{"id":775,"date":"2016-02-11T04:56:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T09:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/?p=775"},"modified":"2016-04-30T20:48:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T01:48:05","slug":"sons-of-sword-tales-of-glory-lost-and-found-032","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/?p=775","title":{"rendered":"Sons of Sword: Tales of Glory – Lost and Found #032"},"content":{"rendered":"

The suit was getting hot; really, <\/span>REALLY <\/span><\/i>hot. \u00a0It became painful for Metcalf to move as movement forced more contact with the scalding suit. \u00a0It took a great deal of concentration for Metcalf not to cry out or turn the suit off right then and there. \u00a0She still needed its protection to stay relatively invisible and safe from the training-bots.<\/span><\/p>\n

Enduring the searing pains, Metcalf managed to get into the alley\u2019s shadow. \u00a0She immediately disabled the suit\u2019s light bending technology. \u00a0Though she was no longer invisible, she was still hidden enough<\/em>. \u00a0The neutral colors of the suit blended well enough to hide her from the flying patrols. \u00a0Crouched near a dumpster, she was safe enough from the wandering patrols.<\/span><\/p>\n

Though the suit\u2019s visual protection was deactivated, the thermal guard was still active. \u00a0The heat from the mechanism was still trapped in the suit, it would not cool by itself. \u00a0Metcalf was still cooking and the discomfort pressured her steady mind. \u00a0She had to do something, anything immediately before she could rest comfortably. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After a few frantic seconds, an idea came to mind. \u00a0Though Metcalf was not a Thermal Master, she could use her Motion Mastery to cool her suit almost immediately and be on her way again. \u00a0The bots may get a clue of where she is, but hopefully, she\u2019d be gone by the time they\u2019d solve the puzzle.<\/span><\/p>\n

The dumpster had a disgusting rusted hole in the bottom corner. \u00a0Gross, but it would have to do. \u00a0Metcalf barely opened her sleeves exposing just a little heat to the air. \u00a0Sticking one hand into the hole, she reached out with the other hand and prepared for the chill. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With the next gust of wind, Metcalf pushed the air out of her suit replacing it with the air from the outside wind. \u00a0The hot air went into the dumpster while the cool air filled her suit. \u00a0Of course, her body needed time to stop sweating and the chilled air and what sweat she had suddenly felt the chill.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now she was freezing again.<\/span><\/p>\n

——<\/span><\/p>\n

As Master Fu drove across town in the van, she took in the scenery. \u00a0The sight of this simple city in the morning was a welcome contrast to the life she knew in the capital. \u00a0Closed stores and large gaps between building gave testament to the lower population and the simple income of the locals. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Insula also thought of her student\u2019s progress. \u00a0Metcalf was doing quite well up until now. \u00a0There were a few rookie mistakes here and there, but that was expected on her first test mission. \u00a0Metcalf had shown vast improvements in just a few months, evidence that she was taking the training very seriously. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There was a good chance that Metcalf could have already been a wonderful agent under different circumstances. \u00a0Unfortunately, she had found herself stuck and this particular goal was still far from achievable. \u00a0Metcalf had been at Sword Mint Academy for so long that the grading curve placed on her would be nearly impossible to overcome. \u00a0She would have to become better, train harder. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Insula had been keeping close tabs on the test everything in this test especially the training-bots used for the mission. \u00a0Some of them were controlled by the peasant Commoners to give an added element of realism. \u00a0According to what she had noted, none of the bots or the guards had noticed any kind of disturbance. \u00a0Her student was hiding well so far. \u00a0However, Metcalf still needed to get to the van in time for a smooth extraction.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the road ahead, the robotic guards had made a road block. \u00a0Insula didn\u2019t know if her automated bots did this or the bots that were controlled. \u00a0Either way, Insula couldn\u2019t help but smile to herself. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is going to be fun.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

#1<\/a> – Lost and Found #31<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The suit was getting hot; really, REALLY hot. \u00a0It became painful for Metcalf to move as movement forced more contact with the scalding suit. \u00a0It took a great deal of concentration for Metcalf not to cry out or turn the suit off right then and there. \u00a0She still needed its protection to stay relatively invisible […]<\/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":[117,26,92,2,107,158,141,170],"class_list":["post-775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-master-insula-fu","tag-metcalf-luo","tag-motion-energy-skill","tag-sons-of-sword","tag-tales-of-glory","tag-thermal-energy-skill","tag-training-bots","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775","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=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":802,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions\/802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}