Room D-31 (Sabar and Arraeth, private)

Lunerith · December 7, 2003, 03:36 AM

In the martial academy of New Coldmoon, behind a door, which lay somewhere in one of the academy's long halls, there was a room. This room was special only to a few, as everyone else could blatantly ignore it, since it had nothing to do with them. What interest it held was only for the twelve men that would sleep and rest there, while they were on duty. Currently, it lacked two of it's members, but these were rapidly approaching and were probably doing so together to back each other up. Inside the room they knew fully well that most of things they needed, including uniforms, was lying around. Their future companions were also in there, they could actually hear them, but these were probably not lying around.

A small board, which carried the word and letters D-31 revealed the room to be the one they were looking for. The door wasn't locked and it was closed, but could easily be opened by a pull on the handle. It would open inwards, so that the hall wouldn't get obstructed, which meant they might want to be careful not to hit anyone while they were opening it. Then again, they could also reason that anybody stupid enough to stand in the way of the opening door deserved to be hit by it. None of this really mattered, all they had to do was open the door and they'd be inside the room they wanted to, or needed to, whatever the case was for them.

Inside, there were twelve beds, three stacked on each other to make four stacks in total. Each stack had it's own corner. On their right and left, they could see that in between those stacks there was a large shelf, each of these could hold six bags, two lengthwise and three heightwise. Straight ahead there wasn't any shelf, instead, there was a window that could only be closed with shutters. There was no glass in it and because of the fact that it happened to be winter, the shutters were closed. Still some fresh air and cold managed to get in, but not as much as if it had been opened.

All the current recruits were already lying in there beds, proving that they too had been lying "around", they noticed that only two beds were free. These were the beds underneath the only experienced of the ten elves already there and they happened to be close to the window. On the two bottom shelves that faced towards their bunks beds, which happened to be on the left side, they could see two bags. These were definetly carrying their uniforms and anything else they needed. Everything grew silent once they had observed the rooms atmosphere and looks, they had become, for a small moment, the center of attention, so everyone was waiting for them to say something.

Morinor · December 9, 2003, 10:59 AM

Arraeth was the first to arrive at D-31, well, first of the two newest and seemingly last recruits for this room. He walks in, sees an open bed instantly, and heads straight for it. It isn't until he is sitting on the bed that he takes the time to notice everyone looking at him. Placing his old sack on the floor next to the bed, and leaning his Jo Staff against the window, he smiles politely to all in attendance and stands to introduce himself.

"Serrale, I am Arraeth." he says. "Simple enough," he thinks to himself. "Is therre someone herrre I need to speak to?" He's nervous but not too bad. Perhaps the only real reason for his nerves is the fact that there are 11 bodies all packed into this room. This is a big change for the sea-elf who is used to being on his own in the great open wild.

Sabar · December 11, 2003, 11:57 AM

As Sabar arrived at room D-31 he pushed the door open and slipped in behind Arraeth, closing the door behind him he noticed the other ten people that were alread there with Arraeth. When Arraeth finished his introduction Sabar said, "Serale, I'm Sabar." Not knowing what else to say he left it at that, if there was somebody he needed to talk to he needn't ask the question, just wait for a reply to Arraeth.

Lunerith · December 13, 2003, 01:19 PM

One person stood up, not the whole bunch of people, but just one. This was obviously the most important person and it was clear to everybody that he was the one with the most experience and skill. He was also the only one that didn't qualify as being recruit, seeing as how his stripes clearly marked him as being a corporal. He walked over to the door, perhaps to avoid having anyone run away during his speech, but the fact remained that he was standing in front of the wooden door when he looked out across the room and took a close inspection of each and every new recruit that he had been assigned to.

It seemed as if he was a military man, one that respected protocol, was harsh, effective and generally tough on his men, but tougher on the enemy. This was reflected by the stoic look on his face and his well-built body, one might almost say that he was built like an iron blade, rough but powerful. Before anyone could get a closer look on him, he began speaking and he didn't allow anyone to interrupt him. His voice was one of military to begin with, but it smoothed out later on.

"Alright men and women we are the new wilder platoon. Our number is D-31, but our name will be The Shades and I want you all to refer to us as such. I expect you all to bring great honour and prestige to this platoon, because within our ranks, we have some of the most gifted young people, who I understand have taken up very specialised training. One of which includes the use of firearms. I trust you all understand what this means: We are the best already and we will continue to be the best"

A small pause in his speech was followed by every single eye getting fixed on the corporal, now that they had the time to do so. The corporal took a breath of recruit-filled air.

"We shall be undergoing stealth, first aid, wilderness survival, dagger, K'tesh Zinn'ka training, along with your weapon of choice, or as it happens to be for one among us, arcana of choice" Another short pause, but only one in which the recruits could pick up what the corporal had just said "Life will be hard, but we will have each other to rely upon, among one of us there happens to be an initiate priest, who has joined us to serve in the war agaisn't Malice and also get more thaumaturgy training and get that training for free... Now, if any of you have any questions you may ask them and before you do, I am called 'swift-spear' by my closest friends, you'll find out why soon enough, but you may call me Teff"

Everyone was silent, it was up to Sabar and Arraeth to break the silence, if the silence was to broken.

Morinor · December 13, 2003, 01:32 PM

Arraeth stands again and looks to Swift-Spear. "Good to meet you Sirrr," he says, his accent quite thick as usual. "I will intrroduce myself again...I am Arraeth and I have spent the last fourr errras in the wilderrness as what some may call a Herrmit. I am trrained with the Jo Staff, as well as, Zinn'ka. I look forrwarrd to trrraining with you all." He sits back down, knowing good and well that he likely be the only recruit to stand and take initiative. But nevertheless, he had done so and now there were no questions to be asked of him.

"Oh wait! Sirr..." he says, standing again with a question that has just come to mind. "How do we get paid sirr? I need to securre morrre prrovisions." He knows the payment talk would likely get him in trouble, but it needed to be asked. He had a thing or two he wants to purchase.

Sabar · December 13, 2003, 07:47 PM

Sabar listened to the speech intentivly glancing down at his Katana when Teff mentioned training with a weapon of your choice. When the corporal asked if there was any questioned he listened as Arraeth voiced his concerns, having none himself he kept quiet. Looking around the room he wondered which of them were training in arcana and which type. When swift-spear had mentioned that there were some of the most gifted people here he wondered who he meant, certainly not him for he was probaly the most inexperienced one out of all of them, though it didn't matter to him, with the pay he got from his job he could move forward in training that wouldn't be covered.

Lunerith · December 27, 2003, 04:44 PM

ooc: please excuse the waiting. Just add the pay every RL week, just add it into your profile.

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Swift-spear, or Teff as it was probably better to call him, appeared to be pleased by the unique person that he had gotten into his group, an elf with a katta accent, all that person lacked now to make Teff really happy was a human trait. "Well, Arraeth, the pay is 30 crowns per cycle, i'll hand it out to you, just make sure to be in this room at least once every cycle and i'm glad you asked, otherwise I would have forgotten to mention it" His voice was filled with a New Coldmoon accent and the pride behind it. A couple of the others then presented themselves, but some of them decided to wait with that for some reasons. First there were two women, the only women in the group and by the looks of them, twins. New Coldmoonian accents filled their voices as they spoke, though the pride behind it was not apparant.

"Serale, my name's Laura, this is my twin sister, Lara, we're both short sword specialist, but she does most of the fighting, I do most of the talking"

After them, a man, neither very tall, nor very short, presented himself. "I'm the firearms specialist, this here is my weapon for you who haven't seen one before, I go by the name of Teryn" While he spoke, he held a long and cylindric metal bar in his hand. It was smooth and hollow. On one end, there was an opening, with a knife attached to the bar, on the other, it combined itself with a wooden butt, that included several strange mechanisms and a piece of string that could seemingly be lit. No one appeared to be able to identify it properly, with the details and such, apart from Teryn and Teff.

"Alright, we're gonna need to get started on that training, we shall begin with your stealth and weapon training, you may be divided and you may be in the same group whilst training, but you will find that out when you are training, now unless any of you have any further questions or statements to make, you are free to lounge for the next ten minutes" That was their corporal, swift-spear, speaking and he was done, after having clearly stated what Arraeth, Sabar and all the others were allowed and were going to do.

Sabar · December 28, 2003, 10:22 PM

Sabar nodded to each of his new comrades as they introduced themselves. When Teff told them they had ten minutes he went to the only non occupied bunk there was and stowed his stuff, all except the katana at his side. Sitting back on the bunk he waited to find out what was going to happen.

Morinor · January 5, 2004, 06:04 PM

Arraeth used the ten minutes as productively as he could, walking around and meeting each person in the room. It was important for him to know what each of their specialties were, for if there were to die together, they needed to count on eachother when fighting together. He introduced himself to each in the room as "Arraeth, handy with a staff and home in the wild."

He was sure that there were probably many who wondered where his accent came from, but he knew it wasn't as exciting a story as most. He had had more excitement from his time in the wild. Those four long eras had taught him many things in the wild. How to survive on practically nothing, how to hunt, how to be stealthy, etc. And most importantly, it had taught him the importance of knowing your surroundings, the beasts, people, and area.

Walking up to Swift Spear, Arraeth nods as if to salute and offers his hand. He isn't sure of the correct salute quite yet. He has seen one, but isn't positive. "Good brrightening sirrr, I think I'm looking forrward to this experrience sirrr."

Lunerith · January 7, 2004, 08:29 AM

ooc: oh yes, may I note that you'll have to subtract 10 crowns for other things as well, meaning you basicly only get 20 crowns per cycle (since food and housing is provided, the 10 crowns is for the rest that isn't provided).

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"For all you others who haven't presented yourselves for one reason or another, your name, specialty, rank and species can be found on this piece of paper here... If there is a mistake, please report back to me and i'll get it fixed." As Teff spoke out, he held out a piece of paper with twelve names. After each of the names, another word could be seen, which was probably the specialty of the person. Then the rank followed, just before the species was mentioned, probably for reasons concerning missions. Currently, it read:

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The Shades Platoon. Platoon, nr D-31. Member list.
Name - Specialty - Rank - Species:
Teff - Spear - Corporal - Human
Teryn - Firearms - Private - Human
Laura - Short Sword - Private - Human
Lara - Short Sword - Private - Human
Arraeth - Jo Staff - Private - Elf
Sabar - Katana - Private - Elf
Gilnar - Dual Longknives - Private - Elf
Morwen - Shortbow - Private - Elf
Nathalia - Shortbow - Private - Elf
Kemegurth - Longbow - Private - Elf
Reldorn - Arbalest - Private - Elf
Mino - Zinn'ka, K'tesh - Private - Omnicat

"Okay people, I think it's time we head out to our stealth training, take whatever you need, but leave the rest be here, we shall return to this room once we are finished" With that, Teff, who was already ready, walked out of the room, but left the door open. It was then obvious that he was waiting just outside of the room. In the two bags that were meant for Arraeth and Sabar they would find their uniforms. These consisted of three dark green tunics, daggers and hardened leather armours. None of the equipment carried the New Coldmoon crest, instead, it was all made so that no one would know that these were indeed soldiers from New Coldmoon and not just some stray soldiers. There was a military ID with the crest on it though, so they did have some form of identification, which would probably not be with them while they were on missions.

Morinor · January 7, 2004, 09:19 AM

Arraeth looks through his bag after seeing that his name is correct on the list alongside his specialty weapon, rank, and race. He finds his military ID which he quickly puts on his person, and a knife he also puts on himself. Now equipped with two knives and his Jo Staff, he makes his way out of the room to see where Teff went when he left.

(OOC: When will we be told to meet where the stealth training is? I suppose out in the hallway?)