A/n: Okay, so, I've been trying to get a job as... I'll just call it 'crew trainer'. at the place I work. (not gonna say where that is.)

This past week, my manager had me train a new employee, and said to talk to her. I didn't get to till the next day, and she mentioned getting some paperwork.

Now, i'm not 100% positive, but I'm 98.6% sure I got the job.

Later the same day, *this* popped into my head.

And it stuck. Would *not* go away. So, here I am writing it.

Kalara stepped out of the lift into the tower watch. Or courtyard. Or, well, it seemed everyone had a different name for it. She looked around, spotted Gavin, and jogged up. "Hey, Gavin!" he was walking out of the Hall of Gaurdians with Lavender on one side and Quantum on the other.

He smiled. "Hey, Kalara." she jogged to a stop in front of them. "What's new?"

He shrugged. "Not much, got reassigned. Temporarily, of course." He glanced at Lavender, who smiled back.

Kalara asked "So, red's still out and about?"

"No," Quantum replied. "She sprained her ankle." She shrugged. "The tower physicians said it's not serious enough for her ghost to fix, but she should stay off of it." Kalara looked confused "Why not, just, you know." she mimicked a gun to the head "Pshew".

Quantum said "Because it's kind of discouraged. Unless we can't help it. and, if she did, the vangaurd leaders whould know, and she'd probably get read the riot act by Ikora."

Kalara just nodded. Those three could come up with the strangest archaic phrases.

"Well, I just got paged by Cayde-6, so I gotta go. have fun you guys!" she grinned and jumped the fence next to the steps, landing halfway down.

Around Eris she went, walking now. She glanced sideways as she went. "Morning, Eris!"

"The voices are dimmer, Crota whispers no more."

"Okay, good. We'll handle the rest, don't worry!" she called over her shoulder, and down the the Hall of Gaurdians she went.

She passed Ikora Rey. "Good Morning, Gaurdian."

"Mornin' Ikora." she called. She stopped across from Cayde. "Mornin', boss. What's up?"

He looked up from his map, then motioned her around the table, with a mumbled "come around here."

"Sorry." she rounded the table. He straightened. She glanced at the map, wondering why he was allways staring at it.

"Hey, got another mission for ya."

She looked excited.

"You see, we had a bunch of rookies come in not too long ago, and I'm a little busy, you know. So, I could use a hand in getting 'em trained. Want to help?"

Kalara's face lit up. "sure."

"You're a bit of a legend around here now, so, just teach them what you know, and I'll pick up the rest later, kay?"

Kalara nodded exuberantly.

Cayde handed her the data-tablet, and she started reading.

"They're already waiting for you in the crucible. Private matches arena. You know where to go."

she nodded. "thanks, boss!" and she ran to the door before realising she could just go to orbit from there.

She walked out of the starting gate down into the bright Venusian sunlight. Six quite young (to her perspective) Gaurdians were milling about. Another pair were dancing around. 'What have I gotten myself into?' she thought. she looked at her datapad.

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7-14 level hunters (Beginner)

Mylo Pren (human, male) (6)

Flitter Maricus (human, female) (7)

glyster (pronounced glister) (exo, male)(9)

Fon (exo, male) (9)

Nox (Noxiere) (human, male) (9)

Danaxia Glyn (human, female) (8)

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Kalara walked out of the Crucible starting area into the bright Venusian sunlight. she turned right, spotting the group she was going to be teaching up ahead.

She paused. Some were dancing, others were just jumping around out of boredome. some were talking.

"Kindergaurdians." she muttered. She shook her head, and commed Cayde. "why didn't you tell me I'd be dealing with kindergaurdians?"

"where's the fun in that?"

she laughed.

"You got this, rookie. You're a hero now. So make it count, okay?"

"Okay." a pause then "Oh, and one more thing."

"Yeah?"

"stop calling me rookie."

"She could have heard he was almost laughing in his reply of "Okay... rookie."

she laughed, then the comm went silent.

Kalara walked forward.
"Hi guys." she waved. They stopped talking, and turned towards her. Well, so far, so good.

"I'm Kalara Baxtin, I'm going to be training you on how to be a gaurdian."

'I hope' was added inside her head. She took a deep breath.

"I'm going to ask you to step forward and introduce yourselves, going from your left to right."

She looked at the end gaurdian on the left.

"Mylo pren, level six hunter class." She nodded, and the human stepped back. She wondered just how old he was. He looked older, but he sounded younger.
A female stepped forward. "Hi, they call me flitter." she ducked her head and stepped back. Kalara smiled, noting the shy nature of the Gaurdian.

"Level?"

"Oh, sorry, I'm at seven."

She nodded in acknowledgement.

The next one stepped out without hesitation. He was an exo. "Glyster. Not pronounced like it's written. It's pronounced glis-ter."Level nine." He stepped back.

The other exo next to him stepped out, looking at his classmates. He quietly said "Just call me Fon. Level nine." Then stepped back.

The next one just waved. 'Hi, I'm Nox. I'm human, also."
Kalara nodded, looking at the other human next to him.

She stepped out, and greeted "I'm Danaxia Glyn. Human, and yes, I am a girl." she glanced at Nox, and Kalara rolled her eyes behind her helmet. She knew the girl was smiling at him from her tone. Teenagers.

She had the data, but for the benefit of the group, she asked "And what levels are you two at?"

Nox spoke first "Nine."

Danaxia said "Eight"

Kalara nodded.

"Okay. The basics. Umm..." she looked around, and then got an idea. "how many of you know how to do a slide?" A single hand went up. It was Mylo.

"Good. How many of you can blink?" They looked at each other.

Okay, next question. who here is a Bladedancer subclass?"

all six hands went up. Kalara chuckled. "Okay. well, you can change subclass later if you want to, so let's start with what you have." she thought for a second, then continued.

"Basicaly, gunslingers have a "golden gun" that they can summon as their super. It's powerfull, it's accurate, and" she paused "It's probably better you have Bladedancer right now."

A few confused looks.

"Sorry, getting off track." A moment's pause, then "Okay, let's start with a slide." she grabbed a rock and walked forward a ways, then carved a line in the ground, then turned and walked backwards towards the group a bit. She stopped, holding up a thumb and forefinger to measure. "mmm, yeah."

She carved another line in the ground, then walked back to the group. "Okay. Let's practice slides. It's pretty simple. and this move can save you from a headshot if you're running towards an enemy, plus it can be used in combination with other moves that can save your life, and even get you critical shots in battle."

She grabbed a couple rocks and walked over, marking either side of the slide-line to make it more visible, then said "Okay, so here's what we're gonna do. we're gonna run till we hit the first line, then slide up to the second line."

She drew out a starting line. "like this."

She ran, slid, and came up at the end.

"Okay, guys. Line up." They did. Mylo, the lowest level, a human male, level six, smiled as he readied himself on the starting line.

"Ready, set, Go!"

They ran forward, and ducked into a slide.

One exo, Glyster, tripped before even making it to the slide. Kalara shook her head. "That's okay, mistakes happen. Let's just try it again."

they jogged back to the starting line. "Ready, set, Go!"

They all made the slide, though she notice a couple came up short. No big deal there.

"Okay, next step." She looked around, and found a large peice of rock (or whatever it was) further on. They followed her as she walked.

"Let's say 'big Bad 'N Ugly here is breathing down your neck..." she grabbed a nearby rock and carved a basic rendition of a fallen into it. "You have to run away a bit, no shame in that." she finished and added "You gotta get some space." she walked forward, carved out a starting line, then a bit further on another one. She walked a little further and carved out a third line. then she walked back.

She glanced at the rock over he shoulder. "Now, what I want you to do is run from this rock to that first line, slide to the second, and when you stop come up and shoot this big Bad 'N Ugly right here." she leaned on the rock.

Two of the rookies looked at each other. "don't worry, I'll be right there with you." she walked over to the line. They lined up to her right.

"ready." she crouched, ready to run.

"set." she tensed.

"GO!"

All seven ran and when they hit the second line ducked into a slide. They hit the third line and Kalara whirled, snapping off a shot.

five of the others missed completely. One glanced the upper edge. Kalara glanced at Mylo. He had been the one to hit the rock.

Kalara shook her head. Several groans and sound of dissapointment sounded.

"It's okay, guys. It's only our first try. Let's go do it again.

"do we have to?" one mumbled, probably to a teammate.

Kalara answered "This is probably one of the most important moves you can learn." Then reassuringly added "Don't worry, it's not that hard."

They returned to the starting line and lined up. Kalara stepped to the side. Danaxia looked over at her, but Kalara said "I want ot see what you guys can do on your own."

The group readied. Kalara called "ready."

They semi-crouched again, ready to run.

"Set." they tensed.

"go!"

They ran and slid. Danaxia went into her slide too soon, Fon too late. Kalara watched them.

"Again."

they jogged to the starting line.

A couple hours later, Kalara was ready to scream. Some of them Just. Weren't. Getting. It.

She sighed "Okay, guys. Let's do a free-for all match. Three versus three. Count off." she pretended not to notice when Nox and Danaxia put Fon between them. "All right. Three versus three. Ten second advance for red team. Show me what you can do. and remember, have fun out there!" she smiled.

Danaxia, Nox, and Flitter ran in seperate directions. Ten seconds later, Blue team (Mylo, Gyster, and Fon), followed. Kalara looked at her Datapad, which not only had their in-crucible location, but a livestream from the myriad of remote cameras scattered across the arena.

About an hour passed, then her comm came on. It was Cayde. "Having fun yet?"

Instead of replying with an equally sarcastic reply, Kalara instead said "well, they're *starting* to get it."

"Good. Wish I could let you guys train longer, but I have missions for some of the gaurdians you've been training. Get them back to the tower, and report in, kay?"

"Okay, boss." Kalara commed her group. "Okay, guys, funtime is over." A couple of groans sounded. "I know, But Cayde-6 has missions for some of you. So we need to meet back where I am then return to the tower.

"why can't we just go to orbit?" Mylo asked.

"Because, I need to do rolecall real quick before we head out." Kalara replied.
A few moments later, all six of her Gaurdians were there.

"Okay guys. I'll see you later."

They nodded, one by one.

She added "Just remember, you can do this!" as they transmatted out.