"It's a courtesy. We do have a great reputation around campus as well as beyond," Holly replies curtly. (OOC: Brilliant to some, charlatan to others remember; you all have 100% faith in Dr. Winslow and what he's described vaguely). "Thank you," she adds taking the contract her arms crossing back over her chest awaiting the others.

Will opens his mouth to needle Holly some more, but thinks better of it and closes it, turning to Hunter with a shrug as he slouches back in his chair. After all, pissing her off could mean his name gets crossed off the list, so best to just put up with her attitude for now.

((Will's 100% on board with Dr. W and his brilliance. Holly comes in way under that.))

Hunter tosses his football up the air and catches it a few times. He doesn't know about any reputation around campus but he does remember Doc Winslow coming up to him and his first impression. Seemed pretty honest to Hunter. Intense and saying a lot of weird stuff, but honest and direct. The kind of guy his grandfather would have called a straight shooter. 

Hunter spins the football a couple more times wondering what's next when he finally realizes that Holly is still waiting for something. He looks around the room.

"Yo Vic. Sign the form so we can get to training."

Vic looked on and watched the interchanges with a bit of a blank face. He signed the document during the hub bub and went back to his book. His eyes a bit shadowed from a short lifetime of readying and writing. Despite the raise of tech, hep kept paper and pen with him always. Vic also includes a copy of permission to have his Support Owl Tyton with the signed document. 

The party assembled and the contracts collected Holly whispers into her wristwatch before she turns, walks towards the door everyone entered through, and pushes it open. The Ph.D. candidate looks back at the party gesturing to follow. Afterward however doesn't even give a backward glance to make sure the party is following her as she walks down the hallway to an end room. The party is then shown in a locker room.

"We'll start with a few skill challeges today. The main take away is working together to achieve the goals set. I will be with you but only intervene if I think you can not accomplish your goals and remain alive," Holly explains curtly without emotion. "Please change and take your packs there," she adds pointing to a daypack looking bag pack and a set of uniform like clothing in a dull gray color. "I'll wait outside. Change quickly," she adds ushering the party inside.

Everyone notices Holly is wearing the same dull gray uniform and combat boots the entire party has been provided once they are inside.

OOC: Feel free to add checks to things but please specify what you would like to achieve. I don't believe in blanket checks without any RP. Make sure you're asking questions and making your PC connect with the checks you roll. You don't have to ask to make checks and I will only ask if there's something I think you need to know. Also, aid is very useful. I will allow aid or the help action if another PC makes a check and rolls poorly, the PC giving the failed check aid however needs to creatively RP how they help.

Will changes, without any of the embarrassed self-consciousness one might expect in a guys locker room from someone so frail seeming. He shrugs into the uniform set aside for him, checking it for fit, but expecting to be swimming in it.

"Glad she'll intervene if we're about to die... though I think it'll be just so she can yell at us for almost dying.", Will quips once she's left the room.

He'll check out the contents of the pack that came with the uniform.

Hunter holds up the uniform and turns it over and around.

”Not the most dynamic looking uniforms. You want to wear a uniform that makes you feel good. Gets you pumped up for the game. Oh well.”

He pulls off his own clothes and puts on the uniform and picks up his pack.

”Don’t sweat the death stuff. Coaches always exaggerate. They think it will motivate you.”

Seeing Will check out his bag, Hunter does the same.

He waits by the door for the rest of them to get ready, swaying back and forth, testing the flexibility of the uniform and getting a feel for the boots on his feet.

Milas changes, which takes a little bit longer than it should because he's rifling through the day pack as he does it, trying to multitask, and only partially succeeding. once he's completely changed he kicks all of his discarded clothes in a small pile. He turns to join the group then quickly turns back to his stuff, rustles through the pockets of his sweats, and pulls out a bandana. He proceeds to put his hair back behind his ears and puts the bandana on. He does a few stretches, a couple jumping Jack's, a few high knees, then joins the rest of the group.

It was hard to quell the excitement welling up in Vic. He jad been studying the field of time space on his own for quite some time, and he also knew a lot a bout the advancement of VR. Unfortunately Vic had never delt with VR in person, the prospect sounded fun and informing.

While changing, Vic' s deceptive plain clothing fall revealing a very tone but not bulky figure. If it wasn't for his mild demeanor and animal companion, he would look like a bit of a jock. 

Vic leaves his back pack and takes up the new bag with hopes to check out the contents later, but still observing what Will pulls out of his bag.

Thanks to Will's minor understanding of magic he can tell the party has a few valuable items now. At a simple glance that each of their uniforms have finely stitched pockets. Each pocket having a distinctive style and shape, a robe of useful items. The party would also notice their day pack is simply an explorer's pack. Once all is suited and booted they file out into the hallway again to find Holly waiting.

"Today's challenge is pretty straight forward. You'll need to work together to get through the tasks ahead. Before you ask no I will not tell you what's ahead just simple rely on one another's talents moving forward," she adds gesturing towards a door across from the locker room. "After you," she then says waiting for whoever is going to step up and enter first.

OOC: I'll need to a marching order through the door, individuals please, as well as any sort of RP you'd like before entering the room.

Realizing that he has been caught daydreaming just a little, Terrance rushes to finish changing and catch up with the others heading out of the locker rooms.

To make up for it, he steps forward volunteering to be the first to walk through the door to enter the training exercise.

"Umm... wow. Pretty sure these uniforms are more than they appear, talking like they can store things in these pockets, that only emerge into this dimension once you pull it free! Probably wait until we need it to do that."

"Oof.", Will says, struggling to shoulder the backpack that is 2/3rds of his carry weight.

He'll be struggling at the back of the group, and looks in danger of being pulled to the ground by his pack.

((Are the uniforms tailored to each of us in terms of size?))

Milas kinda hovers around, then hops in line behind hunter and Terrance 

Hunter looks over at Will as he describes the pockets on the uniform, not sure if he's making a joke or not.

"Whatever you just said sounded like that show my grandfather used to love. Once all the chores were done and it wasn't my turn to ride watch that night, he would make me sit down and watch old episodes of Star Trek. That was big on dimensions and all sorts of sci-fi techy stuff."

With Terrance in first, Hunter takes second in line, and looks back to see Milas behind him, with Will struggling with his pack at the back it looks like he's going to leave room for Vic to go second last.

"Hey Will," Hunter says, "let me know if you need a hand with that pack. I can probably manage two if it gets to be too much for you."

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Thanks to Will's minor understanding of magic he can tell the party has a few valuable items now. At a simple glance that each of their uniforms have finely stitched pockets. Each pocket having a distinctive style and shape, a robe of useful items. The party would also notice their day pack is simply an explorer's pack. Once all is suited and booted they file out into the hallway again to find Holly waiting.

"Today's challenge is pretty straight forward. You'll need to work together to get through the tasks ahead. Before you ask no I will not tell you what's ahead just simple rely on one another's talents moving forward," she adds gesturing towards a door across from the locker room. "After you," she then says waiting for whoever is going to step up and enter first.

OOC: I'll need to a matching order through the door, individuals please, as well as any sort of RP you'd like before entering the room.

 ((What do you mean by matching order? Matching the Initiative order we posted to begin with or what? This sentence makes no sense to me what so ever.))

After getting dressed, Vic gets in where he fits in, not really caring about line order. Excitement was in him, but he kept it calm to better observe and take in as much as possible, making mental notes of the lay out of the area and memorizing dimensions  of the room they were to enter.

The party files in: Terrance in first, Hunter takes second, Milas third, Vic fourth, and Will at the rear. Holly makes a note on a tablet she's brought out of a pocket on her uniform then put back. Inside the room the party finds its black from floor to ceiling with six harnesses hanging from the ceiling.

"Take your goggles out if your packs and put them on. These harness," she says going to each of you buckling you in, "are safety nets for training. We start with baby steps first. We log your reaction times and you abilities," she explains. "Each of you was selected for an essential talent by Dr. Winslow. If you pass the trial today you'll move forward. If you fail it will be noted. There are three chances to show what your made of here. Three opportunities to prove that you can be led, help each other, and yourselves. After three failures you're out. Good luck," Holly calls getting into the sixth harness and buckling in before putting on her goggles as well.

As you feel like you're in a swing the harness interlinks with your uniform. Its connection make the uniform tingle on your skin before the sensation fades. After everyone dons their goggles you find that the small room with the goggles on is actually a large forest...no jungle. There's an enormous pyramid ahead poking out of the jungle canopy but it's base is yet to be visible.

"Hey!" Holly jogs up to the head of the group by Terrance. "There's an item in that temple ahead. It's a book. Dr. Winslow has set this task. We retrieve the book with as little interaction with the locals as possible," she explains. "Come on," she says before heading into the jungle ahead.

Holly you can now see if wearing leathers in a matching green-brown that blends with the surrounds if it wasn't for tbe shock of her white blonde hair she would be almost invisible to you. On her back there is a short bow but she has no other weapons visible.

OOC: Each of you select the basic armor your class allows in starting equipment as well as two proficient weapons in your basic starting pack. Magic users you have your spell focus or book. You can cast all your spells in your basic starting level with your provided spell slots. This was a scenario already vaguely described by Dr. Winslow! ANY non-character questions please Use the game PM.

"Oh yeah" shouts Hunter. "This is awesome. We had a scaled down VR for some of our practices, but nothing this real. Where are we supposed to be?"

He takes a practice swing with the great axe in his hands. It cleaves through the air nicely. A movement Hunter has clearly done a thousand times.

"Way better than the axes I've used for logger's sports. Way better."

With that out of the way he looks around at the others, making sure Will is managing with his pack. Then he sets off after Holly towards the pyramid.

Will is now wearing leather armor and has a dagger at his side. He's gamely trying to keep up under the weight of his pack.

Milas shoulders a light crossbow, testing it's weight and maneuverability. H fiddles with it for a second, then gives himself a quick pat down to check out his new leather armor and the rapier that dangles at his hip. He notices the others and tries to follow, staying in the brush the best he can to remain unseen ( stealth check: 9 )