A Hard Day's Night | 1st cohort peoples

[Celeste Bertelli]

Celeste let out a sigh as she slumped down on her bunk and began stripping off her armor. I had been quite the day of training and the daughter of Ceres was exhausted. Fortunately now that drill was over that meant her weekend could finally begin and she was already looking forward to getting into some comfortable clothes and getting away from the barracks for a while. Granted she didn't have any big plans but she wasn't really a big plans type of girl. Besides, right now anything was better than spending another minute in heavy metal armor out in the hot sun. 


Slipping out of her greaves felt amazing and when she finally pulled the coast of scale mail over her head it was like a little bit of heaven. She would probably get yelled at later for not putting her armor up immediately like she was supposed to but in her tank top and shorts she actually felt a little bit like she was a human being again. It was all she could do to just fall back into her bunk and enjoy the sensation of being free for the day. She didn't care which of her fellow legionnaires saw her. Celeste was done.


Her fellow cohort members milled about her doing there own post training rituals but Celeste ignored them all for the moment. She was sure they probably all had their weekend plans laid out and that was fine. Celeste didn't usually get involved in the parties around the barracks and would probably get a bite to eat before going for a walk, whatever she could do to get her mind off work and for her that would be enough. She was just ready to take it easy for a while and hoped her plans wouldn't be interrupted.

[Danielle Lane]

Finally. Danielle could do some real training this weekend. She knew all the Legion stuff was required, but her heart was on the ice rink. When training was all said and done, she headed to her Cohort with her fellow Legionnaires as she quickly changed out of her armor and into her clothes for the ice rink. She double-checked her duffle bag to make sure her skates and everything were in there before she flung it over her shoulder and headed towards the exit.

On her way over there, however, she almost tripped on something. She stopped and looked down at the ground to see armor just sprawled on the floor carelessly. Her eyes narrowed as she looked up to the see the owner just sprawled on the bed. It was that girl Celeste. Danielle really didn't have much interaction with the girl, but her carelessness almost cost Danielle's career if she got injured. "You know," she said as she stood there with her hands on her hips. "You should really pick up your armor before someone else gets hurt. I almost tripped on it and I don't need to be dealing with a sprained ankle or whatever."

[Celeste Bertelli]

Celeste practically squeaked in shock when she heard the sharp voice come to her from nearby. She didn’t have to guess who it was directed at. It was her, always her and pretending like she hadn’t heard it simply wasn’t an option. Immediately the Ceres girl’s eyes flew open and gave the blond girl standing there glaring at her an apologetic look. It probably wouldn’t help but Celeste didn’t want any trouble. Not today. Not now.

“I’m sorry.” She said letting the fear of disapproval creep into her voice ever so slightly. “I didn’t mean to be in the way I just…well it was only just a minute. I was going to move it.” Hurriedly the purple haired girl hoped off the bed and made a show about cleaning up her area. Maybe if she did the other girl, Danielle was her name, wouldn’t tell the centurions that she was slacking. She piled the heavy armor on her bed fully intending to complete the work before relaxing again but Danielle was still there and trying to make things right one more time before the girl left probably wouldn’t hurt. “I am sorry. I will put it away like we’re supposed to I was just tired. You uh…you didn’t hurt yourself did you?”

[Danielle Lane]

Danielle usually wasn't this mean to other people, but her health was at risk, since she couldn't do ice skate practice if her ankles sustained any kind of injury. She stood there with her hands on her hips as she watched the girl get up from her bed and apologized and made excuses, but she picked up the armor from the floor. How could she be so careless in the first place? Once the armor was off the floor, Danielle moved her hands from her hips to her side.

"I wasn't hurt," Danielle said as she looked over the girl. Her name was like Celeste or some other hippie name. But it didn't matter. Hopefully she didn't have to interact with this girl in this capacity again. "Just try not to be so careless. If I didn't get hurt, it was only a matter of time before someone else did."

[Celeste Bertelli]

Celeste wasn’t good at this standing up for herself thing. She knew that she was going to pick up her gear eventually but now with Danielle standing over her and looking like a terror her desire to please others and not disappoint them was kicking in big time. The blonde girl wasn’t hurt at least but simply picking up after herself wasn’t good enough. Danielle had a lecture for her and Celeste took it like a shamed puppy that had peed in the wrong corner.

“I am really sorry. I didn’t mean to leave it in anyone’s way. You uh aren’t going to tell the centurions are you? I really don’t want to get in trouble…” Getting in trouble was so embarrassing. There were usually some menial tasks to perform but that really was second to the fact that everyone would know what you had done and look down on you. Celeste didn’t want that and in fact, she was looking to avoid it at all cost. “Please don’t tell. I can do something to make it up to you. I promise.”

[Danielle Lane]

Was Danielle going to tell the Centurions? She was upset that she almost got hurt with an injury that would've sidelined her for months, but Danielle wasn't a tattletale, unless her twin was doing something stupid. But that hadn't happened since they were little. But still, she stood there with such authority as she looked at the girl as she apologized. But she could make it up to her? That's when Danielle decided to snap out of this act she was in. She let her arms drop to her side as she shook her head. "You don't have to make it up to me. And I won't tell the Centurions either. They always make a big deal out of nothing." She waved her hand in the air as if to wave off an idea. "But no worries. Promise me you won't leave your armor on the floor in the main pathway and we should be golden."

[Celeste Bertelli]

Celeste only just kept herself from breathing an audible sigh of relief when Danielle told her that she wasn't going to involve the centurions. That was good. That was real good but it didn't really make the purple haired girl feel much better. Celeste's need to please was already kicking into full gear and if she didn't find some way to make it up to Danielle then she might end up telling on herself. Which would probably end worse for her.

"I promise..." She said with her head lowered in defeat. Celeste still felt pretty crummy but there was hope. She had an idea. "But you really should let me make it up to you. I could carry your things for you or...oh I could grab you a coffee. Do you like coffee?" Perhaps she was coming off as too eager but she really did feel like she should do something, anything, to make it better. If not for Danielle then to at least put her own mind at ease.

[Danielle Lane]

Danielle hitched the bag up further onto her shoulder. The girl was definitely liked to please others, since she was trying to do everything to make it up to her. There was a tinge of guilt in Danielle's stomach. If she hadn't been so rude to her earlier, then this wouldn't have happened in the first place. Danielle wanted to get to the ice rink, but she also got there way early compared to her trainer. But still.... the sound of a coffee run sounded good.

"I actually like hot chocolate," she said as she nodded her head towards the door of the cohort. "Do you want to get some with me? There's this nice little cafe right by the ice rink that I really like."

[Celeste Bertelli]

Celeste relaxed visibly as Danielle seemed to drop the issue. She also was happy that the girl had agreed to her suggestion and was letting her do something to rectify the situation. It wasn’t much, just a cup of hot chocolate, but Celeste liked to be liked and if it took a little coca to win over one of her cohort mates then she didn’t mind.

“I could go for hot chocolate.” She said as her face lit in a slow smile. Celeste didn’t really make it over to that side of New Rome much but who could say no to hot chocolate? Even though she was still a little tired the thought of doing something kind of relaxing with someone else for a change seemed like a fun idea and served to give her enough energy to slip off the bed on to her feet. “I don’t think I’ve ever been over around the ice rink before so this will be new. Oh and I’m Celeste by the way. I wasn’t sure if you knew that or not…”

[Danielle Lane]

Danielle smiled to herself as the girl broke out a smile. She couldn't help but feel like such a brat over her little stint earlier. If Drake was around, she'd probably never hear the end of it. But it looked like some hot chocolate was going to hopeful smooth over the situation. And possibly get her a new friend as well.

Danielle started walking towards the door as Celeste spoke up. “I'm personally always by the ice rink. It's a nice part of town.” But she paused as the girl introduced herself. They never had a proper introduction, had they? She smiled at Celeste as she said, “And I'm Danielle. It's nice to meet you.”

[Celeste Bertelli]

Celeste joined Danielle as she began walking towards the door. The blonde girl really did seem to have put the incident earlier behind them which was good. She really shouldn’t have left her armor out in everyone’s way especially at a time when everybody would be walking past exhausted from training. She shouldn’t have been so inconsiderate but at least things seemed to be working out for the best since Danielle actually seemed kind of nice.

“I know.” She said simply as the girl mentioned her name. “I try to pay attention during role call every day...you never know when you might need to call out to someone on the battlefield so it’s good to keep up with names.” Celeste didn’t talk much but she did try and pay attention. Even if she didn’t actually fit in with a lot of the 1st cohort crowd she hoped it would at least make her family happy somehow. “umm...Why are you always down by the ice rink? Do you work there or something?

[Danielle Lane]

Celeste paid attention during role call? Danielle was a little bit impressed by that. She found that role call was the most boring part of the day, since she'd rather be on the ice rink practicing than training with her daggers. She was better with the other blade anyway, even if it was frowned down by the legion. Danielle nodded her head as she looked over at Celeste. "Yeah, I guess that's a good thing," she said as she shrugged her shoulders a bit. Maybe she should pay attention to the role as well, but at the same point, what was the point in it?

She kept walking towards the ice rink as Celeste asked her question. She looked back at the girl as she smiled a bit. "Nah," she said as she shook her head a bit. "My brother jokes that I live there though. I do figure skating. I have practices on a daily basis. I have a practice there in a little bit."