[ open ] Welcome to Chile, Cadets.

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Location: Valparaíso Shatterdome, Chile.
Date/Time: February 15th-28th.
Summary: The first shipment of recruits into the new Jaeger Academy program arrive. Some are staggered throughout the month, but they all have the same basic greeting. Here you are, there's where you sleep, here's what you wear, get going.
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The Shatterdome didn't look futuristic, swatches of metal and concrete transforming a portion of the harbor into five enormous bays. Nevermind that only two were currently in use. The stark greys stand out against the colorful face of the city, a hulking monolith that's been carved into the face of the city that had once upon a century been termed the Jewel of the Pacific.

Note: Players are welcome to start their own interactions outside of the three main prompted scenarios. Go wild!

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[overeducated]

"Hello!"

Friendly smile matched with friendly smile, and though this fellow wasn't quite a cadet, insofar as the unbuttoned lab coat and black bowtie stated, he certainly had all the enthusiasm of a new arrival. In fact, maybe he was a bit too friendly (or just crazy oblivious to the heat), as he went from beaming to squinting, a puzzled, wondering look entering his face.

Possibly before the other could even properly respond, "You look familiar. Did you ever market computers?"

[gyroscopic]

"Um." That took more thinking that he liked to admit. Being a ranger involved doing a lot more commercials than fighting kaiju. He glances up at the sky like that might help him remember...

And then gives up with a sigh. "Sorry. Maybe? The commercials all kind of blur together."

[overeducated]

"Oh, no, not-- commercials, I meant more... Well, never mind; obviously, I had it wrong, silly me. But you're not new to this business - what's your name?"

And if he'd known the guy wasn't new to the business of kaiju, what in the world had he confused the other for? What an unexciting mystery. Nonetheless, any disappointment that had appeared over him not being a computer salesmen disappeared by the end, easy smile returning.

[gyroscopic]

Simon had placed this guy as likely K-science almost immediately. Those guys were weird with such a frequency that when he met a 'normal' one it was more jarring than the alternative. But it wasn't like Simon was very bothered by weirdness even when totally unexpected.

Also, so far this guy just talked a little strangely. Nothing to be bothered over. "Simon Gryber, pilot of Helix Plunge." He smiled, offered a hand. "Are you with the k-science team?"

[overeducated]

Pilot of Helix Plunge... That tickled more than a few memories-- stationed in Japan, very big name, disappeared after the death of a partner, and at the responding question, he blinked once and then gave the biggest beaming smile a man could.

"Oh, yes! Dr. John Smith, official new addition to this wonderful department." Head tilting (oddness exuberant, but Simon seemed specially accepting, lucky for the both of them), "Are you at cadet status here, Simon?"

[gyroscopic]

"John Smith..." How absolutely normal sounding. Simon had to smile.

"No, it turns out I still get to be a ranger, even without a partner." He wasn't exactly going through the full program again, but he did have to participate in large chunks of it while he searched for a new co-pilot. And he imagined that even once he found one, he would be expected to stay around and help his new partner graduate, and look for even more people he'd potentially drift compatible. "But they are going to whip me back into shape. Something tells me I'm really going to regret those few months off."

[overeducated]

The appearance of Simon's smile seemed to make the Doctor's spread further; shooting it quickly toward the other, his eyes move back around the cafeteria hall in a more speculative, considering manner. The new cadets stuck out like sore thumbs, no matter how put-together they might have appearaed.

"Do you think some of regiments have changed since you went through training? It'd be unfortunate if you couldn't even give advice beyond pep talks. Not that pep talks aren't important." Because they certainly were, but, you know.