"Your go," Lizzy said, looking over the cards in her hand and on the ground in front of her ( Read more... )

He wondered if someone heard the thud of his rucksack hitting the floor. Full of bloodied bandages, empty rations containers, electronics, ammo, anything and everything ( Read more... )

Following Simmons down the halls of the base after their conversation, Lizzy had her helmet under one arm and her eyes were taking in everything that could be deemed relevant at a later date.

"So, Simmons, whose room am I taking over?" She turned her attention back to the cyborg and lengthened her strides to keep up with the fast soldier. Not too ( Read more... )

Was not expecting to get that talk from him, Simmons quietly tapped into his personal log. Then again, the guy's been around here best part of a year, and I'm still thinking like he's some kinda stranger around here?
He's been here as long as I have, really. It's just an us vs. them thing.

He paused.

Everything ends sometime. I'll be okay. Not ( Read more... )

No, there were not mounds of cards stashed away in one of Cappy's drawers.

No, they were not BIRTHDAY cards.

No, he did NOT turn 40.

Nope.

Never.

Flowers dug himself deeper into the bed.

[Hahaha, opennnnn. He's alive. And old now. :x]

Sheila sat, almost unmoving, in the Blue comm room. A light flashed on the screen, indicating a newly opened message. It was wrong to read other people's mail, but still...

To: Pvt. Lavernius Tucker ( Read more... )

Church sits on the roof of the base, cleaning his rifle. He wears no armor, as is routine nowadays, instead sporting a dirty issued undershirt, battered BDU pants and weathered jungle boots. The past few months have changed him a lot more than he cares to admit, even causing him to bother making small talk with the people he runs into on base. ( Read more... )

Old at being young, young at being old, everything's been sold to others, revolution.

Butch sighed, rubbing his temples. He was sitting at his desk, paper work covering it, along with the laptop he'd brought from leave. There was just too many things to do, too much to catch up on. He'd just finally started doing captain-ish things... which mostly ( Read more... )

Having safely delivered all his cupcakes, Caboose made his way back to blue base unscathed. He navigated the corridors with a deep sense of satisfaction, before finding himself in ( Read more... )

Arrival in Blood Gulch in 5.. 4... 3-

Lizzy stepped from the cave into the bright sunlight, then stepped back into shadows to keep from being noticed; her light armor would reflect sunlight so badly that she'd probably call the attention of every idiot in the canyon to her.

Your timing is off, Sil.

Our intel was clearly incorrect. This was not a ( Read more... )