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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.

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Comments

[boomerangarrow]

Kate's lucky, none of her family followed her here. Her dad was busy with his new wife, and her sister was never as combative as she was. If her dad had his way though, Kate would have never been allowed to join the program. Good thing she's legally an adult and there's nothing he could do about it. She won't pry into Mikasa and Eren's relationship, but she knows what siblings sound like.

"Damn right," she agrees as she takes a bite of her bread. Her dad couldn't stop her. She got here on her own merits and she's determined to stay by them.

[prioritized]

Dampener would be a pretty apt description of Mikasa right now; she doesn't look phased by the glares on both sides of the table and Eren's warning falls on deaf ears. It's not the first time they've had similar spats, really it's a fairly common exchange between them, especially once he starts talking about kaiju.

"It takes more than willpower to pilot a Jaeger," She pushes the food around her plate with a fork, giving Eren a meaningful look, "You have to be drift compatible." She doesn't know anything about this girl across the table, but she knows Eren has a hell of a lot of baggage to bring into the drift.

[boomerangarrow]

Right, drift compatible and willing to share your mind with somebody else. Kate winces at the reminder, she's still trying to steel herself for that part. But she still has three months before they really have to think about that. And that's three months of trying to build up enough trust with somebody else, it might be long enough.

"Yeah. Might as well start trying to make connections now, since it's based on trust."

[counterattacked]

Given his stiff shoulders and set jaw, he likely knows exactly what Mikasa's thinking when she says that. He's far from the only one with baggage, here. The problem is that Eren's not all that great at ignoring his, and it doesn't take an intimate familiarity with the concept to know how dangerous that kind of feedback could be.

"It won't be a problem," he insists, and he turns away from his sister to stab resolutely at the last of his dinner. Eren's tenuous hold over his emotions notwithstanding, washing out isn't an option. Not now that they've gotten this far. He tips his head toward Kate.

"So where're you from?"

She's right. Might as well start the get-to-know-yous now.

[boomerangarrow]

She's sure everybody who's here right now, has their own baggage. Some of its probably dealt with, but most of it probably isn't. But getting into a Jaeger without some way of dealing with baggage is a sure fire way to malfunction.

"New York City." Far away from any of the kaiju so far. "What about you?" She gestures at the group.