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[grandtheftmecha]

Alright everyone! Just because Sgt. Major Mao is gonna be laid up in the infirmary for a while doesn't mean that all you punks she was dealing with get a break! Kamille Bidan, Coop Cooplowski, Shinji Ikari, Riki Makishi, Kusuha Mizuha, Garrod Ran, Akito Tenkawa, and Kira Yamato, you'll all report to the gym at 0530 just like you have been! Any of you punks try to get away and I'll deal with you myself! Don't show up late and don't complain!

Oh, and be ready for the sims after we're done. I want to see what Dingo Egret has taught all of you.

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*The very next morning, Katina arrived outside the gym at 0510 in sweatpants and tank top, with arms crossed and a sour expression. Off to the side was some sort of small truck, it's bed full of something the poor fools wouldn't recognize unless they looked in.*

[[I'll be assuming posts as pre-training unless otherwise noted.]]

Comments

[messiahfist.livejournal.com]

*comes in on the day of the training*

Hey, I volunteered to go through utter hell with Mao's training. Don't mind if I do the same this time too?

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

Be my guest.

Just don't expect it to be the same training Mao's been giving you.

[messiahfist.livejournal.com]

Even tougher? Fantastic. I need to get even stronger than that, after all.

So please... push me to the breaking point.

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

Hey. Are you one of those guys with some sort of weird non-mech weapon? Can you run it in the sims?

[messiahfist.livejournal.com]

Uh... yeah. X helped add the Messiah Fist to the simulator, so I can use it in there if you want me to.

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

As long as everyone shows up, that brings us to 10 total.

Since you're not part of Ingram's little list of recommended trainees, you'll be on my team.

[messiahfist.livejournal.com]

As long as I get something out of this, I've got no problems with that.

[bangai-o-go.livejournal.com]

I'll show up twice as much to make up for it!

[gekigan-chef.livejournal.com]

*Upon seeing this, Akito simply shrugs, perfectly content with waking up an hour early in order to avoid training, as he has been doing ever since Mao started.*

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

Show up... twice as much?

Are you implying that there are times when you aren't planning to show up?!

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

[[Explain how getting up early allows you to avoid training please?]]

[bangai-o-go.livejournal.com]

Of course not! I'm stepping it up from 100% to 200%!

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

Try 300% and maybe we'll be getting somewhere!

[gekigan-chef.livejournal.com]

[[Unnecessarily long routes to avoid being seen by the trainer.]]

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

*When Akito returns to his dorm later in the day, he'll be confronted by an MP on orders to question him about why he missed.*

[a-young-legend.livejournal.com]

-Shinji shows up several minutes late, hardly thrilled to be present for the no doubt brutal training to come. He brightens, however, seeing Katina.-

Ah, it's you! I didn't see the training reminder until I woke up today. So Mao's in the infirmary? Thank god, I finally get a break from all those push-ups. I hope she's alright. I should see her later.

H-hey, why are you glaring at me like that? Why do I have the feeling a shitload of pain is coming my way?

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

Mao's fine. She'll be on her feet in a little while.

You, however, are late. You'll stay here after we're done in the sims later.

[decidethefuture.livejournal.com]

*Garrod will be slipping out of the dorms before he's expected to wake up and making his way to the city. Now if only he'd put his skill at stealth to a more constructive use...*

[[C+P from Akito response]]

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

*When Garrod returns to his dorm later in the day, he'll be confronted by an MP on orders to question him about why he missed.*

[decidethefuture.livejournal.com]

[[Garrod's response, verbatim, is as follows: "Not in the job description. If I wanted to go through boot camp, I'd have gone all the way and signed up for the military!"]]

[a-young-legend.livejournal.com]

It was only a few minutes. You realize I have class to go to in like... three hours, right? I can't stay here all day.

[messiahfist.livejournal.com]

Eh, no harm. Garrod and Akito haven't shown up and it's nice to have at least one person here, no matter for how long. If we only have three hours to work with, then we'll just work to make sure they're worth it.

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

[[Garrod will receive the signed response that apparently, Ingram had left clauses in his contract that said, in words Garrod had no hope of properly understanding, and in much the same way that he had been sent to school, that yes, it was in the job description.

And right now, you're working for the military. Incompetence on a mission due to lack of fitness shouldn't ever even have the chance to occur.]]

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[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

Just a few minutes?! Tell me, Shinji Ikari, what would happen if you were "just a few minutes late" providing essential support fire to the rest of your team on the field?! Or how about "just a few minutes late" providing first aid to your teammate who has just had his knee shot out by a .50 caliber bullet?!

"Just a few minutes late" is the same as "Just a few minutes DEAD", Ikari!

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[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

I'll just have to fit you in this evening. You'll be done in the sims in about 2 and a half hours if you keep up even a half decent pace.

Now, Sunday is another beast entirely.