Chapter 6: Frame Perfect (1/2)
Chapter 6: Frame Perfect
As it just so happened, Aldrich and the rest of the Fra the total number of students in that arena froorithm that calculated power fairness literally determined all the Fra the
"How do I even roaned Adam, only his face visible from the upturned helmet of his Frame powersuit He was in a fixed T-pose state like an unloaded ga at hi in front of hirey cable were visible under the plates, functioning as a shock absorbent layer and a flexible mesh that acted like the ') weight
A nondescript, round black hellossy blue ceramic and duraplastic face plate stared down at Aldrich
Aldrich put his hand on the Fraender-neutral voice rung out fro…"
"Access to Subject 1 Granted"
The Frame opened up with hydraulic clicks and the release of pressurized air, bidding Aldrich to step in and let the metal envelop him in a cold embrace
"Subjects, huh," said Aldrich "That's all we are to this world"
"daot it to open up properly? IAnd who made you subject nuure this daroaned as he struggled against his suit, but he was stuck in his Fra how to operate it at all Mostly because Adam had not actually accessed his Frame properly He had just kicked the suit until it opened up, registering an enature on it first, the Franize him as a proper owner
Hence why Adam was now basically just trapped
It was obvious that Blackwater did not give a single damn about the Frame students They were just there to fill up a diversity quota as the leader of the bullies had said Now that they were enrolled, the acade Fra or even reh, and Aldrich knew that Blackwater fully expected everyone to drop out or drop dead, whatever came first
"A, look, the Duds can't even use their crutches! Looks like their heads are as disabled as their powers are!" a student pointed at Adahter
"Dued here With us, e have real powers," said another
"Don't e of human evolution Sooner or later, nature eed the weak like theether in a posture with a scowl that indicated she had probably not laughed at a joke for her entire life
"Makesthe same air as them," said a musclebound, serious faced student
Adam heard all of this and snorted "They won't be so cocky once I punch their faces in"
"And you're going to do that how? By T-posing?" said Aldrich
"You step in this suit and try to figure it out!" co to open up!"
Suddenly, a voice blared throughout the arena Officer Fletcher's voice "The arenas are now active!"
The arena started to shake, the ground underneath rocking and rolling up and down as if abeneath it The walls surrounding the arena, already a dozenas they tre as they started to light up with bright white circuit patterns
Then, a doy projected fro the entire one-thousand-meter diameter of the arena shut in a forcefield
Almost miraculously, Aldrich saw as the entire arena covered over with a holographic grid pattern that rendered out the outline of a rocky landscape with large boulders, deep fissures, and floating stone platfor! Do not le !" came officer Fletcher's orders
"Well, at least I can do that with no issue," said Adarid-patterned outlines filled in with solid color, creating the floating rocks and giant boulders with near perfect realisy existed, but this was the first tiht tech allowed for entire environments to be siest hero groups and acade to simulate real life combat scenarios as accurately as possible
Granted, Hardlight constructs could notfor basic physical properties like texture, hardness, andhundreds of millions of credits
What the hell was Blackwater, an acade with it? How could they even afford it?
Aldrich did not have time to ponder that question before officer Fletcher's voice roared through the intercoain
"You now have thirty seconds before coins! Take that time to position yourselves in your new environment Once the buzzer sounds, all of you are ene will NOT rank you high You will get the !"
Almost immediately, Aldrich could feel stares all over hi ducks Easy points
A large holographic ti down from thirty
"T-this is insanity," said Frank He pushed up his glasses and frantically looked his Fralares of all the other students resting on hiree," said Jake "We don't kno to pilot these things What the hell do they expect us to do?"
"Doesn'tAldrich fro her hand on her Fra it to open up
Aldrich kne to use the Fra rig had virtual reality support that had a Fraraeneral public One that his parents had ed to secure with their hero industry connections before they were killed, wanting to give it to Aldrich so he could have a head start before the initiative was rolled out
The thing was, though, Aldrich was not willing to tell the other students how to use their Fra the theet on his back
And he wanted them to underestimate him
Aldrich stepped into his Fraet overloaded with several floating screens containing massive ah in thirty seconds,they would have no idea how to use any of the suit's weapon systems
But at the very least, they could move around properly unlike Adam Adam was just screwed at this point, immobile until he was pried out of his Frame manually
The blue face plate snapped over Aldrich's head, te his vision before his eyes adjusted The world around hihtly blue tinted and, as expected, a dozen different screens floated in his vision, introducing hi hinored them and just looked up at the timer in the sky Twenty seconds
He heard as the other Fraround, the students inside of the at all how to ht around them
"Hah! Look at them! They can't even walk properly!"