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Yancy Becket ([personal profile] inurhead) wrote in [community profile] jaegeracademy2014-02-23 06:29 pm

Group Log : Q&A Session 001

Characters: Any/all
Location: The Meeting Hall
Date/Time: Sunday afternoon
Summary: Q&A with a Ranger. All Rangers and staff welcome to answer Q&A. All cadets are invited to the session, but attendance is not mandatory.
Additional Notes: Start your own threads, jack some of mine, go nuts. This is just another mingle post but it's also meant to be informative ICly. Other staff and Rangers showing up for interactions with the cadets is wholeheartedly encouraged.


The meeting hall, like every other area of the Shatterdome, has the feel of an industrial environment. The walls are lined with bleachers on three sides, while the forth side has a platform and podium. In the middle are rows of chairs, desks, and tables. It's clear that a large audience can be accommodated by the room when there's need, though the group that gathers there today isn't nearly enough to fill it.

Cadets will be directed to sit at some of the tables closer to the podium when they arrive, and given scratch paper to take notes on. Staff will be directed to the large table on the podium, which has a row of conference microphones, lamps, and water pitchers already set up. Everything is neat, cool, and professional. The fluorescent lighting and stern expressions of the support staff encourage a sombre attitude, but if anyone is looking up toward the podium they might catch at least one of the Rangers smiling as he peeks out from behind the curtains during the initial set up. He's wearing something like a wetsuit at the moment, though it won't be fully visible until he emerges for the demonstration.

Sharpen your pencils and have a seat, guys. You might even learn something.
secondtry: (not buying it)

[personal profile] secondtry 2014-03-02 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
That gets a stifled laugh out of Mike. "Twenty one," he answered and shook his head. "Old enough and experienced enough to know that some of these people are gonna be in over their heads."
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[personal profile] suicidemission 2014-03-02 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"But you don't think I am?"

Chuck doesn't know why the hell he's even asking that - he doesn't need anyone's approval, let alone some twenty-one year old he doesn't even know.

All the same. He's giving Mike an expectant look.
secondtry: (srsface)

[personal profile] secondtry 2014-03-02 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"You?" He shrugged, giving him an honest look. "I know your background. I know you were pretty much raised under, over, and inside a jaeger. Your dad's been neck-deep in it since it started. You've got experience, and you tested through. You wouldn't be where you are unless you could handle yourself. But."

And this was the part that might get him chucked out.

"But you're still up for your first kill. Once you figure it out in the field, you'll know whether you're in over your head or not."
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[personal profile] suicidemission 2014-03-02 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
His eyes do flash at that and an unreadable expression crosses his face - anger mixed with irritation mixed with something else too, maybe. He straightens, tips his head and he's cocky and arrogant all over again, any previous semblance of anything otherwise gone.

"Haven't fucked up in the sims once, my score's perfect." He says sharply, fingers crumpling the edge of his paper plate. "'S not me standin' around with a buncha cadets for a second go round, hoping I can crawl in a cockpit."

He turns to go.

"Good luck, Cadet. You're gonna need it."
secondtry: (not buying it)

[personal profile] secondtry 2014-03-02 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Didn't mean to hit a nerve," Mike said, "but thanks. I'm gonna need it."

Stunning start, there, he knew, but hell, somebody asks a question and doesn't want the answer... that's not his fault.