, obvious castle!-like structure on a hill. Not to mention that it had already been busted once. HYDRA should of found a new base. This was too risky and Ayo did not like it. But what choice did he have? Ayo needed them. It seems that it was time for him to enter the HYDRA base of oeprations.

Through the main entrance. Had they not been expecting him, Ayo would of been shot dead a mile off. If he didn't shoot any snipers first, of course. But the point is that he had made himself incredibly vulnerable by walking in through the front door. Never-the-less, they were expecting him and they had already invited him. Ayo was to join them as a new team, of sorts, like an anti-Avengers.

Ayo found his way to the main room where it seemed a few had already gathered. Three of them.

"Let me guess, you are each my new team mates?" This was going to be a disaster.​

 

[Jinxer]

(Note: bach means 'little' and can be deployed in a few ways. It can be demeaning, descriptive, familiar or endearing)

HYDRA HQ, Sokovia
July 10, 2030
6:02 PM
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Child? Excuse me, bach, but you're hardly suffering from your midlife crisis.

"Yes sir." Rhiannon saluted, perhaps a little over-exaggerated as a response to his very severe and slightly insulting demeanour, before faux-marching towards the others who were waiting. There was a girl there a bit younger than herself, by the looks of things, and some kind of android? Rhiannon had heard of them and seen plenty but none quite as advanced as this one. It almost looked... human. Even its movements were far more fluid than the ones she'd seen elsewhere, even in the robotics lab at university.

As the young Welshwoman walked to join the young girl who had given her a little wave as a way of invitation to sit down, the android made its way towards them and began to speak in a very polite and remarkably human voice, although tinged with tell-tale signs of digital rather than analogue origin.

"Cleave? I'll call you that then. Sounds pretty badass." Rhiannon sat down next to the other girl and relaxed her shoulders, feeling some of the tension be relieved now that she had actually arrived. The guards had been pretty jumpy on the way here which had made her feel like a giant bulls eye was painted onto her back. "My name's Rhiannon, you've probably guessed but I'm from the Welsh valleys. I was at uni studying micro-biology before... all of this." She waved her hands vaguely at their surroundings, her lyrical accent standing out from the Americans calling to each other across the cavernous place.

Cleave introduced themselves to their new boss which marked out to Rhiannon that while the man had loads of files and knew their names he had failed to actually introduce himself. She leaned over to the young girl and lowered her voice a little.

"Seems a little uptight. Maybe he's nervous, poor bach."​

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HYDRA HQ, Sokovia
July 10, 2030
6:00 PM
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Elena grinned at the promise of future entertainment, even if their new leader was just humouring her. Others began to join them, the first two complaining of the cold and the last seeming to be a bit more experienced. He had that look about him of someone who had done a lot and just took whatever came at his own pace. She had to admit though, it was a little chilly. Thankfully she was of the type who rarely got cold.

It looked like they were going to be waiting for a little while for others to arrive before going further inside so she flicked out one of her many, many hidden knives and balanced it on the tip of her finger, flipping it up and down deftly without cutting herself. Some people had little habits like biting their nails or shifting from one foot to another when bored or cold; Elena just played around with knives.

"You know, in some cultures they used to cut open their horses and sleep inside the body to stay warm when it was a really cold winter. Like Luke in Star Wars! I guess even you guys haven't made lightsabers yet? No? Nevermind, I prefer a knife anyway." She had the grin of a huntress awaiting a hunt, flipping the sharp blade up and down.

Elena had a feeling she was going to like it here.​

 

[York]

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Helena Vega

SHIELD HQ, NYC
July 10, 2030
(Roughly) 12 PM

She was late.

Apparently, at some point during a routine resting interval, she must have lost track of time, as somehow, Helena had slept for nearly an hour, rather than 20 or so minutes during the ride, like she had intended to when she had taken this power nap, in an effort to clear her mind a bit.

Unlike her previous powernaps, where she was able to maintain lucidity, this one appeared to have degraded into a more traditional dream cycle at some point, resulting in her sleeping in... To say the least, Helena wasn't very happy with herself for being "fashionably" late to the recruitment gathering, and so close to it too!

This was supposed to be her first time interacting with more than one person at a time in a while... And first impressions were everything, or so she was told. Fortunately enough, the armored car that had been waiting for her hadn't gone anywhere, and albeit somewhat later than she had hoped, Helena's vehicle stopped at the warehouse, and its door slowly opened.

Taking a slow, deep breath, Helena sighed a little, before she slowly began to make her way out of the vehicle, and into the warehouse, where a few others have gathered already. Seeing as they were supposed to take a seat somewhere, she couldn't help but glance from chair to chair, staying standing for the moment... As she seemed a little indecisive as to where she would, or possibly should sit.

Her experience with things like this was next to nill, so it looked like Helena would probably wait and see what seats are left when the others took their places as well, staying oddly quiet the whole time she was standing there peering at the others in the room with her eyes. It was noted that she appeared to have heterochromia, as one of her eyes had a bluish tint to it, while the other had a more pinkish color, almost matching up with the color of her hair.

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Jericho Perkins

HYDRA HQ, Sokovia
July 10, 2030
(Roughly) 6 PM


Jericho arrived on the site of the HYDRA headquarters sooner or later, trudging through the cold Sokovian climate, and into the base. The grim expression on his face remained unchanged, even as he headed inside... It was clear that he was here in HYDRA for a pretty serious reason, whether it be a personal thing, or just out of neccessity. The laid back attitude he usually had was not quite as prominent in him as it usually was, but all the same, he had finally arrived.

Since things were relatively peacefull right now though, Jericho seemed to relax a little, leaning against a nearby wall as he waited for things to get moving. Though he doubted they would get right into training today, he had to at least know what to expect, information that should be provided during this assembly of sorts. Once he had an idea of what training would be like, he could then plan accordingly, and figure out how he could use his powers to help him along.

He had a feeling training wasn't going to be easy, but he didn't care...

All he wanted right now, was take revenge against those that had taken his parents, along with most of his town, from him... He wanted to strike back against SHIELD, give them a cold reminder that even their actions, have consequences.



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[Lockheart]

SHIELD HQ, NYC
July 10, 2030
12:00 Noon​

"Please don't salute me, this isn't the military," Peter requested.

Maybe he was being a little too harsh? They were pretty much just children. He had been immature and unprepared when he first started out too. He had been through a lot since and, though he was still young himself, he had far more experience than someone his age should.

And now they had another arrival. Another young girl. In fact, it seemed like they were developing an uneven demographic.

"And you would be..." Peter spoke aloud as he shuffled through the files. "Helena Per- Vega." Why was her middle name lined out? "Sixteen. Dimensional manipulation." They really were developing a varied team. "Sit down and wait... Or just stand. That works too." Sitting or standing, it made no difference. As long as they were all here. "And try not to fall asleep."

 

[LuckycoolHawk9]

Shield Headquarters'
July 10,2030 12:08 PM

Steven Lasket was late as normal. He wasn't one to arrive on time with the rest of the team. He had taken his own way, only ever catching to the group towards the last stop. He had 'borrowed' a motorcycle from a friend to get here and arrived inside. He went to the nearest seat and pushed his hair back and adjusted his sunglasses. He was not about to admit that he wasn't about to show the world how his experiment had screwed up.

Hydra Headquarters
Sokavia Russia, 6:00 PM

Nathan Stone hated the cold more than he cared to admit. He hated the constant nipping against his body when he trudged to the base, missing the transport there. He arrived in the base, wearing some snow and his trademark suit/ gloves. He was silent as he entered, resting on a seat. The cold made it hard to fly and do anything. He eyed his new allies. He wouldn't call them friends, who knew who was going to betray who by the end of this? He certainly didn't and as such, trusted no one.

 

[noodle]

SHIELD HQ, NYC
July 10, 2030
12:10 PM
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Luna listened to Rhiannon's introduction carefully, nodding along and eyebrows rising when she mentioned microbiology. Welsh, huh? She had always wanted to see Europe, and, in all technicality, she could because of her ability. But she risked losing it every time she shifted, so perhaps that wasn't the best idea. Plus there was the added possibility of her being seen and captured in a rather....forceful...manner, or even killed.

"Nice to meet you. I'm, uh, not from anywhere quite that cool," she half chuckled. "Anyway, hi. And yeah, I mean, anyone would be nervous up there...I think...?" She mumbled the last bit, feeling slightly awkward. "What's Bach mean?" she asked curiously.

She had a feeling she might get along with this girl.

Luna glanced over at the door as two more people entered, a teenage girl and a young man. She chuckled slightly at Peter's command of not falling asleep and adopted a small smirk. "Dang. There go my plans for the next few minutes," she sassed in a low, yet audible, voice.
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HYDRA HQ, Sokovia
July 10, 2030
6:10 PM
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Indis sighed internally as another girl entered, shivering from the cold and muttering things inaudibly. "Emeral Darner," she said as more of a statement than a question, then nodding to Ayo as he entered, respect entering her eyes behind the glasses. She may be the leader, having more experience with HYDRA than the others, but she was still not a brilliant planner...yet. It would be good to have Ayo helping her out. "Glad to see you made it in one piece."

She raised an eyebrow and looked over to Elena as she spoke of cutting open horses. "I hope we won't have to fall so low to keep warm before the rest get here," she said dryly, ignoring the part about lightsabers and knives. Her eyes flicked over to the young man leaning against the wall and greeted him with a small nod. "Jericho. Good to have you," she smiled slightly, her lips curling up and showing her teeth before dropping it and reverting back to her neutral expression.

Then a brooding male entered, arms crossed and settling silently down on one of the few chairs by the door. "Nathan Stone," Indis remarked after a moment of flipping though her flies. Nothing more could be said, really. Not yet. But she hoped that they'd all become a bit more open with each other after a while.​

 

[York]

Helena Vega

SHIELD HQ, NYC
July 10, 2030
(Roughly) 12 PM

Helena nodded politely towards Peter, looking a little embarassed as she sat down in a nearby chair... It was apparent that her social skills were, well... Not on-par just yet, which could probably be chalked down to her... Unique upbringing.

Fortunately it looks like she wasn't falling asleep, but even so, her mind was already off to some faraway place, as evidenced by the slightly glazed over look in her eyes. Perhaps this was just her way of passing the time?

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Jericho Perkins

HYDRA HQ, Sokovia
July 10, 2030
(Roughly) 6 PM


Jericho gaves Indis a small nod, but he seemed to refrain from taking a seat for now, instead choosing to quietly lean against a wall. If this wasn't HYDRA HQ, he'd probably look quite menacing actually, but well, with any luck... His peers wouldn't be so easily shaken.

Despite his rather laid back posture though, he seemed to be looking around the room, mentally assessing each and every person that he could. Maybe it was just a hobby of his? Though on the other hand, this littly hobby could prove quite usefull, or dangerous, depending on how one looks at it.
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[Jinxer]

SHIELD HQ, NYC
July 10, 2030
12:10
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"That cool? I think that's the first time someone called the valleys 'cool'. And yeah, I guess. Maybe he'll chill later." Rhiannon shoved her hands into her jean pockets, glancing over at their commanding officer. A few more people were coming in, most being dropped off in SUVs similar to the one she had arrived in. A stray thought about how numerous blacked out armoured vehicles streaming into an apparently empty warehouse was hardly covert crossed her mind.

Her observations were interrupted by her newest companion querying about her linguistic quirk.

"Oh, bach? I forget I'm not back home. Erm, I guess it's easier to understand if you think of it like 'little' or 'poor'. Like saying 'poor little' or something like that. Both in the nice way and the... less nice way." She glanced at her watch. She thought she had been late but it seemed like there were yet more people to show up. That or there were extra chairs for no reason.

"We might get court martialled if we fall asleep. That or he'll lecture us. Not sure which is worse just yet." She winked as she joked, stifling a laugh in case their glorious leader got suspicious. "Oh, what was your name? I think I might stick with you until everything settles down, if that's alright with you."​

 

[Lockheart]

SHIELD HQ, NYC
July 10, 2030
12:10​

Most of them had been late. Their tardiness spoke volumes to their discipline and preparation. But it wasn't all bad, they seemed like good people. Very important since they were supposed to be heroes. And some of them are quite sociable too. Good. That means they will bond well as a team.

"I don't do court marshals or anything ridiculous," Peter replied.

In fact, he had never been a fan of any form of military practice after what happened to him in France a few years back. Since then he had taken to a more specialized conduct. Though he could do lectures. This was beginning to bring back memories of his first team.

He smiled to himself. "It's really simple. You fall asleep, you fail to follow orders, you put other members of the team in danger, you risk failure on any objectives, or if you do not answer your phone when I call then I will bench you. No more field work and back to basic training until I decide you are ready. Repeated violations will see you booted off the team. And the last rule: If you hurt an innocent then you become just as bad as the people we fight, you become my enemy."

And he has an extensive track record of hunting down and killing his enemies. Particularly rivals. Even killed himself twice... But those were more like clones so it didn't count, right? Peter had never worked out if killing an alternate version of himself from another dimension was actually murder. Though, in all fairness, his alternate self had been trying to open a gateway between realms in order to summon an ancient monster.

"The short story is that you do well and you try then I will do everything I can to help you." Peter sincerely meant that. "But if you do bad then I will end you." Maybe he was being too harsh? Some of them were just children. "... But you're not at risk of any of that today. This day is purely for assessment, testing, and training. So don't worry about it too much."

 

[Banana-senpai]

[fieldbox="Cleave, mediumslateblue, solid, 10, Courier New"]

SHIELD HQ, NYC || July 10, 2030 || 12:00 NN
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"You didn't have to tell them my real name, Cleave... We don't know if we can trust them yet," Peter spoke, sounding even more unimpressed.

"My apologies." Cleave turned to Peter. With his lower tone, Cleave sounded truly guilty. "I must consider trust from now on." Cleave would then look up everything he could on trust on the internet from there.

"While you've got the time, run a self analysis subroutine in the background. We have some training exercises and tests to run through once everyone arrives," Peter told him. The android nodded and his eyes flashed for a second. That was all it took to complete the process. The mention of tests would not affect Cleave since it was part of his daily schedule to be constantly checked up as well.

"Hi. My name is Luna...Nice to meet you. So there's six more coming?" spoke one of the girls he approached. Cleave nodded with an eerily smooth precision only and animated character would have achieved. "Nice to meet you Luna Adler. Yes, five more trainees are on the database. Most of them are very close by now."

"Cleave? I'll call you that then. Sounds pretty badass." the other girl commented, looking less tense than when she arrived. Cleave's face didn't hold any other expression other than the oddly blank look reminiscent of a child's. "Badass," he echoed, doing a quick search of the word. "Thank you. We are all badass," He added with his strange nod.

"My name's Rhiannon, you've probably guessed but I'm from the Welsh valleys. I was at uni studying micro-biology before... all of this." Once again, Cleave was nodding to her although it was all information he already had from the database. He greeted her too, addressing her the same way he does to everyone. She had already moved on to another topic with Luna by then.

Something caught his sensors which at the same time must have alerted their sentries. He was given an immediate order to pick up another recruit from outside whom appears to be a green semi-liquid. He jolted straight from the order that was passed to him directly by signals. As long as he was within the facility and a kilometer away from Peter, he could be directly ordered this way.

Cleave heard Peter announcing the arrival of another girl. He greeted her as she sat dazed. He spoke like a pleasant recording, "Good day to you, Helena Vega. This is my name, or you can call me Cleave. I'm a bionic security droid. We may be working together with Luna Adler," -he held out a hand to the girls- "Rhiannon Jones, Peter and four others." He held out a hand to their appointed captain and then held up three fingers.

"I must now fetch Pori Poring Flan from the entrance," Cleave told Peter. "Steven Lasket Jr. and Isabella-"

With how she made her presence known, there was no need to announce Isabella. Dutifully, Cleave walked over to her and introduced himself once more. "Good day to you, Isabella Coleman. This is my name. Or you can call me Cleave. I'm a bionic security droid." He had pointed to the label on his uniform as he spoke as if someone hit a play button. "We may be working together with Luna Adler, Rhiannon Jones, Pori Poring Flan from outside, Steven Lasket Jr. who is also outside and...Peter."

Done with his introduction, he fetched Pori's jar, holding it delicately with two hands. He assessed the jar quickly, noting that it was not damaged and walked over to the young man on a motorcycle. Once again, he introduced himself.

"Good day to you, Steven Lasket Jr.. Good day to you, Pori Poring Flan," He looked at each of them upon greeting. He recited his introduction one more time but added "...and they are all inside. Please follow me."

He then lead Steven in and carefully put Pori's jar down on a chair. Still with electrically submitted instructions, he opened her jar and stepped back, observing.

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HYDRA HQ, Sokovia || July 10, 2030 || 6:00 PM
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"Thank you, Indis," Eztli's crooked grin actually made his face look friendlier. "I'm not one to be naggy, it's just that my health is important to yours and your colleagues." He gave his escorts a nod, still grinning. "Oh and lovely to make your acquaintance too, Elena. Call me Ez, ladies. It's easier on the tongue,"

"E-e-e-emral.... Wh-why group he-ere." Eztli looked around when someone else spoke. A child huddled in the corner made Eztli laugh a little. "Come closer, I can help you."

"Let me guess, you are each my new team mates?" a voice came. Eztli looked away from the ladies and his escorts to the newcomer.

"Yeesh. This one won't be playing nice." He muttered, taking his hands out of his pockets and tucking them under his armpits. He was shivering already.

Eztli turned whenever Indis greeted a newcomer and gave the two men a nod. He turned away and rolled his eyes. "You couldn't get a friendlier bunch?" He chuckled to Indis. He observed another man come in from the corner of his eye. "Some conversation would help ease this cold. What about you?" He turned to Roman. "Ah, quiet type. And you? You, too?" Eztli nodded to Nathaniel and Jericho. "Psh." Eztli didn't bother hiding his unimpressed look to mirror theirs. "Maybe you then?" He looked at Emeral once again.

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[LuckycoolHawk9]

SHIELD HQ, NYC, July 10, 2030 12:10

Steven hadn't noticed that he had sat down on a chair outside of SHIELD. That was slightly embarrassing. He felt like he had missed most of the lecture when he arrived in. It probably wasn't important to put it simply. It seemed that today they would be training. He could do that.

Hyrdra HQ, Sokvia Russia, July 10, 6:00

Nathan hadn't been giving the chance to talk when he noticed the new guy come in. He was already fascinated that the man had two gun men. He decided to address Roman. " So, sir, why do you have two trained gunmen on you? What makes you of interest to HYDRA. For me, it is my ability to take powers away from my enemy and use it against them." he said, sounding rather proud that he indeed could do that too it would seem.

 

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SHIELD HQ, NYC
July 10, 2030
Roughly 12 PM
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Luna nodded to Rhiannon's explanation with a murmur of "That makes sense," and then a snort of laughter at her joke. "Oh, my name is Luna," she grinned to her. "Eh...yeah. Sure. I guess that would be fine," she shrugged.

This was turning out to be better than she thought it would.

Well, she thought that until Peter began explaining their expected behavior. His words were a painful reminder to her past, how many people she had killed in cold blood just from an accident, a slip of the mental chains she held her other side down with. She flinched slightly.

Perhaps this was not a good idea after all. Or maybe it was the best idea in the world- the monster would be slain and the world would live in peace...just like in the books. Too bad she was the monster.

But she didn't voice any of her concerns. The only betrayals to her thoughts were her flinch and the guilty look in her eyes. But she tried to hide these under a small smile, a crinkling of her eyes, a little nervous chuckle. "Right. Good to know."

Another girl entered, flipping her hair over her shoulder and babbling about something. Luna had really stopped paying attention to all these new people. Rhiannon was nice, and all these people were making her feel overwhelmed. Sticking with the older girl seemed to be the best option- a nice, calming person would be good for her to stay with so an....accident wouldn't happen.
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HYDRA HQ, Sokovia
July 10, 2030
Roughly 6:00 PM
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Indis looked over to the door as she waited for others to come in. Roman entered, a smirk on his face and growling after his escort.

Yes, this one would be trouble- but he would be even more trouble to SHIELD, which is exactly why he was on the team. "Ah, Roman. Glad to see you made it." She was tempted to end the sentence with '-without incident,' but that was not the best idea with this one.

Eztil then spoke, telling them to call him Ez and attempting to make small talk with the others. She laughed. "Well, HYDRA is hardly known for being friendly," she chuckled slightly. At least Nathan was attempting to talk to the others.

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