Settling in - OTA

[hunt_the_devil]

Everyone seemed to have settled down fair quickly. There hadn't been any fights (yet), no-one had complained about the shared bathrooms (yet) and their team quarters were surprisingly clean (for the moment) and of a far better standard than he'd expected (until someone trashed them no doubt).

John didn't mind being designated a team to watch over,

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[makesppldead]

After getting his few things settled beside his cot in the sleeping quarters, Wade was going to head outside to explore. On his way he couldn't help but notice the list that John had posted. With a great sigh, he snatched the list from the wall, hardly reading through it.

He set out to find John and upon reaching him called out his name, "Hey Wraith!" Wade yelled without any discrepancy to the time or area they were in as he ran up to his 'leader'.

"Is this really necessary, or do you enjoy playing preschool?" He asked as he stopped in front of John, holding out his list of rules.

[hunt_the_devil]

Trust someone to spoil the peace and quiet of the camp, John was coming around the edge of the building at the back of the gym when he was interrupted by the surprisingly irritated Wade. Stopping and waiting to see what Wade wanted he quirked an eyebrow as the list of rules was waved under his nose.

"An' hello to you to," Taking the list from Wade and straightening the crumpled edges he sighed. He'd been hopeful that there wouldn't be need for a confrontation about this. "You honestly think I put these rules up for the likes of you Wade? To make you feel like I'm treatin' you like a child?"

[makesppldead]

He'd opened his mouth to start a sentence but closed it at John's greeting and smirked, "Hello." He then straightened and resumed his regular demeanor.

Frowning, he folded his arms and narrowed his eyes. "Don't be a smartass, John, I'm here to enjoy my time just as much as you are. But, 'Respect the space'? Team training? Seriously?"

[hunt_the_devil]

Rolling his eyes at Wade he crossed his arms, leaning against the building. "We got Jason Stryker, Kale an' Toad on our team; the bosses son, a teen an' a guy who oozes slime from nearly every pour on his body an' you think I can get away without puttin' up rules?"

Trust Wade not to see the logical side of things. "Unlike Logan I ain't expectin' you to train with us all the time, I am however requestin' that you do train occasionally with the group to help out the younger ones. Oh and Wade incase you forgot but Stryker put me incharge of the team so if I don't show that I'm makin' at effort to keep the group in line he's gonna have all our asses."

[slimy_droog]

Damn, if he wanted a bloody rules list of when to eat breakfast, he would have stayed with Erik.

Unpacking his things, Toad grumbled out some native expletives. Wraith certainly had some big boss pants on. Rolling his eyes, Toad reminded himself this was all just a matter of him having it majorly in for the man lately. He was meaning to ask Freddy if this bloke was for real or if all of his righteousness was just a load of shite.

Giving up on packing for a while, he wandered outside and came across his new "boss".

"Nice day for it," he said.

[hunt_the_devil]

John nodded, glancing up at the clear skies overhead and smiling a little.

"Just glad to be somewhere warm enough to venture outside without ridiculous amounts of layers. You settlin' in alright Mort?" John got the feeling that Toad wasn't his number one fan but that wouldn't really be helped. Sure it did seem like the green guy disliked his friendship with Fred but the truth was they were both looking out in their friends best interests.

"So you ever been to Japan before Mort?"

[slimy_droog]

"Oh yeah, comin' up bleedin' roses," Toad replied, leaning against a wall. "Our rooms have that Harry Potter shit goin' on."

He was referring of course to the layout of each team's living quarters, one large room for the beds, and one big common room.

"Can't say I have, mate," he said in response to the subject of visiting Japan. "But it'll be memorable, that's for certain. Maybe you don't mind the hot weather, but some of us don't dress proper for it."

Indeed, Toad had on at least three different tops, one of which was a long coat.

[hunt_the_devil]

"Harry who?" No John had never read those books or taken any interest in them either so this statement was lost on him. Obviously it was some English-ism though.

John took in the several layers that Toad was wearing and offered a somewhat sympathetic smile. "Do you have to wear those layers? I mean you're going to cook to death out here if you ain't careful Mort."

He was being genuinely concerned, the last thing he wanted was for a team mate to suffer because of the heat and conditions. Not that there was a lot that John could do mind you.

[lightbulbtrix]

Bradley likewise was wandering about, still attempting to get the layout straight in his head. Fortunately for him, this base was in much better shape than the last one, so few if any repairs would need to be made by him. Seeing one of his best friends, he couldn't help but tease John a little.

"How goes the job of baby-sitting?" He'd had to listen to John complain for a good hour on the plane ride about being made team leader. Bradley didn't envy him the task of keeping track of the likes of Toad and Wade.

[hunt_the_devil]

"I've already resigned an' Stryker has designated you the role instead. I was just on my way to find you an' tell you the good news." John spoke in a calm and neutral tone, face straight and like a true poker player un-revealing.

Though the facade only lasted a short while before John smiled a little, patting Bradley on the shoulder and feeling a little of that weight lift off of his shoulders. Thank the lord for friends like Bradley, the poor guy had pretty much put up with john grumbling about his forced role of mother hen to Wade, Mort and two young'uns as he'd so put it.

[lightbulbtrix]

Bradley almost believed Wraith, so deadpan serious was his face. Fortunately, John's glee couldn't be contained. Chris attempted to glare at his friend, but it was too difficult. After all, it had been a good joke, even if it had been on him.

Bradley smacked Wraith lightly in the shoulder."Funny. Admit it, John, you'd be bored out of your skull without the likes of Wade to look after."

[hunt_the_devil]

"Bored enough to throw myself off the nearest cliff." Actually Bradley might have a point, as much as the likes of Wade, Mortimer and some of the others were frustrating they at least kept him on his toes.

"Still reckon you could do with leadin' a team, at least you've got the threat of cuttin' out all the electrics if they misbehave. Actually... I might use that as a threat myself. That's if you don't mind being of assistance should I require it?"

[toywithyourmind]

Jason was a little irritated with the rules but since they were for everyone he just let it go. Right now was not the time to cause a fuss. He was walking Razi around outside letting the dog do what he needed to do before taking him back in. Until Nicky was free Jason was going to spend his time taking care of the young dog.

[hunt_the_devil]

John was the dog before he saw Jason. Kneeling down he held his hand out towards the pup for it to smell, he knew that if Nicky had been training the dog like he said he would then making too much fuss of it wouldn't be of help. Glancing up at Jason though, John smiled.

"You arlight Jason? Been to see Nicky?"

[toywithyourmind]

Jason gave him a small nod watching him interact with Razi. "I'm fine. I've been to see him a couple of times but he doesn't like me seeing him like that."

-iz late- Kale-muse hasn't been cooperating...

[morph_boy]

Kale was happy to be off the plane and dropped his stuff before sneaking off to stretch his legs. Of course, this meant sniffing around outside in his dog form. Lack of sleep caused him to limit his time morphed though.

He didn't really know anyone on the team he was assigned to, but Kale caught a whiff of each of their scents when he had been in the building. One of them came to his nose and he let out a loud bark, trying to call the person.

Is equally late! Sowee!

[hunt_the_devil]

John looked up surprised to hear the bark of a dog that wasn't accompanied by the voice of a guard. Usually any dogs around camp were the trained Military Guard Dogs who only barked when they were alerting people to someone, but that dog had sounded different.

Looking up John caught sight of the younger dog and quirked an eyebrow. Ah, there was a slim chance that this dog might have something to do with the Team he'd been assigned. He stopped where he was waiting for the dog to approach.

Better safe than sorry.

[morph_boy]

Seeing he stopped, Kale got down low to the ground and inched forward. Once at John's feet, he tried a salute with his paw that actually looked legitimate. Kale barked happily, hoping he was the one in charge of the team he was in. If it wasn't, he'd have to do some mroe sniffing around. Literally.