Post by Emily Suddenfield on Jul 25, 2017 16:44:50 GMT -8
"Tch."
She understood why graduations were necessary. They had to seem orderly. To have a system by which everyone must adhere to. It was like the Pillars- a structure of control. It also helped them develop the trainees in a meaningful way. But she was a former Captain. She had the strength, she had the abilities. To be judged by those who had no idea the things she'd been forced to deal with was insulting. Originally, she didn't plan on doing this at all- just graduate as a civilian. But with Krane moving up, and with her recent fight against Asiv, she knew she needed to step up to the plate and prove herself. Some part of her wanted that recognition. But the key to that name- Captain Emily Suddenfield- was that students tended to keep in line around her. Krane would follow in her footsteps. He'd try to push himself into a leadership role, and though Emily had no intention of taking that title away from him, she could still fill a spot on the pillarship. One that would give her maximum growth and put her in a position to put Krane down if he got out of hand.
She stepped up onto the dias, looking out at the faces in front of her. The Board. She wasn't wearing her mask today, instead wearing the plain sweater, tank and pants she was known for. Despite the very judged position she stood in, she found no intimidation coming from those below. She didn't fear moving forward, or being denied. She could step off this dias and break everyone sitting in this audience. But what made her uncomfortable were the requirements of this meeting. To display a power only one or two people had ever seen. To be...catalogued. It felt twisted, but she like all the others had no choice.
Unzipping her sweater, she'd take it off and walk toward the back of the dias, setting it down. Her abilities were net cohesive like others. They were blunt force. They were sometimes uncontrollable...but if they wished to see them....turning back, she would walk to the middle and stand, hands at her sides. Several seconds would go by as Em closed her eyes, taking several deep breaths. Smoke began to lift from her hands and feet. Then, around her now clenched right fist, shadow seemed to twist and bend around it. She spun into a spinning backfist, a slight eruption of shadow exploding out from her fist. She would leap into the air after, both her hands erupting in the same shifting liquid shadow as she would plummet toward the dias and hammerfist both of them into the center of it. Wood from the stand holding her up shattered outward, rock and ash and earth rushing up into the air.
As she stood, walking from the smoke, her right hand would come up in a rather threatening way, fist held out to her right, straight as an arrow. It started howling, screaming into the stadium like the wind of a hurricane. The shadow spead up her arm like a flame, engulfing the fist. She would throw it down at the stage and, with a great heave, the dias would collapse on impact, shooting more soot and rubble into the air around her. As it started to clear, Em's back would be toward the board, the young woman putting on her jacket. Chaining attacks together like that....sweat dripped off her shin, but she would half turn back and stare, waiting their....judgement.
Name: Trainee Graduation
Requirements: 100 posts
Job: This job can only be done one time. You must make a 500 word post discovering how to combine two of your Abilities into a single attack and showcase it to the Trainee board.
Bonus: Combine both your Primary and Secondary Ability Types.
Payout: +5 exp, +$400, Troop Jacket: +3 Def, +3 Eng
She understood why graduations were necessary. They had to seem orderly. To have a system by which everyone must adhere to. It was like the Pillars- a structure of control. It also helped them develop the trainees in a meaningful way. But she was a former Captain. She had the strength, she had the abilities. To be judged by those who had no idea the things she'd been forced to deal with was insulting. Originally, she didn't plan on doing this at all- just graduate as a civilian. But with Krane moving up, and with her recent fight against Asiv, she knew she needed to step up to the plate and prove herself. Some part of her wanted that recognition. But the key to that name- Captain Emily Suddenfield- was that students tended to keep in line around her. Krane would follow in her footsteps. He'd try to push himself into a leadership role, and though Emily had no intention of taking that title away from him, she could still fill a spot on the pillarship. One that would give her maximum growth and put her in a position to put Krane down if he got out of hand.
She stepped up onto the dias, looking out at the faces in front of her. The Board. She wasn't wearing her mask today, instead wearing the plain sweater, tank and pants she was known for. Despite the very judged position she stood in, she found no intimidation coming from those below. She didn't fear moving forward, or being denied. She could step off this dias and break everyone sitting in this audience. But what made her uncomfortable were the requirements of this meeting. To display a power only one or two people had ever seen. To be...catalogued. It felt twisted, but she like all the others had no choice.
Unzipping her sweater, she'd take it off and walk toward the back of the dias, setting it down. Her abilities were net cohesive like others. They were blunt force. They were sometimes uncontrollable...but if they wished to see them....turning back, she would walk to the middle and stand, hands at her sides. Several seconds would go by as Em closed her eyes, taking several deep breaths. Smoke began to lift from her hands and feet. Then, around her now clenched right fist, shadow seemed to twist and bend around it. She spun into a spinning backfist, a slight eruption of shadow exploding out from her fist. She would leap into the air after, both her hands erupting in the same shifting liquid shadow as she would plummet toward the dias and hammerfist both of them into the center of it. Wood from the stand holding her up shattered outward, rock and ash and earth rushing up into the air.
As she stood, walking from the smoke, her right hand would come up in a rather threatening way, fist held out to her right, straight as an arrow. It started howling, screaming into the stadium like the wind of a hurricane. The shadow spead up her arm like a flame, engulfing the fist. She would throw it down at the stage and, with a great heave, the dias would collapse on impact, shooting more soot and rubble into the air around her. As it started to clear, Em's back would be toward the board, the young woman putting on her jacket. Chaining attacks together like that....sweat dripped off her shin, but she would half turn back and stare, waiting their....judgement.
Name: Trainee Graduation
Requirements: 100 posts
Job: This job can only be done one time. You must make a 500 word post discovering how to combine two of your Abilities into a single attack and showcase it to the Trainee board.
Bonus: Combine both your Primary and Secondary Ability Types.
Payout: +5 exp, +$400, Troop Jacket: +3 Def, +3 Eng
