It was not good news ever to be called to the Director's office, especially on a Monday morning. It always meant that there was a KIA, a punishment, or you had to give a tour to a new recruit. Unfortunate for Carolina, she got sent to the Director's office this time. When she arrived, she was told to wait by FILISS. Once she was let into the office, it seemed to be nothing but bad news. "Carolina, as you know, each Freelancer is named after one of the 50 States" said the Director. "And as you are named Carolina, which takes two states. Too fix this you will be renamed South Carolina, effective immediately." Carolina started to groan in her mind, meaning that this will most likely have a new recruit with the name North Carolina. The Director continued on stating that a new recruit, named North Carolina as her suspicions confirmed. "He will be joining your squad, as a vehicle expert, and an extremely good one at that" continued the Director. "You will be his guide for when he arrives tomorrow morning. You will escort him to get his armor from the armory, take him to the med-bay for his physical examination, and then take him to his room, which he will be sharing will Agent New York."
Carolina approached the mess hall where the rest of her squad and friends were sitting, eating their breakfast and taking about what they thought had happened to Carolina when she was called to see the Director. When she got to the table, she calmly explained, "they changed my official name to South Carolina, and we have a new recruit showing up tomorrow morning." York laughed about it, thinking that the new recruit would be fun to have a hazing. "And York, the new guy will be your new roommate." Stated Carolina, which seemed to shut York up. The rest of the day went along as normal, with everyone starting rumors as why the new kid was recruited, some ranging from luck, to the possibility that he was tougher than any of them, even Texas. When the end of the rolled around, York tried to enjoy his last night of having his own room. He couldn't seem to, wondering what the new guy that would be in his room for the entire duration of Project Freelancer.
The morning rolled around, to no excitement from any Freelancer, except Texas, who was looking for a fight with the recruit on the training floor. Carolina woke up groggily, put on her armor, and shuffled to the landing bay, waiting for the recruit to land. When the Pelican finally did land, she expected to see a thirty-something year old built like a linebacker, but instead she saw kid that couldn't have been older than 21. He had short blonde hair with a tan and dark blue eyes. He did have some muscle on him, as if he played football. Carolina walked up to him as he was grabbing a duffel bag. "Hey, you're the new recruit right? I'm Carolina, and I was sent to take you on the tour" she says. "Yeah, I'm the new kid" says the kid. "Ok, I just need to need to know a few things first, such as your name" say Carolina. "I'm Conor Ryell" says the kid. "No I mean your new name" say Carolina. "Oh, yeah, I'm North Carolina, but just call me NC" responds Conor. "Alright NC, let's take you to get your armor" says Carolina.
Once they arrived at the Armory, NC got suited up in an armor set comprised of an EVA standard helmet with a Puma etched into the visor, and standard Defender class armor, with a steel coloring and dark blue highlights. "What's with the Puma?" asks Carolina. NC responds with a simple "It's a Panther." Once they had finished with the armor, they started to head down to the med-bay to get the physical when she started to ask about the reasoning behind the Panther and the color of his armor. "It comes from the American Football team, the Carolina Panthers, which was the logo and the colors of the team" replied NC. Carolina seemed to not really be interested in the conversation, just wanting to get the tour over with. NC had his physical, passed very well, with only some low electrolytes. Carolina took him to his room with York, where they arrived around 3. "Be in on the training floor in an hour" said Carolina, "you will be sparring with Tex, which is gonna be fun to watch."