It was difficult to tell if the recruits were at all receptive to the commander’s words. The stood like dutiful soldiers, unblinking and stone-faced while they listened. Everything he said was true. They were expendable, able to be replaced at the drop of a hat or brutally eliminated from existence. She learned firsthand that there was a strong possibility of being used for bait. Since she was barely a step above the rest of them, she likely wasn’t exempt from being held to the very same standards. As he continued, she could sense that the gears of his mind were turning, that he was up to something by the way he was carefully inspecting the room. Even as outlandish as his request was, she didn’t react. Ava simply stood as motionless as the recruits he stunned with his demands, though she was just as shocked on the inside. After an abrupt command, the recruits began hurriedly and frantically gathering up their things, scurrying and knocking into one another. The room was utter chaos in mere seconds.<br/><br/>“Have fun?” She blinked. Shy of taking each and every one of them on, she wasn’t certain how else to make their lives difficult. Ava had never been a mean girl, had never been bullied or subjected to hazing tactics. She didn’t have experiences to reference or imitate. Finally, she decided that she would have to get creative and rely on her wits to intensify their challenge. Knowing what she knew now, she could already tell that there was a lesson to be learned. As she weaved through the swarming recruits, she realized that they should have worked together to get the beds broken down and the mattresses, should have worked out a system to efficiently get everything out of the room.<br/><br/>She stepped out of the room and rounded the corner. Upon coming across a panel on the wall, she rammed her elbow into glass, shattering it so that she could grab the tank of fire retardant gel on the inside. She coated the ground with it, walking backwards till she reached the door. With the floor slick, she held the door open, waiting for the panicked recruits to come.<br/><br/>It was hilarious to see them slip and fall, even as disinclined as she was to laugh at someone’s misfortune. Ava did keep her laughter to a minimum as she they made attempts to crawl across the gleaming floors and hold onto the walls to slowly make their way down. Eventually, after some nasty tumbles, they began to wise up. The recruits laid down their mattresses end on end, creating a walkway to the door so that they could safely get their things out. “Well done,” Ava said. It only took them five minutes of slipping and sliding and smacking into one another to figure it out. As mean as it was, she had to admit it was entertaining.<br/><br/>“At the end, you should clean up the mess on the floor. Not quite sure how that got there,” she said innocently. “Fifteen minutes.” Ava reminded them, seeing their hustle increase instantly.