Location: Hidden

Agents: All

Section: 3

"Here, her technique was good but too repeated. She needs to work on thinking while she fights, not just functioning off of routine motions." Conge said, turning her back on the paused video to grab a bite of her sandwich. The computer finished typing up her words, waiting for her to resume the video.

"Resume!" she called out, watching the floor to ceiling screen of her fight. Hm, she thought to herself, what else to say? She leaned back against the counters, using her arms to brace herself up as she watched her own self fight. "Okay, so here my footwork got messed up because I was concentrating on her feet, not on her entire body."

"And here we have someone hard at work, when she was supposed to relax for the afternoon!" explained a loud, girly voice, bursting into the private bedroom. Conge shook her head, taking down the video as she turned to one of her best friends. Furvus's dark attire and complexion didn't match her bubbly attitude, yet the teenage woman still pulled it all off. She bounced into Conge's room, stopping right before her friend with excitement all over her face.

"Hello Furvus." Said Conge, giving her friend a grin as she went to get herself a glass of ice water. "How nice of you to invite yourself into my room."

"You know I always do that." Waved off Furvus, appearing next to Conge again. "Anyway, I came to get you. The next test for Novum is starting in half an hour."

"Thanks, I'll go right now. How did you think she did this morning?" Conge put her remaining sandwich half and water in the fridge, shutting the lights off as she left her apartment. Furvus shrugged from next to her, bouncing on her toes as they exited.

"She was alright, as much as a newbie can be. I don't like her cocky attitude though. It tells me that she's overconfident and that's not good." Furvus' black, braided hair was loose around her shoulders, and her tall, lanky arms swung as she walked.

"Once she's done with testing, she'll be much less cocky. Many of the people coming through are cocky. They always change." Replied Conge, turning down the carpeted hallway and emerging out into the open air pavilion they dined in for dinner. The tables were empty but people could be seen walking through the hallways towards the indoor collessium.

"Well, that's true enough. Do you think we'll each get long periods to train her?" questioned Furvus, pulling Conge into an empty hallway. The two walked side by side, turning another hallway before entering through the double doors.

"No, because we still have those three others that recently went through testing as well." Replied Conge, walking up the concrete steps. The room was large, the ceiling arching high above them with pretty twinkling lights hanging down. The steps were concrete but the seats, and the aisles, were plush velvet. The girls sat in a mostly empty row, saving spots for three other people.

"I forgot about them." Replied Furvus sheepishly, rubbing the back of her neck as she sat down. Down below, the concrete based floor/stage was set up with a table and two chairs. On one side, a boy about seventeen years of age sat. He watched the room with careful eyes, jotting down notes on the pad of paper in front of him once in a while. His unkept brown hair was messy and all over his head, but his glasses were freshly cleaned and his button down shirt nicely pressed. Agents filed in, until the entire community had joined them. There were 20 of them in total, not including the classicus and the three newbies, and Novum. Each one trained and specialized, each one different in their own way.

"Forgot about who?" asked a new voice. The two girls whipped their heads to another best friend, Vestimenta. He and his twin sister, Capillatura, were best known for their style. They assumed seats next to the sheepish looking Furvus and the unamused Conge, who sat rigidbacked.

"The three newbies." Answered Furvus quietly, giving the two a small smile before frowning. "How can you two wear so much colour, yet pull it off so well?"

An answering smile was seen from both, before the lights dimmed and the floor was given to the center of the arena.

A/N: 742 words