<div class="floatleft">(http://nashicon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Frederik_Portrait.jpg)</div><div class="floatright">(http://nibelheim.rusted-icon.net/images/0-Angeal.jpg)</div><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 20pt;">GM Post</span></strong><br/>Team 2 (Mario, Rose, Prophet, Prinny)</div><hr/><br/>From the moment of the recruit's appearance, both Angeal and Frederick had been observing them.  Both were scrutinizing each of these individuals in their own ways, but arguably, Frederick's gaze was far more harshly discerning in nature.  Saying that Frederick looked like an epitome of discipline might be putting things lightly.  The armored man simply seemed to pierce through to each hero's core just by looking at them, and so far, Frederick was quite unimpressed with what he was seeing.  Not that the recruits would be able to tell exactly what he was thinking.  The Great Knight's visage remained unchanged from the stern, stoic appearance he had been bearing from the moment they had been able to see him.  Guile hadn't been kidding when he said they'd need to show him 100%.  Anything less would prove to be impossible where changing his mind was concerned.<br/><br/>Angeal, on the other hand, seemed a bit more relaxed as he watched and listened these recruits.  While he had concerns that some of them might not make it through this training, he also had hopes that they'd survive and succeed.  Or at the very least, pass.  He definitely planned to keep an eye on them when and where he could, as they had the potential to become real heroes, at least by his definition.  Chances were that at least one of them might be getting one of his infamous lectures during their time here, an attempt on his end to try and guide them.  The killzone was the first hurdle that they'd have to make it through to reach that particular destination, and Angeal sincerely wanted to see them make the jump over it.  He'd fail them without a shred of hesitation if it came down to it.  But that didn't mean he was wanting to see such a thing happen.<br/><br/>Soon, Guile was turning the recruits over to them for their training.  The division between groups seemed to be a solid one, and Frederick at least was glad that they had an even number.  However, like Cammy, he didn't seem too inclined to be the first KI to put these newbies to the test.  "If it's all the same to each of you, I'd prefer to see how they handle some of your other tests before I run them through my own."  He didn't seem to address the heroes in the slightest with that statement.  Angeal shrugged a little before replying.<strong>"No objections here.  I was planning on taking one of the groups to begin with, anyway."</strong>With a curt nod, Frederick turned on his heel and began walking away himself.  He felt confident that Cole, at least, would probably be more than happy to take the other group given his initial excitement.  If the groups made it past these initial tests, they'd be seeing him again soon enough.<br/><br/>With that out of the way, Angeal turned back to the heroes, regarding them for a moment before speaking.<strong>"Team two, you'll be coming with me to begin with.  We're going to get started right away."</strong>He motioned for them to follow him as he began walking.  In the end, he lead them towards an obstacle course, and one that looked to be anything but short.  He stopped at the beginning of the course and turned to face them.<strong>"As you had been told before, my name is Angeal Hewley.  As much as I might like to use each of your names as it is, I am afraid you're going to need to prove yourselves first.  My test is a rather simple and basic one; you're all going to run an obstacle course together, that much I am sure was obvious.  What isn't obvious is that time isn't the only thing you will all be judged on here."</strong>He paused for a moment, taking note of their reactions and allowing the weight of those words to maybe sink in before continuing.<strong>"I'm sure that you'll see what I mean as you run the course.  Just to reiterate, you're not going to be allowed to use any powers you might have, nor will there be any items involved in this test.  You won't need any gear for all of you to make it through to the end."</strong><br/><br/>At this point, he stepped aside, pointing to where a pair of poles denoted the starting point.<strong>"All of you, line up and be ready to start moving.  You will begin on my mark...and no, I'm afraid there's no room for questions at this time."</strong>Once they were lined up and prepared, he pulled out a stopwatch from his pocket.  After several seconds, he gave the signal and started the timer.  Angeal was walking alongside the course and observing them the whole time.  The first obstacle was a tire field that stretched out a good several yards in front of them that they were expected to leap their way through one leg at a time.  Immediately after the tires was rather tall wall with two ropes dangling from the top of it down to their level.  However, those two ropes were the only ones attached to the top of that wall they were expected to go up and over.  Once they found their way down from that one way or another, they had another good several yards of making their way through mud underneath a barbed wire crawl, easily wide enough that they could all fit under there at the same time.  Next, they were to climb up a rope ladder up to a set of platforms.  The tricky part about the ladder is that it was hooked up in a Jacob's ladder fashion at both the top and bottom, causing it to swivel and spin whenever someone tried to climb up it, and even more so if multiple people tried to scale it at once.  The platform they wound up on was the first of many in a long stretch of them, most of which had gaps between them or had varying heights.  This required them to climb up and jump down from platform to platform, as well as jump over gaps.  One of the platforms near the end was specifically designed like a trap door, and the entire flooring would open up after the first two people made their way over it.  The remaining two would need to perform a rather long jump, and were not afforded much of a running start to perform it.  It was entirely likely that they'd wind up having to grab and hang on to the edge of the platform they were jumping to, if they could really make the jump at all.  At the end of the platforms was a set of descending monkey bars.  At the end of this was a small pit, ending up both beneath them and a bit of distance in front of them.  By now, the finish line was in sight, though there was still one more obstacle to get through first.  There was another, larger pit dug out in front of them, with a set of five narrow beams to balance walk on to get to the other side.  It only stretched for half as many yards as the tire track or the barbed wire crawl.  Whoever was on the far right and/or far left beams would have the entire beam abruptly rotate 90 degrees once they were roughly a quarter of the way to the other side.  They could grab onto the edge of the beam if they had good enough reflexes as they began falling, but they would not be able to stay on their feet.  The same rotations would happen to the people on the middle left and middle right beams when they reached the halfway point, and the middle beam three quarters of the way to the other side.  Once they made it past that, it was just a sprint to the finish line.  It was just a matter of seeing if they lived up to Angeal's hopeful expectations at this point.