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[brisance]

Who| Agent Carolina & Agent North, Agent Connecticut, Theta, and open to others
What| Arrival/recovery/training
Where| The medbay, and then the training rooms.
When| After “The Reject Pile” and “An Eye for an Eye”
Warnings/Notes| to be added

[ CLOSED TO THETA AND NORTH ]

It had been a hell of an arrival. She’d just wanted a moment to catch her breath, to gather her strength so they could get the hell out of that hell hole of a base, only she didn’t have the chance. She’d arrived with warnings flashing on her HUD, unable to really comprehend what was knocking her out before she was knocked out.

And then, waking up in this medical ward. They’d at least answered her questions as soon as she started demanding answers. Shvaughn is quick to appear, to explain what’s going on. Carolina might be dehydrated and hurting, but she takes advantage of someone willingly answering questions to keep asking them.

And when she’s done, and rests, the next time she wakes up, Brande is there. Even though she’s not done recuperating, she’s quick to agree to become a Legionnaire. Even with everything going back home - but Shvaughn had assured her they wouldn’t be in danger.

Which is what leads to this - her having the ring nearby her hospital bed, turning over the omnicom in her hand. She’s still relegated to bed rest, and she thinks she’ll catch up on any information she can get a hold of, while she’s figuring out what the hell kind of outfit she’s going to have.

Unbeknownst to her, though, agreeing means she’s registered - means she pops up in a scannable database.

[ CLOSED TO CONNIE ]

Carolina’s been in the recovery wing for another day when they bring someone else new in. She’s looking at the omnicom when they bring her in, and so she misses it at first, until she hears the voice of a nurse checking her over. It’s the name that catches her.

That drags her gaze away, locking on the other hospital bed. That’s someone she didn’t quite realize was here, the literal definition of seeing is believing.

“CT?”

[ HOSPITAL (OPEN) ]

Carolina will be in the hospital for a few days, from her arrival to her release. She’ll easily accept visitors… no matter who they are, or why they’re coming by.

[ TRAINING GYM (OPEN) ]

She knows she’s developed powers - discovered the use of some of them in the hospital. Accidentally phasing through her bed had been one of them, and they’d been lucky she hadn’t ended up with a metal wheel through her body before she phased back.

She’s been having training lessons, but even though she was stuck for days on end in her own armor - she’s not going to take it easy. Even though she’s only cleared for light duty and training, here she is in the training gym.

She might be spending some time kicking and boxing a punching bag - but she’s also stopping to test out her new powers. She’ll move forward to move through the punching bag, or give it a hard hit and then brace herself against it coming back, seemingly becoming as hard as rock given that it bounces back without her giving an inch.

Comments

[captainbuzzkill]

"What's with that whole state thing, anyway? It just reeks a little bit of --" He affects a "general" voice imitated from the movies that actually accidentally sounds a bit like Sarge, not that Dipper knows him "--'Let's try to shoehorn the pretense of patriotic legitimacy into our clandestine government program, hooah!'" He drops the voice. "And is it just the main 50 states or does that cover US territories? Like is there an Agent Guam?"

A pause and he grins slightly.

"Did you guys have to do a talent show, like with baton twirling and pantomime tap dance? Who was Miss Congeniality? Was it Wash? I bet it was Wash."

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The smile is still firmly in place when he makes the little imitation of someone who's very patriotic. She couldn't quite tell you why the Director chose state names, outside of maybe it was something familiar and easy to remember.

"I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you," she tells Dipper instead, arching an eyebrow. "There might have been an Agent Puerto Rico at some point, though."

The bit about Wash being Miss Congeniality gets her raising a hand to cover her mouth.

"Oh, absolutely. Agent York did his in heels," she says, not knowing that York is both here, and has worn heels before. "Wash just couldn't cut it in the shoes, though. He did his in Mary Janes."

[captainbuzzkill]

"It's a talent," Dipper says. He's not going to disparage girly stuff because girly stuff seems just as hard as other stuff. "You have to give them credit - at least it wasn't ventriloquism or playing the glockenspiel."

He beams an even wider smile her way.

"I'm Dipper, by the way. Dipper Pines."

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"Yeah. It'd be even worse if they were combat heels. Although I have no idea what a glockenspiel is."

Carolina, Carolina, don't disparage Judge Beeny's choice in footwear, you two haven't even met yet. When Dipper offers his name, Carolina offers a hand. He might be a kid, but it seems only fair - he's a legionnaire, even if she doesn't agree with that.

"Nice to meet you. Mind if I ask what 'cool power' you ended up with?"

[captainbuzzkill]

The handshake gives a vague impression of damp and noodles.

"Telekinesis."

He doesn't even need to move to show it off - he's gotten his teke refined to the point of not needing exaggerated physical gestures. It's like having another sense and another set of limbs all in one.

Blue tendrils of teke just suddenly roll around him, lifting things in the near vicinity. Barbells, medicine balls, one of the large weights that the people with super strength use, that weigh several tons.

"Basically, I can move and explode things with my brain."

[brisance]

She can't say she's shaken worse, but at least he did it.

When the blue shows up and thing start just - lifting up, like they're nothing, her reaction is small but there - her shoulders tensing up, eyes jumping to the first object before she realizes he's the one doing it and forcibly relaxes herself.

"Well, I can't say I've seen that before, but that's impressive." She sounds impressed too, maybe a little envious, but that second emotion is easier to miss.

[captainbuzzkill]

"It kind of has to be. If it wasn't I wouldn't even be able to be on the team. I mean, look at this."

He waves his floppy noodle arms in a way that makes how noodly they are pretty clear.

"The Legionnaires from this universe give us lots of training and Wash gives me extra training, but I definitely know where my strengths lie. And one of those strengths isn't...uh. You know. Strength."

He nods towards her.

"You, on the other hand, look like you could beat somebody up with no powers and both hands tied behind your back."

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"Yeah. One of them has been working with me and my powers," Carolina notes when Dipper says that the universe gave them lots of training. She's certainly grateful that they've been doing that, and she can't stop the little smirk when Dipper waves his arms.

Yeah, he's not a puncher. But when he says she looks like she could, she laughs, putting her hands on her hips.

"Well, I can't say I've never done it before," she answers cryptically. "I am pretty good at hand to hand combat, though. I'm sure Wash has been showing you some stuff too, though."