case 22 | bbs + locked action

[bratbeyond]

Hey Garden,

Is it weird to think about making a will for when you go back home? We're all twiddling our thumbs until Compression randomly takes us back - except that's the thing. It takes us without warning. So has anyone thought about what they'd do for the people they'd leave behind?

I know we won't be here forever, but it feels slagged dumb to know that our friends may not necessarily get a proper goodbye. Or our stuff. I've still got some of my old roommates' things, since no one else wanted them, though it feels kinda weird.

If you guys haven't planned one, is it because you think you won't be here long? Or for some other reason? I'm just curious, I guess.

[His post is unsigned, since hell if he'll admit to writing this, but most SeeDs and Instructors should be able to figure out it's him.]

[action]

[Sometime after he makes the BBS post, Day's back in his room, playing video games as usual. He's on break, so he's decided to start a playthrough of an old Batman-based video game.

After half an hour of playing, he irrationally throws the controller at the screen and glances over at Ahki's room. He's not sure if his twin's in at the moment, or if he's still at Obel Lake, but... if anyone can (unknowingly) make him feel better about his life and his choices, it's his twin. The game's still on, and he's not particularly sure he likes watching Batman die thanks to an ill-placed batarang, but video games - for once - have lost their appeal.]

Comments

[bbs]

[scatterflower]

I haven't... but I don't exactly have anything yet. I kinda just got here a couple of weeks ago.

[bbs]

[bratbeyond]

That's pretty new. How do you feel about Garden so far?

[bbs]

[scatterflower]

It's definitely alright so far. It's a lot different from what I'm used to though.

[bbs]

[bratbeyond]

Were there mercenary schools on your world? We had something called West Point, but it's not like this.

[bbs]

[scatterflower]

Nope, not at all.

Or if there were, then not in my country. West Point is in America, right?

[bbs]

[bratbeyond]

Yeah. I know Israel's got something like West Point, but most countries don't have anything like Garden. Where're you from?

[bbs]

[scatterflower]

I'm from Yokohoma, Japan.

... Actually, thinking about it, we do have the National Defense Academy, but I'm pretty sure it's nothing like Garden. Other than the taking orders thing and maybe some of the more basic combat training.

[bbs]

[bratbeyond]

I'm from America. New Jersey, if we're being specific.

Most military academies aren't. Garden works for the highest bidder, so we need to know everything in case a client wants something unusual.

[bbs]

[scatterflower]

Yeah. I guess that's true. Usually when you go into the military you don't have a year of training, unless you're trying to be an officer or something, right?