Inside, he found a severe looking woman waiting. He knocked on the door, receiving a terse “Come in,” in response. “Thanks,” Luc said with a quick nod, before heading over to the indicated room. “If you haven’t recieved an assignment yet, go talk to Judith.” The man at the counter noticed him before he could speak, taking in his uniform and Thomas in a glance. He noticed as soon as he entered that something was wrong a heavy tension hung in the air, and everyone he saw looked either harried or frustrated or both. Here Thomas and he would meet up with a senior Knight, who would act as a mentor for Luc’s first mission. A quick ride on the elevator and a brisk walk down a long hallway and they were at the regional dispatch office. Not that Thomas would show it if he were offended.ĭespite his concerns, they had plenty of time to reach their destination. And it would be rude – despite his appearance, the serian was nearly double Luc’s age, with experience to match. Let’s get a move on, I took too long getting my gear settled and I’d rather not be late on my first day.” He didn’t bother to ask if Thomas was ready the serian was wearing his uniform, and that was really all he needed. The serian stared at him for a moment, perhaps trying to judge whether Luc actually cared about the answer, then nodded. The room was kept empty for just that reason serians couldn’t be far from their Anchors. Settling in well?” Thomas had been moved into the room next to his after the Bond Passing ceremony the day before. It opened before he could finish his third knock, revealing a dark haired and dark skinned child. He stepped out into the hallway and knocked on the next door down. He wasn’t entirely satisfied, but it would have to do a glance at his teleson confirmed that he only had a short time left before he was due downstairs, and he still needed to collect Thomas. He worked quickly through the remaining devices, until everything was either pocketed or dismissed. There were far too many gadgets and toys cooked up for the Knights by overenthusiastic engineers than one person could conveniently carry even magically enhanced pockets had their limits. Some things were a given every Knight in the field carried a standard issue stun pistol, “Lance” alchemical cannon, norium sword, and variable shield generator.īut everything else was left to the individual. While the lack of an official equipment set for the Knights was in many ways beneficial, it certainly made it difficult to decide what to take.

He decided against the variety of ‘safe’ stimulants, moving the vials over to a rapidly growing stack of discarded tools. Luc sat weighing the benefits of each piece of optional gear, painfully aware of the rapid tick-tick-tick of the clock.

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