#userdata.fic

Performance Guidelines (4/31)

Holiday gives Rex a bunch of really boring white clothes. "Aside from uniforms, the only spare clothes we really have are for people who are recovering in the medical ward… I grabbed the smallest ones, though they'll probably still be a bit big on you," she says apologetically. "But hey, at least they'll be comfortable." She even gives him sandals—the kind that's just a wide band across the top—also white. His feet are gonna slip right out of them, even with the socks. But he totally gets it, all his clothes kinda super need washing. His shoes included. He also super needs washing. A bath sounds nice.

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Performance Guidelines (1/31)

"Would you want to come to train with me?" Rex asks. "Like. Self-defense and stuff." Noah chuckles and goes back to his work. His pencil doesn't touch the page before he's looking up at Rex again. "Wait—you're serious this time." -—-⊣⧲⊢-—- White Knight doesn't greet Rex—just says, "Your stay here comes with conditions. You realize that by now, yes?" "Um. Yeah." "Good. You will behave and do as you are told without question. Cooperate with the doctors, but you will listen to Six and other agents first and foremost." Rex chews the inside of his lip. "Yes." White Knight clears his throat. "Is that how you show respect to those above you?" His face flushes and burns against the recycled air. "Yes, sir?" "Hm," White Knight looks down his nose at him. "This is really just a formality. A reminder that everyone answers to me, and if you break the rules I will know about it." "I won't," he insists. "We'll see." He sounds nearly bored when he says it. -—-⊣⧲⊢-—- In the present, Noah adjusts to being a Providence agent. In the past, Rex adjusts to being a Providence asset.

Performance Guidelines (27/31)

When Rex walks into the training room, the first thing Six notices is how stiff Rex is. Six mulls over it for a few moments, until Noah asks what they'll be doing today. Six nods to Rex. "You'll be observing." Noah blinks. "Huh?" Rex doesn't relax, but he does let out a huff of air, like he'd been holding his breath. "I get a break? Finally."

Performance Guidelines (23/31)

Rex hisses as he eases himself down to the floor. It's gonna be a bitch to get up later, but there aren't exactly any chairs around, and sitting down is great after having to walk all the way here on a crutch. The EVO that bit off his kneecap is in one of the special high-security cells—the same kind he used to stay in, minus the cot and couple of cardboard boxes where he kept his stuff. It still makes him tense, coming down to this level with the EVOs that are too dangerous for standard long-term storage. He's only ever here for lockdowns now.  She's down here for a pretty interesting reason, though.

Performance Guidelines (17/31)

It's been two weeks, but Rex still follows Holiday much closer than he did before. All of them, actually. When idling, Jean-Émile catches him drifting towards the nearest person in the room, taking his sketchbook and forgoing his position at his claimed desk to observe what others are doing.

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Performance Guidelines (3/31)

Rebecca doesn't waste time getting dressed. The bun she throws together is haphazard, she finds her pair of flats she can slip on without bothering to deal with laces, and her shirt is probably wrinkled, but it doesn't matter. She grabs her coat and badge and rushes out the door. She barely slept, knowing Rex was in one of the high-security EVO holding cells the entire damn night. The least she can do is be there first thing in the morning to get him.

Performance Guidelines (18/31)

In hindsight, it's weird that Van Kleiss hasn't tried attacking HQ directly—or at the very least hasn't made Breach do some freaky shit and drop a bunch of stuff on them or portal the guys in the petting zoo into the break room or whatever. So, he really shouldn't have been surprised about the crazy mud monster that for some reason is ignoring all the agents and chasing Rex down even though Rex wasn't the one to aggravate it in the beginning.

Performance Guidelines (13/31)

"I want to use our time today to take a look at your builds," Six says in Cantonese. He hasn't started a session in English in a long time. Rex kinda likes it—makes the training sessions really just for them. Being recorded doesn't mean anything when no one speaks the language. "Specifically, I want to look at the potential for new builds."