Testing Uniform Part 2

Posted on Fri Jun 30th, 2023 @ 10:30 by Phoebe Hunter & Claire Cavendish & Kaylee Ashton BSc

Chapter: All Hallow's Eve
Location: Underground Avalon Base
Timeline: Sunday 24th October
1115 words - 2.2 OF Standard Post Measure

Phoebe had spent an hour since she had called time on the training between herself, Otis and Jonathan to eat a quick snack, rehydrate and change the room around so it would be different for the next round of people trying out uniforms. Her uniform was black trousers, a black zip-up jacket and gauntlets on her lower arms, a side holster that was empty, fingerless gloves, lace-up boots, and a chest harness with a hood attached now felt easier to move in after an hour or so of testing so the next group would be easier. “Come out whenever you are ready.” She called hearing people in the changing room as she put away her large water bottle.

There was a bit of a muffled stumble from within the changing room before Claire made her way out in the underground training facility of the Knights. "Are you sure these are the specifications I shared?" She stretched a bit in the skintight fabric. It was padded around all of her vital organs with some sort of sturdy material that was thick and heavy. She didn't have any durability of her own, at least not super-human one, and the suit was made to compensate for that. There was also a half mask that she could pull over her mouth, not that it would fool anyone. In her recollection there weren't many mutants with her particular violet hue. "I mean, it feels very form fitting. I almost feel naked." She looked down at the shape of her body in the suit.

"Very much...I confirmed with Persephone that everything is exactly what you wrote down but it looks good," Phoebe assured quickly as she threw a ball and watched with satisfaction as it just bounced off her with a thud. "You are not naked but I want to see how it works with your abilities."

After a few minutes, Kaylee walked in from the changing rooms dressed in a simple light grey tracksuit with the word ‘Trainee’ emblazoned across the back and down each arm. Looking more then a little disappointed, Kaylee walked over to join the others, “please tell me I don’t have to wear this everywhere”

"That is not what I left you?" Pheobe said clearly confused as she took in the outfit. It was very much not what she had left at all. She had taken the required specification of everyone Claire had requested her to and had them made correctly by Persephone. "I think someone is playing a joke on you."

Giving an annoyed sigh, Kaylee slowly and deliberately turned around and then quickly headed back to the changing rooms, “bloody Cameron” she muttered as she picked up her pace to a jog.

"Not his style at all." Phoebe said not that it mattered.

Claire nodded at that, if it had been he would've been there, snickering in the corner.

After a few minutes, Kaylee returned wearing a dark blue outfit based on a martial arts variant of the Chinese qipao with several thin steel plates sewn into the shoulders like pauldrons. On her feet were flat healed brown leather boots secured by a zip on the side rather than laces. “There, that’s better. So what do you think?”

"It is different," Phoebe said kindly. "Comfortable? Fits?"

Kaylee gave a nod in response to Phoebe’s question, “it feels alright, but we’ll see how it goes”

Claire whistled through her teeth, "Is it too late for me to go back to Persephone?" She asked glancing over at Phoebe before stretching her limbs, like she would for a dance routine. "So. How do we test these out?"

Taking a few steps away from the two ladies, Kaylee started to go through a series of stretches in hopes of preparing herself for a good workout, both physically and mentally.

Pheobe laughed and shook her head. "Not at all but it does look good and I bet once you move around a bit it will not be as tight and you'll see why she did that the wat she did." Pheobe was feeling positive about the uniforms.

After moving around a little, Kaylee was very happy with her uniform. Turning to the pair, she gave them a nod, "so, what's first?"

"Warm ups." Claire had also took a short moment to stretch before jumping a bit to get the feel of the suit right. "Suicides?" She looked over to Phoebe as she made her way to the back line of the field, who didn't just have their group to contend with today, so probably wouldn't need the warm up anymore. Short sprints were always a good way to get everything warmed up and ready to go.

The precog had set up a towering wall to scale, monkey bars to conquer, and ropes to swing across. Tire obstacles and balance beams tested their agility, while tunnels and mazes challenged their wits but all of it was designed to challenge them and get them used to outfits.

"Because, you know, looking at all that, I don't want to tear anything." Claire had found that while she kept herself in shape she was getting to a point where it took less to get injured and longer to recover.

“You won’t,” Phoebe said stretching a little. It had been an hour between sessions so she needed to at least keep warm. “We do it as a team.” She reminded quietly. The whole point of it was testing uniforms and reminding them of teamwork.

"I have the fullest confidence in the uniforms. It's my muscles and tendons I'm worried about." Claire bent over with straight legs to touch her toes and stretch her hamstrings. "I'll do a lap and some other things. Like I said, I'm getting older, it's probably more important for me." She raised one arm up to the sky to stretch her side, and after holding a position for a bit she switched to the other side.

Looking around at the obstacles that had been set up, Kaylee thought that the layout reminded her a little of her high school gym classes, only upscaled quite a bit. After finishing up her own stretches, she looked to Phoebe, “So what’s first? Or do you just want us to pick an obstacle”

"It's a course," Phoebe said gently. "We start here and then move on to the next thing. Never done it in school?" She asked.

Kaylee shook her head, “Not like this no. All I remember of gym class was running, swimming and dodgeball” she said as she moved towards the start of the course as Phoebe has indicated, “alright, let’s get to it”