#cadet lore drop

[sideswipesjetpack]

This was the first thing I thought when I saw your oc

EYO!?!?!?!?

I LOVE THIS WHATTTT HES SO CUTE IN TOUR STYLE EEEEEEEEEEE MY BABY!! it’s getting framed.

He’s a beast for rust sticks, it’s the only time he’ll throw hands (or actually engage with confrontation)

He’s actually super duper old (6.7 million) how?? Why?? Why isn’t he showing it?

(He locked himself in a giant hibernation chamber for 4.7 million years at the beginning of the war because on his first day he was absolutely annihilated in training) he’s a silly billie not a fighter

Heads up, I’m saving this AND… reblogging it

[locria-writes]

Hi!, about the two empresses essenia was the reason they didn’t marry after becoming empresses because they would automatically become empress consorts?, also about “adopting a man from a cadet branch to continue holding the throne” is it not an option for them to marry a man outside the family and give their kids her family name?

first question is basically yes -- all power would be transferred to the husband, even if he married into the crown.

second question is kinda a two-part answer that amounts to a resounding no.

so firstly, both essenian law and the bethel do not allow for women to pass on their surname to their children. children will always receive their father's surname, and if the father is unknown, then they're usually given a surname by the bethel. for nobles though, it is possible for a woman to pass on her surname if she's the last of her family, but only through the creation of a new lineage by combining their surnames.

secondly, the essenian throne is intrinsically tied to the imperial family, so both religiously and legally, it must be held by someone who holds the ehteliohrt name, and this ties back to the thing about the husband taking all power after marriage. if an essenian empress married a non-ehteliohrt man, he would have the throne, but it's illegal for a non-ehteliohrt to sit on the throne, which just makes this super messy legal and religious headache for everyone involved. that's why essenian empresses are legally only allowed to marry from cadet branches since they ave the ehteliohrt name.

[screamingfrenchfries]

I'm talking about what you STILL find scary, not necessarily what scared you most at first. also keep in mind ANY parts of the game, including the easter eggs/lore drops/jumpscares.

[strohller27]

TIME & TIME AGAIN - Page 7

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Admiral Poirot. Beloved. You are So Verbose are We *Sure* Hastings is going to Remember All This??? Also. How did you know Hastings was an Excellent Pilot as a cadet Admiral. How did you KNOW THAT ADMIRAL???

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Cover Page (Go here to read summary / jump to any page) Background lore/teaser post

[zaynewifeysimp]

Since our boy Caleb is coming in early/mid Jan (half confirmed half not, tbh idk anymore) I will be dropping my theory regarding his 💥 scene and he how he is still alive and if grandma is still alive too.

*this all are purely from my brain, not an official lore

*made this because I'm bored af

P.s. : English is not my first language so pardon me if the sentences are confusing.

Theory 1

HE PLOTTED THE EXPLOSION

What actually happened?

Caleb planned that bombing and informed grandma from the start which is why he follows MC when she went out, so technically at that time, Grandma exited the house and the explosion happened. He used his evol (telekenisis) to save himself. Probably make barrier with some of the stuff at home. Or they have secret bunkers under the house.

Why did he do that?

Caleb faked their death (him & grandma's) because Ever is hunting them down. They probably want MC to be safe at the same time erase their trace (perhaps to avoid MC from hanging around with them, which will increase the probability for MC to get more entangled with Ever). Also, that bombing matched the current news of how some of the recent fire/bombing case that broke out in some area near their neighbourhood (Grandma's house) for 'no reason'. (I think I remember the news says it was from some common reasons like wire spark but we know it's not it)

Why Ever want them de@d?

Remember that, most of the victims that died in the news were related to Ever in their past. Grandma used to work with a research center (Gaia Research Center) that Ever invested in. This RC does experiments on evolver like MC and Caleb. That's also how she adopted both of them when they were kids after some things happened to the RC. Most of the researchers went to work with Ever but some that realised what they did was wrong, stopped pursuing the research which is why later, Ever starts hunting them down because they know too much.

Theory 2

EVER CAUSED THE EXPLOSION

What actually happened?

Ever caused that bombing and Caleb used his evol to save himself but unfortunately he wasn't able to save Grandma. Probably used his evol to save himself like make an invisible shield using particles around him or use some of the houses furniture to lessen the damage on himself. I came up with this because we never know how well he can control his evol but since he was an Airforce cadets, he probably controls it well. So he used that explosion as an opportunity to fake his death and hide his presence from the rest of the world including MC.

Why he hid for a long time?

Caleb disappearance will make Ever believes that they have eliminated both, Grandma and Caleb, so they won't be pursuing them anymore and MC will be safer. Also, I heard some players speculate that he went to N109 Zone where Sylus resides and hides there since it's hard for normal people especially non hunters to reach that place without the right cabel and ability to protect oneself. In his hiding, I think he frequent in and out to stalk MC too. He probably knows more about Ever than MC through Grandma since he seems to remember about their childhood more than MC. He probably starts investigating deeper into Ever or he already have leads and just continuing from there.

Theory 3

HE WORKS UNDER EVER

What actually happened?

This one is a bit wild but also many players already speculated this. He was told to eliminate Grandma which is why he made the explosion triggers at the same time he enters the house. This will makes Ever people thinks he is to naive to kill Grandma and decides to follow Grandma to heavens PFTTTT. But then let's just say Grandma is a wise granny and has a bunker under her house so that's where she stays most of the time if MC and Caleb is not around and she told Caleb about it one day, where Caleb decides to use the opportunity to fake their death. But poor MC got depressed thinking they're actually gone but it's a great plan since MC's emotion is so raw and real that everyone believes their death, including Ever.

Why I think he works with Ever?

Probably because Grandma is still alive despites being one of the main researcher that does experiments on those evolvers... Idk it's just a thought aka possibility. He might be in an undercover mission too. I don't really have explanations for this theory because I don't really have much interest in what he possibly own that will make him an important l.i like the others. Sylus having a crucial role for being Onychinus leader and a prominent figure in N109 Zone. Rafayel being the one to have most cable from both the dark market and normal market because of his popularity as an artist (I forgot what it's called so bear with me). Zayne being the renowned cardiology doctor that research about protocore syndrome for the sake of MC. Lastly, Xavier being the legendary Lumiere.

Like where is Caleb in all of that, right? Will he be portrayed as someone like Zayne where he's just a normal citizen that but gets entangled in things for MC sake? Or will be portrayed as someone like Sylus where he's is related to shady stuff in the background and a prominent figure somewhere but actually he's just making sure MC is safe?

END

mini continution with choatic writings

Okay, enough yapping for today. Have fun speculating while waiting for his arrival. Btw, he is gonna be my scandal, been waiting for him ever since I saw the chat with his name in it 😏

But, of course I'm forever loyal to our Dr. Zayne, forever my main 🙂‍↕️🫶🏻

[unnoticedunawarestillhere]

Ok this may seem a bit weird but uhh...

I wanna draw Hudson and uhh, not to seem rude but your art style is kinda hard to translate...

Plus I don't know his lore that well...

Could you give me maybe a like, full body picture of Hudson..? I guess..?

(and maybe how to get his lore/some of his lore..?)

I don't know how to ask for this... T-T

Yeahh, I've been told that a lot :P

It's not weird that you want to draw him! It's nice to see someone interested in him as I put a lot of work into working on his character.

Lore (but shortened as much as possible):

Simple introduction:

Hudson Hendriks is a young man who was about 17/18 years old when hired. He's 5'5 (when hired) and was first just a wistful nostalgic writer who was insecure of what made him "him". (Ex: accent, height, etc)

Hudson worked in the Writing department (hired somewhere in the late 30's) from Toronto (Canada). He was offered the job by a friend and decided to take up that offer so he wouldn't waste his talents and enlist in the Air Force (like most of his family.)

Hudson was one of the many victims of ink poisoning, which was his downfall.

He started hearing things, skipping meals/proper rest and developed an unhealthy short fuse with himself and his fellow writers. This short fuse even grow to be a full on fight with a Gent Employee later on. It went terribly and Hudson was almost fired due to him breaking the employee's nose. He was spared, but did get a permanent record.

He was mocked by his fellow peers due to his newly founded paranoid behaviour and this led Hudson seeking refuge anywhere BUT the writing department (avoiding bullying and concern)

He kept further isolating himself and grew an unhealthy habit of seeing his work as "not good enough" or "could be better".

Finally, he had made plans to head back home and enlist in RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force). He was once an Air Cadet, a boy scout and with his ties in the family..this decision wasn't all that surprising.

He decided to fight in WW2.

In his last month of working for/in the studio, he had begun to uncover what had been happening in the couple of YEARs of working there. To the ink machine, experiments, financial issues, the IRS, etc.

In his third week, he was unfortunately caught by Joey.

Joey would then try and see how much Hudson actually knew, while Hudson would just play dumb or be uncooperative.

He was then tortured by a blade Joey had and would die to multiple injuries and horrific blood loss.

Instead of placing Hudson in the machine, Joey had decided to hide his body near the elevator shaft and block it off to the public (even Gent). Due to these complications, Hudson was never a lost one or toon.

Instead, he became a violent and bitter spirit, mostly haunting the elevators and was later blamed for causing them to suddenly drop.

Even when people were in there.

(This was not short, my apologies. Some of this info has been changed, so apologies to my moots who might be like: Wait what..)

[monsterblogging]

Reworking Jake Pentecost for a different PR2

Pacific Rim: Uprising was a god-awful disaster of a movie, but I genuinely enjoyed Jake Pentecost as a character (much more than Raleigh Becket, tbh), and I decided to try and remake the character in a way that flowed more with lore developed for the first Pacific Rim film.

First of all, Jake is no longer Stacker Pentecost's son. He's his nephew. His father, Caleb Pentecost, is an engineer who was brought in to work on the Jaeger program from the early days. (Caleb Pentecost, Hermann Gottlieb, and Caitlin Lightcap all met and knew each other at this point, by the way.)

Throughout most of the kaiju war, Caleb and Stacker spent a fair amount of time together. Jake and Mako were the only children that each brother had, and they played together, often pretending to be Jaeger co-pilots.

Caleb was always prone to depression and pessimism, and once the PPDC announced that they were ending the Jaeger program, it grew even worse. He basically resigned himself to the end of the world. He often tried to encourage his brother to retire and enjoy his last remaining days with his family, but Stacker refused. They drifted apart, and Jake and Mako rarely ever saw each other.

Most people celebrated on the day the Breach was closed, but Caleb said something that would stick with Jake forever: They'll just open it again. They're not gonna give up. They want this planet. They'll be back.

Jake entered his adult years with his father's words hanging over his head, fully believing that they were only in a period of temporary reprieve and that the world would end once the Precursors could open another Breach. Consequentially, Jake could never bring himself to plan for the future, and chased cheap thrills. Herc Hansen, concerned about his future, suggested that he apply to Jaeger training. Knowing that few cadets ever became pilots, Jake applied and went through training. But Jake aced pretty much the whole thing, and for awhile it looked like he was going to be the PPDC's next star ranger.

But when the time came for simulator tests, Jake sabotaged his first drift by focusing on his negative thoughts. And so he was cut from the Jaeger program.

He reassigned to j-tech and went through the training, and for awhile he worked at the PPDC as a Jaeger mechanic, because it was an available job. But he eventually dropped out to get into the mini-Jaeger battling scene in San Francisco, which promised more adrenaline to numb his existential despair. He'd often don a radiation suit to slip into Oblivion Bay and steal parts from the old fallen Jaegers to sell.

So what happens next? I haven't completely decided. It could play out something like the first film, but instead of November Ajax he'd be caught by Lady Avenger, piloted by Mako and Raleigh. My current thought is that Raleigh is taken off active duty when it turns out that he's developed cancer (it wouldn't kill him, though, don't worry!), and he has to pilot with Mako. But there's a lot that still needs to be decided, so this could end up changing somewhat.

[kidsnextdoor-doodles]

Some of my favourite bits from Sooper Secrets and Boomerang Bloopers part one

For some reason commander is used instead of leader in this book. Also damn Nigel calm down!!

Abby and Wally calling him out on his bullshit

Hoagie is a menace

Nigel tries to take complete credit again

Kuki calling missions ‘parties’ to keep up her airhead persona

Kuki also tries to take credit

Wally ALSO tried to take credit

Abby needs therapy

Gay!!

Nigel needs therapy

The fact that they were allowed to tell kids to do this???

Hoagie lore drops! Interesting that he was recruited in the first grade. First graders are typically 6-7 years old so he was a knd operative longer than Nigel was??

So this was definitely recalled later right? Knowing how any oven meant for kids ends up

Gay!! Part 2

Again, the fact that they were allowed to tell kids to do this???

Deserved but as someone who loves Cherry flavouring idk how to feel about the cough drop comment

This was released before so foreshadowing! Also Gay!! Part 3

PATTON SECTION PATTON SECTION PATTON SECTION

Patton doesn’t like soda and thinks caffeine is for adults. Makes sense for a drill sergeant to care more about health than other kids. Also Hoagie trying to give cadets advice! Even if it’s kinda bad advice

[trdrau]

Sorry if this question feels too lore-drop related but uhh… what happened with The Geniuses? (Ellody and Mary?) they’re honestly one of my fave teams, the other being The Vegans lol. I hope you’re having a good day. :)

Well, I feel like they definitely survived the crash , because...

They never got on it! Only a select like 6 teams actually got on the plane, least that scheduled one.

If you want some LOOOOREEE

Then here's a drop right here right now.

Plane One(The One That Crashed):

Father & Son

The LARPERS

The Skaters

The Vegans... :)

The Daters

The Rockers

In most cases, only one actually died, and the other is impaired, hurt, insane, or severely disfigured

Definite Survivors:

The Stepbrothers

Don?

The Police Cadets

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One last thing, Owen, Noah, and Geoff never entered the race....you know why.

[sideswipesjetpack]

OC DUMP… cadet….. silly pea

[puhpandas]

So I got the help wanted 2 trailer on my recommended again and- IT'S ALREADY BEEN 11 MONTHS!? HOLY SHIT-

So since the anniversary of the help wanted 2 trailer is right above the horizon, I want to share everything that I love about it.

1: now looking back, it has the exact same amount of nostalgia as the very first showcase security breach trailer. Literally the exact same.

2: the music is such a banger and it gets me into the mood. It gives me the chills. The good chills. Heck, since it came out in late November it actually got me into the cold spirit. Iykyk-

3: the trailer gave us what was promised. It promised horrors, it promise to give us the feeling that we're actually stuck with these animatronics. It promised lore. That promise was delivered.

All I gotta say is... I WANNA GO BACK INTL TIME SO BAD AND RELIVE THIS MOMENT JUST ONE MORE TIME 😭😭

I'M AGING-

hw2 was really fun I remember I was fnafing for 11 hours straight the day it dropped bc it released at 12pm😭 the easter eggs and hints fuel me bc the actual lore didnt at all. wdym a GGY HINT and candy cadet stories that 100% no doubt about it are talking about 3 star fam?? and we havent seen any product of those very interesting stories it implied BRING THEM HOME

yeah scorched cranberries is so hypppeeee. I still believe what I was saying last year about scorched cranberries being elevator music so hw2 feels like an intermission between two stories. like, sotm is in 1979 so ruin is still the most recent in the timeline if the Cassies dad shit is canon, so hw2 WOULD be the bridge between ruin and whatever comes next. scorched cranberries is so cool it always gets me in the fnafing mood

it both feels like its been a year but it also doesnt 😭 I'm more suprised that its almost been a year since any sw releases like sw come home...😢 I need to see u cook again after sotm comes out

[heartfeltletters-written]

onyx storm, chapters 8-14

Why is Aetos here ?? Is there no one else on the Continent available ?? Seems just so convenient that he's at Basgiath again .. 0/10

Also why undo the decision of Lilith of having him removed only two weeks after her death. She stripped him off of the control of Basgiath for a reason and if she died being very respected it makes little sense to me that the first thing they do is go back on her word but I digress.

Sending cadets to Samara is a wild choice given that a few chapters later Devera says that they can't afford to lose cadets anymore so there wont be more death in challenges. Is he really the person u wanna have running a school ??

Violet's nightmare ?? except she'd never dream of saying that to Cat so ... idk I'm going with the theory of sitq but changing it a bit. She sees possible futures like alternative universes yk, like in marvel with the infinity stones.

Which again makes no sense but we ignore

Rhiannon sleeping with a silk bonnet!! a black girly fr !!

these bitches flying to battle with no plan at all ... what the hell, sure.

making the dragons faint was .... a choice I'm hoping this is not foreshadowing.

Making garrick have a wind signet or wtv and then have them go through a tornado and garrick making nothing about it is a choice

Also marked ones having a second signet is very stupid I cant believe that's canon. lazy lazy lazy writing. if u need more signets make up new characters.

this girlboss of a venin !! slaaaaaay queen

she's also xaden's mother

but tbh I stan her bc she was like "I didn't even try to kill u and u go and kill my wyverns unprovoked" and I have to respect her.

since when do violet and xaden flirt like that this is an alternative universe

also the random drops of lore ?? what are all these herbs that we should know about ?? what are these gods that no one has ever talked about and MIND YOU we know about the gods bc there was like an excerpt of a book at the beginning of a chapter in FW (I think) so it makes even less sense.

“Here. A table in the gathering hall. Against the wall in fucking commons. I don’t care where or who sees as long as I can have him right now.”

me and helena were right and that's all I'll say about this scene. exhibionists truthers were vindicated !!

on another note that note that xaden wrote was not him lmao he does not speak like that.

so many feelings about jack !!! i take back what I said he's the only rational one in here bc he flat out told violet that venin aren't inherently evil, Navarre just refuses to see them for what they are. but i still don't like him.

Them giving hints about marriage good lord. Rebecca could work on subtlety

Why and how and when does Rhiannon know sign language.

TEACHER RIORSON YEAHHHH

Laws cant just end a relationship like that lmao. If it was legal before its legal now I genuinely don't care.

Also you were sleeping with your wingleader in your first year I think the time to respect the Codex went away a long time ago.

Not Grady being incompetent with no idea of what he’s doing my god they’re all doomed.

Isn’t following students against the Codex or something ?? if it isn't it should be. Why are u a 50yo man following a 21yo student. AND Harassing your youngest co-worker.

i can't believe I'm only on chapter 14. I feel like I've suffered enough.

u wouldn't believe the amount of times ive written "girl whatever" on my notes

[localvicar]

i just got insanely intense flashbacks to when i was in a marine cadets marching band as a 16 year old as i heard a march i had to play. they had us waking up at 6am and playing and marching until 9pm. for a whole week. i was 6 hours away from home. then obviously we had to iron everything before we went to sleep which took forever hahahahah. and the stuffy suits oh my fucking god. the marches were bangers though. oh and it was at a huge and very very old royal navy college so. was very pretty

lore drop

[catboygraystripe]

help wanted 2 spoilers under the cut ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️

okay. SO MUCH LORE. IS CASSIES DAD THE FUCKING MASK BOT????? FUCK AWFFFF CUNTTTTTUH /pos. THE TIMELINE IS SO????? ITS SO CONFUSING!? its like in between sb and ruin but also kind of not? but also like freddy remembering between retries of the cold storage game??

also. also the princess quest 4 and vanny mask reveal hit SO FUCKING HARD. SOOOOOOO GOOD.

(also what the fuck was with the charging station and cassie lol?)

okay so i first thought candy cadets story was about cassie being lured by mimic because of how it described it but it also fits for VANESSA. who had previously been VANNY but ESCAPED in the CANON PRINCESS QUEST ENDING and became VANESSA again..... but has been LURED by GREGORY AS GGY???!??!?????? AND BECAME VANNY AGAIN???!?!??!?!?? OH MY GODDDDDDUHH

also NO MONTY i didnt even notice because i was so focused on everything else rip 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 monty drought real

the vr portion of princess quest was actually SOOOOO FUCKING EXQUISITE. THE MISSING CHILDREN????????????????? (does this tell us the death order??)

SUN AND MOON.... OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THEY COULD FIX ME. THEY COULD LITERALLY SAVE ME.... SUN BEING A CUNT IS WHAT WE AS A SOCIETY NEEDED LOL AND JACK O MOON?????? HELLO?????????

CASSIE????? CASSIE MY BELOVED.. cassie is literally my skreenkly skrunkly baby precious actually and i will tolerate no CASSIE HARM.

the ballora gallery was actual peak. being able to throw the minireenas is insane. they are like a forbidden snack to me.

BABY GIVING US THE FUCKING ICE CREAM?????? LIKE OKAY BITCH???????? AUAHBSSHS

funtime foxy new pronouns just dropped

the fucking GGY reference had me INSANE. gregory reference save me. save me gregory reference. ouuuuuu 😭 i dont even care if hes evil thats my nephew.

the eyes in bonk a bon are so scary like so unnerving

glamrock bonnies fuckin model in the gallery looks like hes in the middle of being attacked and its making me insane i think

OKAY. OKAY NO GUYS. OKAY IM SOOO FUCKING NORMAL ABOUT DJ MUSIC MAN. GUYSSSS NO ACTUALLY HES LITERALLY MY FUCKING HUSBAND. LIKE OHHHHHHHHH MY GOOOOOODDDDDDDD GUYS.

im so interested in all the weird lore people will find in this i auaauuagagahgeh

[toska-writes]

The second part to the beginning lore of Ocho my clone oc! And maybe now introducing another!

“Strays”

Read here on ao3 (✩)

Summary: Ocho watched them come and go, cadets like him get placed into other batches if needed. Not him. He wasn’t sure if he’d get another.

Warning: Bullying, his hand gets cut like once but other than that it’s mild!

Word count: 2065 (Yeah I got way into writing this)

Notes: I didn’t mean to make the poll a week and ‘Stray’ and ‘Murk’ were close for the most part but writing this it was Murk and I did get attached to the name. Oh well- Wolffes second part is coming out soon!

He started to understand. Ocho started to see a pattern to the world, and with an eye for them it helped him survive just a little longer.

Under the protection of Master Ti the young cadet for the time being stayed in a small barrack with only two others like him. Alone without a batch to belong to.

The tranquility of not being ridiculed in the only place he could rest didn’t last long. There was always one.

It would be perfectly probable that all of the cadets his age were currently conspiring against him in an attempt to get Ocho kicked out for good. Or at least that’s the pattern.

See? He’s got an eye for them.

Since the incident that landed him in the barracks that constantly changed, many of the cadets that were here momentarily left for their new batch.

He was on roommates 7 and 8. The pattern continued.

The bunk seemed to swallow him hole, the clicking from a cadet on his own bed went hand in hand with the white noise he was creating swiping his finger over his own datapad.

The colors on his screen were muted and calming, after being forced to stare at stark white halls and boring cadet uniforms this piece calmed his nerves.

Ocho’s eyes scanned the room periodically. He continued to work but every nose would make his eyes dart up. It wasn’t until Sweep, the other roommate got done with training.

With the woosh of the door Ocho dropped the datapad down on his stomach, his hands flew faster and pulled the rough blanket over his body.

“Whatcha got there hmm?” Sweep came over to him. “Applying to be decommissioned yet?” His voice was scratchy and scarred the inside of any pairs of ears that had the misfortune of hearing it.

Ocho didn’t say anything, the only indication that he had heard was the way his eyes skyrocketed as Ocho rolled them.

Sweep didn’t leave him alone for the few days that he was staying in the barrack. With just Ochos luck the cadet was being moved to his old unit, with the kid he punched.

Ocho didn’t come off well after that.

Sweep peered into his bunk, the datapad shown through the blanket slightly. Ocho wanted to face plam, clearly he didn’t turn it off properly.

Sweep was fast, Ocho could give him that. Where he was lacking brain speed he made up for it physically. The blanket along with the datapad was ripped from his body.

The blanket was dropped to the floor, in his hands Sweep swiped through datapad- face contorting into a sick smirk.

“Did you do these?” He laughed coming to the end of the different drawings that were held on the pad. “Absolute bantha shit. You know soldiers of the GAR have to be tough right? This is for tubies, drawings.” He scoffed to himself.

“Give that back.” Ocho teeth were clamped together as he almost growled the words.

“Ahh so it can speak.” Sweep sneered extending his arm out.

Ocho reach for his datapad for it only to be ripped away by the cadet. In one swift motion the pad was snapped in half over Sweep’s knee and tossed to his feet.

He lurked forward slightly but a voice in the back of his mind stoped him. "Not everyone wants to continue to waste resources on something that continues to make problems.” If Ocho did something, anything he’d surely be doomed.

“That’s right.” The smirk was gone from the cadets face, venom laced his words. “You can’t do anything. You’re helpless.” He spat quickly walking towards Ocho. “You’re a outcast, lost cause.”

Ocho could practically smell his breath at his point and it reeked. “Good luck everserving the GAR if you can’t even make in out of basic training. It’s not like anyone would want you anyway.”

Looking around the room one last time Sweep stepped back and grabbed a bag from his bunk. “I’ve came to tell you I, unlike some, found a squad.” He sneered in both of the boy’s directions. “I would say it’s been a pleasure but it hasn’t.”

White hot rage shot up through Ocho, something he truly has not experienced to this extent before. So badly did he wish the pick up the shattered glass and throw it as hard as he could in Sweeps direction.

But he wouldn’t move. He could barely think as he helplessly watched the cadet leave the barrack for good.

The pattern continued. Another left.

Despite his best interest hot tears started to well up in Ochos eyes as he dropped a knee to cradle his data pad. The glass screen all jagged now cut a bit of his hand but he didn’t seem to notice.

The other cadet who watched was long forgotten in Ocho’s mind until he appeared in front of him helping him clean it up.

Ocho could only glare slightly returning his focus back down. Along with the tears his checks became red hot in embarrassment.

“I’m sorry about that.” The cadets airy voice barely passed his ears, nor did he look up again. “He was such a jerk anyways I’m glad he’s gone.” The kid continued to ramble along those lines for a few seconds before Ocho had enough.

“They were good. The drawings you made I mean.” He rubbed the back of his neck slightly. “I never got a good luck but I didn’t need one to know they were excepti-“

The cadet was cut off by Ocho’s low voice. “Leave me alone.” The rambling stoped instantly as wide eyes met his own.

“What?” The kids brow furrowed cocking his head slightly.

“I said.” Ocho took a breath. “Just leave me alone. Simple?” He wouldn’t want to be compared to the jerk that just spoke to him but Ocho was so over it that it didn’t matter at his point.

“I don’t care if you thought they were good, or that kid was a dick. I don’t!” He shouted now standing up with the broken shards in his arms. “I just want to be left alone! Is that too much to ask?”

Ocho realized what he’d done. The cadets curls fell in front of his eyes that were wide. Flicking them slightly to the side he stood up as well. He opened his mouth to say something in response. Ocho could see in his eyes that he desperately wanted too, but instead he turned quickly on his heels and left.

Alone again. Ocho stood with the remains of the datapad sticking and poking into his arms, blood that was his own once again dripped to the floor bellow from his hand this time.

That cadet was only trying to help, the first one that actually wanted too and what did Ocho do? Scream and drive him out of the room.

The datapad was discarded quickly into the trash by the door as the bright lights of the hall made Ocho squint. Maker did he hate this place.

Ocho didn’t know where the cadet could have went, frankly he didn’t even know his name.

Towards the end of the hall after a few turns, tucked away in a corner the lights dimmed slightly masking the spot in some darkness. Squinting Ocho could just made out a small shape that contrasted the shadows slightly. It was here that Ocho would always remember as ‘The spot’

“You followed.” Ocho wasn’t sure if it was a general statement or question. He wasn’t really sure what to do. Standing there awkwardly he watched the cadet slightly.

“No one really comes down here so it’s a nice place to think.” The voice was light on his ears, not a burden as others were.

Ocho looked slightly to his left the large window that displayed the crashing ocean and Kamino facilities in the middle of a storm. His eyes swam in it for a second before returning his wondering mind to the other person.

“I am truly sorry about what happened.” The voice said again. Ocho gathered the confidence to crouch down by the other cadet. The distance between them was large but something Ocho was comfortable with. The other cadet didn’t try to move closer.

“I apologize for what I did.” Ocho barely spoke over a whisper but a smile cracked on the other kids face.

He turned slightly so he was facing Ocho the small smirk still on his face. In an instant Ocho feared the worst but to his surprise the kid said.

“I’m Mercury. Well I do also go by Murk since it’s kind of long. I have no idea how I even got the name really, I haven’t had it for long but it’s definitely growing on me.I-“ he caoight himself for a moment, taking a breath after the spew of words.

“No no no you go now.”

Ocho almost missed his opportunity to tell his own name. Unlike Murk his answer was. “Ocho.”

The name felt weird on his tongue. That fateful day after the med bay Shakk Ti happily helped Ocho find a better name instead of his number.

Not many have said it though. Looking into the fresher mirror or after a long training he would whisper the name to himself. “Ocho.” “Ocho.” He was his own person with a name. It was his and it was the one thing no one could take.

“Ocho.” Murk tried it on his tongue for a moment before he smiled. “It suits you Ocho, I like it.”

Another ramble of Mercury’s started again. The words flew over his head as Ocho sat down and leaned his own back against the wall.

His mind raced repeating Murks voice saying his name in his head. It was his own, something that signifies it was him.

Looking over slightly at the babbling cadet he could remember Mercury in a few of his trainings, lips shut and eyes wide taking in as much as he could. It contradicted him now.

He was also silent for the most part the past week as he moved in. Mercury’s overall being confused Ocho slightly before he interrupted. “You talk a lot.”

He feared for a moment that he said something wrong yet again before Murk answered. “I normally don’t. Well not normally I would love to talk more but it’s just that all those people, and they, you know.” He tried a few times to find the right words before he said.

“Maybe your just easy to talk to. Ever think of that?”

Ocho could only shake his head in response. Did someone, a brother say something about him in a positive manner?

After a moment of silence Ocho almost wished Murk would start talking again, something about it made him realize there would always be someone that wanted him. At least for now.

“I think we could get you a new datapad. And if you don’t want to tell those long necks Sweep broke it maybe I dropped it or something- or it fell from the top bunk.” He rattled off a few ideas.

Ocho’s brow furrowed in thought. Glancing over that the cadet next to him. “You don’t have to take the blame Mercury.”

“I know but it could help keep you off the radar for now, I think everyone knows what you’ve been up too by now.” Mercury stood up and took a few steps waiting for Ocho to follow.

While he stood Murk continued to talk. “I wish I had to confidence to stand up like that, show everyone that I wasn’t messing around.”

“It seems cool until you get scolded constantly by the nat borns and long necks.” Ocho found the words falling freely from his mouth, not worrying to bite his tongue for once. “And everyone else tries to beat you up.

A laugh escaped the lips of Murk, Ocho barely even realized he tried making a sarcastic joke until it was out of his mouth.

“If for now you want to use my datapad you can.” Mercury filled the small silence as the pair of boys found the entrance to their barrack.

“We can share it I don’t mind.”

‘We’ The word struck Ocho as strange but for now he could get use to it.

The pattern change now slightly, for better or for worse? Ocho wasn’t sure yet

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