A new bus of kids was just arriving at the front security checkpoint when Connor arrived through the opening elevator. He had spent a long time learning how to sort the new comers to the institute into groups based on the varying level of help that they would need getting acclimated to the way things worked at the academy and now he was one of the first people the academy sent to deal with the fresh 'recruits' as the military bureaucracy that technically ran the school loved to call them. Connor saw them as kids, but more then that he saw them as people, some of them were rural, and were shocked by the mechanics of the bus, let alone the advanced technology that the guards were using to scan them, and tag them, recording their genetic signatures, fingerprints, voiceprints, irises, and posture/body movements, some of the kids on the other hand seemed accustomed to the technology, wealthier kids then. At least it didn't look like any pigheaded GPC were in this group. There had been some trouble with the last few groups. Kids who had been raised proud members of the GPC all of a sudden being told they were in their own minds 'unpure' things could sure get awkward real fast.

After a five minuet wait, and a quick walk around the security check they were each issued an ID with their picture and a QR code on it. The ID card would give them access to all of the common areas, as well as the authorized private areas for the new students. It would let them into their barracks, which were realistically more dorm halls, barracks just sounded more military. It would also give them access to their rooms, which they would share with roommates for their remainder here at the academy.

The ID cards would also serve as locators, since to get almost anywhere, you had to scan on your ID card, that coupled with a couple well placed security cameras and in theory a few guards in a control room could know where absolutely everyone was in the base at any given moment. THe thought had never really bothered Connor before, if anything it had made him feel safer, knowing someone was always on watch, always protecting them, but now with the twins gone and the new director in charge sent from the military higher ups that were the only thing Connor didn't love about this place Connor was unsure of how he felt about all that.

He shook it off, greeting the new kids with a smile, there were a a dozen fourteen year olds, which was the pretty standard age for new recruits with the whole genetic drafting act, but there were also a few younger ones. Most of them seemed anxious to be meeting a new group, and Connor knew, from quite a bit of experience, that food in the stomach, especially the delicious assortment you could find in the third basement floor dining hall, would help to settle them.

"Hey everybody, my name is Connor, I have been assigned as your guys interim prefect until you are assigned a new one, so if you would just follow me I know it is a long drive up the mountain, and you are probably all starving." With that he lead them all to the massive elevator bank on the far side of the wall, ushering them into one of the larger elevators that could in theory move a semi to any of the standard basement floors, and pressed the three.

Kayden leaned against a support beam high up in the cat walk, watching the fresh meat walk onto the campus. Her eyes narrowed as the different scents and smells wafted up, winkling her face up as she caught smell of a dirty diaper. She huffed and clambered down, mixing in with the new crowd and catching the elevator smiling a toothy grin to a couple of the younger children before sliding up next to Connor.

"I saw new kids, decided to check out what these little intros of yours are like," She said to him, looking at her nails. "And I can't find Mikey to spar with him so I figured it'd be fun to bug you a little."

(Yes, it's short. It's 2 in the morning....)

Rosaline had woken up early, a rare occurrence indeed, to come see the new kids. She had been one not to long ago and she thought it'd be like looking back in time at herself. It was bound to be amusing. She made her way to the first security check, hands stuffed in the pocket of her black hoodie, which she had just quickly thrown over the dress she wore and shoved on some converse. The security was as top notch and annoying as last year. She recalled getting in trouble for her attitude with the guards. The thought made her smirk. Soon enough, Connor Finn came over to instruct the newbies. He was the attractive, mini-jack-of-all-trades of the school and probably would give them a good impression of the academy.

She came over behind him and began to silently repeat his words, mouthing each one overdramatically and mocking him. When he turned to lead them toward the elevator, she greeted him with an innocent smile and folded hands. "Morning! Hope you don't mind I decided to come see the newbies."She greeted cheerfully. She glanced over to see Kaden Kerr had the same idea. She squeezed into the elevator with them.
"Okay people, whoever has gum, please raise your hand!" Rose announced, "Preferably not that sugarless crap!"

Gin had a relatively good start to his day, or at least... he thought. He could not quite recall what had happened after his feet touched the floor when he rolled out of bed some time ago. He faintly remembered throwing on a shirt and grabbing his ID and then, nothing. He really was not good at waking up, which probably would explain his current situation. There Gin sat at a corner table, two books before him, and no food within arms reach. A low rumbling growl escapes his throat before he slowly lowers his head onto the rather old looking books, a breathy sigh escaping him.

Though he much preferred the confines of his room for studying, he must have been rather hungry to have dragged himself to the third basement dinning hall. He could not quite place why he had even brought these books with him, he had already read them over hundreds of times within the past few years. Another groan escapes Gin as he rolls his head to the side, pointed dog-like ears twitching slightly as he slowly closes his right eye and sucks in a sharp breath, slowly exhaling. Though he had spent nearly all of his life here, he detested the smells he had grown use too and the sounds he was forced to try and ignore. Some days it was passive nature, other days it was an entirely new task all on its own. And today seemed to be one of the days where it took on being a task of its own. The smell of the wiped down tables, the books, the food that was out of his reach... Gin snorts softly, finally lifting a hand up to scratch at his own ears before lightly rubbing his right temple.

And even though he had not checked or been fully aware of a new group of children arriving, he was quite sure he would be seeing them soon. While he was not focusing on it, he could feel some traces of anxiety from here. And it was just getting stronger with each passing moment, leaving him to believe they were on their way now. Without wasting much more time, he sits himself upright, carefully adjusting his black clothed eyepatch... not wanting to scare any of them. Though it had only happened twice, he still remembered both incidents quite well. It was anyone's guess at who all would be with them, naturally though Connor was on that small list, the guy was great with the newbies afterall! But did he have company today...?

Kitten smiled as she was already out of bed long before the new arrivals got off the bus so she put on a tight fitting black tee and a pair of black jeans. Kat ended up using a mirror to make sure that her fur and hair were both presentable. After making sure she looked nice she pulled out the folded map she kept hidden in her desk in a part where you wouldn't realize you can put something unless you are careful. She smiled as she decided on a series of hiding points to use in case someone started chasing her, but they also made good ambush zones and decided to hide in the crossbeams in the ceiling and wait for the new students. So she placed her ID badge in her pocket went to breakfast and set her card under her plate and left the plate there and walked to get into the rafters.

"Hey Kay, the newbies are looking pretty sharp, and you know Mikey is never up before noon on day's off, plus tonight he has his first shift with security as a tag along, so he's probably trying to sleep as much as he can in his dorm before that. And of course I don't mind Rosaline, though we are going to the cafe, so you might want to hold off on the gum until after breakfast." He spoke quietly, so only the kids who were pressed close to the front could here the quick exchanges.

He spoke louder, this time trying to get the attention of all members of the little group, "Everybody, eyes up front real quick, these two nice individuals are Kaden Kerr and Rosaline Gale, I promise Rosie shouldn't bite, Kay on the other hand..." Connor winked grinning. Kay had a predatory evolution, so she looked rather fierce, and while Connor knew she wasn't as mean as she tried to act, it was always fun to give the newer kids a healthy dose of spooks from messing with people early on.

"Anyways, onwards." Connor smiled, he always enjoyed introducing the kids to the academy campus, showing them the inside of the mountain was always a bit of a treat, and very few people knew all the corridors and secret places. A while back a student had gone missing, and in order to help find the little one a girl named Kathrine had shared an incredibly detailed map she had made him. With it they had found the girl, and Connor ad shared the map with a few select students. Now he thought that maybe not sharing with the teachers really had been the best idea. "In here is the level three cafeteria, it's the best available to students in the academy, but there are four other cafeterias scattered around. Since this is the best as you can imagine on normal days it is pretty crowded, we are lucky today that it's pretty empty. Go ahead and grab some food, there are a couple options, the Grill you can get burgers, grilled cheese, fries, and shakes there, the Slice has pizza, pasta, ravioli, and gelato, there is a taco bar, you can get tacos, nachos, enchiladas, burritos, and tostadas, there is a sandwich bar, if you can't figure out what you can get there well there isn't really any help for you. Along the far wall is the market area, where you can pick up food to take back to your barracks. Now everything you get here you pay for with school credits, credits are earned with things like grades, extra curricular activities and the like, in addition you start out with a thousand credits, now thats plenty to live off of, you won't go hungry if you fail every class and do nothing with your life, but all the school stores also use credits, and you won't be getting any leave any time soon, so I would advise using the points wisely, as well as doing well in class, and joining some extra curricular activities." Connor spoke calmly and smoothly, "Credits are all stocked on your ID card, your ID is your life, it is the most important thing you own. It keeps track of your credits,it opens every hallway you're allowed in, it gets you into every room you're allowed in, it gets you into your room, it activates your computer, so in short it is everything you ever have."

"Ugh! That's all he ever does anymore, I've got security training too and you don't see me being a lazy a- bum," Kayden said, quickly catching herself before she cursed in front of the kids. "And promised to spar this morning," She added with a pout.

Kayden gave Conner a glare from the corner of her eye when he introduced her to the new kids and warned them about biting. She hasn't bitten anyone in over a year.... Okay, she bit someone last week but she couldn't help it, they were stealing her french fries.

"He kids, I only bite him or people who try eating my fries, but just wait until you see some of the other kids with the predator evolution, a few have ears and fur even," She said giving the group of kids another toothy grin. "And I recommend you stay away from the chili, that's the one food here you should avoid at all costs."

Rosaline grinned when he mentioned the café, "Yes! I'm starving." Connor continued speaking to the group, introducing Kaden and herself to them. "Hi everyone!" She greeted cheerfully. She glanced around at the food options and felt her stomach rumble.

As Connor began explaining how things worked with the group, she decided to talk to Kaden. "So Kaden. Are you excited for a new year?" She asked. "Would you want to get something to eat with me? I'm down for some pizza." Kaden wasn't the nicest person in the school but Rose thought it wouldn't hurt to give her a chance.

Gin turned his head slowly, in time to see the group and their accompanies. As expected, Connor was leading. Not too far behind him, Kayden and Rosaline were to follow. That was three of them already and he was not fully sure now if he should go over and greet the newbies, it seemed like they were already getting quite the tour so far. Despite his gut telling him that he should go over there and be more social, another part of him just wanted to get something to eat and ignore them all together until he had to deal with them at one point or another.

With a soft groan he reaches into his jacket pocket, carefully pulling out his ID card, scanning it over with his eye for a few moments. Though finally with a shake of his head he stuffs it back into his pocket and pushes up from his seat and makes his way over towards the group rather quickly. His ears are perked up, a soft jingle to be heard from the three small hoops he had in his left ear. His red eye scans over the entire pack as he moves over, his shoulders squared, making him appear much more predatory than intended. Though as he got closer, he broke into a fanged grin. He had heard what they were already discussing while he walked over, figuring he might as well add some of his own advice.

"Be careful on the burgers and make sure you tell them how you want it, otherwise you might end up with something barely cooked."

As Gin says this, his stomach lets out a rather loud rumble. He honestly did not care if his food was fully cooked or not, in fact, sometimes he liked his meat practically raw and still pink on the outside. With a faint shrug he tosses a glance towards Kayden and Rosaline before looking towards Connor with a quirked brow.

Kitten sat up in the rafters in front of the cafe and she growled at them as she got a look at them she got a look at the new ones. Most of them seemed nice they weren't walking like some of the ones who believed them all evil. She waited for them all to go into the Cafe and dropped out of the rafters then she walked in like she had just woken up and went back to get her badge from her plate she sat at her empty table and set about eating her morning meal. Her posture made her appear much smaller.

"That's very true, though as your Evolutions become more pronounced you may find yourself with some cravings that you don't understand, just remember it's really alright, there is no shame to it, it's just a part of who you are." Connor smiled softly, he knew that some of the kids, especially the ones with prominent evolutions, had probably already started to have cravings for raw, or at least rarer meat. It was easy to tell who had, as a few of them, mostly those who were covered in scales, fur, or feathers, glanced furtively down and then to the sides, before looking back at Connor, "Alright, now away with all of you, go forth, eat and mingle with your new compadres!" Connor joked with themgesturin. Towards the tables and the cafeteria lines.

Once the new kids had gone Connor glance around the room, then spoke quietly, with a hint of urgency, to the veterans of the academy with him presently. "If you want food get it and meet me at the table over there. I want to talk to you guys about something." He gestured towards the table where Kitten was already eating her food, then quickly put a smile on his face and went to wait in line for a burger.

After waiting for the burger he went and made two sandwiches and got an enchilada and three tacos. It was one of the minor annoyances about the eleven variant, sure his cells worked faster and more efficiently, but that meant for the most part his matabalism was in overdrive. He walked towards the table he had indicated and sat down silently waiting for the others to get there. When one of the younger students attempted to approach, Connor simply told him it was a better idea to sit with his peers and try to make friends with them.

Kayden watched the group of kids go and then looked to Connor, nodding. She'd eaten a short while ago but was already feeling hungry again, she'd probably get a steak or a whole chicken, whichever sounded more appetizing.

"Want me to go and pulled Mikey out of bed?" Kayden asked, following him to the lunch line.

"Be careful on the burgers and make sure you tell them how you want it, otherwise you might end up with something barely cooked."
Rose turned, hearing a new voice. "Morning Gin!" She greeted, "I learned that the hard way last year. It looked like they just took the raw meat right out of the package."
She overheard Connor and nodded, "Yeah sure. I'll be right there." Her own stomach was beginning to rumble. You just couldn't put a teenager in a room full of food and expect them to go long without approaching it. Kaden had followed Connor so she turned to Gin. "Let's go to the line. I gotta eat, man. I can't survive any longer." She hurried to the line and picked up a slice of pizza, a cheeseburger, a salad, and apple juice. For a small girl, she had the appetite of a football player.

After she purchased her food, she waited for Gin so they could go to the table Kitten sat at with Connor.

"Morning, Rose! And hey, sometimes its -really- good like that. But nothing beats the really fresh stuff." Gin was not overly charismatic unless he really put in some effort, its what he liked about most of the other older people here. A lot of them were just dripping with it naturally! "Agreed. Staaaarving." He groans out, nodding towards Connor before following Rose off to the pizza and burger line. A bottle of water, three slices of overly coated sausage pizza, and two undercooked burgers... without buns. A normal meal, if not a bit tiny. He nods yet again to Rose, swiftly making his way over towards the designated table and plopping down with his tray.

He would remain a bit quiet, just staring at his food for a few moments until his usually upright ears wilted somewhat and drooped. He really had ordered a lot of meat-based things today, luckily he had not unconsciously gotten a bowl of raw meat. It really bothered some of the others to see someone eating it with such a happy expression, not that the people he would be eating around really cared, at least he thought. One of them even shared his evolution. BUT quickly enough, his thoughts fade as he quickly starts to dig into his food without anymore hesitation, the low rumbling of his stomach finally dying down from his ears, which had quickly returned to their perked position. He was starving, no time to worry anyway.

What had it been Connor wanted to talk to them about...? He glances over towards Rose, quirking a brow.

Kitten noticed that alot of the veteran students were sitting at her table she recognized Conner, and Gin. She looked at Conner and, c"Mrow?" She said after she finished eating it was obvious that she was asking what but didn't want to articulate at that exact moment. Her tailed stirred the air around. Her plate was plenty clean but had once held four different types of avian meats, and a bowl of cereal. She started thinking about the map and wanting to possibly see if there were even more secrets that she didn't know about. SHe doubted it but never knew.

"You don't have to Kay, I already talked to Mikey about this. In fact my conversation with him is why I'm bringing it up with more people." Connor looked around making sure no one was close enough to hear him. "Mike and I were talking yesterday about some stuff. Like how the twins never both left. For over sixty years one of the twins has always been here. The last time they both left was before the school was run by a majority of Gemini Corp.'s employees instead of military officials, and that was when they brokered the deal to have the majority of the functions handed over. Since then they had been directors of the academy, with minimal military backing and support outside of instructors specifically selected by the twins, almost entirely academy graduates, and now all of a sudden, out of the blue both twins disappear, not telling anyone what they were doing or where they were going, and Mr. Military without a BE to speak of comes in and half the instructors are selected by him, and none of them had ever even been to the academy." Connor shrugged.

"All I'm saying is it seems fishy to me, and a lot of the things that made me feel safe in here before are starting to make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up on edge. Like how there is rarely ever a moment when the security operators don't know where every student is. Back when the twins were around it felt like they were making sure no one got hurt from their own abilities or freaked out and hurt themselves. Now I can't help but feel like we are trapped in a little bubble." He discretely glanced at the cameras lining the walls of the cafeteria.

"I think we might need to start taking some precautionary measures." He finished firmly, "I have a few ideas of my own but I want to hear what you guys have to say first."

Kayden nodded, snatching up two large french fries. "I understand what you mean. Our normal security instructor's been replaced by some meat head who likes the idea of using live and terrified pigs for target practice. I like bacon as much as the next girl, but if I'm going to kill something, it had better be because I'm hunting it to eat or it's about to kill me back," She said, sitting at the table. "And the first thing that comes to mind is the trackers in our badges, they know we don't have a choice carrying them around, otherwise we can't get anywhere."

Kitten nodded. "We only need one badge to open a door. the rest can leave a badge somewhere and get around. But if they figure it out they will probably chip us like animals." She turned her empathy on the other three at the table. Attempting to see where they actually felt about being tagged like a beast one of her greatest fears and one she had confided in Connor. Connor had a gift for making people open up to him. He would one day make an amazing leader for the school. She looked at Kay and said I must agree the only time killing should be allowed is if you intend to eat it after cleaning it yourself. The sounds of the new security instructor i think he is a hound hunter at heart and he sees us as hounds to be killed when we are no longer useful.

Gin would be quiet for several moments while he listened to the others speak, but that was mostly due to him devouring his three slices of sausage packed pizza in the matter of a minute and a half. He practically inhaled it. Anyone with even the slightest bit of an ability to sense could likely feel anger just rolling off of him in waves. It was rare to actually be able to sense such a thing from him, after all. He did so well to control himself most of the time! Though the only thing to actually indicate something was up would be his eating. He ate a lot when something was bothering him. Without even skipping a beat though he reaches for his undercooked hamburgers with full intent to start eating them. But he stops short of a few inches from his mouth, finally speaking.

"Be weary of any of the new medical staff. In fact, just avoid them all together if you can help it." His voice sounded a bit rough, his ears finally going flat against his head. "Its like... they are observing us as test subjects. Slowly cutting things off, making it just a bit more dangerous, waiting for something big to happen. I can't even get any of my medical books anymore, they don't even want me going to my class for more than fifteen minutes opposed to the usual half a day." He grumbles, giving his head a good shake before he sucks in a sharp breath, slowly exhaling.

"We need to keep a close eye on those with more dangerous and unstable mutations. The rarer ones as well." Gin says this, giving a weary one-eyed look towards Connor and Rose. Though with that, he falls silent again, quickly digging into his undercooked burger with a low groan of slight contentment. His ears even start to perk back up, a small sign that he had calmed down a bit. But it was quite obvious he was still on edge.

Drake soon crawled his way out of his bed with a groan and began to look for some clothing. He looked at the small amount of cloths he had left that didn't have holes or tears in it from his claws. He simply put on a loose black shirt, sunglasses, his sling, and a pair of jeans before making his way down the hall. Along the way he heard the familiar sound of new feet walking the halls. "Poor little kids." he said before taking someones coffee without them noticing. He soon found the group of newbies being lead by Connor.

Drake walked up behind everybody moving most of the new kids out of the way with his regular arm out of the way. He had been at this school for a while but he still felt the need to wear his sunglasses and put his crocodile arm in a sling. He yawned as he met up with Gin, Kat, and everyone else. Even though his glasses had a heavy tent his eyes still showed he was tired and groggy. He just stood silently wishing he had a smoke as he tried to figure out what the conversation was which was just the usual security objections and such. "The only thing there is to be afraid of is me without my coffee in the morning. Security is tight here but they can't risk anything that would cause any of us to turn. After all look around danger is already here." he said with a yawn. He then turned to look at cat giving a sign for smokes.