It was currently 3:30 am when Luck and Yuki received a message telling them to arrive at the testing center by 4:00 am in uniform. Attached to the message was a map showing them where they needed to go.
Yuki went ahead and acknowledged the message for both of them, while Luck immediately noticed something different with his body. Pulling up his status panel and seeing the new values and the new passive skill along with his stylish new chibi character he knew that Yuki must have had a busy night.
Reaching over and giving her a hug he says "thanks for the upgrade". To his surprise she actually hugged him back. Letting go of her, he gets out of bed and walks to the shower, stripping off his last piece of clothing he gets in and starts to clean himself.
Yuki was feeling amused, Luck didn't show the slightest bit of hesitation or embarrassment when he hugged her or getting naked in front of her. He didn't even ask her about the changes to him either. "Today's going to be interesting" she thinks to herself.
While he was in the shower Yuki changes into her uniform and sets his out for him, along with getting him a towel from the closet as she waits on him.
Inside the shower Luck had never felt better. Thinking about the PFED system he realized he knew all about it now. Then as he thought about the message about the testing center he also noted he knew what the test consisted of. As well as info regarding the entire ship along with the 13th regiment and their cadet corps.
He had a pretty good idea how he acquired all this new information, being electrocuted in his dreams was pretty telling after all. Still with nothing but benefits to gain from it, what was a bad dream or a little pain when he was gaining so much in return.
Getting out of the shower he saw the towel that Yuki had brought him along with his uniform, so he quickly dried off and got dressed. Feeling that the uniform that was a little baggy on him yesterday when he had tried it on, was now practically form fitting. He realized then that his physical size had also increased with his attributes.
Fully dressed and ready to go Luck takes a moment to check Yuki out, the uniform looks like it was custom made just for her. Giving her a thumbs up he notices a problem. It's his hair, he never had long hair before and now he realized even after towel drying it off it was wet and tangled when a thought occurred to him. Yuki's hair was always perfect so perhaps she could help him.
Just as he thought about it Yuki rolled her eyes at him before creating a host of nanobots that she used to absorb all the left over water in his hair and even styled it for him before recalling them.
*Where have you been all my life?* He jokes with her as he walks over towards the door. *Shall we get going then?*
Yuki is feeling a little playful as she's happy that her experiment turned out so well, plus she's excited to see how Luck performs on the testing compared to other humans in the Imperium.
She walks up and links arms together with him before saying "Let's go get this over with."
Their PFED devices came with a positioning system that they could use to find their way around, but Yuki didn't need it and she lead the way unerringly to a large area the soldiers used for the testing center.
Arriving approximately 5 minutes early there, the duo found a small group of people waiting on them, mainly other cadets along with Doc who had volunteered himself to help if there was a incident, as it wasn't unusual for a person to get injured pushing themselves too far when testing. Mainly though he was just curious about Luck and Yuki and came to watch them take the test.
Luck noticed a few hostile stares directed at him when they entered the room, he wasn't sure if it was because his arm was still linked with Yuki's and they were just jealous or if it was because they were blatantly disregarding the rule against fraternization. Either way he didn't care and just ignored them. Seeing Doc looking their way he took his arm back from Yuki, noting the almost imperceptible frown cross her face for a microsecond as he started to walk over to Doc.
Rendering a salute, which Doc returned, after which Doc says "You two are quite a sight in uniform, got to say the pair of you could serve on a recruitment poster back home. Anyway you should go join the other cadets over there, I got a job for you after you finish testing so come find me afterwards." Doc tilts his head towards the other cadets who are starting to form a line to get tested.
Luck nods and then performs a crisp facing movement before heading back to Yuki, who takes his arm again and they join the line with the others.
Seeing Luck, Doc is feeling a little off by the encounter. Thinking how the boy looks bigger than before and also his perfect salute and facing movements, just when did he learn and practice that? Wondering what all happened to him since yesterday, he resolved himself to pay close attention to the pair.
There were 5 others in line not counting Luck and Yuki, one of them Luck recognized as the lilac haired young woman whose life he had saved. He noticed she kept stealing glances at him and Yuki while they waited. Clearly she wanted to talk to him but for whatever reason she didn't approach him.
The only other person that caught his eye was a bald man about 5'5 in height but he was nearly as broad as he was tall. He had a long beard that reached his chest that was jet black in color. As Luck used to have a beard himself, he could appreciate the mans effort in growing the thing and keeping it looking good. With that bald head, broad nose and overall squarish appearance he reminded Luck of a huge dwarf from the video games in his old life. While Luck was wondering over the mans lineage, the testing staff was calling forth the first person in line.
Only one person could be tested at a time and the first cadet in line was being guided into the testing chamber by a staff member. The first in line was a young man with blond hair and it took about 10 minutes before he exited. Coming out he was limping slightly and his hair was matted with sweat, a deep frown was plastered on his face. Apparently the test didn't go so well for him.
Next up was the lilac haired girl who took almost 30 minutes to come back out, only looking a little worse for wear she was smiling happily, so Luck assumed she did well.
Next up was a tall thin cadet who didn't even last 5 minutes followed by the hulking dwarf who took about 40 minutes and when he exited he was bleeding all over the place and his uniform was mostly destroyed from the waist up, despite that he carried himself proudly over to the waiting medics with a grin on his face.
Seeing the big muscle bound dwarf in a sorry state the person who was supposed to be next lost his nerve and decided he wanted some more time so he offered his spot to the duo and soon the staff member was calling for the next in line.
Feeling eager to test himself, Luck retrieves his arm again and gives Yuki a pat on the head while mentally projecting *See you soon* before following the staff member into the room to take his test.
Entering the testing chamber Luck gets his PFED scanned by a attendant who is holding what looks like a tablet to him. The staff attendant looks over his data and confirms with Luck that this is his first time getting tested, and after Luck confirms that he has never been tested before, the attendant nods and leads Luck over to the first test. On the way to the first test Doc joins the attendant telling him to "pretend I'm not here and carry on."
The first test was a simple measure of the persons grip strength, and for this all Luck had to do was grab the handle on the hand dynamometer provided and squeeze as hard as he could. Taking hold of the device with his right arm first he applies all the force he could muster and the dynamometer reads 200lbs. Repeating the test with his left hand he gets the same reading at 200lbs. (90.7 kg)
Nodding the staff member notes his results and leads him to the next test which is designed to test his lower body strength. The machine is similar to a squat rack but it's designed to lower the pressure applied if the bar doesn't move upward.
Luck settles himself into position and places the bar across his back and squats down. At first the bar doesn't move it all for a split second before it slowly starts to climb upward and finally Luck completes the exercise as his legs lock fully. Registering a even 400lbs (181.4 kg)
Once again the attendant nods and gives Luck 1 minute to recover before the next test. Following which the attendant adjusts the same machine quickly. Luck then does a series of exercises, a deadlift that he also scored 400lbs (181.4 kg), followed by a bench press and a overhead lift and he scored a even 400lbs (181.4 kg) for both tests.
The next test was a endurance / speed test where he was lead to a gravity chamber and inside was something that resembled a treadmill to him and he was directed to run as fast as he could for the next 5 minutes. The attendant then adjusted the gravity modifier to a chart that used Lucks previous tests scores as the basis for and used Lucks PFED to monitor his vitals as he ran.
Giving it his all under the modified gravity, Luck ran 1 mile (1.609 km) by the time his 5 minutes ended and using his life ability, he instantly recovered the moment the test ended.
The attendant and Doc were both very impressed by how consistently balanced Luck had performed so far. If Doc didn't know any better he would have thought Luck was the machine and not Yuki.
The attendant then leads Luck over to a new room for the final test and begins to explain the test and the rules.
"For the next test it's combat oriented, at first one battle drone will be released and then every 15 seconds a second drone will be released. If you destroy a drone, 2 more drones will be released automatically. Every minute that you remain the drones combat parameters will be raised. The final score will be based on two factors, the time you remain and the number of drones destroyed."
Continuing to explain the rules the attendant carries on "You can give up anytime by saying (end), if a drone scores what is considered a fatal strike the test will end. If you lose consciousness the test will end. While the drones won't actually kill you, the drones can inflict non fatal wounds, if your life appears to be in danger, the test will end."
"Any abilities you posses innately can be used in the test. No outside weaponry is allowed, if you need a weapon then select one from the wall. Right now you have 5 minutes to recover from the other tests, but if you want to start early just enter the room and the combat test will immediately begin."