[You go into the control room with Gertrude. Karin and Cyra are NOT there, but Zarina is. "Hello."] * Keiko gets into the room, and smiles at Zarina slightly. "Ah... hey." Her duck floats in front of her, now. * Heinrick lets out a breath as he enters in. "I suppose Ms. Oswald is still upset with this travesty, then." * Ten looks suspiciously around. "All for the better." [Gertrude shrugs. "Oswald is hardly suited for this line of work anyhow."] [She speaks into the intercom.] * Keiko looks down at the room, and tenses. "She's testing against him?" [Zarina frowns. "Well, I didn't really wanna do it, and Karin's against the idea, so Cyra's out. So....."] [Gertrude sighs. "Figures." She speaks into the loudspeaker again.] * Heinrick looks at Zarina. "What was your choice then?" * Keiko 's duck floats closer to her even as she walks over to be more between Zarina and Tentaru. And then looks back out on the room again, arms straight down at her sides. [Zarina blinks at Heinrick. "Pardon?"] ( Pinging out ) You said that you didn't want to do it. I'm curious why. * Keiko lets a slight smile come on her face when Luana whips it out, as it were. * Heinrick looks at that evenly. "Well well. Looks like she does have a few new tricks." * Ten tilts her head. "Can she use her powers over fire in combination with a bullet?" * Heinrick shrugs slightly. "I would prefer not to make speculations at this point. But it will certainly be interesting to watch." [Zarina blinks. "Why would I want to hurt you? We're on the same team, aren't we?"] Well, I believe there are no lasting effects in the holoroom. You needn't worry. * Ten nods. "Having her able to attack at a distance will change the way our team works." She starts to pace on her tray. [Zarina nods. "Yeah, but still...."] * Heinrick sighs. "I explained this to Ms. Oswald earlier, but wouldn't you think it better to practice with someone who would have mercy than against an opponent later who would not?" ["But we wouldn't be fighting each other..."] Be that as it may... * Heinrick cuts himself off as he focuses on what's happening outside. You will know our weaknesses and we will know yours. That way we can better cover eachother. * Keiko glances to Zarina and smiles faintly. "It's not all that bad, really." [Zarina blinks at Keiko. "Hmmm..... Well, you want to go after this, then?" She asks it innocently, without any hint of sarcasm.] * Heinrick rubs his chin. "I'd go for that. It'd be excellent training. And something a little new." * Keiko blinks slowly, once, taken aback. She then swallows and nods. It takes her a second to actually respond, "Sure." Beat, then a small smile. "Just don't get yourself all greasy." [Zarina tilts her head. "Huh?"] [Meanwhile, Gertude's frowning at the display in the holoroom.] * Keiko looks at her funny, then points at a grease spot on her pants. "Greasy." I hope you do not intend to force all of us to fight today. * Heinrick turns his attentions back to the holoroom, expressionless. * Heinrick doesn't turn to respond to Ten. "I was merely giving permission to add it to Keiko's training. You are not my ward, so I'd have no reason." [Gertrude doesn't look up. "Only one fight is required, but you're free to do as you please after."] * Ten can't keep the releaf out of her voice. "I will pass." ( Actually, this is the only red vs. blue fight they need, but they also want Ten vs. Hotaru.] ) ( Hotaru, surreneder. *Hotaru nods.) * Ten goes back to watching the fight. "She needs more distance." * Keiko starts to wrap her arms around herself but stops herself before touching. Arms are forced back to her sides. [Zarina nods. "Sebastian might be the most difficult one to fight on our team. He's no as straight forward as me, but..." Gertrude clears her throat, and Zarina shuts up.] * Keiko quickly checks Zarina's mind. Let's let her finish that thought! * Keiko sighs a little and floats the duck around her head in circles. * Ten glances at the duck. (It's blue! It's got an orange beak! It looks like it's been through a fire! It's a duck!) (Okay, yeah, it got somewhat repaired from that fire.) * Keiko frowns at the fight. * Heinrick looks on too. "Well, he's certainly showy." [Gertrude scowls. "You're too right. He should be using his full power. The idiot."] Now now. If I were to guess, I would say this *is* starting to sound like a bragging session. (Just wait until he takes off his weighted training clothing.) So it is pointless then. (Haha.) (And then we'll find out he's really left handed.) (Nah, he's realy TK and doesn't even need his hands) (But then Luana realizes she can't be defeated her and achieves the power of GUTS.) (*here) (Haw.) [Gertrude glances at Heinrick. "Don't you see? He IS bragging. He's showing off. He's making critical errors that are going to get him killed, and then I'll be the one who looks incompetent."] (GUTS.) * Heinrick looks at Gertrude. "So was that the purpose?" And even with all that, he's still better than her. * Heinrick ignores Ten. [Gertrude ends the simulation, then marches out of the room without a word. She looks furious, though.] * Keiko stares down at the field. Her face is cold. Very, very cold. * Heinrick sighs. "Well, she did make a valiant attempt." He heads out of the room as well. * Keiko then shakes her head. She glances to Heinrick leaving, then to Zarina. "Next?" [Zarina nods. "Okay."] * Keiko glances to Ten, then turns and gets to walking out, letting the duck float after her. * Ten watches the exchange in the holoroom with amusement. [Zarina frowns. "I'm so glad I have Gabriel as a guardian instead of her."] * Ten shrugs. "If she is effective that is all that matters." [Zarina blinks at Ten. "What if you had her as a mentor?"] * Ten looks up at Hotaru for a moment. "She would train me relentlessly untill I was ready. Her definition is closer to my own than my current mentor, but Hotaru is happier this way." [Zarina stares at Ten a bit longer, then sighs. "I have to go." And she does.] * Ten snorts and turns her back on Zarina's exit. * Ten looks over the controls to the holo-room, she's not allowed to use them, but there can't be anything wrong with understanding how they work. [There's buttons and dials and it all looks so complex that I'm not even going to try to describe it.] (I AM THE GODDESS OF MACHINES! THIS IS BUT ONE OF MY MINIONS TO BE!) * Heinrick steps back into the control room while Ten's getting her power trip on. (Down, girl.) * Ten looks up as Heinrick enters the room, she nods at him and goes back to looking over the controls. * Heinrick goes over to the console without paying Ten much mind and looks down on the holoroom before activating the mike. * Luana has joined #controlroom * Luana jogs in, breathing a bit heavily. "Oh good, they haven't started yet." * Ten looks at Luana. "No, they haven't, and a bit of advice: if you're going to bring a gun to a swordfight, at least put some distance between you and him. You have range, use it." He did something that made me dizzy at first, so I didn't want to go too far, but you're right, of course. Thank you for the advice. * Ten shakes her head. "No, before the fight even started, you should have dema... requested that you start farther apart." * Ten watches Heinrick manipulate the controls. * Luana nods. * Heinrick talks to Ten while he operates the controls. The mike is off now. "If she had done that, it would have been obvious what she was attempting. It is probably prudent not to push and arouse suspicion." * Heinrick turns it back on to say a statement and then it's back off! For consistancy sake. * Ten doesn't take her eyes off his hands. "That only works if you try to hide something. She gained nothing by allowing the fight to start the way it did." He had ranged attacks as well. She would have gained little by pushing for distance as well. In short though, I will give Dr. Kerner a view of the video log so he can make his own judgments as well. Thank you, sir. I am curious as to why you were holding back at the beginning though. He did something that made me dizzy for a short while, sir, and I was reluctant to use close combat while he had a very large sword in my vicinity. * Heinrick nods. "Prudent. Did you consider using the sword to your advantage though?" No, I didn't, sir. In what way could I have? How hot could you have made that sword? * Luana beams down at Keiko when she sees the dodge. I can't apply direct heat, just fire, and it would require more concentration than I could allow to hold a flame to the sword for the appropriate length of time. And you have to be touching it? No, sir, once I have a flame, I can move it around as I like. Then the distance thing may come into play. I am not saying that it would work in every situation. Only to consider other possibilities. * Heinrick goes back to watching the screen. Yes, sir I shall have to invest in some flares. * Luana smiles at her. That would also be prudent. * Hotaru winces and Ten glares up at her. * Heinrick turns at that. "Something wrong?" * Ten snaps out. "No." * Heinrick turns back to the console. "Yes, that's certainly a calm response." * Ten ignores Heinrick. * Heinrick seems perfectly okay with that. And once again we are over powered. * Luana says quickly, "Excuse me," and hurries out. Yes. That match held a little better though. * Heinrick shuts off the console and makes his way out. * Ten watches for a bit longer. "A bit. " * Hotaru follows him down.