Maia Áine Reed

XP:115 'ello, I'm Maia. 18 years an' a hard workin' cadet in the 114th trainee squad (I hope). If you need help fixin' somethin' ask me, I betcha I can help. [[OC for TSNK. Track: oh-maia. If you think I've missed something, or want a starter, just drop me a line!]]

[volkertolsky-deactivated2013081]

Room A: Late arrival

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" Yea, that me" replied Volker, thankful that someone was there. “Name’s Volker." he said letting down his baggage. “What’s yours?" 

[oh-maia]

'Another boy...' Maia thought to herself before extending her hand in greeting. "'m Maia," she accompanied this with a warm smile that she reserved for greetings, "Let me know if ya need help wit' anythin'." She was a bit curious about the things he'd chosen to bring with him to training (the triangular case caught her eye especially) but it would be obvious eventually... she'd already learned it was hard to keep secrets when you shared space with others.

[oh-maia]

14 kittens...

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[oh-maia]

Assignment - Cooking Class 01

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'A salad?' Maia outwardly frowned upon hearing that. She'd never liked a bowl that was entirely filled with vegetables and whatever oil-based dressing someone created. Besides, she'd never managed to run very far on a salad...

She sat for a long while, trying to come up with a salad that described herself. The longer she thought the more difficult the assignment became, "I could jus' leave an empty bowl..." But, deciding that was rude, she continued to think on it. Eventually Maia got up from where she sat and began moving around the kitchen. Instead of a traditional salad she opted for something close but still very different. Hopefully it still counted...

Maia's Pasta Salad

Pasta

Eggs

Goat Cheese

Spinach

Tomato

Onions

Sweet Peppers (red)

Parsley & Oregano

I'll admit, I don't like salad. I do like pasta though, it's very adaptable and helpful for endurance running (dried pasta makes for a quick dinner too!). Goat cheese and onions are tart, but the red peppers and tomatoes are sweet. I generally consider myself a balanced and flexible individual, those parts represent that well. Parsley can be used in bouquets to represent festivity and/or useful knowledge. I'm fond of it because of this... I made sure to put in plenty of ingredients because a lot of a few things can go a long way, and it would also mean there's something all my family likes! And, in the end, everything I've done is for my family (and there's a lot of them...).

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[oh-maia]

Event: You Don’t Know About Me That Much

Maia frowned for a moment, revealing three to five things about herself was an oddly daunting task. After a moment she sighed:

"I 'ave six siblings: four sisters an' two brothers."

"Back home I ran deliveries, for any who'd hire me."

"I 'ave a great sense of direction."

"I learned how t' ride a horse when I was very young."

"I 'ave a horse back home, a sweet mare named 'Atta'."

Satisfied that she'd given simple facts and deceptions she smiled. When asked how many were truths and how many were lies she smirked and said: "I dunno... Maybe they're all true."

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Room A: Late arrival

Volker was not in the best of moods as he arrived at the Dorm rooms. Due to the heavy rain, the roads through the country side were bogged down in mud. He had missed the original carriage for recruits and had to ride in the next week on a supply carriage. His back side was bruised from bumping around between crates and his legs were sore from the cramped space. Barely brushing the mud from his boots, Volker slung his duffle bag and a long, triangular case over his shoulder and plodded into his assigned room. “Hey, anyone here?"

[oh-maia]

Maia quickly closed the notebook she'd been writing upon hearing someone unfamiliar enter the room. Since her desk was in the back part of the room she didn't feel like she'd need to put it completely away yet. "'ello," she said as she walked around towards the door, "Are ya the newer recruit that's join' us?"

[oh-maia]

Assignment -- Titan Class 01

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Maia had been standing, waiting, for a while now. She hadn't been the first to arrive but she had managed to get there much before the late sleepers, and even some of the ones to awake on time. 'Guess I was right about the rain,' she thought, recalling a conversation she'd had earlier. It hadn't been something she'd wanted to be right about but, on the positive side, humidity would go down. Shifting uncomfortably from one foot to the other she pondered just entering the building, it wasn't locked... right? But if she checked and it wasn't then she would have to be the first into the classroom. Which would be embarrassing. Soon enough someone called out that the classroom was unlocked and Maia, alongside the other cadets, went into the room.

It was disappointing to see that they'd have to wait longer to meet their teacher. "I wonder what they're researching..." she thought aloud, not pausing to filter her language. The obvious guess was titans, but that seemed too dangerous a study to undertake... However someone had to research them for humanity to learn anything about them, maybe their teacher was part of that. Wishing for their safety she set about completing the assignment--tidying her desk. Like any other desk it seemed like she wouldn't have much room to stretch her legs, just something she'd have to deal with.

After scrubbing the surface clean, careful to keep her braids behind her shoulders or risk them soaking the desk, she set about arranging the required materials. She placed them neatly so that she'd have adequate space to work with in the future. Maia placed a good sized paper weight on top of her stack of papers, it would prevent them from blowing away and she didn't need it in her room. For a while she rotated it, finding a spot where the stars on it looked nice from the front and sides. Smiling in satisfaction she turned her focus to the magnifying glass, an item she'd wanted to buy but never had the spare cash for.

For most of the remaining time Maia used the magnifying glass to examine everything on her desk. The grain of the wood, the details of the stone paper weight, the binding of the books, the pen... It was all very entertaining. 'I shouldn't hang around for too long...' Maia realized, after a significant amount of time. She put the item back on her desk and then stood to leave. Soon enough she'd doubled back and lifted the magnifying glass so that she could place a small bit of cloth underneath it. Her mother had given it to her when she was younger but it hadn't seen much use. Now it would be useful in keeping the lens clear, and scratch free.

[[HP: 95  XP: 05  C: 10]]

[akkio-redford]

Room A: A New Home

[akkio-redford]

Akkio nodded and walked back towards his bunk and began straightening his clothes and valuables up. A small necklace fell from his bag as he pushed everything back in.

“No, not really.” He chuckled as Maia asked. “I’ll just take whichever one is available.”

[shino-tamai]

Shino hoisted himself onto his bunk and began sorting his belongings, leaning down every so often to put something on the desk on the far side of the room that faced the door.

“well i’m using this one, sorry if you had your eye on it.”

Said Shino with a smirk as something rolled off of his bed. Faster than lightning Shino plucked it out of the air and looked to see if anyone saw it.

[oh-maia]

While waiting for the answer Maia climbed onto the other bunk and started removing the clothing from the messenger bag. As she did this she was careful to not open it wide enough and completely reveal its contents. "'s fine,"  she said as she began stuffing all her clothes into the cloth sack, "I was hopin' for one by a window." After redoing the closure on the messenger bag she climbed back down with only the cloth bag.

"I think somethin' fell outa your bag, Akkio," she commented as she walked to the closet and desk by her bunk. She thought she'd seen something also fall from Shino's bunk but the boy had moved so fast. She took a second to check the floor, making sure he really had caught it. 'He's got some impressive reflexes,' she thought to herself, 'Or something he's really secretive about.' After that Maia turned her focus to putting her clothing into the closet.

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“Oh well I shouldn’t complain about the physical training so I’m trying to trick myself think it’s going to be fun.”Titus laughs and know that this is failing all together and even the sound it to.

[oh-maia]

"Oh," Maia nodded, smiling a little, "Hadn' thought 'bout that approach, maybe I shoul' try it." Tilting her head up to look at the clouds she thought for a moment, "Worth an attempt, at least."

[oh-maia]

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“Yeah, you’re probably right” He laughed as he rubbed the back of his head.

“Any important ones?” He asked as he looked towards Maia. “Something High priority? Anything dealing with the law?” Akkio quickly asked these questions, she could tell he was excited.”What about the Tit—….” He stopped mid sentence realizing what he had just asked.

[oh-maia]

She was surprised for a moment with his question. 'What could I have possibly delivered that related to the titans?' She thought to herself, it was a valid curiosity for Akkio, or anyone really, but something still seemed odd. Maia stopped to think about everything she'd delivered. "Y'know... I never read any o' the letters I carried."

There wasn't any specific event that she could think of that stood out and also fit the description Akkio had provided, a few came close but nothing fit exactly, "'sides the military usually delivers their own messages. Though, I 'ad to bring somethin' to Wall Maria once."

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"Well let's hope they aren't an odd ball" He chuckles for bit and shifts so he leaning on his hand behind him. "Man, the physical training is going to fun"

[oh-maia]

"They might be," she reminded him, personally she enjoyed just getting the opportunity to focus on learning. The physical training though... Maia made a noise of disapproval, "I don' know if I agree with your definition o' fun there..."

[pianocarcass-blog]

Nodding she tried to explain her confusion on other people, "I lived in the castle with the royal family all of my life... It's my family's duty, and I'm the first to try and do something else."

Meg looked down ashamed and started stabbing her food in frustration, "I can't even begin to imagine how different and difficult your childhood was." Remembering the horror stories from her childhood, that drunken military police men would tell her, she stopped. What Titans looked like, how they consumed people, that people outside where dying of hunger, etc. and all in gruesome detail. "The only clues I ever got to the world outside the castle where from the wounded/dead soldiers or people." Suddenly losing her appetite she shoved her tray away and looked back at the girl sitting next to her, "What was your name again?"

[oh-maia]

Maia paused in her eating to give her full attention to what Meg had to say. Hearing that the girl had lived in the capital, directly under the king no less, for most of her life was not something she would have guessed. It was very obvious the two grew up in totally different worlds. And yet, here they were, both cadets trying their hardest to be useful. "Bein' the first to try somethin' new isn't bad... jus' takin' a chance. Best to live a life tha' you can be proud of." She tried a comforting smile, hoping to help the girl at least a little.

Hearing about the girl's childhood made Maia a bit envious, but she pushed it away. That, like the memory loss, wasn't something she could blame Meg for. Seeing the loss in action though... 'This is probably more frustrating for Meg than anyone else...' she thought. "Maia," she reminded the girl.

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Titus laughs"Hope not..I wonder what our instructor be like for.the.3D maneuver class is going to be like?"He stares at the sky another turns to see there was anyone.around.them

[oh-maia]

Maia laughed a little, "I jus' hope they'll be there, whoever they are." Seeing Titus look around puzzled her and she found herself also looking the the surrounding area, did he spot something suspicious? After looking a bit, and not finding anything that stood out, she returned her focus to the conversation.

[akkio-redford]

Room A: A New Home

[akkio-redford]

Akkio turned quickly as he heard the door open. “Shino!” He ran up and threw his hand up for a high five. Ecstatic that his long time friend, basically his brother, would be bunking with him. He walked into the bunk room as he heard the door open a second time.

“Hey, Maia!” He walked towards her. “Shino, this is Maia.” Akkio laughed as he waved Shino towards Maia. “And Maia, this is the guy I was telling you about. This is Shino” He introduced them to each other as he placed his hand out. “I can take the bags for you, if you’d like, I’m already set up.” He pointed to a lower bunk with his bag underneath it. It was a little messy, but also organized. “I’m still putting everything up again, my bag came undone.” He laughed a little nervous laugh as he looked back to Maia.

[shino-tamai]

As soon as Shino was through the door he heard a familiar voice shout his name. He looked and saw he was going to be rooming with his brother, well not blood relative anyways.

“Akkio!”

After their brief meeting Shino looked around and threw his bag on the topmost bunk on Akkio’s side of the room, they were going to have a lady in their room after all. When he heard the door open not soon after he put his bag up was when he heard the name of their last roommate. Shino put on a warm smile and extended his hand with a slight bow.

“As Akkio said, my name is Shino Tamai, I guess we’ll have to work together from now on.”

Said Shino while maintaining his smile the whole time.

[oh-maia]

Maia smiled back to Shino, accepting the handshake. "Maia Áine Reed, though Akkio covered that." She wasn't sure where, if anywhere, she'd seen anyone else bow as part of a greeting. Chalking it up to a trait of Shino's she looked around the room. The boys seemed to be sharing one bunk which left Maia to the other, which also left her having to decide.

She thought about Akkio's offer for a moment before shaking her head, "'s fine, thanks for offerin'." It seemed there was a desk for each cadet in the room, and also an individual closet. The whole set up seemed very pleasant to Maia but she wondered if she would feel comfortable even using the desk. She hoisted the messenger bag onto the top bunk, best to leave it there until she decided what to do with it.

"...'as anyone got their eye on a specific desk?"

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"Yeah,I'm glad that have a home to go back."He state at the sky for awhile " our teacher isn't even here for our first class, shame."

[oh-maia]

Maia nodded, "Somethin' everyone should 'ave..." Though she said that, she didn't know if she'd ever return to her home. And, in away, it might be for the better if she stayed completely independent from her family. Maybe, if she had the opportunity, she would visit. In an emergency though, she could return. Which was a comforting thought.

"Real disappointin' 'bout our teach, hope it ain't a habit."

[akkio-redford]

Room A: A New Home

Akkio walked up to the sign with a bad slung over his shoulder which looked to be barely strung together. He looked to the sign as he approached his quarters. “Sweet!” He shouted as he saw that Shino and Maia would in the same room. He chuckled, “At least I’m with people I know!” He opened the door and walked into his new home for a while.

Akkio walked throughout the room. “Beds, shower, and a toilet? This is better than I thought it would be.” Akkio tossed his bag onto the bottom bunk and sat there. He looked around again. “I wonder how long until the other two show up…”

[shino-tamai]

Shino carried what few belongings he had left in a bag that had seen years of trust-worthy service. Though several tears and holes could be seen, many more patches were visible almost making the bag look stitched together with many different patches of spare cloth. As Shino looked at the sign on the first door a very wide grin emerged on his face as he saw who he was rooming with.

“Oh boy this is gonna be fun”

Said Shino with a smirk as he entered room A.

[oh-maia]

Maia approached her new quarters quickly, she wanted to put down her bags and maybe unpack a little. Her large messenger style bag was filled with some of her books from home, tool set and some clothing, it dug into her left shoulder. Another bag, more like a small sack, held the rest of her clothing and her hair brush. Upon leaving her home she'd left as much of her clothing behind for her siblings, but they'd packed some extras when she hadn't been looking.

"Room A... Room A... Ah!" She stopped suddenly and stepped back to stand in front of the door, not noticing the boy who'd just entered. '...Just three of us? Two boys?' Maia thought about this as she opened the door. She'd met Akkio at least, so she had a feeling that this room arrangement wouldn't be that bad.

"'ello," she greeted upon entering, smiling in a friendly fashion. And maybe, if he hadn't moved, walking into Shino.

[oh-maia]

OOC: random notes about Maia

Maia is from the Karanese District, Wall Rose.

She is the oldest of seven children. Ages & gender of the other six are as follows: G-15, G-13, G-12, G-11, B-8, G-7

Sometimes she wonders if they are all her father's children.

Her mother works as an escort/hostess sort of lady (sometimes more shady than she needs to be). Maia is often worried that her sisters (or brother) will follow into the same work.

A reason for joining the military was to prove to her siblings there were other options in life. (Though she'd rather they didn't)

When she first joined she expected that she'd die during training. Maia's since then been impressed with herself.

The odd way of speaking for Maia is almost completely manufactured, she uses it as a way to make herself less intimidating.

Sometimes she wishes she were shorter so she didn't have to bother.

None of her grandparents are alive.

She has a maternal aunt who she's met only a few times.

Who married a guy, and they have three children (a daughter (14) and twin boys (12)). They run a oddly successful farm by Wall Maria.

Maia has no idea where her dad was born, she only knows where he died. Her mom was born in Wall Maria.

When she was younger she wanted to be a doctor.

[oh-maia]

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[akkio-redford]

“There isn’t any problem with avoiding fights.” He laughed as he remembered how he was when he was younger again. “I used to be a big trouble maker” Akkio joked as he smiled. “Until I straightened up my act.” He trailed off with a smile in thought.

“What did you do at home? What was your job exactly?” Akkio asked with a slight chuckle and smile. “If you don’t mind me asking!”

[oh-maia]

'Avoiding fights... So that's what he got out of that...' Maia thought to herself, smiling as he admitted to being a former troublemaker. "Well, 'slong as you keep on that path, should all work out."

She shook her head a little, trying to indicate that it was fine that he ask. "Back home, I ran deliveries an' messages. Simple stuff, really."