TaRa NoVa
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Post by TaRa NoVa on Feb 13, 2007 9:25:53 GMT -5
Tara Nova strode into Police Plaza, Haven City. It is her first day on the job and she was supposed to meet her commanding officer here and hopefully become acquainted with the other members of the Lower Elements Police.
Glancing down at her file information in her hand, she noticed the name of her commanding officer who would be giving her on-the-job training: Captain Holly Short. Tara was thrilled. Holly was famous underground as the officer who was kidnapped by the notorious Artemis Fowl...an she lived to tell the tale.
Following the directions on the slip of paper in her hand, she found the place she was assigned to meet Captain Short and stood by to wait. Her excitement was obvious as she figeted to and fro. How could she not be excited about joining the LEP? These people were amazing!
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Post by Holly Short on Feb 13, 2007 20:20:23 GMT -5
Holly was standing there, waiting for Tara. Watching Tara strut down the street, Holly held her head up and took a deep breath. Knowing this was her first apprentice, Holly herself was a bit nervous. She stood there proud and strong and walked up to Tara.
"Welcome to the LEPrecon unit recruit Nova, as you know I am your commanding officer, so let us begin our training sessions. I shall take you to our technical adviser, Foaly. But first let me give you the grand tour."
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Post by Chix Verbil on Feb 13, 2007 22:08:48 GMT -5
[glow=green,5,300]"G'mornin', ladies," Chix Verbil salutes the captain and her rookie as he flits by, on his way to a meeting with Ark Sool--no doubt to be chewed out by the no-nonsense, stick-in-the-mud gnome. Not that this really bothers the sprite. He usually lets these things go in one pointy ear and out the other.
"Whoa, hold up...backpedal," he hovers in reverse as he realizes there is an elf here he has never met before, "Hey, I'm Private Chix Verbil. I'm the valiant officer that took the first shot fired by the B'wa Kell. Wanna see my scar?"[/glow]
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Post by Holly Short on Feb 13, 2007 22:33:18 GMT -5
"She's got some training to go through, Chix, maybe some other time."
Holly focuses her attention back on her apprentice. Hoping she won't be quite so stubborn as herself.
"Alright Tara, are you ready for your first training simulation? If you are, then here it is. The most dangerous training simulation we have. Are you up for?"
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TaRa NoVa
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Post by TaRa NoVa on Feb 13, 2007 23:36:57 GMT -5
Tara couldn't help the grin that spread across her face as Holly approached her. She reached out to shake the captain's hand warmly.
"Captain Short, I've heard so much about you. You are absolutely amazing. I am so excited to be here!"
Realizing she was borderline gushing, she clapped her hands over her mouth and laughed apologetically, then straightened and saluted her commanding officer. She started to reply, but then a green-skinned sprite cut into the conversation.
"Hello, Private Verbil." She nodded and smiled politely. "I'm Tara Nova. Pleased to meet you."
She quirked an ebony brow as Chix asked her if she wanted to see his scar from the Bwa Kell incident. She didn't want to disappoint him or hurt his feelings, but she really didn't have time for this. She was grateful when Holly cut in.
"Holly's right. I have alot to do today. Maybe some other time." She turned to Holly. She could tell the captain was possibly almost as nervous as herself. "Umm...am I still going to meet Foaly and get a tour of the station?"
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Grub Kelp
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"You shut up. You were supposed to look out for me. Mommy said!"[M:0]
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Post by Grub Kelp on Feb 14, 2007 0:48:34 GMT -5
Grub Kelp emerges from the break room, looking dead on his feet as he staggers by with a full cup of coffee in his hand. The corporal barely notices anything going on around him through his half-closed bloodshot eyes and he almost walks right into Holly, Tara, and Chix.
"Oh...g-good morning, Captain," he stammers, tipping his helmet back, "Err...it is morning, isn't it? I hate dragging the nightshift on patrol. They put me in the slot because we're understaffed..."
He trails off as he is overtaken by a yawn fit to crack his jaw. Shaking his head to try and ward off the sleepiness a bit longer, he finally takes notice of Tara. He makes an effort to straighten himself and salutes her, though even this mere action appears to nearly take everything out of him.
"Am I right in assuming you're the new recruit?" he reaches out to shake her hand, "Oh, thank heavens! Maybe with you on board I won't have to pull a double shift tonight."
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TaRa NoVa
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Post by TaRa NoVa on Feb 14, 2007 23:19:03 GMT -5
Tara smiles politely at Grub and shakes his hand. At first, she can't understand why he looks so exhausted, but when he speaks of a double shift, it all makes sense. The poor guy has been up for 24 hours straight.
"Pleased to meet you, Grub." She replies pleasently. "Yes, I'm the new recruit. You look beat. I hope after my training I can make your job a bit easier."
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Post by Holly Short on Feb 15, 2007 20:20:35 GMT -5
"It looks like we'd better get started with our training , Tara. I hope you like the position you'll be in, because you are going to work beside me. I have the authority to give you a training weapon, here is my old neutrino 2000, it is not lethal, just training lasers."
Holly takes her young recruit by the hand, and leads her to Foaly's office.
"This is Foaly, LEP's technical advisor. If you need to know anything about a computer, he's your man."
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Grub Kelp
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Post by Grub Kelp on Feb 16, 2007 1:35:44 GMT -5
"I'm afraid nothing will ever make my job easier," Grub manages a tired smile in return, "But welcome aboard. I look forward to seeing you among us..."
Another yawn seizes the corporal and he nearly drops his coffee. Blinking heavily as he recovers, he steps aside to get out of Holly's way as she leads Tara to the Operations Booth.
"If anyone is looking for me, I'll be in the lounge," he announces to no one in particular. Unfortunately, Grub never makes it to the lounge room. He literally falls asleep on his feet, slumping back against the wall behind him. His hand slowly drops and a stream of coffee spills out onto the floor from the mug he still clutches. And there stands Corporal Grub Kelp--in a dead sleep, standing in a puddle of coffee.
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Post by Foaly on Feb 16, 2007 1:48:07 GMT -5
Foaly is in the Ops booth, firing up the computers for a systems check on a few security lines. He turns in his custom-made swivel chair as he hears someone come into the booth. Seeing it's Holly and the new recruit, Tara, he rises and clip-clops across the room to greet them.
"Tara Nova, I presume?" he asks, shaking Tara's hand, "I just finished putting all your information into the system. Your equipment is all ready to go. You'll find a jumpsuit and helmet in that closet there. I'm Foaly, technical consultant for LEP. You'll probably be hearing my voice in your ears quite a bit from this day forth. Just ask Hol--err...Captain Short."
Foaly catches himself here. He doesn't want to be the cause for disrespect in the ranks, so he reins himself in and calls Holly by her professional title, setting an example for Tara to do the same unless permitted to do otherwise.
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TaRa NoVa
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Post by TaRa NoVa on Feb 16, 2007 8:15:53 GMT -5
Tara nodded at Holly, listening to her evry word. What position could be any better than working side by side with Captain Holly Short? Knowing Holly passed down one of her own old weapons gave Tara a thrill as well.
"You'll have to teach me how all this stuff works. Being a civilian all my life, I've never ever handled a gun."
She looked up with a start as poor Grub started to retreat to the lounge, but never quite made it. She stared, blinking rather comically as the corporal fell asleep on his feet and slouched back against the wall.
"Poor guy." She muttered to Holly as she followed her to Foaly's offce. "Should we move him? Won't someone accidentally run him over in that hallway?"
She looked a bit startled when she saw Foaly. She had never met a real Centaur before, being that they were quite rare. She tried not to stare at his strange appearence as she shook his hand.
"Nice to meet you, Foaly." She smiled, then picked up the uniform he indicated. "Wow. This is incredible. Do you make these yourself, Mr. Foaly?"
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Post by Holly Short on Feb 17, 2007 19:04:06 GMT -5
"Say, Tara, would you like to see our combat education programs? They're created specifically for your interest. This is a VR helmet, it provides 3-D simulations for combat and manuvering."
Holly places the helmet on Tara's head, giving her an example of the simulation. It was for when she was being shot at.
"Oh, try to stay in one place when using that helmet. If you stray out of your position, you might hurt somebody by kicking and punching. I think we'd better leave Foaly alone, he's kinda paranoid and busy. Your right, we should move Grub."
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TaRa NoVa
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Post by TaRa NoVa on Feb 18, 2007 8:19:02 GMT -5
"This is incredible!" Tara exclaimed as Holly gave her a test run with the VR helmet. "I can see how it might be easy to accidentally injure someone though."
She pulled off the helmet and shook out her ebony hair as Holly made mention of Grub. Following the Captain back out into the hall, she was surprised to find the Corporal still standing in his coffee. She calmly walked up in front of him and easily flipped him over her shoulder, firefighter style.
"I've had some rescue training." She told Holly with a shrug. "So...where exactly is the lounge?"
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Post by Holly Short on Feb 18, 2007 21:06:34 GMT -5
"This way, here is the way to the lounge. Welcome to the lounge, this is where the LEPrecon officers come and chill or hang out."
Then all of a sudden Holly hears a tranmission from the command center. The transmission blurts in her ear.
"We have rogue goblins torching a statue, are you ready for this recruit?"
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Post by Chix Verbil on Feb 18, 2007 21:44:28 GMT -5
[glow=green,5,300]Chix is already on the scene, armed with a fire extinguisher, of all things. He has the canister locked under one arm while aiming the hose at the offending goblins with the other.
"Don't anybody move. This thing's loaded," Chix barks in the most threatening tone he can muster--which is more comical than threatening, "I'll let'cha have it!"[/glow]
"How 'bout a little fire, sprite?" one of the goblins cackles, hurling a fireball at Chix.
[glow=green,5,300]The private dodges at the last moment, dipping low. The fireball sails by harmlessly, though it nearly singes his left wing. Chix retaliates by firing the extinguisher. He hits the goblin in the face and plasters him to the statue behind him.[/i]
"Let that be a lesson to you, convict," he smirks arrogantly, "Nobody throws fire at Chix Verbil and gets away with it."[/glow]
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