~METALLIC~
*he shakes his head* Its possible a lot do...the rookies are kept busy around here...*He shrugs* don't worry about it...make friends..then if he finds out and it makes a difference then he’s not a friend ya want *he chuckles* I doubt at this point he even knows who Pole is...besides a name

~WARPOLE~
*Problems problems problems... Black and Rika... Toshi being alone... he knows she’s young and hurting, he wishes he could spend more time with her... Metallic slacking off and signing his own death warrant by remaining ignorant of the enemy... /Venin/ back and changed, changed... not the woman he knew. Just as strong, yes, but the best friend she was seems to have somehow vanished. No humor. She used to laugh... joke... smirk, tease, make fun. She didn’t even crack a smile anymore. When did that change? It was truly, REALLY, bothering him. Why should it? Ages ago it was, when they were friends. She dropped him like a bad habit twice. Why did he care? When did the changes happen? Was a RUNner in her head even back then, playing her? What about the memory bank? Jayde? He doesn’t know her latest decision. He heard from the Bill the Techie that Venin and Toshi "had words" as the elder man had put it... Bill knew everything. Pole sighs. Responsibilities, dramas, conflicts, rookies, more... what he needed was a good old-fashioned workout to ease his tensions. Yeah, that would do it. No one to bother him, just work what was left of his organics... he heads for the Weight room, wants the burn of muscles, the strain of tendons and cybernetics. Wants to cut his already impressively cut body further. ANYthing to get his mind off this CRAP he had to deal with. And where was Dayre, anyway? He thought she’d be back from her transfer by now... and Scattershot? She, too, was like a little sister to him. Moved to another base, he knows, but... damn, he missed her. And Dayre. He sighs as he steps into the room, blinks as he sees two people to the side, sighs inwardly before recognizing them. And almost groans aloud. Instead, he smiles at Toshi, nodding at Metallic* Mike, I gotcher quiz graded. Toshi... *he really /was/ happy to see her, just not prepared as it were...* Toshi... Punkin, how are you? *he strolls forward, arms open for a hug*

~SHIFTER~
~ Thanks for listening and talking to me. It’s nice to talk to some one who isn’t yelling commands or instructions. *Metallic was right. Or at least she hoped he was. Tilting her head she looks up at him.* You donut seem to be afraid of WarPole. Why?

~METALLIC~
*Mike seems to almost jump as he recognizes Poles voice.....oh shit*the devil himself...*The words softly murmured whether for Toshi or himself doesn’t matter...Pole can hear it no matter what.....a brief smirk crosses his face as he realizes that he was doing exactly what Toshi said everyone did....changing because of Pole...he doesn’t' need to answer her question..his reaction should be enough* sir...*he nods in greeting at Pole..half fearing what the results of his quiz would have been...he'd been in too much trouble lately though to risk it....though he would appreciate being allowed off base again*

~SHIFTER~
*The moment she saw Warpole she squealed in delight. Not even waiting for him before she was rushing over to hug him. While Metallic changed and was now being very respectful of Pole, Toshi was exactly the opposite. The tension and strain seemed to flow away as she buried her face against his chest. She had caught Metallic`s whisper about Pole only smiling at it and he thought a rookie would ignore the fact she was Pole`s little sister. Not very likely.. Those thoughts only upset her even more as she moves to pull away from Warpole. That and she could feel the tension in the room. There was something going on between the two men.*

~WARPOLE~
*Pole hadn`t been paying attention to their conversation, though it was picked up and recorded by his cyber-brain. He /could/ conceivably rewind, as it were, and screen it to find out what was going on even when he was down the hallway, lost in his own thoughts. He won’t tho... if he paid attention to everything his mind picked up and stored away, he’d shortly go mad... almost as bad as a telepath listening to every thought he came across. Very bad idea, really. And he does respect privacy. The files will purge themselves in 48 hours, the conversation and recorded data lost unless he consciously saves it, and he doesn’t give that directive. Sometimes, being a state-of-the-art cyborg was an utter pain in the ol` hinder* You passed. Barely, but you passed. Study up, you get another in a week. And this time, I want you to get thru it with flying colors, not by the seat of yer pants. Only one answer kept ya from failing. Not good enough. And next time, the test will actually be harder than just general knowledge any shmuck could know. Got that? *he was surprised, tho, that he had passed at /all/...*

~METALLIC~
*he smiles at her enthusiasm as Toshi hugs pole....the phrase "face only a mother could love" running through his head* another? *the word comes out as a sigh of exasperation ..he hated tests ...he wanted out of here, and back on the road...his bike hadn't seen open pavement in weeks and he was going nuts.he glances back at the door then at Toshi and pole* well I should be going *he nods at Toshi* talk to you later maybe *then nods at Pole* sir *and makes his departure*

~VIRUS~
*he was done... he had finished his little practice session... he decided to return.. Maybe Toshi would still be there... or someone else even.. he shrugged lightly.... Metallic was right in one respect... he couldn’t just stay in his room all the time... he had to get out... and he re-entered the weights room, keeping to himself again..*

~WARPOLE~
*Pole shrugs the tensions off, everything melts away in that /hug/ Toshi gives him. He forgets how good it feels to have contact, and from his little... sister.... A deep sigh, oddly affected for a moment, and he hugs her back tightly, grins down at her, holds her chin in his fingers as he tips her head up to meet her eyes* Pretty strong hello you have there, punkin. *he chuckles and lets her pull away slightly, incorrectly thinking maybe she felt uncomfortable displaying such affection before Metallic. Maybe she was interested in him? Fine, but if he touched her Pole would break his kneecaps...* Fancy meeting you here... both of you. Been training? *he directs it at both of them*

~SHIFTER~
*Stepping back from the conversation between Pole and Metallic she sees Yohann enter. Smiling as she waves at him.* Hi again. *As happy as she was to see Pole she hoped he wouldn’t scare off Yohann. Rookies were really her best chance for making friends.*

~METTALIC~
*Pole looks over at the newcomer even as he nods a farewell to METTALIC* Seeya Mike. *He looks the new kid over* Yer Yohann, right? The newbie... *he extends a hand to shake* NIce to meetcha. Warpole. Yer superior. *he grins, still half-embracing Toshi in a gentle arm*