KatherinWinter said

Kevin could only utter a slight sigh at Roxy's aggressive response to Cam. Things already weren't looking so great as far as unit cohesion goes. "Maybe Vlad knows how to whip things into shape" he pondered optimistically. Kevin noticed Roxy's stare at the foreign boy, and inwardly wondered if she was thinking the same things as him. When Roxy explained the gifts Vlad had seen to outfitting with her, he blinked. Shadow manipulation? Was such a thing even possible? Out of all of the things he had heard since his new life on the facility, this had to be the strangest so far. There were still things to get used to, it appeared.

YamiCuoreLaroux said

Then there was that other boy again. He figured at least one person in the room could understand him, and so let him continue without any further interruptions. Resigning to the situation, he folded his arms and huffed. He just hoped there'd be a translated transcript later. Unable to comprehend a word that was said to him, he was left only with his expression, tone and body language to go on. "Is he mocking me?" he thought. He didn't even seem puzzled by this point, and even his brief spark of frustration quickly faded. He was just stone faced now. There really wasn't much he could do. "Not my circus. Not my monkeys." he muttered under his breath, finishing with a sigh.

Zakara said

He wasn't left with all that much time to ruminate on this mystery, as apparently many more were in store for him. Alarmed, he got up out of his chair as the new face barged into the room. "Robotic... teddy bears?". His eyebrows raised. His confusion only intensified as he suddenly saw... his older brother? David was stood where the sudden interloper once was. His appearance was very similar to Kevin's, only older, taller. He looked as if he had just stepped out of the photograph he kept in his room, camouflaged service uniform and all. He was stunned. He couldn't manage much but to shakily shift his arm into a salute, his eyes wide and his mouth pressed into a flat line.

As a moment of this passed, reason finally kicked in, dissipating his confusion. "Oh... right. Shapeshifter. Haha. Good one." he grinned. "Good one" he repeated as he pointed to Beelze, his grin broadening. As he returned to his seat he kept this pointed figure up, wiggling it as he chuckled. "Hoooh boy" he sighed in amusement as he reclined, returning to a relaxed posture.

- Accidentally Double Posted for some reason -

Everyone started introducing themselves. First was Cameron who wants to be called Cam instead. Limbo kept that in mind, he doesn't want to get into trouble right after he joined. She then showed her powers, 'I guess we need to show them too.' It is quite important to know each other especially their abilities after all, these kind of things can help improve teamwork. Soon, another person rose his hand and started speaking right away, though it wasn't an introduction. But Limbo doesn't object to what he said since not understanding your comrades is hard, 'I can work alone if I could though, but we're probably going to be forced to be in a team.' He can't do anything about it. Orders are orders and they are meant to be obeyed for him.

And next, someone introduced herself as Roxy and she seems to have the same power as him. 'I didn't know there was someone else... I wonder who is better in using this kind of ability?' he suddenly started to look forward to training in the future because of this, though this Roxy seems to be one of those who he would have a hard time getting along with. Someone suddenly barged in the room and started talking about... Robotic Teddy Bears? He called himself Beelze and claimed to have the power to shape shift, but something seems odd, Limbo decided not to think about it too much though. After that, the one who spoke in Italian started talking and Limbo frowned, he's having a hard time understanding him. 'It's like what the other guy said.' He's either introducing himself or greeting the others. He hoped that this guy can actually speak in English since the Italian might have to talk to himself at this rate.

Limbo then finally decided to give his greeting to everyone. Trying to catch their attention, he tapped the table in front of him. "Hello. I'm Limbo," after he said that, he shifted into a shadow which will be like him disappearing in the eyes of the others, but he was actually a shadow moving to another position, "And I have the ability to become one of the shadows and control them." he said after sitting on another chair. He wasn't sure what to say next, but since that seemed enough for him, he just sat there quietly.

Beelze noticed Kevin's reaction to his "shape-shifting." Seems I struck a gold mine with this one. I'll have to find out what it is. I will always need a soldier, he thought to himself. After hearing from Limbo and seeing what he could do, Beelze became very interested. He's always wanted a sidekick, and shadow manipulation is a very mischievous ability to put into play. He also noticed that Limbo seemed unconfident with his tap on the table, but needed to find out more before moving forward.

Kevin spun about as he heard the slight peep of a soft voice off in some other corner of the room. He leaned over the back of his chair to get a closer look at him. It occurred to Kevin that he hadn't even noticed the arrival of this one. The nature of his augmentations fine tuned his senses, but this boy had completely slipped by without his notice. "I guess I really do need those next phases, huh? he mumbled to himself with slight dejection. He watched with keen interest as Limbo introduced himself, following it up by his vanishing act. Another shadow manipulator? At least the surprise had worn off the second time, but Roxy hadn't actually taken the time to demonstrate it as this guy did. Her powers could be completely different, for all he knew.

It at last came to be Kevin's turn to introduce himself. "Hey y'all. I'm Kevin Hutchins. I'd love to wrap things up there, as I don't think I'm such a big deal, but I suppose I gotta give you more to go on, huh?" he smiled. "Look, I'd love to show off my powers and all, but I just can't think of any way to demonstrate them without breaking all the nice furniture you guys have in here, heh." he explained as he rubbed the back of his neck. After a moment of thought, he snapped his fingers, indicating that an idea had come to him, then stood up. He then proceeded to recite the entirety of the Battle Hymn of the Republic with lightning swiftness, compressing what would have ordinarily taken about five minutes into what felt like just one, without taking a single breath or slipping up even once. Despite the ridiculousness of how his horrible rendition sounded, he remained entirely straight faced. When a moment passed after the completion of his "singing", he finally burst into laughter. "Haha, hoh boy, really sorry about the assault on your ears there. But it's the best I could think of! You see, I've been given superhuman endurance, strength, speed, and so on. Very hard to get me winded, as shown by my butchering of that song. I'm a short ass, I know, but just never challenge me to an arm wrestle, that's all I'm saying." he explained, then spread a broad grin. "I'm looking forward to working with each and every one of you." he concluded as he sat back down.

Felice had not gotten a very good look at the last arrival, but when he saw who appeared to be standing there, he froze for a moment before giving the most evil glare he could possibly muster at the moment. "Maledetto...maledetto..." He growled quietly to himself as he sat back down and tried to calm down to hear the rest of the unfortunate experiments give their introductions.

When the easily missing one spoke up and demonstrated his power, he raised an eyebrow and watched carefully. Curious boy. Seemed interesting enough.

When the well-behaved one spoke, he thought about winking at him just to see what would happen, but thought better of it when he started "singing". ...Well, that was new. Best not to challenge that one to a swimming contest, I'll bet. Oddly polite, too.

"Not a bad start. I can see some of you are going to better at this then others." Vlad told them. "We are going to start each day with gym. This will help you improve your physical abilities." He knew some of them were in better physical shape then others. "Follow me please." He turned and left the room knowing the guards would make sure that they followed.

Beelze dropped his "shape-shifting" disguise as he got up to follow Vlad. He made sure to walk up and talk to Limbo first. This would make him seem like a genuine guy in the eyes of the others. "Limbo, right? I'm Beelze. What do you think of this whole "gym" thing?" Small talk is always a good way to get to know how someone reacts before getting to really know them. Beelze glanced over at Roxy. I wonder what rocks her boat, thought Beelze.

If Kevin felt any embarrassment after his demonstration/performance, it certainly didn't seem to show as he quietly complied with Vlad's instructions. "To the gym, huh? I hope you've got something heavy enough to actually strain me this time. Say, an M1 Abrams, or something." he joked as he followed the lead of the guards. He wasn't sure if he truly was ready to lift an entire tank, but his point was true enough. His enhancements had made gym sessions pretty dull. Maybe Vlad had something more challenging in mind this time.

He pricked his ears up as he heard Beelze talk to Limbo. Kevin had reason to be quite interested in the both of them.

Felice followed Vlad quietly, taking brief notice that that one was now talking to the quiet one. Thankfully, he was in a different shape now, but the slightly short boy couldn't stop the burning anger inside of him at the thought of what he had just witnessed. No, he had to keep calm, there were things to be done. He had to get through this gym class, then he could start figuring things out. He continued walking, keeping his usual scowl in place.

Dio! It's true...Il tizio is toying with me...maledetto diavolo...

"I am working on challenging you Kevin." Vlad reassured the boy. " I don't have anything as heavy as an M1 Adams but I was able to get a some heavier weights and a small car for you to try. Until then you can help the others. Some of them are not in as good physical shape as you are." Which was true. He would like them all to be at the same level but that was impossible so he was going to work on enhancing their differences.

Kevin's smile spread again. Though he felt compelled to wrap an arm around the man, he felt it wouldn't be appropriate. Instead, he kept his hands in his pockets. "Good on you, Vlad. I appreciate it a ton." he chirped. "As for helping the others out? Sure thing. Not to be hard on them or anything, but I really see what you mean by many of the others not being in shape. I'd be glad to help remedy that in any way I can, sir."

Zakara said
Beelze dropped his "shape-shifting" disguise as he got up to follow Vlad. He made sure to walk up and talk to Limbo first. This would make him seem like a genuine guy in the eyes of the others. "Limbo, right? I'm Beelze. What do you think of this whole "gym" thing?" Small talk is always a good way to get to know how someone reacts before getting to really know them. Beelze glanced over at Roxy. thought Beelze.

Upon being called by Vlad, Limbo stood up and started walking when Beelze suddenly approached and talked to him. 'This was the noisy one right...?' He looked at him for a bit then in front, "Fine I guess," is what he only said. He continued walking afterwards. Limbo isn't really used to these kind of talks, though he does think of the Gym thing as alright. It's about training after all, plus he agreed on joining in this. It'll help him to become better at using his powers too. He wondered what kind of training he'll be having and readied himself.

"Fine, I guess."? This is not going to be as easy as I thought, thought Beelze. He heard Kevin comment about the rest of us "not being in shape." He walks over to Kevin and pats him on the back, "Hello Kevin," he says as he implants a hallucination of Beelze looking as tall and buff as Kevin. "I'm here to help if you get too stressed or just need a break. We're in this together now." He looks into Kevin's eyes and it seems that he will be easy to befriend. Well I guess I have a challenge, and a piece of cake so far. I should talk to some of the others and learn their personalities. pondered Beelze. He put on a big grin as he walked forward, following Vlad to the gym.

Cam just followed simply, 'I don't need to do this physical training crap, my body is in perfect shape for a girl like me but whatever.' Cam thought as they entered the gym. She leaned against the wall and crossed her arms over her chest simply watching the others for the time being.

Beelze noticed Cam sitting off to the side, not knowing anything about her. He saw the flower in her hair and decided on a topic to start off with. He walked up to her and stated, "Hello, miss. I never received the honor of knowing your name. I'm Beelze Marke, at your service."

As Beelze's hallucinatory powers took hold of Kevin's mind, he just blinked. "Shape-shifting again, or did Vlad just pump you full of the serum they mixed up for me as well?" he queried. As Beelze headed towards Cam, he stepped after him. "I suppose if you can hold that form and keep the strength it gives you, that's neato and all, but it's not going to cut if it's only temporary. Besides, exercise is fun. Endorphins and all that. That's all I had to say." He didn't seem particularly frustrated or impatient. He gave a nod before he returned to his position around the front of the procession heading for the gym.

Upon entering the gym, Felice did not walk straight to the center as he had in the dining hall. Instead, he moved just a little ways from the side to get a good look at the room first. He briefly took note of the positions that the others took as they entered as well, forming a temporary map in his head. Taking a fairly relaxed stance, the boy waited.

"This is the gym. We will do something different every day. Today we start with the basics. I want you each to see what the others are capable of physically. First we have the Weights. You will as much as you can. I have weights going up to 1000 LBs. Then you will use the leg lifts and lift as much as you can. Then I would like you to do as many sit ups as you can and finally you will run laps as long as you can or until time runs out." Vlad explained.

Felice looked over at Vlad and inclined his head toward the weights. "Quanto costa? Per il contratto?" (How much do I need for the agreement?) The question was accompanied by the hand motion of his thumb on one hand rubbing against the fingers, but he figured that the doctor should know what he meant at this point. He had used the phrase often enough in his presence, especially near the beginning of the agreement. "Non lavoro se ricevo niente."