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Re: Legion Worlds - Tales from the Academy (updated 27 May)
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The Trailblazers:


Strobe:

Denal Lort of Dryad loved it here at the Academy.

Of all the students from Dryad he had settled in the quickest and was happiest being here amongst the other students. In part he knew that was because he had the Legionnaire he had always idolised as his squads tutor. He was being taught by Wildfire! If ever there was an all time favourite Legionnaire... amongst the many good and great heroes that had earned a flight ring it was Wildfire that Denal had admired the most.

He had chosen to mimic Lazon of the League of Assassins purely so he could assume an energy form, which was a close as he would ever get to Wildfire's form, which was actually anti-energy he knew but still, it was close enough. Denal realised that meant the two would be an explosive combination together... Denel had hero worshipped his mentor for as long as he could remember! Kendall had teased him about being an anti-energy perv... they had fallen out over that, something the two of them had never done before. Did his planetmates not understand? He had the coolest tutor, that was all, and if there was one Legionnaire to emulate it was him.

Wildfire! The student called Strobe thought the Legionnaire had the coolest name, the best outfit with that mysterious visor and winged star logo... And Denal had that former Legionnaire as his mentor. Was it any wonder the young man who wanted one day to be a hero called Strobe was the happiest of his group of friends from the distant dead world of Dryad?



Ergus Atomsmasher

The being called Ergus did not understand the need for names. They confused it but still it had agreed to follow the humans convention for having an individual form of denomination. Its own race had no need for such things. They recognised each other in their family pod by the radiation trail they emitted as they flew.

It had been given living quarters that opened directly onto space so it would be able to access the solar winds that fed it and for that it was grateful. The human race needed atmospheric protection from the great depths of open space but Ergus came from a race that danced amongst these wonderful places. It's race were called the Wraithcats by the humans. Not that they looked anything like cats, they had no limbs to speak really only a few sensory nodules along the back of its sinuous tubular body with a head of sorts at one end with two pointed sensory nodes and three long whip like tails at the other, but they moved in a sensual manner as the flew between the stars and that was the similarity, or so Ergus had been told.

Humans had learned to communicate with the Wraithcats over a century ago and the two species had a cordial, if rare, relationship if they ever met. A Xeno-anthropologist had studied Ergus' family pod as they swam the cosmic routes around Betelgeuse and the Wraithcats had learned as much from her as she had from them. The Wraithcat species were superstitiously seen as a lucky omen by a large percentage of the beings that navigated between stars as their large family pods danced in the ultimate vacuum absorbing the radiation that other beings found so toxic to feed themselves. It had also learned that just as often though they could be referred to as simple beasts... as the Wraithcats needed no technology and spaceships that those beings had to use to move between stars the ignorant amongst humanity assumed Wraithcats were somehow lesser beings.

Ergus Atomsmather had also learned about the Legion's existence from the same xeno-anthropologist and from that point it knew then that they would introduce it to the path it needed to follow if it ever wanted to understand the beings who inhabited the planetary bodies.

After encountering the Xeno-anthropologist Ergus had had an epiphany of sorts and knew its role was to understand the strange beings that wrapped themselves in metal and unnatural energy fields to travel from their world's. Ergus had wanted to know more while its pod-kin were more intrigued by chasing comets and playing within planetary rings.

The Wraithcats had an image projecting and receiving form of telepathy that made communication possible, if sometimes confusing. The Wraithcat's senses encompassed far more of the electromagnetic spectrum that human eye could interpret leading to confusion for the almost-blind humans. With the introduction of Brainiac 5's artificial voice modulator attachment the Wraithcat and the soft bodied beings it was surrounded by here within the Academy could communicate with far less confusion.

These humans and their strange reliance on gravity and atmospheres and metal and technology were a wondrous race that Ergus would enjoy learning about while showing them that Wraithcats were a species of being equally worthy of their respect. Ergus' species might be few and far between but they could manipulate energy fields and had senses more precise than most beings. Adapted to the hard vacuum in space their bodies were as tough as diamond, yet nimble and swift and able to match the background radiation of their location so become effectively invisible... smart, tough, swift, psychic and stealthy. The Wraithcats were a rare breed of cosmic being that were seen as legends by many, and Ergus planned on becoming exactly that as a Legionnaire.

Ergus had not realised but from its initial inquiry into attending the academy it had been a front runner all the way for fast forwarding into the main team.






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Re: Legion Worlds - Tales from the Academy (updated 27 May)
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Colossal Boy needed advice.

His team were not working well together. They were too over competitive and unwilling to let their guards down amongst each other, other than Bouncing Boy and occasionally Dragon Lass they barely spoke to each other as they focussed on their singular goal of gaining membership of the Legion. With their attitudes they would never get that far, but they each had such potential that it was a waste to give them this training then watch them leave the academy with the best option available being to join the Science Police special squads...

Gim could see what was happening with the main team; in the last year the membership had more than doubled and it was clear there were plans afoot to increase the remit of the Legion as they left Sol system. He had to get the students up to speed quickly as they could miss their chance very soon if they let this slip.

He had set up a pre- and post-training session huddle where the team would discuss what they expected from the day and then what they had learned. He had ensured they knew that their team work was being monitored by him during their sessions. He had calmly explained and he had shouted in anger. He still felt like he was banging his head on a plasteel wall. To add to the problem Yera laughed about how much fun her class had each day. Every. Single. Day... Yera loved it here while Gim contemplated how much a failure he was that he couldn't even look after six students.

The Legion needed new blood who wouldn't rock the boat when they joined, especially now as they moved out into the wider galaxy and whatever lay beyond. And his team simply weren't up to it.

Gim needed advice badly.

Lydda smiled sagely as he asked her for any tips she could offer to help him get on top of the situation.

"Kick their asses Allon, make them know that by being so selfish they are just another bunch of wannabe dicks and you don't need to waste your time on them... you can have fun with them but not until they earn your respect. They need to earn yours, not you there's. Remain calm, consistent and cold... that was what Lu taught me when I joined the staff here."

"That's tough Lydda... Surely... I mean that's what the Space Programme at the Science Police academy was like back in the day but even they've stopped it as..."

"Listen Gim, we had almost five thousand applicants for this semester and if your guys won't cut it then kick 'em out and get another class in. Okay? ...go ask Lu, if you doubt me." Lydda smiled again.

Gim Allon was silent for a moment before nodding. "Okay... Though perhaps I need a quick tutorial on tutoring as Yera's team seem to have fun, your guys are getting on well, Rokks team are okay... Am I doing something wrong?"

"You're too nice is what. So we both know the main team has big personalities that can clash but they know they're on the same side. If a situation comes up they are mature enough to unite to deal with it. Your students don't get that yet. Kick their butts Gim. Kick them hard. Then kick 'em again until they get it. Make them have a common purpose and unite like professionals or get rid and get another. Lay in the line to them, shape up or go away. Sorry but that's what I'd do."

Gim knew Lydda was right, it was perhaps a bit blunter but still exactly the same advice that both Rokk and Lu had given him earlier.


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Re: Legion Worlds - Tales from the Academy (updated 27 May)
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Ultra Girl:

Li Fahn Qiong had not originally chosen the name Ultra Girl for herself, she was going to be Meteor! That had been her idea but after her abilities had been tested by the Xanthuan Science Department they had commented that like the deceased Legionnaire she was strongest when she focused her Red Energy into one purpose at a time.

When she wanted to go fast she channelled the energy to carry her in a certain direction and she glowed brilliantly - like a meteor - as she sped. She had learned quickly that if she used the energy to boost her strength then she would need to visualise it bracing her as well so she wouldn't get thrown aside by her own endeavours, the same when she tried to project blasts of the energy or harnessing it to become invulnerable to outside forces. She was still learning though and it was getting easier each time she used it.

Today in class she had tried to use her powers to lift objects, not just smash through them as she usually did. She had kind of succeeded, at least she hadn't destroyed anything, which was a success as far as she was concerned though she saw the disappointment on a few of her classmates faces. Wildfire congratulated her before telling the whole class how it had taken him months to work out how to move his fingers in his suit, let alone do any of the amazing things he now could, so he would be patient with them as they learned to use their abilities with more finesse. So long as they tried he would always be on their side.

For a being made of a self-propagating anti-energy forced to exist within a feelingless techno-suit he had shown more humanity than she had ever imagined possible. At that moment Li Fahn knew she would work her hardest every single day just to be half the person he was.


Starstorm

Lady L'Sari Du -Weafronsion-Rega of the Eternal Empire of the Nomadic Sunkind was unimpressed with her accommodation.

She had no handmaidens, only an AI. She only had one room for her bed, with a small en suite, one room for general living, a small kitchen space and a storage room. It was not enough. Did these Legionnaires not realise that she may need to hold court yet they expected her to hold all meetings in public spaces, as she were a commoner.

Wildfire had not shown the respect she had thought she deserved when she had raised these serious matters. When she had spoken to her Royal father that evening she could see on his holo that he was upset. What had surprised her was that he was not angry at the Legionnaire, instead he had told her in no uncertain terms that she would act like one of true royal blood, not as if she were one of the Nouveau Riche. She would remember that she had chosen this life so would endeavour to be the best she could be. He also stated that if she were to burn through the quark relay to reach their distant Bubble Arcs with such a childish complaint like that again he would take action that she would definitely not like. Before she could respond he broke the link, terminating their conversation.

After that she had tried to show humility, endeavoured to learn without automatically taking the authority her position should give her. Wildfire had noticed her change in attitude and complimented her on it. But then she much to offer the team so she expected some compliments. She was far, far stronger than humans, could generate energy forms - her favourite was a rapier- and she could fly at great speed unaided in the dark of space, and had political connections that would surely benefit the Legion.

If she made an effort at these training games then she knew she would soon be amongst the Legion itself as one of their members.

She would do that and more if only to have her father regain his pride in her.


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Re: Legion Worlds - Tales from the Academy (updated 27 May)
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Luornu liked her kids, mostly.

The senior Academy class were all decent students, not too rebellious and yet independent enough to be trusted enough that she didn't need to keep a 24 hour tag on them. Not normally anyway. Slingshot had been sneaking off a bit too much time across on Two lately as his relationship with Atom Girl started to bloom, Friction had skipped more than one or two classes on intergalactic law to go to a couple of concerts, Howler almost always slept in for early sessions and the Imp Master was a moody little sod at the best of times... But it was Kid Pulsar who gave her the most problems.

He was certainly powerful enough to be an asset to the Legion, with his strength and durability and kinetic bomb blasts he would be helpful in almost any scrape, and bright enough to learn everything they had thrown at him in almost record speed. He was sociable and adaptable and quite funny when he needed to be. He had high scores on his teamwork ratings... He was the Academy's best bloody student right now and the git had went and got into a bar fight on Earth and was currently being held by the Science Police. That wasn't all of the story though. Sadly. The media had shown footage of him using his abilities and started calling him a meta-terrorist. They had even broadcast that he was a student here on Legion World One. The news story had run nonstop for the last three hours with increasing calls for an investigation into the training young metas were being given here.

Luornu felt sick.

There was going to be hell to pay over this if they didn't deal with it properly.

Last edited by Harbinger; 07/12/17 04:08 PM. Reason: Changed Pulsar Boy to Kid Pulsar as my original notes had both versions

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Re: Legion Worlds - Tales from the Academy (updated 27 May)
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Southern Lights

As a Starhaven native he had initially expected Wildfire to acknowledge him more but within a day of joining the Academy the young mystic had learned that his anti-energy team mentor had recently ended the relationship he had once shared with Dawnstar. As the young student knew his presence may upset the Legionnaire he had approached Luornu Durgo-Taine and asked to move training squads - the artificial being known as Ballistix could also survive unaided in space so perhaps he could swap teams with her... Duplicate Girl smiled and thanked Southern Lights for his compassion before refusing his offer outright. Wildfire had already okayed the Stathavenite mystic student and so he would remain on his team until told otherwise.

Southern Lights had not mentioned his worries after that though had kept his head down and worked hard, trying not to draw attention to himself too much in case the anti-energy Legionnaire took offence. Though over the last few days he had observed how the team mentor interacted with his group - encouraging, supportive and fair... the young mystic from Starhaven had been surprised. Wildfire's reputation put him as a hot-head with little patience or social skills yet day after day he had helped the training team as they faced increasingly tough challenges. Not that he was a push over, none of them tried anything less than their absolute best... without being told they all knew that Wildfire would not tolerate that behaviour. The young mystic realised that he had a tremendous respect for his mentor.

Of his classmates he was less sure; a couple were decent, of the other three... well two were okay, if not his sort really, and one really needed to get her ego in check, but that was her worry. Southern Lights was studious by nature and he had come here to learn for himself so he wouldn't let a princess ruin his opportunity.

Calling up a Speak-Spirit spell the winged student concentrated on the message he wanted his family to receive. He wanted to reassure them that he was happy, he was working hard and he had been right to follow his instincts to come here. The Academy was good!


Non

The being the Academy called Non was once several individual corporeal beings like the others here at the Academy. It had taken a freak accident and an infusion of Negative Energy to create the asexual being that they called Non. It was a unique being amongst the many strange and wondrous beings that occupied this place. Not that Non really cared.

After over four centuries of existing as it did Non had no views on whether it was better to be as it was or as it had been. It had no need for company, nor sustenance, it was... it was.

The Legion had learned of its existence somehow and the psychic known as Otaki had joined Duplicate Girl and Wildfire to ask it to join their ranks. Within it's non-being a spark of conscience... a hazy memory perhaps or urge from one of its component parts... stirred and it had agreed. And here it was. It had been given an apartment which was empty and it returned there to dark and silent solitude when the training sessions that Wildfire arranged for the group it had been assigned to were not being run.

The student body had tried to communicate with it but it had found their noise to be of little worth, they had no great truth to impart not information that could benefit any of their current situation. Instead they discussed each other, the Legionnaires, the tests they were set and the struggles they endured to get through each day. Non was not involved in such trivial conversations. The Wraithcat and the boy from Starhaven had learned quickly that Non preferred quiet so the three of them would go into space outside their planetoid base when not training and contemplate the wonders of the greater universe in respectful silence.

Non realised that it had grown to be quite fond of these two students. That in itself was something that surprised it, as it had not experienced any real depth of emotions in so long...

Its time at the Academy had been spurred by an odd impulse and so far Non was still intrigued enough to remain.


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Re: Legion Worlds - Tales from the Academy (updated 27 May)
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Guys, hi, thanks again for your kind reviews above.

As these Academy stories will ultimately feed into the LW5 storyline I've realised that I should complete these before continuing with that one.

Hope you are still enjoying this, thanks again.

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Another round of some really interesting cadets Harbinger.

Kid Nimbus: i like him. he's a good egg. who wants to help people because that's how he was raised which is nice when some comes right out and says that. He's also a bit different than the rest of the League replacements. Although I wish he would realize just how powerful he could be. I do worry that his commitment could waiver and I could see something very serious happening that could change him.
Question you said "Fathers" but sometimes its used as if you meant to say "Father's". does he have two fathers or are those just missed apostrophes?

I find it interesting how the Dryadian's seem to want to atone for something the galaxy has forgetten. People have a lot of pride and its really cool to see people wanting to do the right thing to make up for the past mistakes. although it just makes me wonder how far some of these new drydian's are willing to go.

Yera and Rokk's conversation was super funny and a nice view of these two mentors. I like that Rokk isn't impressed with the few girls on the squad and that he may have to use the Lydda option. I think that would be super funny to see. Year is so relaxed and like how much she's enjoying being a mentor. I like that they discuss Gim and how much trouble he's having. it shows good support among the mentors.
Yera's joke at the end was amazing! i thought that was so funny. Hmm did Gim have a little crush on Rokk at some point? or is she just being cheeky? Rokk's reaction priceless.


Strobe = fanboy alert. which is uber cute and i like how much love Wildfire is getting from his students. he really is a great teacher from what's been showcased so far. Even Tectonik who didn't like him initially warmed to him.
I also like the name.

I like that you've started to introduce more character's who are part of the universal cosmos and not just more humanoids or sentient from a set world. The galaxy is vast and makes sense that there would be beings out there that live in space. Ergus Atomsmasher is an interesting one and i like that his reason for being there is to show to the universe that they are a intelligent and strong race. The fact that the Legion wants to fast track him makes so much sense. He's also another character of yours that i like the visual a lot and the whole its called a "cat" is because of how it moves through space is funny.
Another really good version of Telepathy and i like that there is a real reason for why the modulator is there other than it's easier. The sensory over load makes sense. i'd love to see some of the things he can see that we can't.

Poor Gim. He's really having a hard transition but i like the advice Lydda gave. Especially the kick them on their ass' and that they need to respect him. its so true.

Ultra-Girl was really well described and i like how she has to visualize her power usage.

Starstorm - i liked that a petty princess was put into place by her father and it changed her attitude. it show's she's obedient but i could see how it could mean trouble down the line, if she's just following an order and or to restore pride. Doesn't mean she's changed her position of feeling superior due to station. But energy forms are cool, so i'm looking forward to see how you use her.

Lu's team sounds like they could bring some trouble for the Legion especially with all the media trouble they've been having lately. Pulsar Boy almost sounds like he's acting out because he's bored.
I want to meet Friction and Howler. their names just sound cool.
Could this also change how the academy is run? Gim mentioned how the SP's have changed training tactics maybe the Legion's next?

Southern Lights is very respectful and paints Wildfire so well. With all this Wildfire praise i can't help but feel like something's coming for him that will shake these cadets.

Non- is intriguing and it be cool to see the origin or non played out along with how the Legion came across him. Those sparks of emotion are interesting. Could they lead to trouble later or maybe to a revelation about it's past that has some affect on the here and now? So many questions i love it! Non, Southern Lights and Ergus might be a new trio to fallow as their quiet nature might lead to some good discovers.

Great Job Harbinger and can't wait for more!


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The Night Guard:

Doppelgänger

Roja Offred was originally from a colony out in the Rim called Darling Home. It wasn't really worthy of its name but the original settlers had been so grateful to find a habitable moon spinning around the stars sole Jovian planet. Their Transport Arc Settlers Ship had come close to complete technological failure after being out in the darkness of space for ninety six years beyond its projected lifespan so when they found the small world with a habitable biosphere the name had stuck. Thankfully his family had moved to the inner systems when he was six so his memories of the Long Days and Long Nights were few and far between.

Roja's family had moved from world to world as his surgeon father and pathologist mother would never agree where was best for their family to settle, or so he had always been told. it was not the truth though, nowhere near it.

Roja had quickly learned the survival techniques that all children who move often needed to survive; not be too open about the past when starting at a new school, don't become too close to the ones who immediately befriend you as often they were the ones that had no friends within their community, keep your opinions to yourself until you knew what the lay of the land held in store. In a way, his abilities were an extension of these rules, as on his thirteen birthday he learned the reason for his family never settling...

His great, great, great, great grandfather had been cursed by a fifth dimensional imp after lying to the mystical being and swindling it out of its fortune... Or at least trying to. The conman ancestor found that 24 hours later he could no longer lie or cheat anyone without turning into a hideous beast. The curse had followed the male heirs of the family, though thankfully the spell had lessened its hold somewhat, and somehow changed, altered with every generation, though there were still situations when it could rear its ugly head... Roja rarely lied now as he knew the curse would affect him as it did his swindling ancestor, he would become a disgusting monster.

His father had worked in medicine, specialising in traumatic surgery. He rebuilt those that had survived the most awful accidents. He also changed forms if he lied, and as a doctor he found it difficult to always be truthful, a small white lie would be excused by the curse but anything more... And so they moved, they travelled and they sought a sanctuary. His mother escaped into her work, dealing with the dead. She was unfazed by the living as they didn't hold her interest nearly as much. Roja had to admit now with the benefit of hindsight that they were a very weird family.

... But the curse also gifted Roja with the talent of mimicry: He could assume the appearance of any person he had met. He had to be careful though as, if in a disguised form he told a blatant lie he would immediately flip back to his natural, quite pale and fat form. And he hated his natural shape as no matter how much exercise, derma-sculpture or muscle growth supplement he took his natural form remained as a short, plump boy with bright blue eyes and a sampling of spots on his wide forehead and chin. Roja thought that his unfashionable looks were possibly a result of the stupid curse too.

The curse had given Roja one more rather subtle ability: if anyone told him a bare faced lie he would see them as a monster for the duration of their untruthfulness. It was a pretty crappy power so he hadn't mentioned it to his teammates though it had alerted him to Yera's form not being an actual Duran true form, and he clocked immediately that one time she impersonated her husband to the students. He had told her afterwards and the Durlan tutor had laughed.

Overall, before he came here to the Academy he had enjoyed far more time in his life while disguised as someone else, someone tall with muscle definition and great skin usually, than he had as himself but the curse's strict rules remained so he had to follow the rules he had learned as a child; don't trust anyone enough to be open about his situation... And find ways to carry a conversation without ever really saying anything, at least nothing that could be classed as an untruth. He wasn't lying though when he said he loved it here though, not at all.

Roja looked at the mirror again and sighed.

His team were all fine with how he appeared, seemingly more comfortable with his natural form than he was but then the Academy was full of the weird and wonderful so that shouldn't have been a surprise. Still, Roja wished he looked like any of the others, they all looked so much better than he...


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Lu and Lydda ran a training session in the gym.

The lasers were set at a reactive power level whereby the student targeted would get a nasty stinging shock if they were caught. Rokk's team were failing the test, other that Solar Gorilla and Tectonik, and would take a deficit score forward. Magno Lass and Polar Girl had been sniping at each other since the start and would both fail unless they pulled off a miracle. Their behaviour was unacceptable, Lydda thought, Rokk would need to stop tolerating their childishness and give them a tough talking to. Her fiancé had to stop trying to be nice and get on with the job at hand, teaching these kids how to survive.

Lydda was rather proud of her squad as they ran the gauntlet; they interacted with each other to guide their teammates across the holo-simulated battleground. The Silver Shaman and Kid Nimbus took the lead shouting to their teammates behind where was safe and what to avoid. So far their tactics had worked and Lydda was happy to see that her drumming simple strategies into them over the last few days had paid off. She had to admit to herself that there was a little bit of schadenfreuden watching the Team Cosmic squabble and fall apart while her own squad, the team none of the other student teams rated due to their non-confrontational abilities, use their heads and succeed...

Wildfire's team we're on a similar exercise with Rokk and Yera in the asteroid belt while Gim had his crew on Antarctica completing a bespoke mission he had dreamt up for them. Tomorrow the Changelings would have a surprise test, and if Lydda had her way it would start at 0330. Yera wasn't quite as keen to give her squad such a rude awakening but understood they would need to get used to this potentially happening if they were to function within the main team. What the Durlan tutor hadn't told her Kathooni colleague was she had hoped to take her husband out for a surprise romantic meal tonight and wasn't planning on getting an early nights sleep...

While the tests were fun to organise there was a serious reason for them: Element Lad had told the Tutors at the Academy when he visited the day before that in one weeks time the Legion would be looking to hold a snap try-out for the Academy students, and there were spaces available for any of the new students if the tutors thought they may be ready. These tests would decide which of these students, if any, would be nominated.

Lydda was certain her entire crew would be on that list...


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The Changelings:

Shadowsurfer

Walyed Reeaz came from the high gravity world called D-1457H234. The population were not known for their imagination or open minds, they had been bred to be workers and that was all they usually expected or wanted from their lives. But not Walyed. He had developed a mutant ability and, it seemed, a desire to do more than work in mines and factories until old enough to earn his place in a Rest Done.

He wanted to see the universe and do something admirable with his life and on the off-chance had applied to become a student at the Legion Academy.

He was still surprised that he had been accepted, and even more grateful.

He liked his squad, even though they were an eclectic mix. Initially he had been disappointed not to have Cosmic Boy or Colossal Boy as a tutor, they were legends! He then had heard that the Colossal Crew were always fighting each other while Team Cosmic schemed to get attention so was grateful now for the class he was in. And Yera was great fun, she made sure they enjoyed every lesson, no matter how difficult with her encouragement and support.

Given Walyed's mutation relied on darkness he really expected Night Girl to have been his tutor but she hadn't had much to do with him. As Chameleon Girl was a stealth operative he supposed that it made sense she taught him, as being able to dive into a shadow and reappear at any point within it was kind of sneaky, really. It was kind of teleportation in darkness. On the night side of a planetary body it was potentially awesome, though in a brightly lit room not so handy. His natural strength and durability as a being bred to thrive on a world with a 5+ gravity hadn't really been addressed, or at least not so far. But then with people like Mon El on the main team, his being able to lift half a dozen tons wasn't really all that impressive, not in the grand scheme of things.

The thing that had amazed Walyed the most though since arriving here wasn't the Legionnaire's or his fellow students, as wonderful as they were, rather it was the incredible carvings that ran along almost every wall... This planetoid had originally belonged to a religious cult who had decorated their home in the most magnificent ways, and yet none of the other students seemed to notice the craftsmanship and talent that had gone into creating the frescos, stained glass panels and ornate cornices that ran through virtually every room. The Academy was so much more cultured than anywhere on his home world were homogeny was prized, individuality and art were seen as odd and unworthy of the people of D-1457H234. Something else else as exotic as this asteroids decoration would have been scandalous!

Shadowsurfer knew that whatever happened here at the Academy he would never forget this incredible experience, never! With his face immersed into a virtual architecture tutorial Walyed hoped he would have time later to study the course work he'd been given earlier.

Just this last week had opened his eyes to possibilities that he would never have dreamed of had he stayed at home and he hoped to grab every one of them.



pH Zero

Shawyryn of the Gil'Dishpan Colony #2997B was unsure of its fellow students.

As one of only 100 or so Gil'Dishpan within the United Planets it was particularly interested in the commodity these strange bipedal beings called 'choice'. It appeared as if the bipeds believed in some almost random influence that could alter their very life-path without true-warning through these 'choice's' and resulting actions they brought. It understood the concept but as it's species had honoured the ancient art of societal sectioning for millennia it did not really grasp the point of following 'choice'. Why follow a seemingly random path when one could find contentment with one's allotted life journey?

Of course there were some, a very few, amongst Shawyryn's race who acted without due consideration and followed unconfirmed impulses... Every generation had their horror stories of such rogues, but it was following the plan laid before it from the moment it had left the lifesac eight cycles ago. It had been bred for this role.

Part of its heritage was of the warrior caste so could produce an acid that could damage most materials, while another part of its make up was that of a diplomat as it had almost instinctive understanding of a culture it became involved in. Finally, it had been bred to be physically more robust than most of its kind, more able to survive the rigors of a Legionnaire's lifestyle.

The Ones Who Thought knew that a Gil'Dishpan Legionnaire would help their race raise their profile and aid greater understanding between their species and the oxygen breathers that had spread throughout this galaxy. Fitted with an implant by its superiors before coming here that allowed levitation and the generation of a methane bubble, it was ready to achieve every success.

Sharywyn of #2997B knew it would gain Legion membership, after all it had been bred to do exactly that.


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The Colossal Crew were struggling.

Gim Allon watched on the hard light screens of the control deck of the small cruiser that had brought them here to remote Antarctica shaking his head. They were struggling with the basics; they were all physically powerful enough, all intelligent, but they just tried too hard to succeed without realising that their team needed them. Bouncing Boy and Dragon Lass had sort of figured it out, though due to the rest of their team's belligerent attempts even those two members of the squad's team-spirit was flagging.

He was intentionally pushing them as far as he could; an impossible training mission and insufficient information to create a suitable plan. So, really, it was much like just about every real Legion mission...

The kids had to find and rescue two missing children. They had been given basic information on whereabouts the kids may be, a hint that there may be criminal activity involved, a tight timescale and, just to add a twist, he had roped in a member of the Science Police to 'assist' them - actually, Officer Franki Al-Hawza had been involved with planning this exercise with Gim so would not be as helpful as she might just to test the team's capacity for independent thinking. Gim, just to add a further motivational factor to this, had told the team that whoever scored the least on this test would looking a probable exclusion from the meal he had arranged for them once they had finished. Before the kids had left the shuttle he had reminded them they were a team and would be marked on their cooperation with their classmates to complete this test...

It appeared they didn't listen.

Gim groaned as Ballistix and Yeti Boy both went off by themselves leaving their teammates wondering where they had gone. Those two were the poorest rated tin Gim's eyes as neither would listen to their teammates and, when confronted by their mistakes would try to deflect any criticism. Neither were emotionally suited to the Legionnaires life, but the frustrating thing was both were potentially brilliant. Still, their dismissive attitudes brought the whole team down, and, truth be told, the rest of the team let themselves down enough.

While Gim was thinking this Prescience argued with Officer Al-Hawza while Bouncing Boy tried to be a mediator between them. Dragon Lass stood at the side awkwardly hugging herself as she watched the scene before her. Kid Dynamo stamped his feet angrily and looked around for his missing teammates.

The Colossal Crew needed to think like a team but from what Gim saw before him they were too self absorbed to see what was causing their problems.

Well, time to give them their real test... Gim sent a silent signal to Officer Al-Hawza warning her that she had seconds before the scenario they had plotted out was going to happen...

On the ice the four students were stood around the Science Police Officer as she repeated to them that she wanted to retrace their steps. Gordon Eno, the Naltorian student they called Prescience stopped arguining and dived at the officer, rolling in the powdery snow as they fell.

Below her feet the ice erupted and a huge crack tore through the frozen ground throwing up chucks of ice and a blinding flurry of powdered snow.

"I've got the SP, Dynamo go find Yeti and Ballistix... Dragon Lass and Bouncy, get in the air, see what the crack's thrown up... Move it guys, I've seen this is only the first of these... C'mon, we still got a kid to rescue!" even as he was shouting at his team mates the young man from Naltor was standing up and offering his hand to help the Science Police Officer up from the ground where they had just landed.

Gim Allon smiled to himself, he thought it would be Prescience that would take charge and was happy to be proven right. Maybe some of the team would get somewhere after all... Though they still had to achieve the mission objectives and Gim wasn't going to make it easy for them... He'd forge them into solid unit if it took a hundred phony ice cracks and traps and fifty more exercises. He wasn't going to give up on then just yet.


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Metallix:

Dru Della of Dryad had joined her friends to the Academy but she hadn't really wanted to be here, not in her heart of hearts.

Her team were all decent, they had a laugh and looked out for each other. She felt as close to them she did with anyone... But she still had her doubts. She doubted the people here were really her sort of people and being a hero... Well, that was a dubious career choice she thought to herself... Not that she would share these views, the Dryad group had made a pact when they left their homes and Dru wouldn't be the first of them to break it. Actually, that wasn't true as Ke had left to go home, broken hearted after being manipulated on Rimbor, saying his gene-mod that gave him stone skin wasn't worthy of a Legionnaire. Ke had always been a farmer at heart though so none of them were surprised that he'd wanted to get back to his crops and cattle. His brother, their Kid Dynamo, at least had stayed. But then there were girls of a similar age here so he was bound to...

The five remaining Dryadians had renewed their pact; they would show the galaxy that their citizens could be heroes and could be worthy of respect. Metallix had almost turned away then but in the end she had simply repeated the vow. Her eyes were down as she spoke the words so none of the others could see her doubts. She had these abilities but that didn't make her a hero, she wasn't sure what they made her... She wasn't sure...

Since joining the Academy Dru studied hard, though she wasn't really academic, and joined in all the training exercises with as much gusto as she could manage. Today Chameleon Girl had set them endurance exercises, climbing cliff faces then racing around an assault course to then finish off with a swim before racing again to the finish. Dru had done well and felt a little bit of pride. She could do this... If only her heart was in it she would do this!



Flipside:

Drannananna Otticolli of Grathvarth V loved being a student here at the Academy.

Her race were arboreal, adapted to their treetop life by having long limbs with a prehensile tail. She had her people's natural agility and athleticism, but had the additional ability to flip her own personal gravity allowing her to be far, far more acrobatic and sure footed that any of her kind - whichever way she perceived as 'up' was how her body naturally attuned its own gravity and it also allowed her to potentially move things she was in touch with much easier than she should as whatever she could hold would be affected by her internal gravity matipulation giving the appearance of incredible strength

Her quarters were three times the height of standard student apartments with a maze of branches from five trees that grew in a circle creating a comfortable environment for her. She swung through the branches on her way to the door, happily running down one trunk before leaping across to another. Shifting her own gravity she ran down the trunk as if it were a track on the floor before cartwheeling to the door.

She had won today's endurance exercise but now had to study for tomorrows legal test... She wondered if any of the other students would be in the refectory, as right now she was still buzzing from her success to consider putting her face into the Computo-tutorial.

Yup, a nice cup of Green Sap Tea and a chat with one of her peers, especially if it was that studly boy they called the Kid Dynamo... Then she'd be ready to study.

She's seen him smile at her a few times and the twice they had spoken it was obvious that there was some... chemistry. Drannananna rather liked the tall Dryad boy, he had nice broad shoulders... and spending time with her arms around them would be far more fun that studying.

Her mind made up, the student called Flipside strode out of her door and for the fun of it leapt up to walk along the ceiling of the corridor that led to the central refectory.


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Wildfire sat in the shuttle with Kid Pulsar.

The student from central Africa stared out of the window with his broad hands on his head, his thoughts unknown. They hadn't spoken since leaving the Science Police headquarters. Lu had arranged it so they avoided the majority of the press that waited to catch them as they left, only giving two brief interviews where they didn't say too much before they rushed onto the shuttle.

"Ah didn't do anything Drake... Ah was mindin' mah own bus'ness, jus' chattin' to a pretty girl. Ah was set up man, she led me to them. Ah was defending mahself from a mugging when th' SP's busted us..."

"I know son. We're being targeted, the media do this sometimes. We're no longer their darlings but it'll pass... It always does. It was unlucky you were picked by that gang to mug... or maybe it's lucky they picked you, as when you think about it if that'd been a normal guy he'd be in hospital or worse now and you made sure that none of them'll be fit to attack anyone else for a while..." even though Wildfire's voice modulator was synthetic, the pride he felt for the student was obvious. Kid Pulsar turned to the Academy tutor and smiled.

"Thanks man... Ah only wish ah'd had the chance to maybe hit them a couple more times afore the SPs busted us." The student turned back to the window and looked at the darkness of space outside, his thoughts his own once more.

It was several minutes later that Wildfire broke he silence to ask "...were the police okay with you? They must've known you're a student."

"Yeah... well... they w're okay ah guess. It wasn't 'til the media arrived that they stopped tellin' me 'bout all the times they'd each worked with the Legion... then they started gettin' all formal, like. Talkin' 'bout assault and how ah'd damaged a wall with mah kinetic blast and stuff... but ah din't think they were takin' it too serious like, ah thought they were sayin' it f'r show, y'know?"

"Okay, that's good to know. The SPs are still mostly onside at least."

"Wotchu think's the reason f'r the media gettin' all garulsome on us is?"

"Oh, prob'bly Universo or some creep thinking they can undermine us and run us out of town... we'll beat them though, don't worry we always do."

"Won't the Big team leavin' Sol be seen as them runnin' away? It's def'nitely gonna make any support they give to Earth more dif'cult, isn't it?"

"That's why the Academy's staying. With Rokk and Lu and Lydda and Yera and Gim and me and all you guys too we've got Sol covered..." But even as he replied Drake Burroughs wondered if the team on the Academy and the students would be enough to face down whatever it was that was brewing. They all knew something big was coming so perhaps the student was right to worry about the main team going off on their own separate adventures to who-knew-where.


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The Changelings:

Spook and Shifter

Sure, they were close and with a glance or nod of the head they could understand their twin far easier than others might. But why did everyone assume they were somehow psychic? The singletons that made up the majority of the population off of Winath were a strange lot.

Wendl and Josha Honnessen were still surprised to see so may non-twins everyday. It had been creepy for the first few days but they were getting used to it. It was easier with the non-terran stock as aliens were weird looking by definition...

Wendl used his abilities to check on their teammates, finding out if they were studying like they they had been told to. In his astral form he was invisible and intangible, virtually impossible to detect... Though Gear had somehow managed to find a resonance that could pick out where he was and had fitted all the tutors private apartments and a couple of key areas on the Academy with sensors. The Winathian student had been told most explicitly that were he ever discovered in these areas without it being a truly life or death situation he would be immediately expelled from the Academy. He would not get a second chance.

Josha, the 42 minutes younger of the two and usually more laid back, had suggested his brother check on the others in their training squad. The Winathian brothers disliked the academic part of their course about as much as they had really enjoyed the rest of the last week being here.

While Wendl was spying on their teammates, Josha used his shifting abilities to manipulate the contents of a glass of water between a solid and a liquid state, back and forth and back again... They both knew, as did the rest of their team, that Yera wasn't such a stickler for the academic work; she wanted teamwork, bravery, compassion, determination and loyalty, and as far as the twins could figure the training squad they were in had all that by the barnful. So, if no-one else was studying too hard the twins thought they might be able to wing the upcoming test...

"Flippers in the refectory chatting up that Kid Dynamo. He's all pumped after just g'ttin' back from an exercise where his crew din't fail for once..." Wendl appeared out of nowhere and began talking, "the Burning worm is doing gods only knows what in its' yucky room...Metal girl is sulkin' alone in her room like totally saddo and 'surfer's reading a file on architecture so I think we're in the clear!"

"Ace! So, let's get on then..." Josha handed a virtual mask to his twin and they immersed themselves in their latest game - Speed Bootships of Arcturus xvi. It was the best immersive game they'd ever experienced and the two boys from far away Winath were seriously addicted. Yera wouldn't mind, surely... They'd been here for under three weeks and there was only do many tests they could realistically be expected to complete, surely.


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The Night Guard:

Bloom

Lavender of the Mita-Grrol peoples from Schentanhaumma iii was fed up. She was tired, both physically and emotionally, and had a thumping headache from immersing herself in a training session on outer-worlds legal systems. She had reported to Gear that her immersion set wasn't calibrated correctly but he had only given a weak smile and promise to look into it at some point. It probably didn't help that the tutorials were all so stuffy and boring!

Still, her idetic memory and quick eye reflexes made short work of the tutorials and lectures they were expected to immerse into and complete. not that the tutors seemed to care that she found the course work dreary or the studying unnecessary...

She had been accepted here because of her pheromone abilities, how she could manipulate living beings around her, but she had other skills... Intelligence, reflexes, a sense of smell so accurate she could tell a persons emotional state as soon as the walked into a room. And her classmates were really great. The other classes weren't so lucky, Lavender could tell that other teams didn't get on as well and were competing against each other... She didn't really have much to complain about really.

Her mauve skinned race were humanoid but that where their similarity to the human race ended. Her people were descended from something very similar to plants and while they drank water like humans they breathed carbon dioxide and fed on sunlight, in particular ultraviolet, for sustenance. They lived for tens of centuries and valued a philosophical approach to their lives. Lavender was an exception; still very much a child in her people's eyes she was almost four centuries old and wanted to be more active in her life. She was only the fifth to ever leave her home world through choice.

Her spore fathers were upset with her choice, saying that she would damage her life chances were she to get too involved in the barbarism that they saw in the wider galaxy. She may not find another to share her genetic material if she returned... Asexual reproduction amongst her people was possible but shunned as it was though of as crude, vulgar, and she knew by hr sixth century she would feel the need to propagate.

Right now Lavendar didn't have regrets at leaving her distant world so much as regret her aspirations for being so exhausting. Her sun lamp blazed onto her skin and she drank in the refreshing energy reciting a traditional mantra of gratitude softly. She needed to focus and she could achieve her dreams, she knew this, she had the drive and abilities to succeed if only she calmed her mind and stopped allowing all the exotic sights and smells from distracting her...

But it was hard as she found them all just so delicious!


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Hey Omni, thanks again for yur student y student feedback - Kid Nimbus has more than one father, sorry that wasn't clear.

Here's some more for you to hopefully enjoy when you have the time. Thanks again.

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I will have to sit down and do some proper notes when I get time but I like this latest batch - I think Non and the mystic from Starhaven are the ones that grabbed me the most, though I am also really intrigued by the idea of a gil'dishpan on the team at some point!

Also really liking how all the instructors have different relationships with and reactions to the kids. Yera and Gim particularly should be interesting seeing how they progress I think smile

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Harbinger you've definitely kept me busy and intrigued with these latest post.

Doppelganger - i like the curse idea and it affecting an entire line. Although i find it interesting that you chose to have the curse decrease instead of increase. i do like that it gave him a sublet power of shape shifting. a Legionnaire incapable of lying because of their power could be both interesting and damaging. I could see that being put to use by whoever is trying to discredit the Legion in the LW5 main series. Sadly this leaves Roja off the espionage squad for sure. also i like that even though he's a shape shifter he can't take that as a permanent form like Dulran's possibly can. A non perfect looking super hero is something i can get behind. to many times they make them perfect. I totally understand the feeling out of place looks wise and its an avenue i don't think we see in the legion much just because of how alien everyone is that aside from Ferro and Sensor from the reboot i don't really remember any Legionnaires having body issues. Seeing through lies and turning that person into a monster is really cool and could have some good story applications.

Lydda is such a hard ass. i love it. her thoughts on Magno Lass and Polar Girl were spot on. an entire squad making it to the big team... him that could throw an interesting dynamic into the team mix. Especially with everything that's going on.
I like that the mentors haven't been completely relagated to that role and we still see them as people and full characters. Yera is just fun.

Shadowsurfer - cool power to start off and i like that how he's a pretty positive person taking in stride how he ended up on Yera's squad. 5+g wow. he must be stacked and i bet could go a few rounds with Jo and Mon. a breed worker race evolving is a really neat idea and i wonder if he feels like Mekt does being a singleton?

pH Zero - Shawyryn of the Gil'Dishpan Colony #2997B is neat. i don't know much about this race. but the idea that they have a predestined path and that they don't understand the idea of choice is different. we've seen beings have issues understanding a lot of cultural references and customs but i don't think we've seen this before. it will be interesting to see how it deals if it is not selected as it was bread for this and to be in the Legion. I know this isn't his power persay but Telepathic Corrosion would be kind of cool. maybe the next breed.

Antarctic mission: Ballasitx - so not surprised she ran off by herself. lol. Gim seems to be having a hard time with his squad getting together and finding their rhythm. His mission is a really good one and its so true those are the specs for half of the Legion missions. Good job. i like that the Science Police help out. (side note is there any plans to have SP's on either Legion World? it might make things easier for the team/ infiltration from another angle of whoever is doing this. just a thought. tongue )

Metallix: she worries me just because that lack of heart or wanting it could get them killed. But i hope she starts to really want to be there. there is so much potential there.

Flipside - just the visual in my head of her shifting her gravity and walking on the ceiling for fun was great. laugh . i just picture these long limbs of hers climbing trees and then flipping about. like the flying monkey's in the amazon i think it is. She's a flirt and seems kind of ditzy but i like it. I love her quarters.

Lu and Wildfire delt with Kid Pulsar well and clearly they are being targeted. Even though we know somethings coming i really hope they can keep everyone safe. idk if i can handle loosing another academy. Last time we lost a lot. The SP's duality is interesting. But i think that duality will cause some problems very soon. Kid Pulsar makes a good point about the main team...

Spook and Shifter
Oh course Gear found a way to keep him out. Its Gear! lol.
Great contender for the Espionage squad though.
i could see how everyone thinking your psychic could be annoying.
Hmmm these two could be a bad influence for sure. a little too big for their britches kind of feel.
boy are they going to get a rude wake up call if Year does her next training that Lydda would.

Bloom - a sense of smell based empathy is out there and cool. another loner and long lived character. you've got a thing for the cosmic with this class which is cool. but it makes me think something so big is coming these kids are gonna be needed and tested unlike other classes. Asexual propitiation is shunned? hmmm i wonder where that belief came from, her world sounds interesting and i'd love a visit. "Spore fathers." haha love it.
exotic sites and smells and they were delicious... sounds like she's gonna eat them laugh

Some good cadets. Although i'd love a score sheet for this thread maybe broken up by squad?

Can't wait for more.


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Guys, thanks for your comments, greatly appreciated.

I've finally got a night to myself tonight where I don't have marking or day planning to complete so I'll get caught up with your excellent fics.

Omni, there's a role call call after the next batch, when I'll finish writing up the Night Squad and introduce the full senior students too.

Thanks again guys,

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The Night Guard:

Booster

Solstin Wang felt awful.

He'd had the most evil headache for an hour now and had to go to the medi-bay. He had only just begun to enjoy the celebrations planned for tonight after the Night Guard had won their competitive test against Team Cosmic. The rest of his crew were continuing their night in the Olde Shakes Bar. Instead of dancing the night away Solstin had been put in an isolation cell and told to rest while his vital signs were being monitored overnight. There was no justice!

Silver Shaman had offered to stay with his teammate but Solstin had told him to go enjoy himself, not to worry... he'd had to repeat himself three times before his teammate finally left, though not before the healer had requested Drura Sehpt came over from Legion World Two to look after him.

The irony of his situation wasn't lost on Solstin. His abilities to amplify others natural attributes had surely been instrumental in the Night Guard's victory today; he'd sharped the Silver Shaman's eyesight and reflexes while the healer took point, Solstin had given Doppleganger a burst of strength at the end so that his shape-changing teammate could race across the finishing line, added to Bloom's balance and co-ordination when she slipped into the muddy trench and had to hop over the small stones while dodging kid Crush from the other team... the flaw with his abilities that he couldn't affect himself was not lost on the young man from Earth. That's why he tried so hard, worked out every morning, studied every night; he would only ever have his own human capabilities to rely on... and he was planned n being the best man he could...

And right now he felt as sick as a dog... the young student had not been ill for as long as he could remember and this experience made him wish he never would be again.

Drura Sehpt had come over from Two to personally look after the student, smiling at him in a reassuring manner as she scanned the young man and studied the results. With Dr Shakespeare currently on Naltor with Jan Arrah she was the most senior medical staff available to assist.

Solstin could feel her tiredness and stress, he was always aware of the physical attributes of anyone within ten feet of him and as much as he wanted to extend his biomorphic field to help the Legion's nurse the pain kept coming in crashing waves and he knew he would be unable to do much to help her at all.

"You'll be alright Solstin, I'm going to put you to sleep and then we can sort you out. Is that okay?"

"Yeah... thank you."

Drura pressed a small blue disc onto the young student's forehead and within seconds Booster was asleep.

After checking her patients vital signs one more time she lifted her right hand up and spoke into her flight ring.

"Dr Kabbo, I need you over here. I'm getting confusing readings here and the only possibility I can think of is this student's been intentionally poisoned. I'd appreciate your finesse and expertise here, see if you can find some agent that I'm missing."

"Be right there." The small holo bust of the Legionnaire's resident counsellor said before popping out of existence. Within five seconds a honey and violet warp appeared and the member of the support crew that the team had taken to call Spy walked through.


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Imp Master

Dorrolo Capicca Redsail was technically an Elf. He had been born and raised on Zerox amongst his kind, living a fairly mundane life until the day he found the Gray Stones of Anath and without stopping to asses the risk had spoken an opening spell to reveal what they kept hidden. He hadn't heeded the warnings his friends had given and consequently was altered into the rather puny looking form he now had. Pale blue skin, his long golden hair now purest white, his once sparkling eyes now dark as stained mahogany... really, it was only his pointed ears and disdainful air towards the short lived humans that had been untouched by the damned Stones.

His apartment within the new Academy appeared to be one of the largest with a long, high wall full of books and grimoire, though in fact it was a minor illusion he had spun to remind himself of the library with the rotal keep that had once been his home. His fellow class mates, the one time he had invited them in, had been captivated by it! He chuckled as he remembered their faces, slack jawed with surprise spinning glamours was such a simple trick for one of Old Elf blood yet it impressed the human kind.

His imps helped him out of his clothes and brought him a silken evening jacket, resting it gently around his shoulders. He did not acknowledge them.

Tonight he would study further into the worrying vision he can caught the edge of within his scrying pool - yesterday evening it had shown a storm swirling around their Academy and then a flash as if of lightning followed by a sensation of abrupt separation... scrying was not a magick that he took easily too so the apparently ominous nature of what he experienced may not have meant what he had thought, though the Elven mystic knew without further research he may never fully understand the message he had been sent from the great Hands of Knowing.

Imp Master had almost been tempted to ask the winged human mystic called Southern Lights to join him but after a moments consideration he knew that no human was likely to understand the meaning of Elven chronomancy...

The Elven student on this space-floating Academy would live to regret this decision in the days and weeks to come.



Friction

Jadee Whittakka of Xanthu was determined to get in to the Legion at the next team try out.

Her unique ability to manipulate the strength of the force of friction between any two touching objects had been trained and honed and tested and pushed and fine-tuned and stretched and moulded over the last seven months so surely... surely, she would get in. She was currently one of the longest serving students, not that that guaranteed her a place, but she had studied the successful applicants histories and training tapes to giver her some clues as to what might add to her chances when the opportunity came. It was the only thing she could think about, or talk about, which sometimes annoyed her classmates. Her classmate Howler, with her usual acerbic wit had asked once if Jadee would finally shut up once she gained membership...

Friction didn't care.

She slid down a corridor towards the dorm area. Her abilities created small purple bubbles in the air around her feet as she loosened the grip of friction from the soles of her boots and the floor underneat. The sensation of sliding at great speeds, with her long hair flying behind her always made her happy. It was the feeling of release, she always thought. The feeling of freedom...

She spoun around a corner and almost bumped into Kid Pulsar.

"Sorry Neel... how ya doin'? We heard you'd a toughy on Earth... you okays?"

The muscular young man shrugged and pushed past her.

"Well..." She thought, "There's someone on a mission to break stuff... hopefully it'll only be the gymnasium ringing out with is kinetic bursts tonight!" she had never seen him look so annoyed and for a second considered following him to make sure he was okay, but she knew he could be quite private and what he'd just been through on Earth it was no surprise that he was upset, so left him to whatever it was he was heading towards and continued on her way back to her apartment and her studies. Tonight she had planned to read up all about Dragonwing, Chemical KJid and Comet Queen... they had had a couple of adventures, she had heard through the grapevine, before becoming full Legionnaires and tonight she would look to see what she could learn from their experiences.

Jadee knew her time was almost upon her to truly shine and she planned to make sure she was nothing less than brilliant!


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Re: Legion Worlds - Tales from the Academy (Completed 6 August)
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Lu smiled as she studied the reports.

She was sure that somewhere, somehow, Chuck was smiling alongside her. Of the thirty new students they had accepted fifteen would be nominated for a chance at an academy exclusive try-out. Fifty percent were, their tutors estimated, ready for a chance to be given a try out for the main team. That was a stunning statistic, though Lu was certain that not all, if any would make it into the Legion on this attempt at least they would get the experience under their belts so would be ready next time.

Gim had asked that Yeti Boy's place be revoked, the young lad was just not emotionally built to be a team player, not that he would therefore fail... Chuck had taught her a long time ago that they had a responsibility to encourage their more independently minded students to set themselves up as solo planetary heroes elsewhere. The tutors had had a long talk about it earlier, with Wildfire saying he'd try to do the same with his student Starstorm. Lydda had joked with Rokk that perhaps if he offered that training model to a couple of his students they might realise that the tutors were onto their silly schoolgirl schemes; they had all laughed while Cosmic Boy blushed. If the students she meant had not been so god-damned good with their abilities and had anything less that stellar potential Lydda knew she would have made the statement a lot more seriously.

Lu smiled. They all knew that despite offering fifteen potential new students at a try out the chances that even five of them could make it into the Legion would be slim but the tutors had all joked about how great a job they were doing that half of their classes were ready to progress after just one full month. Colossal Boy, Chameleon Girl and wildfire had been talking about celebrating even before the try out had been held...

Looking forward she knew there were roughly five thousand other potential candidates who had applied to be here on record from a huge swathe of the galaxy that they could invite to join the programme if and when any of the current tranche of students either graduated or left. With a sigh Luornu decided she had best try to whittle that figure down to a more manageable number quickly as she could feel it that there would be changes coming soon...

If she could get the figure down to low double digits she would be satisfied. Calling up the Academy records she asked the AI to remove any candidates that had abilities that matched any currently active Legionnaire. With a Breep! there were suddenly almost three thousand seven hundred less candidates. Now... remove any with a juvenile record with the SPs... Breep! and another one hundred and twenty seven were removed... Right, next those whose test results were anything less than 90%... Breep! and five hundred and nine were gone...

She wiped hair that had fallen forward off her face and sat back in her plushly upholstered chair.

Now, she thought, how can I justify breaking the hearts of more these kids by finding ways to refuse them a place here?


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Re: Legion Worlds - Tales from the Academy (Completed 6 August)
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Prince Alfon Gundrix Maunheesta of the Grindlaw Colonies of System Mondarsh knew he was spending too much time with Sylva over on Legion World One but couldn't help himself, she was just so much fun to be around!

His AI tutoring rates were dropping and Lu had mentioned that while relationships were not frowned upon per se learning to time-manage them was a critical part of becoming a Legionnaire... and he had taken the hint. Tonight he had tried to holo Atom Girl to explain that he had a test he following day so would see her after that, but his call went through to the monitoring board where he was told that she had just left on a mission and they would ask her to call him when she got back. He graciously accepted this and gave his thanks.

It was a couple of minutes later, while he pottered aimlessly around his small kitchen trying to assemble some food onto a plate that would look edible that he acknowledged to himself that he was miffed she had not sent a quick message before leaving... did she not remember that he'd said he would visit tonight?

As this thought went through his mind he smiled as he recognised the spoiled prince that had joined the academy, before the tutors and various Legionnaires had knocked at the chips on his shoulders. He did understand that as a full time member of the Legion sylva had commitments that currently he could not fully understand. Until he actually gained membership himself he wouldn't know the pressures his Imskian girlfriend was under...

But he'd find out soon, he hoped. His ability to amp up the kinetic potential of any object he touched had been fully trained by the staff at the academy and he felt certain that he'd stand a good chance at the next try-out. He had built up good relations with various members of the main team while they had run courses, his test results were nearly always top of the class, he's proven he was not scared of hard work or long hours... he hoped he had done enough.

The young mutant prince from the distant commonwealth of planets gave a silent prayer to his royal ancestors that he was following the right path to fulfil his true regal destiny.

Only time would tell...



Howler

Elli Unji was happy.

She was always happy really, being blessed with a naturally curious nature and inquisitive mind meant she would never get bored or down, there was simply too much to do and learn...

Those character traits had kind of led to her being here, her curiosity about mixing genes and splicing DNA had mutated her into the semi-human form she had, and also having given her abilities beyond the norm. But she never complained as it was all part of whatever the great plan the Universe held for her.

She loved the exercises and tests the Academy threw at her as they pushed her and helped her understand the unique qualities her spliced DNA gave her. The other students were, for the most part, really cool especially stud boy Kid Pulsar with his fabulous muscles. Okay, so Friction lived up to her name and could rub them all up the wrong ways from time to time but she was okay too mostly.

She had spent most of the day practicing the sonic scream that she took her code name from and her throat hurt a bit, but a couple of soothing chilled pear juices later and she was fine.

Of all the students at the Academy she knew she would never get full team status, her abilities weren't unique enough... her screams could knock down walls - sure, but it was nothing compared to the finesse of Tyroc's sonic abilities, and she was tough and strong too - but then, whoi wasn't these days... Still, she loved her time here and knew that all the immense lessons she learned would help her wherever the Universe took her next.

As much as she smiled at this thought she also acknowledged that she was feeling slightly nervous. She had spoken out of line to Friction earlier, all snark like and that wasn't a good sign. Her time here would have to come to an end at some point and though her scores were still reasonably good, she wasn't really learning as much as she had...

In her heart of hearts the young woman called Howler by her teammates knew it was only a matter of time until her path would lead her onwards again...


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Re: Legion Worlds - Tales from the Academy (Completed 6 August)
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Glory

Gloriana Crestellen of Grighshtall iv was confused.

Her empathic abilities were not as other psychics, she did not mentally read and influence the brain. Instead she tuned into and then shaped a living beings aura. It was not always easy to explain, though it meant her range was both wider and could also be more subtle. She could influence the aura around a person who ached physically and help them come to some actual ease rather than dampening their pain receptors as a normal psychic would, or she could influence a person's movement by turning their aura in the direction she wanted. If she really wanted she could turn a person's mind against them by inverting their thought processes, potentially driving them insane... She could do many things, so long as her target was actually corporeal and living. She could tell truth from a lie as easy as she could tell rain from fire. She knew a person's intentions from the feel of the spikes and heat of their aura and could tell or influence their mood with incredible accuracy at a glance.

And in the short time she had been here she had grown used to the crazy mixtures of energies and emotions and physical states that her tutors and fellow students exhibited.

And it also meant she was fully aware when someone was out of sorts. And one of her fellow students was definitely out of sorts, in fact he was so out of sorts he was coming across as a different being altogether. His fiery fluid open and generous aura had gone, replaced by something slick and sharp that felt of malignancy. She had spotted him as he had stepped off the shuttle earlier and had needed to sit down immediately as her senses were overwhelmed.

Gloriana knew she needed to tell someone but was not sure what to do as the tutors had all given the students a night off before, they said, making an announcement at 0800 in the morning. Should she disturb them? Would they listen? She knew it was so difficult explaining her perceptions to others... would they believe her?

She had only encountered an aura like the one now around her fellow student once before and that was around someone that had been at the Science Police headquarters in a tightly guarded cell the day they had visited, and it had shocked her then that such an evil person could exist... but at least that one had been in custody after committing several cold blooded murders.

And now... Now the soft spoken lad with twinkling eyes and an energetic aura so full of possibility had a dark and terrible aura that felt as sickening as the insane murder she had encountered at the Science Police cells.

Gloriana was usually in the gym by now but instead she sat on her small bed with her knees pressed up into her chest, unsure what to do next, scared that if she left her apartment she would encounter him...


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Gim felt like celebrating!

Finally, four of his team had worked together and achieved their goal. Ballistix had joined in at the end too, surprising them all with her help. The best part of it was they all acknowledged their faults afterwards and were clearly planning to take this lesson in supporting each other going forward. Yeti Boy was looking likely to fail this semester outright. For all the strength and senses his alter-form could bring Yeti Boy simply wasn't a team player, but Gim thought the others would remain. Prescience and Bouncing Boy ii were most likely to earn a tutor nomination to the next Try-Out and possibly Dragon Lass and, if she could reign in her independent streak, the synthezoid Ballistix too. Yera had wondered if the Legion really had room for a third dragon child in their ranks... Or a moody synthezoid but Gim just smiled and ignored his wife's playful barbs...

There were two from Yera's team who would get her nomination, Shadowsurfer and pH Zero. They had heard that Solar Gorilla and Tectonik were getting through from Rokk's squad. Wildfire had nominate five of his six, with only the rather arrogant Starstorm missing out. Lydda had still to announce her intended nominees though Gim and Yera both thought the Silver Shaman and Kid Nimbus would definitely get their tutors vote. Along with all five of the senior student squad that meant a potential eighteen new Legionnaires! Thirteen of which would have been at the Academy for only a month or so... damn! That would be a tremendous success, if it, or anything near to it were to happen. Total validation of their taking over Legion World to focus on training the galaxy's metas...

They still had a little over a week until the try out, but Gim could feel it that there would be a few very happy students at the end of it. Until then Brin had offered to take the Colossal Crew training to the asteroid belt tomorrow and Dirk would be in the next day with Gazelle and Titan to support a couple of the other teams. the students were getting used to being around Legionnaires which would greatly increase their chances when it came to their opportunity to move up the ranks...

"Lydda wants to take my Changelings on an exercise tomorrow... At 0330 hours... And expects me to join her..." Yera dropped her news softly into the conversation as she kneaded her husbands shoulders.

"What? You're kidding me?" Gim looked round towards her, the smile gone from his handsome face.

"Sorry darlin' but it's an early night for me tonight, I'd better be on my bestest behaviour tomorrow."

"Well... I guess I could join you, if you like..."

"Thought you'd never ask." with that Yera Allon raced through to their bedroom with her husband laughing as he followed in hot pursuit.


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