"New Boy"
Day 1 - 06:42:31
Pvt. James Dolby
Task Force 141
Task Force Headquarters

I walk through the door into the cafeteria. There's long tables set up into rows, each nearly filled, in front of me and an area to my right to get your food. I walk over there and take the tray of food the cafeteria worker hands me. I turn around as a man begins to speak to me in a Scottish accent.

"I'm guessing your the F.N.G.?" he asks. He's got a shaved head except for a small mo-hawk. And next to him is a man wearing a skull mask and sunglasses. They're both staring at me, along with the rest of the room, but I don't see why? My hair's in a fohawk with tribal designs on the side and back, but that's not very different from this scottish guys hair. I'm not pale, in fact I have somewhat of a tan. No freckles, no pimples, nothing. What's there to stare at?

"Yes." I reply as i walk towards his table. I stop and the guy next to him moves over, clearing a spot for me next to scotty over here.

"Thought so. What's your name, lad?" he asks me as i sit down to his right. What's with that accent? People say I sound British, even though im from South Carolina, but my "Accent" isn't as bad as his. I mean it's kinda cool, but it'll probably get annoying later on.

"James, James Dolby." I say before I start eating. Ugh...raunchy food..oh well I've had worse.

He nods and says, "I'm John MacTavish, your Captain, (Im glad he can't read this) and this is Ghost, 2nd in command." He leans back so I can get a glimpse of Ghost. He looks at me, I think cause its kinda hard to see through his glasses, and nods. I nod back and look past them both to a construction site outside.

"Uh, Sir, what are they building out there?" I ask but he doesn't answer or even me. He sips his coffee slowly until he's ran out. Did he hear me?

"Uh, MacTavish? What are they building?" He tries to get another sip of coffee before putting the cup down. then when he's done with it he decides to answer me by saying, "It's a pit, James. Command doesn't want us getting rusty when we're off duty. They don't want us shootin' like muppets out there."

"A pit, aye? That's how i got here." I say as I take the last bite of my food, I tend to eat fast. The guy across from me looks at my empty plate, his half full plate, and then me. I look at him and smirk.

"Interesting. What's your time?" MacTavish asks me, snapping my attention back over to him.

"23.61 Seconds." I say in a confident tone.

"Not bad, why don't you go first when it's finished then." He says as he pulls out a pack of cigarettes and takes one out.

"Yes, sir. I'd bloody love to." I say, watching him put the cigarette into his mouth and light it. I stare at it as he takes a puff, exhales, and puts it back into his mouth. He looks at me out of the corner of his eye and says, "Can I help you?" I smile and say, "Yes, sir, you can." I reach for the cigarette and put it out with two fingers. Everyone who saw it looks at me, then him, then me again. MacTavish, for the first time, looks me in the eyes.

He stands up and looks down at me. He's got a piercing look in his eyes as he puts a hand on my shoulder. I stand up straight and realize he's a litlle taller then me. He breathes heavily through his nose on my face.

"...I like you, mate!" he says randomly with a laugh. I sigh to myself and look around at the people at my table, who look like they're in shock. This guy with somewhat dark skin and somewhat masculine features sitting across from me somewhat stares at with his mouth somewhat open.

"What?" I ask, and he replies smiling, "Dude, you have some balls! You just put out the Captain's cancer stick!" he says while laughing and he turns to a guy next to him whose just now putting on a white face mask and goggles, "I like this guy!"

Then Ghost asks, randomly i might add, "James, was it?" I think he's smiling too, but can't really tell. That mask's gonna confuse me about his emotions. Like how am I supposed to tell if he's smiling or if he's staring at me?

"Yes, sir." I reply.

"That's not gonna work, we gotta get you a call-sign." he says through his skull mask. Then out of nowhere people start shouting out names like, "Guts" and "New Boy" and "Smart Arse"until Ghost says, "Hey, let's just wait 'til we see what he's made of in the pit tomorrow, ok?"