Training Days

[Ventus Fall]

Training Days
Introductions and Start-Up

A large white shade passed the group of fresh new recruits, towering far above all.
"Well, well, well," it grunted, coming to a standstill in front of the group. "This is what I have to deal with."
Looking up at the huge white fuzzy shape, one could find it wasn't some vague, abstract shape which happened to be able to speak. It was a rather well-built polarbear, a fine specimen of its species.
"The name's Cold. Sergeant Cold for you." He took a pause, looking briefly at each one individually before continuing.
"You are in the AdMi, Advanced Military. This means you have either worked hard towards becoming a member here, your goal in life so to speak. Or you have been selected due to some exceptional quality you might have. Well... I don't care. We're a team, and I want to know if you're good enough for my team. If I think you fit the team, you fit the team. Otherwise you'll be transferred or cut out of the programme. Either way you're out."
Another large figure, yet somewhat less bulky and tall, appeared next to Cold. It was another ursine, a giant panda. The rank of corporal was shown on his shoulder patch. He stood straight-up next to his superior.
Sergeant Cold continued: "We have a mission soon. I want everyone to be fit and prepared. We have some heavy training days ahead of us before the mission takes place, so I want everyone to focus and put their best foot or paw forward. Understood?"


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[Vosur Aekira]

Before the briefing started, the division was placed at-ease to allow them to listen without stiffening up as most of them had already went through the basic-training and advanced-individual-training before this. Among the division of recruits into the AdMi program, there was a half-human/half-red-fox with a Specialist rank on her sleeve, her attention going to the polar bear-like figure, her ears going full-forward to indicate she was listening intently. When the panda arrived, she glanced to him and one of her ears went to his direction instinctively before going back to the one who introduced himself as Sergeant Cold initially to hear out the rest of the briefing. Once the briefing was done, she gave a "Understood, Sergeant!" with the rest of the group.

[Shoon]

Shoon was standing and looking at him. He hated this type of interactions, He wanted something better, exciting. A debriefing about a terrorist threat, that would be cool. Never the less he also knew this was an inevitable part. He was thinking about food and how fun climbing a large tree he could see in the distance.
He nearly jumped when the soldier next to him yelled, he quickly joined her yelling "Understood!". He said it quickly so while he didnt start on time he would finish it on time as the rest of the group. After this he was more concentrated.

[Angder]

Angder was watching the polar bear intently, He could see the large number of scars covering the bear, clearly he had seen some form of action... or some particularly mean spirited Sergeant. Either way, probably had some experience, and was worth listening to. Once the briefing was done, Angder spoke up: "Understood, Sergeant" He was not too worried about the idea of training, he was strong enough and had enough agility that physical challenges shouldn't be a problem for him.  Still, he was not entirely at ease, a mission so soon seemed... odd... to him. The group was not even formed yet, did they need soldiers out there that badly?

He risked a glance round, taking in who his fellow recruits were. He wanted to know who he was going to end up working with before being pushed into intensive training.

[MrRazot]

Warren was a bit here and there with the briefing, not really knowing what to think. Firstly, he still wasn't sure why he was there. Sure there was another human and a half-human?, but Warren seemed to be the only stock standard human there. Dare to say, he felt very intimidated.

Warren looked around where he could while keeping up his stiff militaristic form in attention. He'd only really heard about the AdMi and what kind of work they'd been doing. He also hadn't really been in any deployments where the AdMi had active units in his area. This would just take a little getting used to.

The Sergeant was indeed quite intimidating, everyone else was quite intimidating. Warren wished he could make a joke about this and move on, but he'd have to try and remember the jokes for later. He was good at making jokes about his inferiority.
Warren set his mind to focus on the Sergeant's speech and think about the rest later. He also wondered who the Panda was beyond being an officer.
"Understood, Sergent" he tried to say in unison with everyone else. This would take just a little getting used to.

[Rayleonarde]

Fear and respect was all that went through Rayleonarde Blackburn's mind, as his commanding officer spoke, the raccoon's eyes never leaving the polar bear's face. Yet still, the raccoon stood ridged as a flagpole, his paw upon his forehead in a crisp salute. Besides science facilities, this was all the purple raccoon knew. He, like the others of his kind before him, had been specially bred for little more than cannon fodder. There was barely a beat between Cold's beck and Ray's call.
"Understood sir!" Barked the raccoon, his focus unwavering even as his will began to crack. Ray hadn't even gotten as far as to looking at his soon-to-be squadmates, but hoped that he could integrate with those not of his own species.

[Ventus Fall]

Cold looked over all the members of his new team once more. He couldn't help but feel a bit sorry for Pandadox, who would be leading them on the missions most of the time.
"Alright, good!"
The sergeant noticed one or two who had not entirely paid close attention. A human who seemed to dream off and did not mention 'sergeant' at the end, clearly giving off a stronger vibe to Cold about how small his attention span was.
Regardless, this was just day one. The polar bear had no intention to be rough with them from the start, but if they did not pick up their act, they would soon realise he was not to be messed with. They were not for nothing in the AdMi.

The sergeant nodded his head towards the panda standing besides him. "This here is my corporal. I'll leave him to explain the situation. Just like me he's brief on words and introduction. I'll say this once here and now. If you have any questions or issues, take it up with your corporal or with me."
After that he walked off. He needed some rest. He woke up very late at night from a nightmare and couldn't head back to sleep. This had been going on for several weeks and it was starting to take a toll on the large polar bear.
It must be the stress of him experiencing his first real mixed team as a Corporal. I sure hope he'll be alright. The thoughts of worry and stress were overtaking the sergeant, but he managed to keep it well-hidden from everyone else, including Pandadox.
Not too long before the new recruits were brought in, Pandadox was placed in a holding cell due to some further testing they wanted to perform, this kept Pandadox out of rotation for a couple of days. When he returned he was even more quiet than he usually was. Cold had no idea what happened in the time they had been separated. He was fearing something extremely bad happened.
Why do they keep doing this to him. They've never been this extensive with me or others. What's the issue? He just couldn't wrap his head around it.

The panda briefly looked at Cold when he was slumping off before looking back at the recruits.
With a somewhat gravelled voice, but not as heavy as Cold's, Pandadox started to speak: "We'll be doing a few training exercises to test if you're all up and running. Those who aren't will go through some rigorous training to make sure you are combat-ready for the upcoming mission. From what I see it you all should be, but the AdMi wants to be sure, so let's make sure they're satisfied. Today is meant for you to settle in, get to know your team, get your things organised and sorted out. This will be the last day in a while you can relax, so take advantage of that. Tomorrow morning we need to get up at five AM. 0500 hours. Be ready for training at 6 right at this exact same spot. If you're not there you need to do one-hundred push-ups. Not so much? Complaining adds another hundred. You have been warned."
Realising he talked a lot more in a short amount of time than he probably ever had in his life, he breathed in a lot of air and took a pause before continuing to speak.
"You're free to go now. Your sleeping quarters is left of you, keep going in a straight line and you'll spot it in no time. Breakfast and other meals during the day are just a few barracks further down. Rest well. You're going to need it."
Pandadox simply stood there, waiting until all recruits would head off. He now would also have time off. It was suggested by the higher-ups he would get more involved with his team, but he had no idea how. He left it as it was for now.

[Vosur Aekira]

The half-human/half-vixen waited until they were given the dismissal before she looked about at the area more thoroughly. "Reminds me of being back in Basic again." she thought out-loud before she stepped away from the group, starting to head to the dining facility first as her stomach was growling. She got a good distance away, enough where she felt she was far enough away before she could start speaking her thoughts a little more clearly, starting off with a very accurate reproduction of Cold's voice at first, "'Short introductions...' I don't think so. Definitely reminds me of a usual safety briefing... which isn't very 'brief' at all."

[Shoon]

As soon as Pandadox finished speaking Shoon just turned left and began walking off, mostly just thinking to himself.
When he got to the barracks he climbed the building and stared at the sky, he was going to try and take this day easy.

[Angder]

Angder blinked as the group dispersed. He had gotten a good look at most of the group. The Raccoon looked completely terrified, and one of the humans seemed a bit inattentive, Almost certainly going to have some trouble with those two, but the rest seemed to be holding steady so far. Angder turned to leave, heading towards the sleeping quarters, "So, I guess your who I am going to be working with then." He said, as much to himself as to anyone with him "So, anyone want to introduce yourselves? I'm Angder." He looked back after saying this, seriously wondering if anyone was actually behind him or if he was talking to himself, part of him hoped he was actually alone. He felt incredably awkward trying to start a conversation like that.

[MrRazot]

When they were dismissed, Warren suddenly felt a bout of disorientation. He'd just been told where everything was, but still, this was all very new to him. He liked the idea of food, but establishing HQ seemed the better option for now.
With that thought in mind, Warren took off for the barracks.
He did make an effort to stop by everyone and introduce himself to the others as he walked past him. He wasn't going to be a TOTAL stranger.
He set off and bumped into a figure referring to themselves as Angder.
"Ahh, pleasure to meet you!"
He stuck out his hand, but didn't really know what to expect... a paw... can you shake that? He offered a hand/paw shake all the same.
"I'm Warren."

[Rayleonarde]

Ray relaxed as his commanding officers left, breathing a heavy sigh of relief. He glanced around at his comrades, getting his first real look at them. Ray, however, said nothing and instead walked to the barracks to claim his bed. He figured if the others found him worthwhile, they'd talk to him.


Besides, my kind are little more than bullet-shields...


Raysighed heavily to himself after his sobering thought, before trying to ascertain what bunk was his. He wondered when they would get their equipment, or if the training was going to be anything like the stuff he'd been through as a kid.

[Ventus Fall]

After waiting for a little while to see where every member went to, Pandadox felt more at ease to head off himself. His goal was the place which was serving food.
Not that he was feeling particularly hungry, but from experience he knew this might be a rare occassion to get a proper meal with being in a rather "care-free" environment.
Vegetable soup would be nice.
On his way, coming across the enchanced-human, the half-human/half-vixen, he could see her talking to herself, but couldn't really hear what she was saying. Nor was he particularly interested at the time either. All he could think of was getting food.
Vegetable soup would be very nice.

Coming somewhat closer to the enhanced human, due to him slightly picking up speed and having a rather large pacing, he decided to try to form a conversation, something his superiors advised him to do. Something he wasn't particularly good at.
"Do you like vegetable soup?"
He really had no idea how to start a conversation or how this was going to turn out.

[Vosur Aekira]

Ruby froze for a moment when she was spoken to, her ears quickly folding and her tail frizzed for a moment out of reaction. When she was asked about the vegetable soup, she had a moment of hesitation and thought, her ears going back upright and her tail straightening out to normal as she looked to him. "Not as much as I used to, Corporal." she started off, trying to play-off the feeling and the expression-telling portions from her ears and tail a bit. "Not since the change. I've had a stronger craving for meat-type meals. Guess my taste-buds have changed a bit." she added with a shrug while she continued to the mess-hall.

[Angder]

Angder looked slightly taken aback by the single human behind him, of all the recruits, this one seemed the only one to be completely normal.  A completely basic generic human. Angder looked warily at the outstretched hand, then cautiously extended a paw in response, resulting in a slightly awkward handshake. Afterwards Angder turned back to the corridor ahead intending to talk as he walked. "Warren... so..." Angder trailed off suddenly realizing he had almost nothing to really talk about. He pauses for a couple of seconds trying to think of something to say, before confidently speaking up again. "So, you looking forward to seeing some action?" Angder spoke with a degree of confidence, but it felt false, it was clear Angder's social skills left much to be desired.
"If I heard right, the bosses just said we would only be training for a few weeks, so hopefully we won't have too long to wait." Angder continued, feeling pleased with himself that he had found something to talk about.