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test drive meme
The Pan Pacific Defense Corps was usually offered any of a variety of local buildings to set up their testing centers. For reasons of access and availability, most testing clinics were set up in central areas for any given community. Those of the PPDC staff on hand vary in their personal intensity. Some of the men and women wearing Strike Group insignia seemed overly serious, to the point of frowning with intensity at some of the youngest checking in for this testing round. Those from the K-Science division are tight with nervous energy as they direct prospective cadets through various activities. Everything was meant to measure potential, looking for that spark that meant they had somebody who was Drift Compatible. The majority of people were turned away after the first series of seemingly random tests, officials looking in eyes, placing odd looking contraptions over heads, asking for people to play a series of short games, one even in a virtual reality set-up. |
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If you are still here now, you've made it past the first cut. You'll be sat down in a room with the rest who have made it this far, then systematically led into smaller interview rooms as pairs. If you came with a partner, they're your first interview candidate. If you came on your own, all your interviews are random assignment. All who have been asked to stay are required to sit through and conduct a series of short peer to peer interviews. The questions are straightforward.
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Congratulations! You have been judged Drift Compatible, and sent home to pack after giving a definite yes to the Pan Pacific Defense Corps. The next thing you face down is the flight into Santiago, Chile, and the subsequent drive in to Valparaíso's Shatterdome. You and the rest of the crowd of soon to be PPDC Ranger Cadets have been gathered together to wait for the old bus scheduled to take you to the Shatterdome. While waiting in the open air, those from any Northern Hemisphere countries may find the summer weather strange. Today's high is going to be in the upper 80's, and there's not a cloud to be seen that's not clinging to the distant mountains. Welcome to Chile. When the bus arrives, it's another hour ride out toward the coastline to get to the Shatterdome. Even better? The bus Air Conditioner is broken. Safe travels, Cadets! |
Please set up your own scenarios as you like. The above two scenarios are suggestions. Anything goes! |
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So it's no surprise he's a little overwhelmed.
And it's any wonder he jumps back just in time.
"Ah-" He recovers. It's only water. "Hey, no harm done." Answered with an easy smile. "It's pretty busy in here."
haha my icons are goofy sorry
Nah you're good, mine are too. Can't be helped they've for goofy faces.
"Yeah, the journey is a killer. But you're here now, so welcome to the the Valparaíso Shatterdome and Jaeger Academy." He holds out his hand for an official handshake.
"What's your name?"
He probably won't remember the first few times but it's polite to ask. He meets an unbelievable amount of people all the time. Small talk has become second nature.
could be worse than goofy right?
"Kou Ichijo," he says, taking Raleigh's hand with only a hint of hesitation and giving him a good shake, paired with a slight incline that's something like an impulse to bow being stopped in its tracks. "And I already know yours. When I passed the first test I bought my sister a set of pilot dolls to help explain."
Exactly
He's about to answer with in the other's native tongue but is knocked off guard by the doll comment.
Raleigh laughs. "You know those things look nothing like us." But that doesn't mean he doesn't have a set as well.
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"Maybe not! She's teething, so your face is...hmm. Better in person."
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Still, he laughs - something open and genuine - and rubs one hand across the back of his neck.
"I should hope so." And then a pause. "So. What division are you trying for?"
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"Hmm, do they let pilots keep playing risky sports? Maybe I'd better try for support staff just in case?"