VALORANT: Stories

Play Date 003 (Reyna x Sage)

Play Date III

The roster of agents was back the way it was, duties once again assigned to those capable of handling their given responsibilities. More and more situations pushed Brimstone to take the risk of sending out more than two teams out on the field. Those from Omega Earth weren't letting up with their attempts of procuring Radianite from their world, so the Protocol had no choice but to mobilize as many operatives as they could to bar the efforts of their otherworldly enemies.

Regardless of the return of the usual itinerary for each and every agent, there were still scheduled training sessions. Not a single individual would've minded if Brimstone went through with the first plan of having Sage handle the helm when it came to all of the training sessions, but due to the Legion's unpredictability, a back-and-forth shift of responsibility between Reyna and Sage was unavoidable.

Due to the Protocol having only two healers, Sage and Skye were mostly put into different teams, which once again left Reyna to mostly oversee whatever team drills and training that was left in the agenda. It wasn't every session, but it was still far often than most of the agents had hoped. There were times that Viper took over the role when both primary trainers were indisposed and sent out on the field, but still, it was Reyna that handled the rest more often than Sage.

For today's session, the ones Reyna was running ragged to the ground were the usually energetic and hyped bunch of the organization. Neon was grumbling into the towel she was wiping over her face, Gekko was checking on his buddies after throwing them around for the dozenth time today, Jett was practically chugging empty the water bottle she swiped from the bench, Clove was muttering something about one of their hairclips being lost in the middle of the last simulated run, and Raze was mumbling about needing more paint at how fast she was burning through her supply of grenades and satchels.

Yoru and Phoenix would've been a part of the group if they weren't out on a mission with their respective teams.

Only when Tejo strode in and ushered for Reyna to follow him, mentioning something about Viper needing to speak with her did any talks started among the exhausted agents practically sprawled around the locker area.

"Is it just me or is Reyna being more of a hard-ass?" Jett puffed out the second the heavy metal doors slid shut behind Reyna and Tejo, sprawling on the cold floor. "Like, seriously, she's working us into our graves at the rate we're going. What the hell happened about the whole 'Sage is going to take over training' thing?"

"What happened to that big elaborate plan about getting Reyna to loosen up?" Clove asked instead, still wandering and peering around the entrance of the obstacle course for their missing hairclip. When they caught the way Gekko and Neon snapped their heads towards their direction, they rolled their eyes, shrugged and said, "Iso and I talked the other day. He mentioned how you both were looking on finding Reyna a hookup, something about that mystery lady from the hotel?"

Jett evidently perked up at that, head lifting up from the floor and looking between Gekko and Neon. "Wait, you two followed up with that? So what, did anything pan out or...?"

Neon sighed and plopped down on a bench, slinging her towel around her neck. "Nobody knows who that person is, so it's a bust."

"Did you ask Cypher to look into it?" Raze piped in, deciding to just sit on the floor and right by Jett's feet. "You know how he always knows something."

"What, and have Reyna find out we're asking one of the senior agents to find her new year's hookup? No way!" Gekko rejected the suggestion in an instant, joining Neon on the bench. "And besides, Cypher will definitely hold that against us if we ask him for help with that."