Metcalf grabbed her gear and walked for one of the training center’s exit.\u00a0 There was nothing left to do there.\u00a0 She only had about five thousand academy points left.\u00a0 This amount placed her with the lowest ten percent of the students at the academy; the lower half of the red zone.<\/p>\n
It was a little hard to believe.\u00a0 She had gambled points at the Stream Quarter Training Center for almost a decade.\u00a0 For the amount of time Metcalf has been lingering in the school.\u00a0 The final will be extremely had for her to pass.<\/p>\n
Sure, she wanted to climb the ranks before midterm.\u00a0 So did everyone else.\u00a0 That was the only reason the training centers were packed this time of year.<\/p>\n
She passed a few students worriedly looking at their rank on their handhelds.\u00a0 Unlike them, she knew when to let go of hope.\u00a0 With the training center’s stiff competition, no one would challenge her except a student in an equal position.\u00a0 With the scant few points to work with, it would be weeks before she would manage to crawl out of the red zone.\u00a0 By then; midterm would have passed; she would be on the final exam list; and the training center would be empty again.<\/p>\n
She only gambled because it was the only way she could keep enough Academy Points to stay at the school.\u00a0 It was possible to get points from accomplishing tasks in a class but the classes were boring.\u00a0 She would prefer not to see Naoh and Koh but if not for them, she would have been out of the school a long time ago.<\/p>\n
Exiting the training center, she took of her helmet.\u00a0 The hue on her beautifully youthful face was split down the middle; red on the right and white on the left.\u00a0 She still had a slight green tint due to her not quite being of age.\u00a0 That did little to mask the face of a thinking reasoning warrior.<\/p>\n
Strangely she was not upset at her fate.\u00a0 Sure, she would prefer it to be different.\u00a0 Leaving a school where students enjoyed everything, free of charge, was a major inconvenience.\u00a0 Then again, she no longer had to prey on lesser skilled students.<\/p>\n
She wanted to participate in real work and use her talents for something real.\u00a0 Guard duty was in no way glamorous but her actions made a real difference in people’s lives.\u00a0 With any luck she could land a good placement with a nearby city.<\/p>\n
Still with the sudden change, Metcalf felt like she should be angry at someone.\u00a0 However, no one person seemed to fit the criteria to be stuck with the blame though.<\/p>\n
Lance?\u00a0 Not him.\u00a0 How would he know how things would end up for her?\u00a0 He actually looked sad when he saw how many points she was losing.\u00a0 He had the potential to become a great Protector.\u00a0 He only had to learn to project more of his skills rather than touch everything.<\/p>\n
Herself?\u00a0 No.\u00a0 Lance did something that the Quarter Masters had taught against for the longest time.\u00a0 There was no way to predict that it would actually work.\u00a0 She simply did what all students in her position would do.\u00a0 She knew continued gambling would end like this eventually.\u00a0 Students that gamble eventually lose.\u00a0 She lost.<\/p>\n
Naoh? Koh?\u00a0 No.\u00a0 They were heartless sharks, and there was no way they would help her now, but they had nothing to do with this.\u00a0 They helped her stay afloat in the school until now.\u00a0 And in the end, she made the decision to challenge Lance not them.<\/p>\n
No one was to blame.\u00a0 The day started like any other and it ended like this.\u00a0 Metcalf didn’t like it, at all.\u00a0 However, she lost her say in the matter a few minutes ago.\u00a0 Her time at school ended at this year’s Final Exam, unless she passed.<\/p>\n
Metcalf giggled at the thought, Yeah, Good luck with that.<\/em><\/p>\n #1<\/a> \u2013 Lost and Found #16<\/a>\u00a0– Lost and Found #18<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Metcalf grabbed her gear and walked for one of the training center’s exit.\u00a0 There was nothing left to do there.\u00a0 She only had about five thousand academy points left.\u00a0 This amount placed her with the lowest ten percent of the students at the academy; the lower half of the red zone. It was a little […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[59,75,26,97,96,80,58,170],"class_list":["post-504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-finals","tag-lance-da","tag-metcalf-luo","tag-midterm","tag-quarter-masters","tag-stream-quarters","tag-training-center","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":529,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions\/529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}