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"ALRIGHT SQUAD LET'S GET THIS BREAD!" Phoenix raised his fist in the air, vandal clutched in the other.
Each member of the Valorant protocol filed out of the locker room one by one, suited up and hyped for battle.
"Whooo!"
As part of the unspoken ritual, each agent hopped up to slap the top of the door frame for luck.
"Yippee!" Each member of the team belted with enthusiasm when it was their turn to hit the frame.
Neon was exhilerated by the excitement of everyone and couldn't wait for her first time of getting to take part in this ritual and to be part of the team.
She jogged in place and pumped her fists as she waited. She watched Jett who had to updraft in order to reach the frame.
Finally, Neon sprinted forward and jumped as high as she could.
"Let's go-"
But her fingers just nearly grazed the edge of the frame. Her face turned to shock in that split second moments before reaching the ground. The effects of her jump starting sprint caused her to fall right into a certain wind radiant.
"Hey watch where youre-"
Jett angrily turned around but her demeanor quickly changed when she realized it was the newbie.
"S-sorry Jett!" Neon quickly mustered and bowed her head, prepared for any harshness that would be returned.
It took only a second for Jett to realize Neon was too short to reach the frame. Ha- so that was something Jett could do that Neon couldn't. Oh she's gonna get some shit for that.
Jett crossed her arms and cocked an eyebrow, "Yea, you should be sorry. You can power a whole city, travel kilometers in mere seconds, yet you can't reach a few feet above you?"
Sure, Neon was new and she was trying to get on good terms with everyone, but she was not going to take that from anyone.
Neon lifted her head back up, "Oh stop projecting Jett. You held the title of shortest agent on Valorant longer than it took you to beat me in a race which is an impressively long amount of time."
Jett scowled, "Atleast I don't use my powers to run fast unlike you."
"And I don't use mine in order to reach things! Now if you'll excuse me."
Neon was determined to hit the top of the door frame like everyone else. Multiple times she ran back to her starting position in order to run at the door frame again, but everytime she missed. At the start, Jett was amused she had something on Neon. But she still couldn't stand to see her struggle to do something she so desperately wanted to do in order to fit in.
She rolled her eyes and let her crossed arms fall to her side.
"...Fine..."
Jett approached Neon from behind, wrapped her arms around the shorter girl's waist and hoisted her up. Neon was confused for a second but then realized Jett was helping her. She finally hit the frame and Jett lowered her back to the ground.
"There, now you'll have good luck." Jett said promisingly.
For a second Neon's face softened- until she realized. "HA HA I DIDN'T HAVE TO USE MY POWERS~" She ran away before Jett could do anything about it.
"H-HEY. WAIT." Jett ran after her.