Edel takes her documents and offers a salute before departing. With a whistle she goes about her business, first securing her living quarters and her belongings before heading to medical to get everything in order.
Kanoe' flushes briefly with or its hard to tell from her expression of shock... but the next moment her eyes sparkle with joy...
"Aweee... it s cute bunny! Hello there fella... how are you sweety...? Yeah... so fluffy-wuffy...!"
She lightly plays with his paws in Zzed's arms... and when the Lt comes in.. it takes her a few seconds to realize and snap to attention... and snap out a shaky salute as she gathers her dignity..
"M-ma'am!"
When she asks, who leads the squad Kanoe' points to Katzuya, and comments, "Begging your pardon ma'am.. but we are all of the same rank so... perhaps would need a field acting promotion to Acting-Corporal? Of course... w-without necessarily changing his actual rank?"
"And, er.. you won't be able to contact my parents... they live in South Africa, Praetoria."
Not looking foward to the medical test, Roldy heads toward the HQ to start with the registration. Once he find the clerk he need to see, he present his papers.
"Ensign Heson Roldy... registering in... has ordered"
Welkin salutes Lt. Dahvana "Ma'am, Welkin Katzuya at your service"." He lets Zzed takes the paperwork as he already has reached out for it "I'll lead the others straight to HQ and get registered and our physical. I have to admit I never heard that these mobile cruisers should exist, heard the rumors but it sounded to strange to believe before now."
Kanoe's eyes narrow, "Guntank eh? Sounds like a challenge...! Would it be too much to ask for the enemy unit recognition manual and any specs our military intel folks have determined about the Federation Armor units thus far encountered?"
She looks at Katzuya, "If those land-cruisers are like any Federation Space cruisers, if you get close and hit their bridge you can seriously cripple them.. and I'll bet.. the land versions are not as sturdy as the space versions... or if they are as sturdy they are very likely really slow and ponderous.. easy targets... just avoid the CID weapons and shank'em... a at close range covers a multitude of sins!"
"That sounds comforting Yashida, but still we have to get close to them without to much damage to do that. But maybe a good concentrated and focused machinegun fire might also do the trick in crippling it?"
"Nah, something that big.. Armor's too thick, you have to take out its individual weapons and systems.. and yeah.. its risky to get close.. but remember their heavy Naval weapons are designed to hit other slow moving and maneuvering gun platforms like themselves.. other cruisers! A Mobile Suit is FAR more agile and fast! Our Zaku II just don't have enough punch to really hurt unless we get close to hit critical discrete systems~ main battery turret, drive units, hanger bay doors, Bridge observation superstructure.. etc... And a will carve up one of those slow moving 'b#~&&es' quite nicely!"
"We all find out it was true once we made planet fall, Feddies are pushing out new weapons to counter our Mobile Suits, so do not be surprised to face something new"
Kanoe' starts... suddenly realizing the Lt. is STILL there... listening an observing them both!
"Uh'm.. Yes, Ma'am! We'll be ready ma'am! With your leave ma'am?"
Kanoe' will grab her file and shove the Unit dossier and Katsuya's personal file into his hands and taking his elbow drag him away with her...
Muttering as she goes, "Best we get on with that medical exam..."
Unkown Voice : "Ensign, I need your medical history."
Zzed : "I'm sorry, sir, it's classified."
Unkown Voice : "How am I supposed to certify you if your medical records are redacted?!"
Zzed : "I'm sorry sir, it's classified."
Uknown Voice : "When was the last time you had an MMR vacination?"
Zzed : "Last month, at orbital HQ."
Voice : "Better, did you have all the standard vaccines as a child?"
Zzed : "I'm sorry sir, that's classified."
Voice : <Sound of paper tearing> "Fine, is there any history of heart conditions, brain aneurisms, or vertigo in your family?"
Zzed : "I'm sorry sir, that's classified."
Voice : <sounding annoyed>"Ensign, if you don't answer my questions, I'm downlisting you!"
Zzed : "I'm sorry sir, please see the document attached from HQ."
Voice : <after a brief pause, sounding shaken> "Oh.. uhm, I see... Yes, well, let me just give you the Earth specific vaccinations and we'll do a brief scan and you can be on your way."
Zzed : "I'm sorry sir, my scans are..."
Voice : "Classified, right. No scan then. Just shots."
Kanoe' led/dragged Ensign Welkin Katzuya.. along with her to the HQ for their medical ok to be given the green to be flight ready.
She continued to chat about the tactics she'd studied for dealing with big space-born cruiser and what she had observed in the simulators... cheerfully as they went.
But her mind was not focused on that, she was actually curious about Katzuya.. she had met many Zeon officers who were always so eagar to take charge and ascend the ranks of command. But she had not missed the air of reluctance in Katzuya... a humility she actually found refreshing and attractive. He was clearly not a braggart so full of himself as yet as to be a bore and only interested in proving how superior he was to everyone else.
She told herself, she was NOT flirting... .
Entering the HQ she offered her files to the medical staff and waited for the inevitable questions about her home and family cause clearly the medical record will show she was NOT born in space her bone structure calcium count far too robust and solid from years of full 1.0g living to be space born like most Zeon soliders.
"Yes, I was born on Earth in South Africa, Praetoria. I was a Federation Citizen .. and Yes for moral reasons I enlisted in the Republic of Zeon Military to fight against the brutal oppressive tyrannical rule of the Earth Gov. My father is a retired Federation Captain, and my mother is a military software engineer... Yes, I have passed my security clearance.. I am a commissioned MS Pilot of Zeon..."
All the same questions and disbelieving looks she had already seen and heard all the impertinent questions.. she was really bored and annoyed by it all... as if Earthnoids could not have a sense of right and wrong and see the crimes of the Federation and not take a moral stand against it!
After what seem an eternity of filing paperwork and chasing down clerks, Roldy finaly gets all of the clerical stuffdone.
Ok, registration done, living quarters assign, mess hall pass in my pocket and authorisation access to the ammo dump. Well can't push it anymore. Time to go see the doctors.
Finding the field hospital, Roldy gets in line and wait his turn.
Once in the examination room, the nurse ask him to undress. Giving him a look has to ask if he is sure, Roldy just shrugged and start to undress after receiving confirmation. The moment he take off his mask anyone in the surrounding area can hear the nurse screaming while running out and, once outside, throw up on the ground. It is follow by a huge commotion of doctors coming and going, running test and asking a thousand questions.
Finally, after a very long day, Roldy manage to get to the barracks. Once there, instead of dropping in bed for a good night rest, he pull out a case out of his luggage. He then setup a small table with two chair facing each other. On the table he spread a table cloth. Then he take out a flask and two small glass which fills and place on either side of the table. Finally he pull out some oil, a weapon cleaning kit and a severely damaged/non-functional handgun which he place across from himself. Sitting down, he then start disassembling his weapon to clean, and to everyone who can hear, he start humming... or rather something that could humming.
Edel kicks her feet while sitting on the edge of the examination table. Her examination passes with little incident: she answers questions, gives samples, and even has time to make small talk with the staff. It's only when she gets the results that she frowns. It hadn't occurred to her that she would spontaneously "gain" two dozen pounds when she got to earth. The inflated number hurt her self esteem a bit and she ended up leaving the med bay in a sour mood.
Voice : "Ensign, why is your file heavily redacted?"
Zzed : "I'm sorry, sir, it's classified."
Voice : "How am I supposed to certify your clearance levels without knowing what they are?!"
Zzed : "My clearance level is Alpha-0, Ltn. Commander."
Voice : "Ensign, do not lie to me. No Ensign has an Alpha-0 level clearance. I don't have Alpha-0 level clearance!"
Zzed : "I know sir, that's why I can't answer your questions. Your clearance level is Delta-2."
Voice : <sounding shocked>"Ensign, how do you know my clearance level?"
Zzed : "I checked your personnel jacket before entering for the interview sir."
Voice : <Angry Voice> "How did you get access to my personnel Jacket Ensign?! That requires at least level.."
Zzed : "..Delta-3 clearance, yes sir. I have Alpha-0."
Voice : <sounding annoyed>"How does an Ensign, fresh out of the academy, get Alpha-0 level clearance?!"
Zzed : "I'm sorry sir, that's classified. If you'll allow me to unlock one of the pages in my jacket... There you go sir."
Voice : <after a brief pause, sounding shaken> "Oh.. uhm, I see... Yes, well, let me just process you through then. Base level pass, secured area pass, Mobile Suit Supply pass, mess hall pass..."
Zzed : "HQ Access Pass..."
Voice : "Uh, right. I wouldn't use that without Lt. Dahvana's authorization... if you want to avoid... trouble.."
Zzed : "Yes sir, I'll keep that in mind sir. May I go now?"
Voice : "Yes, get the heck out of here, I'm going to get a drink and forget I ever saw your file, what little there is of it."
Zzed : "Yes sir, probably best sir. Thank you sir."
Zzed ends up returning to the base before everyone else, puts his extra clothes away in the locker, locks it to his biocode, and then returns to his Zaku, ensuring the unit insignia is painted on correctly. Then he takes the Zaku out and runs it through the training course area with training rounds, ensuring it works correctly.
When he's done, he returns to the quarters, about the time everyone else is done with their much more lengthy processes.
"I've taken my suit out and ensured it's in good working order. I suggest you all do the same before going to bed tonight. Mess hall is open for another 2 hours, you should probably eat first."
Welkin let's Kanoe' lead him for the time being, better to get to know this earthoid. "I see thier armor is to much for our unit's long range capability, just the same I prefer to get up close and personal when fighting. Where you you say it's fastest to carving up those cruisers to incapacitate it?" he asks on the way to the physical
On the way into the medic clinic. "Ew I hate needles why is this nessecary every time... How much medic and examnitaions did you have to go through coming from earth and enlist with Zeon?" Welkin is curious since he never met one to join Zeon from earth before.
He hands the doctor the paperwork. "Ensign Welkin Katzuya ready for physical, as much as I can be stupidn needles." the last part he adds in a low voice mostly meant for himself.
Kanoe' smiles chatting friendly, "I would say near the conning tower or the 'neck' of the bridge super structure... or right where the drive unit's connect to the hull.. the seam where the engines are. Our have their engines on struts... more vulnerable in my opinion... but an explosion of a strut engine will rarely destroy the rest of the ship.. all Federation designs crowd their engine in a cluster near the aft and as such just detonating one can mean scuttling the ship!"
She is well informed for a rookie..apparently she must study the intel gathered on the enemy armor and weapons with some regularity.
At the medic clinic the doctor examining her wishes to listen to her heart.. as many spacenoid's not adapting to full 1.0 Gravity environment can show signs of it with irregular heartbeats. She unzips her flight thinsuit to reveal an ample bosom with the orcina tucked in hanging from her neck.. and no undershirt or bra from the clear line of bare flesh in the 'V' of her thinsuit.
She replies, " where I enlisted had been the 10th Colony I had visited and I had been checked long before that on the where I started my 'walkabout'. After I graduated from ROTC college in South Africa.. which is almost boot-camp in of itself.. I wanted to take a year traveling about in space.. never been there for any lengthy period.. to see the colony's first hand before I enlisted for a Career in the Federation military.. or so I had thought at the time. But seeing the Colony's plight... and the abuses of the Federation... people 'taxed' for the very air they needed to live, crushing quota's in manufacturing requirements, rampant widespread poverty from low wages with long hours of work, women raped by idle Federation Soldiers with no prosecution of the clearly guilty~ I could not in good conscious... enlist with them!"
The male doctor ..apparent uncomfortable with the Zeal and fire in Kanoe's voice had a nurse perform the heart-rhythm check...
Kanoe' doesn't seem to notice... and the Nurse smiles slightly giving her the ok. She zips her thinsuit back up...
They take Kanoe's records and thumb through them the doctor returning with needles for her physical as well, and she grimaces, when he asks her to unseal her thinsuit and roll up her sleave, "...I hate needles too."
"So kinda remove the 'head' and the rest should stop functioning properly, I'll remember that it might save my life out there if we run into one while be separated."
Once they are done at the doctors he returns with Kanoe to their assigned quarters. He responds to Zzed and turns he attention on them all, "I was thinking soemthing along that line Zzed. We should make sure we have our equipment and prepare our suits for moving out asap when we get the orders to do so. But first dinner, does anyone care to accompany me for the last decentish meal we get in some time? After this it's all rations untill we have taken Neryugri."
"You bet I do.. I'm starving! Let's go...!"
Kanoe' leads the way to the mess-hall.. eager to get something to eat.. maybe some alcohol.. since technically they're are off duty.. but she didn't put much hope in that!
After all was said and done, sun begins to set, and the ordeal of endless paperwork, walking around the makeshift base chasing signatures, visiting different medical facilities and testing of all types, until all the list of places to be is check marked you are able to finally return to the 260th troop HQ.
A petty officer salutes each one of you as he directs you to a small multi-purpose room. There are 6 functional but comfortable chairs. It usually means something long or it would have been regular chairs.
Lt. Dahavana waits for each one of you to enter and exchange proper salutes as she outranks you all.
"Fun field day" she remarks sarcastically. "Leave your files in the table when we are done here. You guys have no time for special climate training and earth gravity piloting training. We got orders that you are to leave to morrow as soon as possible, so I will try to make this brief short"
Petty officer turns the light on and with a remote Lt. Dahvana turns o a projector.
This is their current Guntank. We never knew they had this on Earth as most of our battle were at that time in space.
"Normally they are deployed in pairs and they will pin you down if they can. Each hand has 4 barrel machine guns of low caliber, but they shoot fast enough to wear you down. Their cannons are 150mm recoiless. A bit stronger than your 120mm machine gun, but they got two and can choose to fire both to deadly efficiency or just one at a time and different targets. The weakness are their cockpits, if you can land a couple of shot you will disable it, or God forbid it will go berserk and continue to shoot his payload randomly destroying everything within it's reach." giving a pause for questions or comments.
"What effects do Sturmfaust rockets have on the Guntanks armor?"
She giggles and looks almost like a child "They go Boom! No chances of going berserk, or you will disable it. Sturm Faust can bring down if aimed right light cruisers, that is how strong they are. They are just tricky to use for some"
Kanoe' listened and nodded accepting the the tactics and advice given...
"Ma'am any chance we could be issued a couple more of those ~ each, since we're ... not an insult ma'am; being 'thrown to the wolves and told good luck'.. we'll make it work.. but not with spit-balls and 'happy thoughts'?"
"Also ma'am.. all of us are the same rank here~ Ensign. If is to be in-command of a what amounts to a strike/skirmish~Vanguard mission wouldn't a field promotion to at least Acting-Corporal be appropriate for continuity? Especially if we should encounter other Zeon forces in the field?"
"How are their mobility? Are the gunmount/cockpit able to turn a full 360 or can a fast unit sneak up behind and cut them into pieces with a heat hawk?" He says listening to the others.
He doesn't give much thought about being promoted right now "It's fine Ensign Kanoe', they'll know I'll be the one to decide what we do with our unit, unless we get direct orders from Lt. Dahavana to follow the other forces. Promotions should only be given to those who have earned it, not to anyone who assume the mantle of leadership for a MS unit." He responds to her question before the LT. "I know what happens when someone not deserving it gets a random promotion. Chaos!"
"They move like a tank. Torso has below average mobility, but it's tracked legs give them good spped"
Edel rubs her chin as she continues to think "What's the effective range on the 150mm cannons?"
"Does below average mean that it might be slow to follow us if we split and run circles around it?"
"It's a bit over twice the range of your sturm faust give or take, so you best get close enough to shoot a sturm faust"
"Yes you can go around them and they are slow, but at the distance you are running around in a huge circle so they don't need to be fast, until you cut the range in half then you might get a chance. Otherwise you are ass good as the pop up targets you practice for them. Now you know why they deploy them in pairs or with a lot of support"
Kanoe' gets a fiery look in her eyes and she continues, "Lieutenant , what would you think if while organizing a major offensive five soldiers came lumbering across your units with tales of having specific orders and a 'mission' thus not subject to your chain of command and all of them the same rank? You would want confirmation of such orders and if you could not get them or it would take too long to get them.. as the five soldiers are claiming they need to get moving.. what would you think? I know what I would think.. I'd think either they were ALL Deserters or at the very least AWOL.. and have them detained!"
Looking back at Katzuya, "I said 'Acting-Corporal'.. meaning your actual rank is still Ensign but for the purposes of our mission you have the rank of Corporal! Have you Never heard of the brevet-field command? If you do not have the rank to actually BE in charge.. we're going to have this SAME pissing-match over rank and authority with Every Zeon single solider of higher we happen to come across! Even our support force of Enlisted Infantry men~ you can damn-well bet they have a Sergent in charge of them.. technically he would out rank us all as well! Do you really want to complicate our already dangerous and difficult mission with THIS added complication?"
"And for the Record Mister~ , I take a personal exception to you saying that 'rank' has not been Earned! Lieutenant Commander , told us to decide who among us would be in command of our unit.. and WE choose YOU! Why? Because your scores say~ you have the best squad tactical skills, You have the most experience in Strategic analysis, and YOU have the most skill in combat Leadership! You EARNED the regard of your fellow soldiers and WE decided YOU were the best of us! You Damn WELL earned that regard~ our opinion matters... that is a Rank Earned!"
Then she glares at the rest of her unit in the eyes, "And do you know WHY I keep bringing this up? Because not one of you have the Rank to tell me to SHUT UP about it! THAT'S MY POINT! A military is NOT a f~$#ing committee! There is a chain of command and soldier's follow the chain of command.. it is as much a protection for you as it is for us!"
She turns and looks pointedly at Lt. Dahavana.. waiting...
Edel pinches the bridge of her nose and mutters "Oh my god..." as Kanoe interrupts the briefing for her tirade.
Lt. Dahvana puts a finger to her mouth making the shh!! Sound "I out rank you by two grades Ensign Kanoe. I can tell you to shut the f%~! up, when I want to and when needed. My rank is the equivalent of a Captain in the ground forces." a sigh as she rolls her eyes "You are fresh out of the academy, but I will fix your attitude problems Ensign Kanoe, since you are part of the officers not enlisted" a wicked horrible smile crosses her face.
"We are in need of some corrective training here. Everyone."
Position of attention... move! You all stand in position of attention.
"Today we are going to make it rain Ensign Katsuya, but to make it rain we will first have to make the lake"
"Front leaning rest position... move"
"In cadence!!" everyone repeats, they know push ups are the starting exercise. Yet she makes combination exercises close to the floor, until you realize you are sweating, but not only that it has come to the point were your sweat has began to form a puddle of water under you and as it continues to grow it gets mixed with everyone's sweat, forming a lake for which you all hope not to slip and fall into.
Edel only just manages to keep up with the push ups. She had wanted to visit the annex at some point to get some exercise but then Kanoe had fixed it with her. She curses the damned rook under her breath. Was this how it was going to be from now on? Kraken squad as the ass-end of the joke?
By the end of the punishment Edel is panting violently but doing her best to remain composure. Best not give the Lieutenant any more fodder she reminds herself. G%!@#*ned rook...
Oh great! Basic training all over again! This day just keep getting better and better.
Doing the best he could, Roldy couldn't keep up with the push up. At the end, he managed to not slip in the disgusting puddle. By now, his breathing is really bad, he's whizzing and coughing. Sweat is dripping from his mask.
Zzed listens to the briefing, and finds nothing not covered in either the technical spec on the tanks, or the Lt's description. Obviously terrain is vital when taking on the tanks. He is about to mention that again, when Yashida provokes the commander. Making a mental note that the Ensign may be deranged, he simply follows along and begins to work the punishment without complaint.
Zzed looks a bit tired toward the middle, but doesn't slow down at all, and continues working without complaint, or even much in the way of comment. When done, he cleans the tools and returns them to their designated space before standing quietly in parade rest, while awaiting more orders.
Kanoe's reaction is at first shocked, then she looks at her fellow Unit mates being punished for her boldness and she is CLEAR angry!
She looks at Lt. Dahvana and her expression turns coldly Determined!
Coming to parade Attention she calls out, "Ensign Yashida!"
Then falls to the floor doing her set of push ups... counting in cadence...
She is gasping for air at the end and she unsteadily stands... coming to parade Attention again she calls out, "Ensign Faustus!"
...then drops to the floor and begins again....
[dice="Edel's" 1# Endurance TN15]2d6 + 6 - 4[/dice]
[dice="Edel's" 2# Endurance TN15]2d6 + 6 - 6[/dice]
[dice="Edel's" 3# Endurance TN15]2d6 + 6 - 8[/dice]
[dice="Edel's" Athletics TN10]2d6 + 12 - 8[/dice]
This time she stands and barely avoid falling ...weariness clear on her face and she gasps for air her pilot thinsuit's automatic cooling systems click on.. but she quickly disables them. It won't take much for her to fall over how unsteady she is on her feat.
Again she tries to come to parade Attention.. barely succeeding... and cries out the strain in her voice evident, "{Gasp}... e-eEnsign f-Foxx!"
This time when she drops she actually more like drops a 'smack' of her impact clearly painful on her expression...
[dice=Zzed's" 1# Endurance TN15]2d6 + 6 - 8[/dice]
[dice=Zzed's" 2# Endurance TN15]2d6 + 6 - 10[/dice]
[dice=Zzed's" 3# Endurance TN15]2d6 + 6 - 12[/dice]
She cannot finish the set and... only by shear force of will... does she power through to complete it...
[dice=Zzed's" Atheletics TN10]2d6 + 12 - 14[/dice]
This time she falls on the large pool of sweat she has made and with a uncomfortably loud smack on impact... she groan's painfully... "aarhgaa!"
Slowly she pulls her self to her feet still gasping for air ...
She tries to make a parade attention stance.. but utterly fails... gasping out, "e-eh{Gasp}..e-ensign Hesson!"
Again she drops to her knees... harder than she clearly wanted , and whimpers from the pain... but slowly goes to the push up position again ... and tries to do another set... "ehahaa..!"
[dice=Roldy's" 1# Endurance TN15]2d6 + 6 - 14[/dice]
She can't even complete one set ...
But again powers through with Willpower only...
[dice=Roldy's" 2# Endurance TN15]2d6 + 6 - 16[/dice]
She falls... completely spent.. barely conscious... and yet still she tries beyond endurance to complete another set...
..the spirit that was once willing must now sucumb to the flesh that is weak and she collapses...
Clearly she meant to take on EVERYONE'S punishment as her penance...
Edel watches Kanoe run the routine. By the end she can do little more than roll her eyes and groan. She rolls onto her stomach and from there gets up to her feet. As she returns to parade rest she speaks up: "Lieutenant Dahvana, permission to speak freely, ma'am?"
Seeing Yashida try to do more then her share and collapse, Roldy fist take a step foward toward the ensign. But then he stop and take a back, tries to get to attention but could only get somewhat straight. Trying to speak, he only manage to get a few noise between coughing. Went he noticed that Faustus got to her feet faster then he and manage to actually speak something, he points in hed direction trying to make understand that he wanted to day something similar.
Welkin gets closer to Kanoe's location during the endurance test for a quick talk: "Sometimes Ensign Yashida pretending to not want even a temporary promotion, like you asked them to give me, will be remembered later when they are actual ready to promote one of us. It's a sign of not being power hungry and leadership to know when to accept and when to refuse a promotion. I mean no offense towards you, I'm just playing the 'game'."
Welkin fails the last endurance test but quickly cowers that up with his athletic skills. As Kanoe' stumbles on her test, he offers his hand to help he get up. "You don't have to push yourself to do all our punishment. You might have gotten us into this test or maybe we were meant to do it all along and you just gave the excuse LT needed to start the test. Put all your willpower into the mission to come so we can come back alive!"
Kanoe' blearily regarded Ensign Katsuya's gentlemanly officer's regard of her hardship... her eyes softening a slight smile gracing her lips but she shakes her head... and only redoubles her efforts... EVEN More determined and convinced of her devotion to fight for her superior's leadership skills clearly, earning in her opinion, a brevet-command promotion by his example...
But the teenaged woman-child though devoted and willing to do so... eventually reaches the limits of her endurance... and even willpower ...
Lt. Dahvana nods to Ensign Faustus giving permission to speak before continuing the exercise.
Edel slumps her shoulders at the moments reprieve and sighs. She moves over to Kanoe and gets down on her haunches, nestling her chin into her palm. She leans in to speak so as not to carry the conversation too far "I hope you take this to heart, rook, so listen close: you've got a lot of spirit, and I admire you for it. A little tempering and you'll go far but right now you're too damned head-strong for your own good. You've got a lot of fight in you, but what's there to be fighting for right now? You need to find your focus before you end up dead. 'Till then, remember that you're a part of a team and I'm relying on you. I need you to be a soldier, kid - not a martyr. Now, c'mere..." and Edel grabs Kanoe and pulls one of the girls arms over her shoulder (against her will if need be, Edel is way past the point of caring). With a grunt she pulls the both of them - herself and Kanoe - to their feet.
"Kraken squad is ready to continue, ma'am." she says.
Kanoe' mutters, "..I-I'm sorry... I f-figured she ..might be ...a-angry with me... I was prepared for that. I never expected she take it out.. on all of you...!"
..she does not resist.. the slender young woman is a joy to get one's hands on... smooth skin and dancer light. The fragrance of her blue hair mixing with sweat... intoxicating.
Zzed raises a hand, seeking permission to speak.
Zzed turns to Yashida. "Then you are an idiot, Ensign Yashida. We are a squad. Whatever any squad member does, all squad members did. When you speak, you speak for all of us. When you act, you act for all of us. When you kill yourself through stupidity, it is all of us who will pay the price. If you cannot control yourself, resign your commission. If you can, then do so. Ltn. Dahvana was very lenient with all of us, others have suffered much worse than you for much less flagrant mistakes."
Done saying his peace, he returns to informal attention.
Lt. Dahvana smiles "Well then it's time to make the windows cry and the walls sweat!"
A set of grueling exercises to make you sweat even more, the room is now warm and humid, and as you continue to exercise you notice the walls and windows are now covered with a thin filament of vapor from all the exercising. Until eventually little drops of sweat are form in the windows and the walls and begin to trickle down, adding to the now even bigger lake of sweat you all find yourselves in.
"It's not raining yet, push harder scumbags!" She opens a small umbrella from under her desk, as if she was prepared for this. Now you understand how making it rain is going to happen. Eventually the vapor and heat of the room will rise to the roof and the drops will fall, just like it did for the walls, but this is even harder to achieve.
Edel does her best to keep up with the exercises while supporting Kanoe.