"So to summarize, once things are settled you will be doing a one month rotation with a Protectorate member. Armsmaster is currently off rotation due to a project that he is working on however. The rotation was meant to start the first of December but between getting everyone settled and everything that's happened this week, plus the holidays we have opted to set it back to the first of the year. You will be paired with Alucard for the first month. Given you are the current leader of the Wards I expect you to show him everything local, and he has been instructed to show you how he has done things up to this point from his time in Chicago and Boston." Director Emily Piggot explained, "Do you have any questions?"
"Yes ma'am" Aegis offered. "Is this a punishment detail?"
Emily blinked, then smirked." No, despite what it may feel like. Consider it more of a challenge to your temper and ability to deal with weird or excessive situations. Honestly if he hasn't fought three or four Nazis or villain capes by the time your mentor ship with him is over I will be surprised. I can guarantee he won't allow you to come to harm if someone like Hookwolf shows up, but I can also tell you that he will engage Hookwolf, even if it's just to read him 'Pokey Puppy'"
"Ahh gods." Aegis frowned.
"Look on the bright side, February will have you with Moon Dog, then Battery in March. That's two months before you are with Mouse Protector."
"Do I have enough sick time accrued to call out for all of April?" Aegis sighed.
"I don't even have that much PTO." Emily chuckled. "At any rate that should be all from me, did you have anything you wanted to bring up? Any issues or things of note you want to point out? While I try to have an open door policy, things can get hectic and I might not be able to spare the time to listen to anything minor later. Also if you don't mind I'd like to hear your opinions of the other Wards and Protectorate members. Do note that none of this is going to be on any file, I am simply trying to get a bit of a profile of everyone from those that work with them."
"Of course Ma'am. I haven't had much contact with the Protectorate members aside from occasional events or shared patrols. I mean aside from Mouse Protector and Miss Militia. I don't really have anything with the other Wards either, at least not that have not been voiced before about Shadow Stalker's attitude and disregard for orders. There is Vista, I feel she spends far too much time here and not enough at home. Clock has been doing that a bit lately too, I'm not sure if it's because of Vista or some other reason. I don't know enough about Druid to say anything about her, though she seems to have a bit of trouble following orders."
"Understood, I will pass that along to Renik as he is the one more over Druid's side of the Wards than anything else. Granted there are four people between the Wards and myself in the chain of command, but I've mostly been ignoring them for the past few days."
"What do you mean by Druid's side of the Wards?" Aegis asked.
"Druid is more of a support cape thus far, she is not set up for any patrols as her time will be spent touring various hospitals and vets offices with a PRT patrol to utilize her healing abilities. The PR department is already looking to make an entirely new division for her involved in Search and Rescue operations and all that is under Renik. Once it is all set up we'll be rotating the Wards and some Protectorate members into it to see if their powers make a good fit. Hopefully if it works out as planned most of the gangs in town will consider that branch off limits like they do the EMS. Not counting the Merchants of course. I have some say over parts of it, but due to certain reasons, I am not allowed to have much say in what Druid does for the PRT and Protectorate."
"I understand Ma'am."
"Alright don't be afraid to ask questions, within reason, if you need to understand something better. You're the team lead of the Wards right now, I would rather you know what's going on than be kept in the dark about everything simply due to your age." Emily offered.
"Err might I ask what you mean by 'right now'?" Aegis questioned quickly.
"My goal along with everything else is to also give all the Wards a chance to lead the team. Yes even Vista, Clockblocker, and Shadow Stalker. This is nothing against your abilities, but I want to see what everyone will do in certain situations and positions. The Wards program exists to teach you about being a member of the Protectorate. From what I have seen there has been very little training in regards to that and far too much PR fluff. Hence why all these changes are happening now. There will still be Wards PR patrols, but the mentor program will take priority like it does in Boston and Chicago. The only thing I am doing is making sure ENE is up to the same standards as Boston and New York. Meadows allowed quite a bit to slip here and I'm simply shoring that back up. Once we are back up to snuff we might have other Wards from different locations rotate in for a summer and vice versa to ensure that the Wards will have experience with differing locations and methods to prepare everyone for the possibility of being transfused or moving to another location if they choose to enter the Protectorate fully when they come of age."
"You're actually planning to start to follow the pamphlet that was given to our parents when we joined." Aegis stated.
Emily smiled this kid was rather sharp." Among other things. There will be mandatory therapy sessions as well I've seen what it can do for certain capes and I've been in a few sessions myself. In the stack of papers I've given you for your parents to sign there is more information on it, if you already have a therapist or your parents want to opt out of it for whatever reason they can. I would recommend they do not. Also in the packet is the permission for a Firearms safety class, though to be fair even if they don't sign that one you will be taking the class as part of your yearly training classes, on top of the usual fire, chemical, Medical, console, NDA, and paperwork training, you will have a Descalation, and Emergency management training on top of the firearms training. This paper work is mostly to let your parents know of the changes. Until summer break the extra classes might be a bit tough, but we are working on arranging a late 'free period' with Arcadia. The main premise of that is that the class is for those students who have after school jobs so they still have time for their homework and to rest a bit before work. Mostly that's to cover Wards needing to leave, with this program a number of students will be leaving at the same time as a smoke screen, but it can't be implemented until the next school year."
"That's a lot to take in." Aegis hummed.
"Well none of it will start until January so you can enjoy your holidays without worrying about trying to deal with all the changes. The basic patrol schedules will remain the same until then with only a few small changes here and there." Emily offered. "If you have any other questions for me, feel free to send them up the chain and I'll get to them when I can, for the moment you should probably get ready for your patrol, and send Gallant in would you?"
"Yes. Ma'am."
