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[interstellarnpcs]

Who: Lesedi, Jamie, and Terry
What: Lesedi wants to make sure her troops are sufficiently under control and ready for battle.
When: The beginning of Hype Week.
Where: Lesedi's office love den.
Warnings: Lesedi is here.

Lesedi isn't very polite when it comes to summons. No, instead of asking people to come to her office by phone or by messenger, she's gradually drifted to just teleporting whoever she wants present straight in without warning. She's a busy woman and has places to be. Whether or not you do is irrelevant.

That is how they'll be brought in. One minute they are going about their lives, and the next they will be standing in front of Lesedi's desk, with their head honcho resting her chin on her hands, leering at them uncomfortable. Though these are to be two separate meetings, her greetings are exceptionally similar.

"Hi there," she'll say. "I can tell we have a lot to talk about."

She can see it just by looking at them - magical aura swirling off in waves.

Comments

[mildwildchild]

Jamie withers visibly under that stare. Being the focus of Lesedi Santiago's attention is never a good thing, as far as he can tell.

"Wh - was there anything, um, in particular you wanted me to do?" His gut is churning with dread; he had entirely different designs on the use of his rad new powers, designs which just happen to be the exact opposite of doing Lesedi's bidding, and he's terrified that she's going to force him to do things against his will.

[interstellarnpcs]

"You'll be training under one of my masters, starting now. This is a big time for Pride, Jamie, and you are an asset that can't be ignored. That is... if you can learn to refine these powers of yours."

Most importantly, she'll be personally keeping an eye on you.

[mildwildchild]

Oh GREAT.

He's relieved, if only marginally, to hear that he's an asset - he guesses he always was, but maybe if he can do things that a lot of other people can't she'll be less inclined to use him for a soul battery or messily kill him or something. Maybe.

And that apparently hinges on learning how to control his abilities. No pressure.

"Okay," he ventures cautiously. "So um - who exactly is gonna be training me?"

[interstellarnpcs]

"Hm," she considers, leaning back and taking a moment to look at her phone. "I think that Cass would be a good choice. Or perhaps Jenny. The leads of Predator, of course. They are the most talented stock I have."

[mildwildchild]

Predatorrrrrr does he have tooooooo?

Jamie is less than thrilled with the prospect of being near either of these two people, but he doesn't think it would be in his best interest to challenge Lesedi on this. The dismay is probably evident in his expression anyway.

"Um. Whatever you think would be best." He fidgets unhappily. "What exactly is the training gonna involve?"

[interstellarnpcs]

"I don't know," Lesedi says dismissively, waving a hand. "Whatever Cass and the others cook up, I suppose. It's certainly not my job to teach you - I can't even imagine how the human mind manages to struggle with such basic concepts."