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Post by Ember on Jan 30, 2008 1:44:51 GMT -5
It was early in the morning, around seven am according to the sun's position. Aideen had been up all night since that nightmare and had gone out at five just before the sun rose to take a walk in the cold crisp morning. She was dressed quite warmly in her Paragon uniform and over it she wore her warm black sweatshirt since the uniform was fairly warm. Last night Aideen had done a large amount of thinking about all that had happened and about being given the position of team leader of the Paragons. Perhaps Cyclops' impulsive idea was a good one. She could use a distraction and this could be just what she needed. She wasn't required to make friends with any of them, just train them. And that she could do without thinking too much.
She stood at the entrance to the hiking trails from the school, wondering if the Paragons got her message for the team practice. If they wanted her to train them, fine Aideen would never refuse and order from her Superiors. But she was going to train them her way. And the first thing they were going to do was get in shape. She planned on explaining all of this to them to the people that showed up. Those that didn't would not enjoy the consequences. Aideen was a perfectionist when it came to being given a placement in such a position. She had Nightcrawler's memory to honor, and she would do her best to to honor the position she was given in place of her former leader.
Aideen checked her watch, knowing she sent her message to all the Paragons and expecting them to be on time for practice. She would not tolerate lateness. They had a lot of work ahead of them and time was a factor. As she waited Aideen looked off into the woods, her frozen heart becoming heavier as she remembered the events that occurred at this time the previous day. She stared at the woods thinking of Logan. What she would give to turn back time and not have fallen into that trap. Then maybe he would still be alive and they would be on a morning run right now together.
Aideen shook her head and turned to look at the mansion. Now was not the time to think such things. She had a team to lead. And that's what she will do.
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Ripple
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Lian Au-Yong
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Post by Ripple on Jan 30, 2008 12:52:58 GMT -5
Lian walked calmly over to where she could see Aideen waiting for the rest of the team to arrive for the practice. She hadn't been sure whether she was supposed to wear her uniform or not, so she had slipped it on underneath her velour tracksuit. She had pushed her hair back off her face with a couple of well-placed kirby grips and she was ready to go. 'Hey Aideen' she said, when she got close enough to be heard. 'No one else here yet?'
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Post by Ember on Jan 30, 2008 13:25:47 GMT -5
Aideen's dark eyes spotted her teammate right away and she nodded in acknowledgment and greeting to Ripple. She was happy that someone got the memo to dress warmly. Aideen moved closer against the wall for the strong wind caused her thick hair to fly around her. She had but her hair up in a dark green bandanna.
"Hey," she said softy. "Yea so far its just you. The others better be on time," Aideen muttered and checked her watch again.
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Ripple
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Lian Au-Yong
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Post by Ripple on Jan 30, 2008 14:26:54 GMT -5
'What time did you want to start?' Lian asked, adjusting one of her grips. She looked towards the mansion. She couldn't see anyone coming yet. 'And what are we gonna be doing?' she was interested to know what training they would start.
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Fleet
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Kyle Nomis
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Post by Fleet on Jan 30, 2008 18:57:33 GMT -5
Jumper just appeared sitting on a rock next to the trail behind the two girls and yawned as if he had been there all along. "What took you girls so long? I have been here all two minutes already. So what are we doing this morning?" He grinned and stood up. Beginning to stretch like he would before any game he played at school.
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Post by Ember on Jan 30, 2008 19:04:27 GMT -5
Aideen didn't take her eyes off the woods as she looked at them with a stone face expression. She wanted to start the practice, train them up a bit and then go on with her day. She wanted to go work on her motorbike, maybe go out for a ride. And then Aideen could talk to Cyclops abut other training tactics she was thinking about, but wasn't stupid enough to go through with them without getting approval from her Superiors
"I will tell you exactly what we are doing this morning when the others arrive. I'm expecting only several people from the team anyways," she said softly still staring at the woods with a far off look in her eyes as she tried to keep herself from reliving the previous day. But that didn't stop her from feeling Logan's presence all around her.
Aideen looked up at Jumper and nodded to him. Good then she was only expecting several more and then they could begin. Nightcrawler taught her that teams work together and that is exactly what Aideen planned to do.
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Ripple
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Lian Au-Yong
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Post by Ripple on Jan 31, 2008 12:19:09 GMT -5
'Oh yeah...' Lian drawled at Jumper, 'As if you were' She grinned. 'So who else we waiting for?' she asked Aideen, watching Jumper starting to stretch. She pushed back a strand of hair which had escaped the grip in the wind. She looked over to the school again. It occured to her that for once, Jumper hadn't made her jump by coming up behind her.
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Post by Ember on Jan 31, 2008 12:37:32 GMT -5
Aideen checked her watch, now throughly annoyed. She was not going to wait around for some slackers. She specified for all of them to meet in the morning at seven am sharp and it was not fair to her two dependable teammates who came on time. As usual it seemed that the original Paragon group that faced the Danger Room together were the ones who stuck together. Aideen didn't have the time nor the patience to wait for others. Punctuality was a big factor in life and she was not going to teach those who did not understand the meaning of it.
She turned to her two teammates who did show up and gave them a solemn look. "Alright, well this is going to be a little bit different without Nightcrawler. He was a great leader and I will do my best to honor him in his previous position as our leader.," she began softly to them. "I called you guys out here this morning because unlike the other practices, which I am sure you have all been hearing about, today we are not going to focus on our powers. It does not matter how powerful you are, how fast you are, or how much control you have over your power. If you are not in the proper shape and have not had the proper conditioning to hold your own in combat, you will lose. So that is what we are going to work on," Aideen said softly and firmly.
"Before we start practicing our powers, I want us all to be in surpassing physical shape. Today to start off our first day of training, we will be going on a run on the hiking trails here. The trails are a rough terrain and there will be many hills we encounter." Aideen then turned to Jumper. "Jumper I know you are faster than all of us. But this is about our form. So for now, don't turn your dials on and together we will all go on a steady paced run. Since its our first day, I'll only make it a 45 minute run and we sprint up only two of the hills. Afterwards we will stretch and then do a run through on how to use our powers in combat. As we have more practices, we will master all the maneuvers in which we can use our knowledge in formal combat and how to incorporate our powers into any move," Aideen finished in her soft expressionless voice and looked at her two teammates with a sence of pride that the original three seem to stick together.
"Any questions before we begin?" she asked and set her water bottle by the wall.
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Ripple
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Lian Au-Yong
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Post by Ripple on Jan 31, 2008 12:54:07 GMT -5
Lian raised her hand. 'What do we do if everyone else turns up here while we're off running?' she asked. 'They won't know where we are' She wasn't worried about the run. She knew she was fit enough to cope with it.
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Post by Ember on Jan 31, 2008 13:03:03 GMT -5
Aideen regarded her question for a moment and thought about it for a minute. "Everyone does the same amount of work. If they arrive as we are in the middle of running, they will have to make up for it twice as much, along with the consequences for being late to an official practice. We will continue running and since you two came on time, we can continue our work without pressure unlike the others. So in simple terms, you two keep running and let me deal with any late arrivals," she said softly, though it was evident from her tone that the late arrivals would not have it easy in the least bit.
She looked back and forth between Jumper and Ripple. "Anything else?" she asked calmly. These were two people who Aideen had respect for as teammates and trusted them to all work together well so she was not worried about them. Her goal in the moment was to make sure her intentions and expectations were clear.
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Ripple
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Lian Au-Yong
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Post by Ripple on Jan 31, 2008 13:09:07 GMT -5
Lian shook her head. She had nothing more to say. She wanted to get going. She had a lot of excess energy she wanted to get rid of, and she was eager to show Aideen that she wasn't afraid of hard work. She was used to strenuous exercise from her gymnastics and surfing. 'Oh, actually' she said suddenly, 'I do have anoter question' She pulled at the purple velour material of her tracksuit. 'Uniforms or tracksuits?' she asked. As it was a team practice, Aideen might want them in uniform, but it was freexing cld, and Lian would prefer to be in her tracksuit.
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Fleet
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Kyle Nomis
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Post by Fleet on Jan 31, 2008 18:11:43 GMT -5
Jumper listened to Ember and he smirked a bit. He had just found out that his powers were a bit different then he knew. And he wanted ot explore them more. But he did understand what she wanted and where she was going with all this so he stretched a bit more and then reached over and "dialed" himself down. Then he looked over to Ripple and smiled with a wink. He hadn't seen her in sometime, or had a chance to talk to her.
As Ember finished and he didn't have any questions, He noticed as well that it was only Ember, Ripple, and himself. He was glad to be here with them. He was comfortable with them.
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Post by Ember on Jan 31, 2008 18:32:39 GMT -5
"Keep your tracksuits on. The early morning cold is still too much for me, so if I wear mine you have a right to wear yours," Aideen said to the Ripple softly. She studied both of her teammates with her dark eyes for a moment before she turned around and pointed to a dirt trail that lead up a hill. "We're going to start with a steady run, trying to remain even paced until we get to the foot of that hill. Then we will sprint up and over it and then go back to the even paced run. After that follow my lead," Aideen said softly.
She began stretching her arms and her thighs for a moment, giving them a bit of time to do the same before she turned to the trail and jogged towards it. Aideen looked back at them indicating them to join her with her hand. "Let's start. Remember even footing and follow my pace," and with that, Aideen began the fairly fast and even pace on the trail, leading her team in this practice.
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Fleet
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Post by Fleet on Jan 31, 2008 19:28:09 GMT -5
Jumper finished up his stretching and then as Aideen moved out along the trail, Jumper started following. He kept his pace even but a bit slower. He was waiting for Ripple to start so he could keep up with them both. He wanted ot run with them all together.
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Katana
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Post by Katana on Jan 31, 2008 21:54:15 GMT -5
Just as the group pulled out, Leah climbed up the path. Knowing she was late she cringed and waited for a yelling. The flight had been unexpected, and time had been lost in the skies. She was still happy, but as she looked at the group she was worried about her first impressions. She wanted to be on their level, but as the fight and this practice were turning out, she was not doing well.
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