"You are now all a part of squad black, the squad that I oversee". There are other squads in the school. on different occasions you will compete or team up with them, now before I release you all to freshen up, what type of mentor would I be if I didn't give you all some homework" Mr. Sayo smiled
"Your powers are limited by your own abilities to think, and from what I see in this group, quite a number of you have some very strange abilities", he looked at Devin, delighted, Daniel and I.
"You can create new techniques to use your abilities, you have to add a little bit of flare to your moves", he flashed us a cheeky smile.
"My ability is called hyper-constriction; it lets me extend certain parts of my body and... constrict with them". he began to stretch out his hand and turn it in several loops. "Now you must be wondering, what would I use something like this for on the battlefield? well, I can restrain my opponents quickly, but I can also stop their hearts from beating and knock them out quickly"
"This is what I would call a sub ability, something extra to give you the upper hand. I have developed quite a number of them, and it all starts here", Mr. Sayo put his finger to his head. "What you can imagine, you can create. your thoughts are your limit. so now that I've made this clear, your first assignment will be to create a sub ability. I'd like to see them perfected next week. class dismissed".
We all began to walk away, that class took quite some time, so we had lunch time already. Delight and I quickly ran over to our dorms to get changed. our uniforms were less than presentable. we were going to have to get special clothes for combat class or else our uniforms would be past the point of washing.
We made our way back to the same spot we had gathered at that morning, like earlier Daniel was waiting for us. "You girls take way too long to get changed" he yawned.
"Shut it dummy", I kicked his foot. according to the schedule army students really didn't have many classes, but each class was extremely long. we had weaponry class next.
I had never thought of the possibility of wielding a weapon, I thought my hair was good enough. I know better now. I needed something to support my hair, a weapon would do nicely.
We quickly walked over to the weaponry hall. other army students were already there, not just students from squad black. They were all over the place, looking at the marvelous display of weapons in the room. I even spotted Devin in the room as well.
"This is a sick dude", Daniel exclaimed, "what if I get another whip? That would definitely be way easier for me. Delight stated that she would like to get a bow and arrow as a weapon. I on the other hand wasn't sure what I wanted.
We walked around the hall, looking at weapons and making small talk with some of the other students.
Suddenly the doors to the hall swung open, the howling crowd went silent. At the entrance, we all looked at who would most likely be our teacher.
She was tall, light-skinned, and had a slender body, she had long brown hair and green eyes. She had a gentle face that hid something behind it. She had on quite an explicit uniform. I guess the army teachers could wear whatever they wanted.
As she walked in, her heels made click clacks against the metal floor. when she was a good distance away from us, she smirked, "Good morning darlings". Her voice was unexplainable, it wasn't soft, but it wasn't harsh either. it was strange... she was strange. " I am madame Evergreen, shall the class commence?" she bowed her head and then began her class.
"It's one thing to be equipped with an incredibly useful ability, but... your abilities can easily fail you in battle" She walked around the hall, walking over to a sword and picking it up. She fiddled with it for a little bit and then continued.
"For this reason, all army officers are expected to have a weapon in battle, now this weapon can range from firearms to medieval executioner's axes. so far as you have a weapon. seeing as this is your first day. walk over to any weapon that intrigues you and take it. call it... a welcome gift".
Quickly everyone began to find a weapon of their choice on the displays. Delight had picked out a bow and arrow. Daniel had picked up a whip. I didn't see the sense in it personally, but he kept on saying, "I have a vision"... Yeah right.
Delight was busy shooting arrows, it seemed she found it a little difficult. David on the other hand was whipping like the pro he was.
I needed to find a weapon, but I just didn't know what. I kept on walking looking for something.
I had tried out a few though, the sword wasn't my style, claymores were too heavy, bows and arrows looked embarrassing, and gauntlets were weird. There were other weapons, but I wasn't interested in using them.
I was lost again...
"Darling trouble finding a weapon? "I jolted and quickly turned around. It was Madame Evergreen. She stood behind me, giving me a weird smile. Now that she was up close to me, I noticed how tall she was.
"What's your ability young girl", she asked. I told her my ability and she began to nod. "Hmmm quite the strange one, looking at your small body stature you probably can't hold heavy weapons". she kept on humming to herself. Thinking of a solution.
She smiled "I think I've got just the weapon for you. She walked down the hall to one of the displays.
As she made her way back, she had two weapons in her hands. They were kind of circular but had large, curved spikes on them. In the center of the circle, there was something that seemed to be the handle. I had never seen anything like it.
"These are called chakrams, they aren't very common, but I can teach you a few tricks on how to use these things. For the most part, though you'll have to figure it out on your own... or find someone who knows how to use them." she dropped the weapons in my hand.
They weren't light, but I could carry them comfortably, I liked them.
I took a closer look at the weapons, they had scales and patterns. The type you'd typically see on a monster. "Madame Evergreen, are these weapons made out of monsters?".
She smiled and nodded, "Good eye darling, they are. A lot of the weapons here are made from beast parts, but not all. Some are made of your regular old ores. These chakrams are made from a low-level monster, so they aren't all that strong. They'll hold up for a while though.
She began to walk away, "Have fun darling".