Chapter 14: Chapter 14 : The good news
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"Vin, you may find the showers at the end of the hall. Take a right, and you'll find the boys bathrooms. Afterwards, change into the uniform I left you on your desk. Understood?" Griselda asked.
"Y-yes! Understood," Vin replied.
Griselda eased into a smile, "Good, now go. I want to see you on the grounds in the next twenty minutes."
Suffice to say, Vin had a very quick shower that morning. Determined after Ethan's warning to never arrive late for anything Griselda asked him for.
Coming out of the male bath house, a towel wrapped around his waist and another in his hands working to dry out his long hair, finally free of it's usual ponytail; Vin arrived at his door, using his hip to casually push it open, only to find a folded stack of black clothing resting on his bed.
Dropping the towels as soon as his door clicked shut, Vin marched over to his wardrobe, throwing on a quick pair of boxers, before finally turning to investigate the clothes left for him.
Quickly, Vin discovered that the clothes were a one piece, short-sleeved jumpsuit covered in straps, and belts, made of black leather, and a long, gunmetal grey duster coat similarly colored in a harness of some kind; it's sleeves buttoned up to show off his forearms.
He balked at the suit in his hands, "Oh my god, the church is giving me a leather-daddy costume, what has my life come to?"
Maybe he could just… not wear it? Yeah, that seemed preferable.
… Dragged me by my ear into the kitchen, and then proceeded to work me so hard that I felt like I was going to pass out…
A nervous drop of sweat dropped down Vin's brow. Okay, maybe it wasn't optional. God damnit…
Reluctantly, Vin found a zipper at the back of the jumpsuit, and after a few minutes of finagling with the heinous article of cloth, he finally got himself fully dressed and zipped into his outfit. He gazed at the mirror that rested against his wall. With the coat… Honestly, it actually didn't look too bad. He was a bit afraid it was going to leave too little to the imagination, but he actually did feel like he was wearing a piece of combat gear. Sturdy, surprisingly flexible, and breathable too. Idly, Vin tugged on the tight clothing hugging his chest, how the hell did they manage to make leather of all things this… well, non-leathery?
Without too much time left to ponder, the sound of knocking drew his attention to the door.
"Vin… it is finally time for the two of us to step out into the crux of fate, have you prepared yourself accordingly?"
Vin opened the door, there stood Ezekiel, wearing the exact same style of jumpsuit as him, just instead of a coat, the cape that Vin still hadn't seen Ezekiel without was tightly clasped to the outfits shoulders.
"Your garb suits you," Ezekiel commented.
"Uh, thanks," Vin scratched the back of his neck.
His cape billowing out behind him, Ezekiel spun on his heel, "Come, it's best if we do not leave our teacher waiting. I shall show you the way."
Silently following behind Ezekiel, the two walked past the common room, and out the door, back into the hallway near the elevator. Turning to the wall on his left, Ezekiel grasped the doorknob, before opening it up, allowing Vin to step on through. Vin mumbled his thanks, as he took in the room with awe.
The ceilings were high, easily over four stories tall; with bright fluorescent panels shining false sunlight down onto the massive arena of a room. The walls were a solid grey, but upon closer inspection, Vin quickly found that it was due to the walls being completely covered in metal plating.
Looking on, Vin could already see Xenovia off to the far side of the training hall, barely more than a spec of blue and green hair, flipping around like an acrobat, some sort of massive wooden training sword in hand. Hammering away at training dummies with such force and speed that Vin could feel the bursts of air push around to accompany each loud thwack when Xenovia's sword connected with a dummy. He was genuinely surprised and quite horrified to see that the wooden sword that Xenovia was holding somehow stood up to the abuse it was receiving.
Before he could continue to gawk shamelessly at the incredibly athletic swordswoman, the sound of footsteps finally drew his attention; looking over, he found Griselda walking up to him and Ezekiel.
"Ah, there you two are," Griselda gave Vin's clothing a quick once-over, "Does everything feel alright with your outfit, Vin? That will be your combat outfit for whenever you train or go on missions, so it's important to ensure everything is perfect."
Idly stretching his arms, Vin nodded.
"Very good," Griselda nodded, before addressing the two boys, "For today's training, we'll first need to determine what exactly we're working with…"
Griselda pointedly looked over at Vin.
"The main focus of today will be unlocking and diagnosing your Sacred Gear. The sooner we find out the precise type of Sacred Gear we're working with, the sooner I can come up with some more specialized training for you."
Waving a hand, Griselda instructed the two boys to follow her, as they padded across the polished hardwood floor, until reaching a decently-sized circle marked on the floor on the left side of the room.
"Vin, I want you to have a spar with Ezekiel, so we can attempt to awaken your Sacred Gear. Unfortunately, due to… recent events, we no longer have an active Sacred Gear user on standby anymore to help instruct you on the basics of using a Sacred Gear; so Ezekiel's the closest option."
Another Sacred Gear user? What did he miss?
"The good news is," Griselda explained, holding up a notepad, "Thanks to reviewing security footage from your initial awakening, we've managed to narrow down the list of potential candidates after determining what category of Sacred Gear you have. A creation type, certainly an interesting ability to have."
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