« Prev 1 2 3 4 .. 28 Next » Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first Author Topic: Mathew Amtrum's office (Read 5,709 times) Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 7, 2015 21:14:26 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Flattery will get you nowhere." His voice was still calm, almost flat. "Now answer the question. Were you distracted?" Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Valo Davies Agent Trainee Paradigm Student [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 476 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 7, 2015 21:19:57 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Flattery will- "What?" That certainly threw him for a loop. "Yeah." Keepin' it simple now. Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 7, 2015 21:20:12 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "And yet you managed to succeed. Ever do that before?" Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Valo Davies Agent Trainee Paradigm Student [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 476 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 7, 2015 21:27:21 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "... No." He manages to get that by the lump forming in his throat. Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 7, 2015 21:35:49 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Hmm. Interesting." He'd lean back. "Why do you think that is?" Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Valo Davies Agent Trainee Paradigm Student [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 476 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 7, 2015 21:39:12 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Don't give yourself too much credit," he scowls. "I just found out about this power like a month ago. I haven't been able to do a damn thing with it besides make water freeze and ice melt." Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 7, 2015 21:46:24 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "It's not my credit to take. You are the one that overcame the obstacle. Not me." Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Valo Davies Agent Trainee Paradigm Student [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 476 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 7, 2015 21:55:48 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Valo doesn't take any of what Mat's saying seriously. "What obstacle? What did I overcome? You made me change temperature under stress. But I didn't overcome anything. At least, nothing necessary. That's why I'm here in the first place." Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 7, 2015 22:00:07 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He rose an eyebrow at that. "You don't think you overcame anything?" Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Valo Davies Agent Trainee Paradigm Student [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 476 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 7, 2015 22:09:40 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "And I suppose you think the opposite. That, or you're taunting me right now." Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 7, 2015 22:10:16 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I think you are weak. And I think you are afraid." Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Valo Davies Agent Trainee Paradigm Student [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 476 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 7, 2015 22:14:51 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Now, who does that remind Valo of? Oh, that's right: his father. "And I don't think you know what you're doing," he snaps back. "Of course I'm "weak," I'm not like the rest of you. And of course I'm "afraid," I didn't want this. I don't know how to control it. So, astute observation skills, Mr. Amtrum, but if you can't offer me anything that isn't either cryptic or impalement, what the hell are you even doing here in the first place? What good are you as a trainer?" Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 7, 2015 22:18:11 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "My purpose isn't to coddle you. If you want someone to hug you and tell you that the world is unfair than I suggest going to see one of the other faculty members. I don't care what you want, or if you feel this is unfair. Life is unfair. My job isn't to make you feel good about yourself. My job is to make sure you don't die." Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Valo Davies Agent Trainee Paradigm Student [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 476 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 7, 2015 22:20:19 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Then help me, you idiot! Even better - stop caring about whether or not I die, and focus on me not killing or hurting people! That is why I'm here!" Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 7, 2015 22:26:22 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "That will happen when you overcome fear." Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Valo Davies Agent Trainee Paradigm Student [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 476 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 7, 2015 22:33:13 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Thanks for the wise words, oh Grand Master. Whole lotta good this did me." He gets up to leave, entirely too frustrated at this point to continue dealing with the guy. Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 7, 2015 22:35:58 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Mathew shrugs. He'd have to learn eventually. He'd be back. Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 8, 2015 2:35:22 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top A little while later, there's another knock on the door. One that's probably expected. Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 8, 2015 2:35:51 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Enter." Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 8, 2015 2:39:21 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Rebecca peeks her head in to be sure she's heard right, then fully enters Matthew's office. She's about five minutes early. "Did you still want to see me, Mr. Amtrum?" Presumably, yes. She still had training sessions with him. Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 8, 2015 2:39:30 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Sit." Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 8, 2015 2:40:57 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She does so! Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 8, 2015 2:41:48 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Tell me of the progress you have made since out first session." Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 8, 2015 2:47:01 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top This is the part she hates the most. A lot of knowledge, frequent practice, and yet nothing all the same. "There isn't any." She scowls with the frustration. "I've managed to make some things rot faster, and I know fruit rots faster than other things, but that's it." She frowns, trying to recall. "There's also a small delay before a person can start showing the effects of my touch." Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Mathew Amtrum's office « Nov 8, 2015 2:49:26 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "So like you said. No progress. Why?" Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first