The World is On Fire

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What Tomi hated the most about the military were all the goddamn orders. Sure, she shrunk back when the officer glared at her, as she swore she could feel his spittle dot her cheeks. And she promptly shut her mouth afterwards, ducking her head and taking a sudden interest in doing a final inspection of her gun. His point was taken. But it was all the commands afterwards, first Officer Geoff who instructed them to incapacitate, not kill. Then Officer Langstrum, defying Geoff's command. And now Officer Noir, who chewed her out in front of the lot them.

Of all the things that could be an officer's downfall, the most dangerous was that Tomi found it hard to stay in her place. She glared back at Noir under furrowed brows and her lip curled in distaste. She thought for an anger-induced moment to hiss something back about her being "old meat" and not to anyone's taste. Although the words burned in her heterochromatic eyes, she fought to keep her mouth shut. They were all her superiors here, and should Mother find out she was being rude to her officers, she may reduce Tomi's allowance even further.

The saving grace was the bickering between the two male officers. As Tomi unsheathed her rifle, she could not keep the amused, wry smile from her face. Oh, was this not delightful! Tomika loved drama, thrived off of it, and could not wait to tell her friends about the infighting on this "super secret, important" mission. "Careful, Sirs. You don't want Mr. Flag Officer to hear this over the comm," she said with a twinkle in her blue eye, as she followed Officer Noir out of the Stronghold.

Like the rest of the Slums, the Orphanage was downtrodden and sad. Tomika's nose wrinkled in disgust something stale, musky and rotting wafted over them. Though that was the usual stench of the Slums.

Tomi's eyes flashed down to the comm, then back up at the building, deducing out the on-map positions. As Team B, she was to be posted in front of Seneca's Office. Already, she could feel a pit of something terrifying drop in her stomach. She and Noir were to be the ones to capture Seneca Waters, and it did not take a Flag Officer to know that this task was delicate and important. Mismatched eyes tentatively went to Noir, and the first indication of nerves crossed over the young woman.

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Posted 10-02-2021, 10:05 AM This post was last modified: 10-02-2021, 10:06 AM by Tomika Pfeiffer

As no one seems to openly defy the General's orders (at least, not in a way that the Flag Officer can notice), your positions are laid out before you.

TEAM A - Heath Langstrum & Alexander Geoff: You're to position yourselves at A, at the north side of the sleeping quarters. The pathway seems clear and you arrive with little hassle. The window which are to squeeze yourself into is high and narrow and only one person can maneuver themselves into it at a time.

TEAM B - Asena Noir & Tomika Pfeiffer: You're to position yourselves at B, in front of Seneca Waters' office. You see that its a small room, jutting out from the main building. You're to break into Window 1, planted at the south side of the office.

However, coming upon your position, you already see a problem. "Window 1", the only apparent entryway into the office, is covered by a metal grate. The grate appears to be bolted into the brick walls, and the slits between them are too narrow to even get a finger in them.

You would have to find someway to get the grate off of the wall using your standard Military-assigned equipment. Alternatively, you can find some other way in, or comm Team A or Team C for help. The building is squat, the flat roof only a max of ten feet of the ground. You could perhaps try to climb up the walls and see if there is an emergency exit, vent or skylight you can break into.

A voice buzzes over the comm and you recognize it to be the deep intonations of The General,
"Report. Are all units in position?".

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Posted 10-05-2021, 09:10 AM

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The corners of his eye twitched in annoyance as the other officer did a poor job at veiling sarcasm at addressing him. He knew Heath by name, as the other was just a few years ahead in the Academy and left some good records which Alex and Dallas had fun breaking. But to be faced with Mr. Grouch himself displeased Alex greatly. Although what Heath spoke of made sense, something about the way it was delivered grated on his nerves. And that was a feat because Alex rarely found himself annoyed at other people that weren't family.

Pressing his lips into a grim line, he decided to take the high ground and shut his mouth. There was no way in hell that his team ever did let an Infected escape but he didn't want to stoop low to try discuss it further and look defensive. Yet despite all his will not to, he couldn't help sneer darkly with, "With due respect, Lieutenant, we wouldn't be in this shit if you did your job in your turf properly."

Alex decided that he definitely did not like this person.

Turning to the other two though, he nodded as if in assent to the other officer's words. "But what he said is true. We don't have the luxury to be second-guessing. If you can't deal with it, you best not follow." He spoke a little softly, thinking both women would be better off with dealing with just a disciplinary action than a lifetime of nightmares.

When the young Pfeiffer cheekily commented on how he and Heath could possibly chewed out by the One-Eyed Giant, Alex only laughed. "We'd survive. We're also too tough for his teeth." he snickered. Though loathe to admit it, Alex figured his family connections would somehow save him whatever shit the officer would throw at him.

Then throwing on his "business" face, the Captain stealthily moved to position. "Locked and loaded Chief." he humorously grumbled to the comm as he tapped the other man's left shoulder, as was his usual mannerism with Dallas, and silently ordered Heath to take lead. Alex definitely disliked the other man and he would never trust him to have his back, but Heath at least looked reliable enough to take point.

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Posted 10-09-2021, 08:49 PM

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As disgusting as the distinctive smell of the slums was it seemed to ground Asena, bringing her back to the reality that she was only granted the privilege to live in the inner citadel thanks to the military. With only a few slight changes to her past she very well could have still been residing in the hellhole that was the slums. She took quick notice of Tomi’s wrinkled nose and could not help but let out a small laugh at the other woman, a shake of her head following soon after. ” Smells great, doesn’t it?” , her words hushed as she took in their surroundings.

The orphanage was just as spooky as she expected it to be, the silence overwhelming as these places were typically noisy with the sounds of children playing. She struggled to grasp what would possess someone to hide a bite victim and much less why they would hide one inside a place like this. She moved into position outside of the office. She could not help but take notice of that look Tomi was giving her, narrowing her eyes for only a moment as if she were ready to scold her before letting her expression soften. ” Don’t be nervous, it’s going to be alright.” , unexpected words from a woman that was normally so harsh and cold towards people. ” We’ve got this.”

It didn’t take long to notice the grate over the window, and it was becoming noticeably clear that things weren’t going to be easy on them. ” Looks like this is a no go.” Looking upwards at the roof it seemed that climbing up there and finding an alternate route to the office would be the best and easiest option. ” We are going to have to get up there and work our way down, come here and climb up on my shoulders, you can go first, and I can climb up after.” , She moved closer to the wall, lacing her fingers together so Tomi could use her hand as a foothold to help her climb up.

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Posted 10-14-2021, 08:10 AM

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The Captain barks back — Heath chooses to ignore him. They had much too important of a task ahead of them to stop and play 'who has the bigger dick'. Besides, the Lieutenant wasn't one to step on toes for the hell of it. He said his piece, as someone who was used to dealing with such encounters, and he wasn't about to snap back to someone who was just trying to get a rise out of him. Besides, regardless of his position as acting Captain, at the end of the day Alexander did have a higher rank than him, and Heath was enough of a good Military dog that he'd respect that.

Gritting his teeth, Heath merely follows instructions and heads to the position that Team A was meant to take. Alexander calls in to the General that they're in position, and Heath nods to acknowledge it. His eyes turn upwards to plan out their next move involving the window above their heads, but his attention turns back to the captain when the man suddenly taps his shoulder. A Military gesture given for him to take the lead — Heath nods, before he looks back up at the window once more.

It was too high up for them to climb in on their own — they'd need to work together in order to breach it. And considering Alexander had just given him the go-ahead to take control of their little squad...

"You first," Heath orders the other man, unable to completely hide the smug grin on his face. He speaks in a low voice as he kneels on the ground, hands cupping in front of him to provide a foot hold for Alexander.

"When you pull yourself inside, make sure the coast is clear before you pull me up with you. If you can, find something on the inside to anchor yourself too so I don't pull you back out," he continues to whisper, all snark gone from his voice now as he gets down to business. Regardless of how they might have felt towards one another, they had a job to do, and that's all that mattered to Heath now.

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Posted 10-16-2021, 03:55 PM

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Tomi liked the company of the other woman. The men, they seemed too concentrated on out-doing one another, something her girlfriends like to call a "pissing contest". All in all, Tomika's desire to be here, or lack-there-of, was present in the lackluster way she held her gun and trailed after Officer Noir, like she were confident in the other's ability to carry workload meant for both their shoulders.

The kind words from her partnered officer were not unacknowledged, as Tomika gave her a reluctant, though well-meant, smile.

They supplanted themselves onto their position. Tomika's eyes travelled the entirety of the brick wall facing them and could only scoff at the barrier presented to the two- a metal grill, nailed over the window. A memory struck itself in Tomika's mind, where she could recall one of her stupid male pals trying to pry a grill of the same size and make off of a warehouse window, playing an even stupider game where they attempted to find and kill as many Infected to fashion them into some grotesque necklace of rotted ears. It was barbarous, foolish and despicable and that was one of the last times Tomi had seen that particular individual. She was not surprised to learn he had been executed a year later for an undisclosed Infected bite.

His name and face faded and one fact remained- that that grate would be near impossible to penetrate with the tools they had at their disposal. A part of Tomika's mind wanted to remove herself from this job, to treat it as the dispassionate act of routine in which its only purpose was to please her mother- but another part of her was excited. Already she looked for answers, solutions and one came at Asena's suggestion.

Tomi nodded, deciding she liked the idea, only to hesitate at Asena's interlocked fingers. This was it- there was no going back. Tomika looked at Asena, the expectant glare in the other's eyes, then her gaze scaled up the wall. She inhaled, exhaled, then planted a boot on the makeshift step and hoisted herself up and onto the roof. Strands of dark hair fluttered on Tomi's face, and at her first instinct, she turned and hung an arm down for Asena to haul her up.

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Posted 10-30-2021, 03:03 PM This post was last modified: 10-30-2021, 03:04 PM by Tomika Pfeiffer

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