Chapter 97: Shark in the water
Lunch passed quickly, and Kellen and Brent headed back down to their office to plan out their first day. After confirming numbers with Casper, they would make sure that they had at least 20 uniforms ready, and in two days, they were going to have their first training session.
Kellen and Brent followed Casper’s advice and booked out the obstacle course room for the next two days. One day to give them time to set up, and the second day for the actual training session. Now that they both had an actual day, Kellen was able to give Brent things to do for the set up, which took away Brent’s stress about helping to lead a class.
Uniforms, booklets, info on flora and fauna, workout plans, weight suggestions, everything that Kellen wanted, Brent was in charge of wrapping it up in a little bow. Of course, that didn’t mean that Kellen did nothing. He was the one busy running around and getting all the physical aspects together.
He gathered the uniforms together on a moveable clothing rack and organised them by size. Since there were so many components to the uniforms, this took quite a bit of time. By the time he checked in with Brent, it was time for the end of the day, and his guiding session with the Captain. Having heard nothing from anyone, he assumed he was up in the conference room again. After telling Brent he was done for the day, and that he was going to work out in the gym after if he wanted to join him. Brent passed on it, and Kellen headed for the elevators to get out of the storage area and meet up with the Captain.
While on his way up, he received a message from Taylor. She was confirming that he was on his way with the Captain, and Kellen responded. He let her know he was on his way to pick him up, and then they would be on their way down. Taylor sent a little thumbs up, just as the elevator doors opened on the conference room floor.
Kellen, slightly worried since he hadn’t seen or heard anything from the Captain all day, only from a few people around him, was hoping that the Captain was doing alright. If he hadn’t run into Pamela in the hallway earlier, he would have run around the whole tower looking for him. Thankfully, he could hear quite a few voices compared to before as he headed for the conference room 1, and as he turned the corner, he was surprised to find someone he hadn’t met yet.
Through the doorway into the conference room, Kellen could see that the room was at full capacity again, and everyone was chatting or working away. The mix of civilians, Espers, and Guides made his heart feel a little bigger.
But what got his attention the most was Pamela, up and away from her table, in a heated conversation with another woman. This tall woman wore a dress suit with a tight pencil skirt, with a matching blazer, with a dark purple dress shirt underneath. Her black hair was cut into a sharp bob, and her back was to Kellen.
Pamela caught sight of Kellen first, and closed her mouth quickly before smiling at him. Her eyes were glowing pink, and her blonde hair which had been down before, was now up in an elaborate braided hair style on top of her head. It kind of looked like a crown.