The gym was packed with students. They had a good mix of all the major aspects, a remarkable number of griffin-aspects (even for Ravnica High, which had manifested a disproportionate number of them,) and even a good sampling of the rarer ones. Both men and women were well-represented, and the students supported a wide variety of attire. They only had three things in common. They were almost all seniors, with only a smattering of juniors. They were almost all physically fit. And finally, almost all of them wore, somewhere on their person, a small pin similar to an icon pin, showing the signet of a clenched fist surrounded by a sunburst.

Near the front of the gym, two figures stood. One was a pegaus-aspect woman with bright red hair and pale golden skin. Everyone in the gym knew her. She was Coach Aurelia, who in addition to her duties as one of the general PE instructors taught the martial arts club and was the closest thing the Boros guild had to a faculty advisor.

“May I have your attention, please?” said Coach Aurelia into the microphone. The handful of background conversations died down, and every eye turned to focus on her.

“Thank you. Now, you are all here because you think you might be interested in serving in the police. Either that or you’ve got your schedules mixed up and you thought this was criffleball practice.”

There was a murmur of laughter, and Aurelia continued. “Luckily for you, today’s special guest is uniquely suited to answer your questions. Please join me in welcoming a graduate member of this very guild, Officer Gideon Jura!”

There was an explosion of applause, and Gideon stepped forward. He proved to be an earth-aspect in his mid-twenties, with glossy black hair, bright green eyes, and skin several shades darker than Aurelia’s, closer to bronze than gold. “Thank you, Thank you,” he said. “As Coach Aurelia said, I used to be exactly where you are right now. Well, maybe not exactly. The world’s changed a bit since I graduated, in case you hadn’t realized.” There was another murmur of laughter. “And that’s exactly why I asked to be here today. The world has changed dramatically. Magic has created all manner of new hazards and new ways to commit crime. It’s going to take a new generation of police officers to keep the public safe. I know you can be that new generation. I was Boros, and so I know that if you want to, you can be the next generation of guardians of the people. Are you willing to take up that challenge?”

“YES!” bellowed the assembled Boros.

“Glad to hear it!” said Gideon with a broad smile. “Now, the minimum age for admission to the police academy is twenty-one, so you’ve got a little time to get your life in order before you try out. You only need a high school diploma, and I’m sure nobody here is going to flunk their classes…”

Author's Notes:

Don't mind us; still working the Ravnica high out of our systems.