NEW NAMES AND FACES
TIME : 0457
LOCATION : "New" Griffin Outpost
The sun was slowly drawing rays of the morning to the "New" Griffin Outpost and the new logistic officer was finishing dressing herself in order to impress the new commander that would be in charge of her and the base. She checked herself in the small mirror that she brought from home and checked her long brown layered hair that had highlights but noticed they were fading away. "Oh darn, I wished they would last me a little longer." She sighed but continued with her inspection of her clothes. Making sure that her whited collared shirt was clean, her faded jeans with a black belt were presentable with the ends of the jeans nicely tucking her black high top boots. They have seen some better days but were nicely matted black to make it seem newish at least. Lastly was her favorite and most prized possession: a jacket, a bomber jacket to be precise it was a light pink that faded into white towards the bottom of it and had bold golden lettering on the back that read "Only The Best." Nodded in approval she got up and grabbed her table and headed out of her small tent where she had to do a nice long stretch from being in such a cramped space call room she lived in.
"Gosh I really wished they gave me a bed at least to sleep in and not the floor." She sighed and looked towards the large cargo container and started to head towards it. The cargo container that was given to them had been converted to a storage unit where all the food supplies were supposed to be stored but was temporarily transformed into a very small kitchen. She noticed a smell coming from it upon entering the small "kitchen" she saw the new engineer who was already at work making simple meals with the MRE given to them. The almost gigantic man was 6 foot 7 inches tall (200 CM) his body was bearish to be able to describe him not hair or fat at all just… Big. He had black hair in a crew cut style, had dark brown eyes and a small scar on his cheek and wore a black tank top with dark brown jeans. If anything he looked like a bouncer for a biker's bar but what ruined his look or made it funny was a white apron and chef's hat that was much too small for him topping it off with a pair of bright pink mits.
With a small giggle she approached the man "You know you don't need the getup to cook right?"
The man looked at her with an expressionless face and with a monotone voice said "I didn't want to burn my hands." Looking back towards the food as he continues to cook.
She looked over what he was cooking and it was one of the prepackage MRE that said bacon and eggs but didn't look anything close to it. It was just a yellow liquid dough that was in the processes of cooking.
Even in this day in age can't they make the food look good at least. She thought, but then she just remembered
"HEY it was my turn to cook today!
The man didn't even look back at her with his blank expression for being entertained by cooking. "Was it? Sorry I was just hungry."
"You shouldn't be sorry I'm the one who didn't wake up early enough to make breakfast" she clapped her hands together and did an exaggerated bow in what room she was able too. But getting a good look at the "kitchen" was spartan like. Large tupperware and a bucket of water for a sink and small camping stove and a small pot for cooking, lastly was a fold-able table with a set of fold-able chairs but only 2 where in use the rest of the tables and chairs were stored toward the back. She sat down at the table and began thinking of her current situation. She is just happy that she was able to pass the training classes they put her through to be able to work with Griffin. What she was told her assessment was to help the new commander set up a support base for Griffin sounded easy but giving the reputation Griffin she knew it wasn't. She closed her eyes for a couple seconds and thought "Life without challenges isn't fun at all right, that's what mom used to say so this should be fun."
"The food will be ready..." the monotone man said
"Uh.. Oh right." she lightly slapped her face to wake up a bit. "I'll get the other girls then I'll be back." and with a spring to her step she headed off to the other tents to get the T-dolls assigned to help out the whole operation.
Looking towards the officer that just left the man quickly sampled the food he made.
*Munch*... "Needs some hot sauce..."
TIME : 0740
There was a slight panic to the new logistic officer's face.
"The commander who was supposed to be in charge of the area hasn't arrived yet and it's been almost two hours since he was supposed to land." She paced back and forth throughout the whole base, constantly looking at her table to make sure that it was today that he was supposed to be arriving and there was no mistake today and he was nowhere to be found.
"Oh no.. Did he get lost? Was he given the wrong location? Wait, maybe he was being delayed?
While the young lady was in a state of panic the engineer was calmly working on the trucks doing maintenance, and the other two dolls just sitting down at a table staring at the Logistic officer in her state panic.
One doll a StG44 model sighed and went back to work cleaning her rifle making sure it nicely polished and in working order, while the second doll a OBR model had a slight worry expression on her face as she stared at the panicked Logistic officer wanting to go up to her and give her some comfort.
"Should we calm her down a bit?" OBR asked
"I say we don't. Besides we should make sure that we are ready to receive any order that should come when the new commander does arrive." With a thorough inspection of her newly polished rifle she proceeded to get up and head in one of the cargo containers to get fresh magazines and ammo
"Would you like to come with me OBR, I need to get my ammo and rations for the day" still staring at the officer OBR look back at StG and give her a quick nod.
"Yeah I should at least clean my rifle a bit too." and with that both dolls head out to get the supplies for the day.
2 hours early
Upon opening the parachute the commander realized something.
"God damn pilots made us jump off too early didn't they." and with a quick check with the HUD in his helmet he was in right. They did make him jump off earlier. "Well that's what I get for trying to get a quick drop." With a big sigh he looked down towards the MP40 his newly assigned t-doll whose eyes were tightly shut and still clingy on to him for dear life "Anyways, hey MP40 how are you holding up?" trying to make sure his t-doll wasn't going to past out on him for the stunt he pulled at the plane.
"Ich hasse dich!"
"HAHAHA, come on now you got to admit that was pretty fun no?" but all he felt was a couple of small headbut to his chest acouple times and looked the other way putting not enough to hurt him physically but mentally bruised his ego. "Oh it wasn't that bad…" No response "Look I'm sorry… Now that I think about it, they did say play nice with the dolls given to me, cause they are programmed with a system with some sort of Reward=Pleasure/Happiness. I gotta use that to my advantages if I want to befriend the dolls that will be with me."
In trying to make the situation a little less awkward while we flew we had to say something. "Okay you win. I'll make it up to you, once we arrive at the base and get situated I'll do anything you ask of me. Promise." After a minute of silence all he heard was.
"Versprechen?" there was a sound hope and innocence when she said that tugged at his heart string and could only respond in a the way he could
Took me a bit to comprehend what she said but I finally got it what she said. "Yes, Versprechen. Now talk to me in english please my German is really rusty. I'm struggling like a Magikarp in a fight here trying to remember what you just said. With a slight chuckle from the german t-doll I knew I made some progress in making friends with the doll.
"Well anyways I got some bad news though. Look like we're going to have a walk, a long walk." Absolute silence from the MP40, with it cementing that she was going was mad at him for the walk when they landed. "Man t-dolls can be so hard to please sometimes I guess" Sigh
The present
The walk wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, the walk did get me more information about MP40. The T-doll is a new recruit with Griffin but didn't tell me the reason why she joined, which is fine to each their own. Now the interesting thing to me was the things she did prior to her joining Griffin. She is a music instructor not only that she knew how to play multiple instruments, but her favorite is the piano and violin.
"Wow! You gotta play me a score when we settle everything down at the base."
"Oh umm sure I'll be glad too.. Kommandant? Do you play any instrument as well?"
"Sure did I use to play the saxophone."
The doll face seemed to have a confused face with that answer. "Wait used too? You don't play no more?"
"... Yeah I haven't picked it up for a couple years now…"
The doll noticed the tone in what I said. "Do.. you want to talk about?" She asked but quickly noticing the somber look in her Commander face, realizing she over stepped in trying to pry. "Oh you don't have to answer if you don't want to, I mean I didn't tell you why I joined Griffin so it is only fair... W-was there anything you did before joining Griffin?"
Upon seeing the Doll trying her hardest to change the subject. A small smirk appeared on his face and reach out to pat the Doll's head "Haha you know what it's fine, maybe next time I'll tell you that story," after finishing pat the Doll's head I quickly check the map on my HUD of my helmet to see that we were nearing the base we were supposed to land out. " Well looks like we're nearing the base anyway we better get ready to set up once we get there. Closing out the map on my HUD. "Come on, we are two hours late already. The Logistic Officer is probably mad right now so let's quicken the pace."
MP40 looked at her commander and gave him a nod. "Right lets."
With MP40 and the new commander nearing the base they hear what seems to be someone who seems to be yelling, well more like panic yelling.
"AHH THERE LOST ARE THEY. AH I HAVEN'T EVEN STARTING WORKING AND I ALREADY LOST MY COMMANDER!"
Both MP40 and the Commander looked in awe at the spectacle they were seeing. His Logistic officer seems to be in a panic pacing back and forth not knowing what to do. MP40 was about to go up and say something but the commander stopped her and put a finger to his mouth signaling to stay quiet. MP40 just stared at her commander in confusion and just let him do what he wanted. With that the commander slowly sneaked up on the poor Logistic officer who was still in her panic. He stood right behind her a couple seconds before preparing to scare her. The commander found an opportunity to quickly get too close to her ear and in a whisper said " I believe you are looking for me." with the big yelp he heard in his life he successfully scared the officer, but something was off he was falling… to the ground and right before he hit the floor he just saw a small figure under him lifting him over her shoulder and throwing him towards the ground with all her might. "Well I deserve this." With a big THUD the commander was tossed to the ground and was skidding for quite a distance before coming toward a stop at someone else's feet. Within seconds of recovering from the throw to the ground the commander opened his eyes to… white? A pure white. "Oh shi-" before even finishing the sentence all that was heard was another yell
"OMG! YOU PERVERT!" and with the hardest kick he felt in his whole life he was sent flying back towards where MP40 was hiding, landing right next to the doll. With his eyes in a daze and his body in pain from the quick hits he got, MP40 and just shaked her head. "Oh my dear commander you should never do that to a lady."
The commander just looked at her with stars surrounding her for afew seconds "L-lesson learned" plopping his head to the ground resting his eyes for a couple of minutes
WOW WHAT LUCK THIS COMMANDER HAS RIGHT HAHA.
ANYWAYS SORRY FOR DELAYING THIS CHAPTER THE WHOLE STAY AT HOME STUFF AND LOOKING FOR ANOTHER JOB WAS MY MAIN CONCERN DURING THE TIME I WAS WRITING THIS, (ALSO PLAY PERSONA 5 ROYAL BUT THAT A SOMETHING DIFFERENT) SO I APOLOGIZE TO ANYONE WHO WAS KEPT WAITING. ALSO SAME THING WITH LAST CHAPTER I DON'T SPEAK/WRITE GERMAN OR ANY OTHER LANGUAGE BESIDE ENGLISH AND SPANISH SO I APOLOGIZE IF I BUTCHER YOU LANGUAGE. SO PLEASE FORGIVE/CORRECT ME IF I GET SOME STUFF WRONG ON THOSE PART. AS FOR WHEN THE NEXT CHAPTER COMES OUT WE WILL SEE SINCE I GOT TIME NOW WITH THE WHOLE COVID 19 I'M SURE ILL BE ABLE TO GET IT OUT SOON THAN LATER (HOPEFULLY) BUT OTHER THEN THAT I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING THE TIME TO READ AND STAY SAFE OUT THERE.
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