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Ace's freckled face tightened with annoyance. What a way to keep the ambiance of professionalism. He closed his eyes for a moment and took a deep breath in. "So, you three are my new test subjects?" He asked, rhetorically. He already knew that they were. It was always interesting for Rick to bring him new people to test on.
Z's smug grin widen. Oh, this one was interesting. She tapped Brand's shoulder and signed, "Ask him if he has any powers."

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Ace flashed a smile at Samuel as he ran past, then the smile dropped as quickly as it had come. He looked up at the three with a look that was smooth and emotionless as granite. He looked down at the hand, but gingerly took the handshake anyways. "Doctor Kingslee," he introduced himself, obviously avoiding using his first name. The doctor part was hard to believe due to the ginger appearing so young.
Z grinned at the young man with the look that Brand or Lukas may recognize as her "I'm going to make him mine" look. She had a particular fondness for ginger, which may be noticed by the many times she's attempted to flirt with Brand. But, of course, she flirted almost everyone.

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Z frowned as Lukas screamed and stumbled out of the car. She shrugged her bags onto her shoulder while glancing around. Brand was right; the place was sorta drab. She turned her attention to Lukas, signing with one hand, "Are you ok?"

((Imma just throw ace in here))

A doorway opened along one of the walls, and a short man with bright ginger hair and heavily littered with freckles. The most prominent aspect of him was the green sweater and sleek metal legs that matched the aesthetic of the hideout. "It's not an eye sore, it's practical," he snapped, walking over to the car/plane with his arms crossed. The bright lights overhead reflected off his round, owl-like glasses to make it hard to see his eyes. "Rick?" He questioned, looking at the car.

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Z pursed her lips. She dropped her phone into her lap, her hands following after. She turned her head back to the window to watch their descent. All she could think was: if Rick trained superheroes, was he basically like Nick Fury? She wished sometimes that she could voice her opinions better than through an electronic voice. She leaned closer to the window, intently watching the ground as it grew closer to him.

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Z took in a slow, deep breath. Were all alien superheroes naïve? "He probably didn't know that the car can fly," she mouthed before remembering that she couldn't speak. She frowned slightly, grabbing her legs so that she could cross them on her seat. "How and who is going to help us with whatever our abilities are?" The electronic voice on her phone spoke.

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Z huffed at the vague response, roughly crossing her arms. She leaned her head against the back of her seat, then rolled it to the side to look at Lukas. He looked nervous, as was typical. The others seemed calm enough, especially Samuel and Rick. She reached down to rifle through her bag when the thump and tug of Lukas's seatbelt made her look up again. The german boy was leaning forward, unconscious from what she could tell, in his seat. The dark-skinned woman raised her eyebrows and glanced towards Samuel. Trying not to give it much thought, she shook her head and pushed Lukas's shoulder back so that he wasn't slumped forward but rather leaning against the side of the interior.

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Z crossed her legs and her arms while staring straight ahead. She pursed her lips, tapping her fingers nervously against her arm. To some peoples' surprises, she quite liked engineering and mechanics or anything to do with machines, and she knew that there were self driving cars, but a car that didn't need anyone behind the wheel and supposedly could fly? Impossible. The sort of technology wasn't possible in their given time. But if someone had found a way already to do such feats, why wasn't it heard of? Z snapped her phone out so that the electronic voice could ask, "Who built this car?", while she was staring at Rick through the mirror.

((Possibly Ace?? I'm excited for my boy to come in))

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Z saw the SUV and frowned. Such a basic vehicle for something that seemed more high-tech. She was the last to get in, but she hesitated at the car door. She tugged something out of her pocket to wrap it around her hand. It was a hand-carved jade pendant of a hand with an eye in the middle of the palm. She climbed into the van and seated herself in the back row with Lukas. She mouthed the words, "Gaia protect me."

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Z just gave a curt nod, snatching her cup from the table and sipping it. She looked up when Lukas arrived, and with no signal, she stood up to promptly follow after Rick. She wanted to get out of there before her mother that she was gone. She had no trouble keeping up with Rick, but she did have to slow down so that she could speak to Brand and Lukas. "Can one of you ask him how are we going to get to wherever we're going?" She asked her friends, once the had caught up.

The New Recruits (private)

((Let's just pretend that I mentioned Z washing her face and crap like change for shoes lol))

Z stomped all the way to the coffee shop. She shoved the door open with a look on her face that could kill a man, then went up to the counter. She didn't have to say anything for the cashier to know what she wanted. She paid for her hot tea with three sugars, and turned to the tables. She walked to the table Brand was sitting at and sat on the opposite, the killer look still on her face.