An introduction of Friends?

~SHIFTER~
*Unable to sleep she slipped out of her room making her way down to the exercise room. She hoped this late at night she wouldn`t have to put up with the stares and whispers. Why couldn’t people just treat her as a person and not WarPole`s little sister? Maybe it would have been better if she had stayed in France. With her head down she doesn’t even look around the room as she moves over to one of the stationary walking machines. This was one of the few rooms familiar to her. Kept like she was for so many years exercise equipment had been put in the room to help her stay in shape. Since she couldn’t walk outside she had enjoyed the walks on the machine. The one in her room had a screen that would display different settings so it would seem like she was walking along a beach or in the forest. The one here didn’t, but she needed the monotony of the walking to allow her to think.*

~METALLIC~
*he sighs heavily as he continues to flip through the stations..* damnit there’s nothing on..* ..being confined to the bases was driving him nuts, he hated it, being stuck on base....he wanted out, wanted to hit the club scene, play some tunes, throw his bike into action and hit the road...but no, he was stuck here...stuck going nuts....he pushes himself off the bed and heads out of the room, the door instantly opening before him a mere fraction before he walked into it..* damn gotta get that reaction time fixed *He mutters to himself as he turns down the hallways heading to the weight room...had gotta do something..*

~VIRUS~
*he wasn’t one for exercise himself... /but/ he knew that’s where other rookies might be... and he needed to get out and about.. meet some of them.... before he went mad thinking and experimenting.... he moved quickly towards there.... a thoughtful look on his face*

~SHIFTER~
*Lost in her own thoughts she doesn’t hear the footsteps in the hall. To anyone entering the room she would seem almost to be sleep walking on the machine. Her eyes closed as she easily moved along. Her thoughts back on the meeting with Venin and her last training session. The session had been a disaster. She couldn’t seem to keep her concentration at all. Her form shifting at odd times. Sighing she shakes her head. She had to get things together or she might as well go back to her isolation.*

~METALLIC~
*He enters the weight room, his gaze instantly landing on Toshi...he was glad was ok, last he had seen of her was during the Venin break out...strange thing that...he still didn't know what to make of the whole Venin thing..he watches her for a few seconds...she seems lost in thought and he is almost hesitant to interrupt ..so he offers a quiet simple greeting...one she can choose to respond to or not* good evening...*he turns towards a locker and starts taking out his gear....and his valued CD player*

~VIRUS~
*he just sat there for a few moments... much of the time recently had been practicing... whilst he hadn’t yet mastered the moving into tech... the transportation via tech... he had figured out how to turn it on and off... he had figured out various other things... but the funny thing was, he wasn’t boastful about it.... he just sat there... he was quite lanky, and didn’t work out terribly often.... so he just watched Toshi... at least for now... walking into the training area, that’s all he did... just watch*

~SHIFTER~
*Unaware anyone was around she jumped at the soft greeting. Almost falling as the belt kept moving.. Jumping off the machine she looks over at how had greeted her. She remembered him from the breakout in France. He had been buried under the rubble the last time she had seen him. Frowning she realized she owed him a jacket as well. The one he had loaned her had been ripped up when she had shifted forms.* Um.. Hi.. *Out of the corner of her eye she catches sight of another moving in to the room. So much for being alone. Sighing she nods to Yohann.* Hello…

~METALLIC~
*He moves to catch her as she stumbles but quickly steps back as she manages to catch herself* Glad to see your doing good....I see you made the base transfer too....*He hears approaching footsteps behind him and turns briefly to look* Hey, glad ta see ya about....*He nods towards Toshi* Toshi, *then he nods briefly towards Yohann* Yohann..*thats the only introduction he'll do, le them figure it out from there....who knows the two recluses might actually get along...maybe even help each other....He mentally shakes his head at himself..what is he doing..since when has he looked out for rookies...he silently answers himself...since he's had nothing better to do...he looks over towards Virus* how’s the training going?

~VIRUS~
*he nodded politely... but then left her alone.. he could see she`d prefer to be alone.. and then answers Metallics question* Oh its going well. *Wryly* Well as it can go anyway... *he shook his head briefly* And I thought /France/ was overboard with tech... *in his little town, he’d worked from home, and had been the only one truly computer literate... others knew somewhat, but couldn’t program, and he was the only one to get a system back up when it’d crashed*

~SHIFTER~
*Smiling she nods at Metallic.* Its good to see you about as well.. *She hadn’t been the one hurt in the attack. He and the other woman with them had. That made her realize she had never checked to see how the woman was. Stepping around Metallic she smiles at Yohann.* You’re a rookie too? *While she may have been with G.U.A.R.D. all her life she was just now starting to train. Maybe a rookie wouldn’t be so afraid of her. That is until he met WarPole.*

~METALLIC~
*he nods at virus* there's a lot here to learn, for all of us actually...you meet any of the computer techs yet? learn programming? *he merely smiles at Toshi as she purposely steps around him to talk to Yohann...that was good sign...maybe he should make an exit and leave them...but that might be too obvious at this stage*

~VIRUS~
*he nodded slowly at Toshi* Yeah.. I’m a rookie. *he didn’t state anything more... he was almost... too modest... you had to dig out of him what he could do.. what he was learning to do* I’ve talked to a couple of them. They don’t listen very well.

~SHIFTER~
*She listened closely to Metallic knowing she could learn a lot from him. All ready had in fact. For a moment she wonders if Pole had talked to him. He certainly hadn’t been happy with her when he had learned of her part in the attack. She couldn’t help laughing when Yohann complained about the techs.* I know what you mean Yohann.. Some of these techs are unbelievable. *Catching what Metallic had said she tilts her head as she looks at Yohann.* Your into computers?

~METALLIC~
*...actually he was amazed that Warpole hadn't 'spoken' with him about the breakout....he'd been after him about everything else he could think of..he shakes his head at Virus* have you listened to them though? *he glances at Toshi* How have things been?

~VIRUS~
*he shrugged* I’ve listened. *and then he glanced back towards Toshi* You... could say I’m into computers. *then he checked the time* And I have to go. *he made a promise to himself to practice his skills at this time every day.... so after making his farewells, he turned and returned to his room*

~SHIFTER~
*Sighing she shakes her head as she looks back at Metallic.* Not so good. *She didn’t really want to go into more with Yohann there. If he learned who she was he might not be so friendly. She is almost relieved when he says he has to go. Smiling she waves to him.* Maybe we will see each other again.

~METALLIC~
*He nods at Virus as he takes off...oh well, least he knows another rookie now...its a start* see ya Yohann *he glances back at Toshi* whets up kid?

~SHIFTER~
*Biting her lip she turns slightly away from him. She really didn’t know him that well. Then again who did she know? Becca maybe..* Everyone seems to avoid me.. I catch their whisperings sometimes so I know they are afraid of WarPole. Everyone knows he’s my brother.. So in order to avoid catching his attention by making me upset they ignore me.. *sighing she sits down on a weight bench.* I don’t know anyone here and WarPole is always busy.. *Why was she telling him this? Great way to make friends.. Dump your problems on the first person that talks nice to you.*

~METALLIC~
*He chuckles and leans back against the locker* Pole has a habit of intimidating almost everyone...I think he enjoys it *he shrugs* rumors spread around this place like wildfire, go dispel a few...and make your own friends....*He indicates down the hallways* Yohann there is new and confused...and shy...there’s a good start for ya

~SHIFTER~
*Smiling ruefully she shakes her head* I wish it were that easy.. Every time I even appear to approach someone they run. Its always done very politely. They have a training session or some research or report to do. Or they are late for duty.. *Nodding she looks towards the hall.* I hope I can maybe make a friend there, but as you said.. Rumors spread like wildfire. How long before he knows about WarPole and me? He seems to shy and almost scared. *not that she blamed him the compound and people could be very terrifying at times.* Do you really think he would want to attract WarPoles attention?