whisperinglogs | Basic Braining [OPEN; June 10th, 6 AM.]

Who: OPEN
When: 6 AM on Monday, June 10th
Where: Coach Oleander's mind
What: Basic Braining!
Warnings: TBA

Let's hope that you all managed to get plenty of sleep, because it is the buttcrack of dawn and everyone needs to rise and shine because Coach Oleander is expecting you all in his lab at 6 AM on the dot. Coach Oleander is standing there stoic, hands clasped behind his bac as he regards everyone with a look of disdain. When everyone has arrived, the yelling starts like normal.

"Alright you maggots, it's time for Basic Braining! Let's hope that you haven't slacked off because this camp only takes the VERY BEST, you got that?" Hopefully no one responds, because Coach Oleander does not like to be sassed, as everyone should know by now. "You're in for a real challenge today and I expect each and every one of you to make it through!" He reaches into his pocket, and pulls out his little psycho portal. He levitates it up and onto his forehead. After a moment, it opens, signalling the start of the day's lesson.

His mind starts off as nothing more than a simple room that some might say looks like a dentist's office. A moment later, a projector on a desk in the middle of the room flicks on, and once again Coach Oleander is speaking, appearing as an image broadcast from the projector. "Welcome to my recruitment office, kids. I'm here to recruit you to the greatest job in the world; being a Psychonaut."

As he speaks, the sounds of what can only be described as war can be heard from outside the office, though there is no foreseeable way to get out, as there are no doors or windows. "I hope you're ready to face death, torture and insanity, because that is what's waiting for you outside of this room, and this is your last chance to chicken out!"

Should anyone decide that they do indeed want to chicken out, the response will be, "Too late, Soldier! There's only one way out of here, and that's fighting. Now I want one of you maggots to sock me in the jaw!" When he doesn't offer any explanation and someone finally does buck up and punch him, the wall will fall and they will be greeted with the battleground that could be heard. The landscape is very much like a warzone, trenches that you have to jump over, razor wire that you must crawl through and a whole lot of explosions.

Welcome to Basic Braining, try not to die.

[ooc: Go ahead and go at it. use this as a reference if you're unfamiliar with canon. Feel free to start a thread for your team wether you're the team leader or not. Back tagging is going to be encouraged because many of our players are away at a con.]

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[Arya appreciates the fact that Stiles gets down to her level when he talks to her and Agatha. It reminds her of her brother Jon - she hasn't seen him in a while, and he was always her favorite older brother. The thought comforts her as she looks at the obstacle course in front of the two of them.]

You say all that as though you've fallen here a few times, Stiles.

[Arya's seen his marksmanship before, and sticks her tongue out. It does leave something to be desired.

She turns to Agatha, nodding.]

Are you ready?

[In all honesty, Agatha was a little intimidated. Coach Oleander didn't exactly sugar-coat the fact this wasn't going to be easy. It was more comforting to know through having read beforehand, in the mental world you won't actually die. Your consciousness will just get knocked back into the real world. Still, that didn't mean it might not hurt.
But this was why Aggie had come here, and this was the first real step in her training. She might be scared, but she isn't going to back out now (not that it seemed like she had the option to). She's got Stiles and Arya to help her too, which she's grateful for.
So, she takes a deep breath, before nodding back to Arya, determined.]

I'm ready!

[Stiles is already intensely proud of his two little campers; he turns his gaze outwards towards the chasms in the very beginning, and suddenly slips out of sight, turning his invisibility on with barely a flicker. You can still hear his voice, though, and he steps out of the way of the girls, cupping his hand around his mouth and calling for them.]

I'm right behind you. You can do it, just keep moving!

[Arya doesn't even notice Stiles turn the invisibility on, and when he does, she turns and looks for him, hearing his voice, then realizing a few seconds later what happened. She'd forgotten he knew how to do that.

Arya gives Aggie a small smile, grabs her hand, and runs toward the climbing wall. She may not be as good at climbing as Bran...well, as he used to be, but she's decent. She looks up at the wall and sticks her foot in the first foothold, looking down at her partner.]

Try to keep up! We can pull eachother up the wall.

[Aggie follows Arya, staying close to the other girl. Arya seems to know more of what she's doing, while Aggie has never done any sort of obstacle course like this before. Although, she tries to remember that this technically isn't completely a physical challenge. This was the mental world, so she tells herself where there's a will, there's a way.]

I'll do my best!

[She joins Arya in beginning to climb the wall, getting into the foothold next to her.]

[Oh no, he's so proud. Grinning to himself, Stiles skips his way up the wall and sits on the top, watching the two girls and ready to offer a hand if they start to fall off. ]

[Arya's not used to having to pull someone up as she climbs, and she struggles the whole way - but she has to go on. Stiles is her friend and her teacher, and she can't let him down - and Aggie is even newer to this than she is. If Arya remembers correctly, it's her first go at Basic Braining - and if she doesn't get this badge, she won't be able to get any others, right?

She has to keep going, despite how tough it is.

When they finally get to the top of the wall, she gives both her partner and her mentor a grin, and then asks:]

What's next, then?

[When Aggie makes it to the top, she lets out a heavy breath.]

--We made it!

[Even though it was tiring, she feels rather proud of herself. She knows she still has a way to go though, so she thinks about what an accomplishment it'll be when she earns her very first badge!
Plus, practice makes perfect, right?
Aggie then looks up to see something just a few feet ahead that catches her eye.
A still image of a crouching soldier, about as big as she is, transparent but with a luminous outline.
She almost mistakes it for a ghost at first, until she realizes it isn't moving at all. It's more like... some sort of glowing picture?
Curiously but carefully, she steps forward, beginning to approach it]

Edited 2013-02-24 06:53 (UTC)

[Stiles cocks his head to the side and watches Aggie and Arya, a grin on his face as he hops down nimbly from the top of the wall, stepping around a mine he knew was planted and shoving his hands in his pockets. He's still invisible, and he stays back a little as Aggie makes her progress.]

That's called a figment. Get it, figments of our imagination? It's hilarious. [Deadpan.] You want to try and grab as many of those suckers as possible--go ahead, reach out and touch it. [Stiles glances down at the little stopwatch he's holding and calls out;] But quick, though!

[Arya sighs at the name - even though she knows that Stiles wasn't the one to come up with it, she'd have thought that the people who studied psychics and brain worlds would have thought of something more...original.

Still, she beckons to Aggie and begins to run after a figment-soldier, grasping at him with her hands.]

Why are they shaped like soldiers?

Basic Braining [OPEN; June 10th, 6 AM.]

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HELLO I AM HERE AT LAST

WHOOP WHOOP

WHAT DO WE SAY TO THE WALL OF DEATH

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/late as always

Re: /late as always

/joins the late party

aw yes late fiesta

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