CHAPTER 1: "Ready for launch"
Tremendous bells chimed, opening a pair of Old English style gates. Eventually, everybody gathered in an auditorium and listened to Ospin's speech, after it concluded, a relatively short boy chuckled while him and his friend joked about taboo or touchy subjects.
The taller student had some gory manga, telling the story of a woman who sought to kill her twin sister who, like her, was a blood thirsty monster. He paged through it, laughing at his companion's macabre humor.
"And that's why mini carrots make you gay!" The vertically challenged kid joked in a loud voice, showing a great amount of apathy regarding the potentially offensive nature of the latter joke.
"Hey! You watch that show too?" A voice called from beside the terrible twosome, the voice's owner was a fairly tall guy, who'd watched the animé, falling in love with it, instantly. "I'm Neiless Samedi." The tall boy announced, shaking the younger boy's hand who introduced himself as "Xuang Lee." He was almost six feet tall with long black hair and had a fairly normal figure, for someone his age, not too skinny, not too fat. He had muscle, but he wasn't necessarily barrel chested.
The other teen with a crude sense of humor was Josh Ang. He wasn't very tall, nor very strong but he made up for it with a comedic power, general knowledge, and his skill set. Whenever Josh would get into some sort of confrontation with anyone who tried to get belligerent, be they males or females, he would satirize every thing they ever did or said around him, severely damaging their self esteem, and making them look like idiots in the process. Josh was armed with the power of words, and a Barrett 50 cal.
Neiless seemed to know or know of everybody, he wasn't too popular, yet he wasn't a social outcast either. Standing exactly six feet tall, he towered over many people in his grade. He seemed quiet, to those who did not truly know him, but those that did, knew he could talk about nonsensical stuff, until something shiny, or otherwise appealing, caught his eye, then, like a lemming with ADHD, he was off.
"Cool gloves." Lee acknowledged, as Neiless raised them so the boys could get a better look.
"Thanks, made them myself" Neiless informed, pretending to block and punch things. The gloves had two large, twelve inch, blades protruding from between the pinkie and ring fingers, and the middle and index fingers, the cuff of the gloves led halfway to the elbows and were wrapped in armor. The trio, after becoming well acquainted, made it to their large dormitory, where the males lined up on one side and the females on the other.
Lee and Josh seen Ruby, Yang and Weiss arguing and began placing bets. Neiless assumed it wouldn't be that interesting, so he decided to walk around until he felt tired.
"AND IN COMES A CHAIR!" Josh joked, pretending to throw a chair, forcing Lee to laugh himself to tears. The two of them usually copied, or repeated things they've seen on TV, they always got a few good laughs, yet some people didn't find it so funny, especially when they were trying to rest.
Enter Jude Cariette, a student, who, up until this point, was trying to sleep through the commotion.
"Dude!" Jude calls, angrily sitting up to see Lee and Josh look his way with one eyebrow raised. "I'm trying to sleep." He declared squinting away the stinging in his eyes.
"Hey man, I just gave away all the fucks I had for the day. So eat it." Lee mocked, extending his middle finger. Before Jude could muster his retort, the lights began to dim, until only a few dimly lit candles could be seen.
Jude snatched his belongings from the floor, mumbling,"Oh forget it", as he looked for another spot. Before long he had chosen a spot next to Jaune and Neiless, who acknowledged him by doing a reverse nod. The next morning the young adults, a term I use loosely, were assembled to a launch pad, where they were tasked with landing, safely, then finding a relic that would serve as a sign of victory. They would also be teamed up with the first person they locked eyes with.
"I-I don't get it." Neiless sighed, looking at his boots.
"What didn't you understand?" Ospin called, unintentionally drawing unwanted attention to Neiless, who stuttered and stammered a bit, before being cut off by Ospin, "Just follow the rules and you should do fine."
Neiless shook his head. "Uh...'should'?" He asked, as he stepped onto a large pad that launched him into the forest. The teen screamed like a girl as he flew into the horizon.
Jude heard, and felt, a click beneath his platform, after a few people were sent off.
"Oh fu-" He began, before being launched, screaming the last of his reaction.
Josh prepared himself, striking a goofy pose, whispering "My body is ready", to Ospin. After acquiring a few laughs, he launched. "Fuck this shit!" Josh's voice moaned as it trailed off into the distance.
Lee had the same reaction, saying "Oh no. No. NO-OH SHIT!" This prompted laughter from those that they did not consider their peers, until they too were launched into the midst of the unknown.