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Post by PenguinNinja on Jan 20, 2014 0:52:49 GMT
Rogers nodded and patted the woman on the shoulder. "See you then Private," and he turned and left. Four down one to go and he had a pretty good idea who he had in mind that would fill the last spot. Davis.
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Post by Playle on Jan 20, 2014 15:38:05 GMT
In the shower she had time to collect her thoughts. She wondered what exactly this mission would ensue, why she in particular had been called up, who else would be tagging along? As she shampooed her hair, which was long enough to fall to the base of her spine, she thought of exactly what kind of peril would be faced. Was it a rebel platform rioting? Was it a simple reconnaissance mission investigating the facilities of Earth? She scrubbed at her scalp but her head was spinning around ideas at an alarming rate. Even when her olive skin was as clean as could be, she did not feel any closer to understanding what she was being called up to do.
She ironed her more than creased formal uniform so it looked smart and presentable. It was a charcoal colour, tightly tailored to her size. On her sleeve was her rank’s insignia – three chevrons down, two up, and a crosshair in the middle to depict her specialty. Her uniform’s breast was adorned with medals from certain missions, exercises and award ceremonies. A small argentine flag was sowed on as a memento, as many other officers seemed to do similar with tokens or trinkets. She plaited the back of her hair to keep it tidy and gave her shoes a quick shine. She looked smart and presentable, exactly what her superiors would expect of her.
There was still time left before the meeting. Whilst she felt like she had been getting ready for ages, in reality it had been fairly quick. She sat on her bed and watched the hands of the clock move around. They ticked away at a painfully slow pace.
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Post by Light on Jan 20, 2014 17:39:31 GMT
Natsumi transferred the rest of the class to her Corporal then headed to her quarters to make herself ready for the briefing. First into the shower to clean herself after the exertions of the training session and then it was onto her dress uniform after drying herself off.
Kept in its own storage unit, alone and secured in a covering bag to ensure that the dress uniform was kept pristine at all times. A quick check for creases then it was time to get changed.
The dress uniform itself was a stark white with gold thread decoration, highly polished buttons and red and gold epaulettes. The trousers that came with it matched the colour of the shirt. Her rank insignia was sewn onto the right sleeve; three chevrons pointing downwards above which was a pair of crossed daggers to denote a combat specialty. On the left shoulder was a patch bearing the Japanese flag. To the front of the uniform were pinned her medals and commendations gathered over the years of her service. The uniform was completed with a cream belt and a pair of stiff black boots, polished to a mirror sheen.
She looked in the mirror and tucked her ponytail down the back of her shirt as usual and then donned the peaked cap of matching colour to her uniform and was finally ready. Now she was ready to head to the meeting and although it had taken her some time to indulge in the ceremony of changing into the uniform and checking it over there was still some time yet between now and the briefing.
She set an alarm which would allow her ample time to get from her quarters to the briefing and then sat in silence on the edge of her bed so as not to crease the uniform and closed her eyes in thought.
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Post by Andaru on Jan 20, 2014 18:37:02 GMT
Davis walked into the mess hall and picked up a tray, he looked at what was on offer today. The same stuff from yesterday and the day before. Just once he wanted a proper home cooked meal, ah well. He scooped up what looked like a green slime, it looked like some kind of vegetable or that's what he hoped anyway. He would have to make sure he got down early tomorrow to get the better stuff. He grabbed some other stuff and found a table on the far side which was empty at this point, no one he knew was around at the moment.
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Post by PenguinNinja on Jan 20, 2014 18:44:48 GMT
Rogers found Davis' ID in the mess hall and made his way back there. Even in the lull of the afternoon it took him a short while to find the man seated at a table on his own. He approached it and stood behind a free seat, "Davis, how's the hand?"
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Post by Andaru on Jan 20, 2014 20:01:58 GMT
Davis stood to attention.
"Much better now Sir. Only a week or two away from being fully recovered but I'm fit enough to participate in training properly again now." He was glad Rogers had shown up, he'd only been poking at the green mush and had decided it was better to go hungry than eat it.
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Post by PenguinNinja on Jan 20, 2014 20:06:02 GMT
Rogers nodded and smiled. "Good to hear Corporal, so I'll make this brief. I have an opportunity for you to test your abilities on a classified mission. There's a briefing in two hours and I want you there. You can feel free to decline of course."
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Post by Andaru on Jan 20, 2014 21:48:55 GMT
"Well Sir, I don't think I could decline such an opportunity." His mind raced as to what he might be needed for especially considering he was still technically on recovery.
"Where are we meeting?"
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Post by PenguinNinja on Jan 20, 2014 21:58:32 GMT
"The main briefing room. Try not to be late." He nodded to the man once more and left him in peace. ______________________________________________
At ten minutes to 1300 hours Rogers sat himself down at the head of the table. There was a screen behind him that was on, but nothing was playing. He would show them the distress beacon and a visual the probe that had been sent down had received. It was far from pretty.
He sighed, scrolling through his team choices before people started showing up. There had been a freshly brewed pot of coffee and tea brought in and placed on a cart to one side. He sat with a cup of coffee with two sugars and a lot of milk. Waiting.
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Post by Light on Jan 20, 2014 22:04:22 GMT
As soon as her alarm went off Natsumi left her quarters for the briefing room. She arrived at 5 minutes to 1300 hours and saluted Rogers from the doorway before entering, removing her cap as she did so.
She stood behind one of the chairs at the table whilst she waited for the other team members to arrive for the briefing, holding her cap under one arm.
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Post by PenguinNinja on Jan 20, 2014 22:05:37 GMT
Rogers quirked one brow at Natsumi's actions and dress atire. "This isn't a formal meeting you know," he said and he held a hand out to her chair. "You can feel free to grab a drink and sit down Sergeant."
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Post by Playle on Jan 20, 2014 22:15:06 GMT
Paciencia had her peace interrupted by Second Sergeant Zhelezkin, a grizzled Grenadier and an old friend. The man couldn't go more than three sentences without mentioning God, but he was a person with a heart as big as his giant frame. They chatted until Zhelezkin was needed in the armoury. He gave the markswoman his blessing before he departed. It was 1250 by now, time to go.
She passed a number of familiar faces in the corridors, and arrived seven minutes later. Early enough to the meeting to be respectably punctual. She gave a sharp salute to the Major as she walked in, and took her place opposite Natsumi. She pulled up a seat and waited.
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Post by Tonks on Jan 20, 2014 22:18:53 GMT
Sarah Henley entered the briefing room at 1255 and took a seat in the middle of the room. She looked around the room at the other people recruited for the mission. Was she the only private? She wondered why on Earth she'd been hired to work with such superior officers.
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Post by Light on Jan 20, 2014 22:20:48 GMT
Natsumi nodded. "Thank you sir." She took a cup of tea from the side and sat down in one of the seats, laying her cap on the table. She did not regret having dressed up for the occasion; this was still something important if it was a hand-picked team so to her this was an occasion which warranted her dress uniform. "How large is our team if I may ask sir?"
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Post by Andaru on Jan 20, 2014 22:22:17 GMT
Davis spotted Henley walk into the meeting room as he walked down the corridor. He did a little jog until he reached the door and walked in nodding to Rogers and quickly glancing at who else was there. This could be interesting considering who Rogers had invited.
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