another chapter wohoo~ this one is going to be a bit of an interesting one, I got a suggestion for more hound wolf squad content from Vahditar on Ao3. I absolutely love those guys and it actually fit in really well with what I needed so hopefully you'll enjoy some BSAA shenanigans.
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The BSAA Invites you to a company Moral Day
Friday, May 17th from noon to 5 pm on the campus outdoor training grounds
All state-side employees will be allowed to sign up to participate in teams of 6.
While not required it is recommended to work with your usual squad as a team for this event to build comradery.
please submit your team roaster by Monday, May 12th at noon.
Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place of each event with a grand prize of 3 days worth of Paid Time Off for each member of the highest-ranking team.
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Chris Leans back a bit in his chair as he reads over the Email. To Hell with the BSAA, Moral Day his ass. He was still mad at them for how shady they were being and some field day competition wasn't going to fix that... but at the same time, 3-days worth of paid time off was nothing to sneeze at and he knew just who to talk to.
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[Alpha] Hey did you guys see the email HR just sent out?
[Night Howl] You mean the excuse to not work for half a day? yep. I saw it.
[Canine] I could use the vacation
[Umber Eye] Count me in.
[Lobo] Lets Gooooooo. Those 3 days are as good as ours.
[Tundra] Guessing HR was hoping one of us would be out for a mission that day. LOL.
[Alpha] Their mistake. Alright team, let's do this. I'll get us registered.
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Chris smiles at the group text before correcting his posture and stops leaning back so he could send in the Email. Houd Wolf Squad reporting in with the following team for the event. Chris fills out the full list of names, tags each of the hound wolf squad members in the CC section, and sends out the Email. "Let the best man win," he says quietly as he gets back to work. While filling out reports his mind wandered from time to time back to the competition. The email said there were multiple events but what would they even be. Suppose it was only fair that no one knew so that way people wouldn't be able to practice ahead of time but it didn't make him any less curious.
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11:58 am rolled around on the 17th of May and Chris was already on his way to the Campus outdoor training ground. Luckily the May rains gave them a break as the day was sunny and held a warm spring breeze scented by the blossoming trees that lined the edge of the field.
"Alright," Lobo says while stretching. "Ya ready to tear this shit up?"
"I'm just looking forwards to those 3 days I could use them," Tundra says with a smile.
"Same," Chris replies with a short nod.
"Really? I didn't think you ever took time off," Canine says with a snicker.
"Yeah well, a few things came up," Chris says with a shrug as he debated saying anything further but decided against it.
"Good afternoon everyone, thank you for taking the time to join us for this Moral Day event," the director says into a microphone with an unimpressed tone as an HR Rep appears to be giving him a thumbs up from the side. "We'll be hosting one event each hour to allow time for the setup and takedown of additional pieces as needed." He says reading from a clipboard. "For our first event Please make your way over to the obstacle course for a relay race. Each team will be required to send in one participant at a time to go through the course before running back and tagging in their next member. Volunteer referees will be counting to make sure each person goes through the full course. Volunteers, we thank you for your time" The director says reading off the clipboard before looking over to the HR rep with an expression that says 'really'. they nod with a smile then roll their hand to motion for him to continue. "for the 5 exercises first place is worth 3 points, second is worth 2 points and third is worth 1. May the games, commence."
"You know what, I don't even care if we win now," Night howl says with a short laugh "that was worth it in and of itself to see the director under HR's thumb" he adds shaking his head.
"Careful," Chris warns. "but you're not wrong," he adds quietly as the team heads over to the obstacle course and lines up. Chris, Umber eye, Lobo, Night Howl, Canine and Tundra stood in a line in that order and waited for the signal to begin to be given.
BANG!
A starting pistol was fired and the race began. Chris took off, over log hurdles, up a flat wall, jump back down on the other side, run across a good stretch of tires stuck into the ground, under a series of wire traps, over a few more hurdles then jump to grab and pull himself over a high bar. it took him a minute and thirty-eight seconds, not his best time but not his worst. with that, he hurried back to tag in Umber eye. Minute by minute time seemed to pass by slowly but eventually, Tundra made it back.
"Time!" She shouts and one of the Refs clicks at a stopwatch.
"Nine minutes and eighteen seconds" the ref calls in the first time. It was a decent indicator that they would win but there were multiple rounds of the race required to get all the teams to fit.
30 minutes pass and the teams all regroup at the center field for the initial results. "Congratulations to all of the teams for their impressive displays." the Director reads from the board "to start off, in 3rd place is Silver Colt Squad Earning 1 point. 2nd Goes to Arctic Fox Squad for 2 points. and 1st place. with a time of Nine minutes" the director pauses. "and eighteen seconds" Would hound squad starts to cheer upon hearing this "Is Hound Wolf squad taking an early lead with 3 points."
"Hell yeah! and we're keeping that lead too!" Lobo shouts before giving an excited howl that the others join in on.
"Very nice," the director says unamused. "the next event will be a blind maze. a rope maze has been set up. you'll need to pick 3 members of your team to be able to see while 3 are blind pair up and guild your members through but remember to watch where your walking. if you step over a rope you will have to start over again. for the sake of time, multiple mazes have been set up in the main field, one for each team of 6. you have 1 hour to get to your maze and complete this task."
"I call dibs on being a guild" Tundra says with a smile
"Same" Night howl adds with a nod
"Okay we need one more guild then," Chris says as Canine raises a hand.
"Sure how hard could that be," He says with a shrug.
"Okay I'll guild Umber eye than," Tundra says as they walk over to the Sign in the ground that had their squad name on it, next to a roughly 50-foot by 50-foot square that was marked on the ground
"I'll feed instructions to Alpha" Night howl says as Lobo puts an arm over Canine's shoulders.
"I guess that leaves just you and me pal," Lobo says with a grin.
"Joy" Canine replies with a laugh.
Upon arriving at their maze a referee hands the three walkers a blindfold and a headset while the guilds are given radios. "Guild please may your way to the other side of the maze you'll be providing directions from there. Once you guys are ready have your squad leader announce 'start', and I'll start the timer."
about 30 minutes later Umber eye and Chris were through the maze with only Lobo left.
"Okay now take three steps left," Canine says and Lobo takes 3 steps to his left. "YOUR OTHER LEFT." as Lobo steps over the rope the ref blows a whistle "reset" they state as Lobo pulls up his blindfold to see he was almost at the end.
"Oh for Fuck sake." he grumpily complains before walking back over to the beginning. "Hey Canine! we're facing opposite directions ye shit!"
"I KNOW" Canine shouts back as the other 4 drop their shoulders. at least it looked like the other teams were struggling too. some only had 1 person through others had none. before long Lobo finally reached the end.
"TIME" Chris shouts and the Ref stops the clock.
"thirty-nine minutes and twenty-two seconds," the ref says recording the information "you're free to head back to the main stage and wait for the results."
The team grumbles a bit but does so and awaits the results announcement.
once the hour passed the director walked back onto the stage. "Another excellent display of comradery," the director says in his usual tired tone "and now for the results. in 3rd place earning one point is Hound Wolf Squad. in Second place for 2 points is the Canary Lynx Squad and finally for first place with a total time of 24 minutes and 43 seconds," the director pauses. "Is the Arctic Fox team putting them in the lead with a total of 5 points."
"bull shit... there's no way, they had to have cheated..." Tundra grumbles under her breath.
"Hey, Hound Wolf!" Calls a member of the Artic team "I thought you were going to keep the lead not give it up," They taunt causing the other members of their team to snicker before they all howl to mock the group.
"We'll catch up next round." Umber eye says quietly to the rest of Hound Wolf.
"Four our next competition, Head to the outdoor rang for a Relay with a kick" The director looked irritated that he had to follow a script. "We'll be competing in a Revolver Relay. Similar to the first event, each team will line up behind their booth. one participant will go up to the rang, fire then put down their gun to walk back and tag in the next person. For safety please do not run during this event or throw the gun on the table. teams who do this will be disqualified and put through firearm handling and safety training." "The catch is that it's not just about speed, accuracy will also play a part in the ranking so you'll need to have a plan. Again for the sake of safety, each team will have a scheduled time to make their run at the range alone. rather than having multiple teams run at the same time." The director explains. "That about wraps up the explanation, everyone gets to your station.
"Okay so shoot fast and accurate, we got this" Lobo says with a smile.
"Don't you usually have the worst accuracy?" Night Howl points out.
"Yeah pretty sure you need a locator beacon to hit the broad side of a barn," Tundra says with a chuckle.
"Hey hey hey the peanut gallery is getting pretty loud there. arent you two usually on the recon don't shoot stuff side" Lobo points out with a frown.
"This might be a bit more difficult than I initially thought..." Canine admits quietly.
"Relax, we got this" Chris replies
"Just leave it to me," Umber eye says with a smile.
The group waits until their name is called to approach the range. They kept the same order as the last relay and rather efficiently went through allowing each team member to take one shot at the target. As far as the accuracy department goes, Chris and Umber Eye carried the team.
"Remind me to have everyone do range drills," Chris says with a slight frown.
"No can do Cap, you're technically not the cap anymore. remember?" Lobo points out. Right... this was only for today.
"I'll get on that" Umber eye agrees which causes Lobo to frown.
"Think we placed?" Canine asks as the group walks back.
"Maybe" Tundra replies "it's a bit hard to tell since we were separated from the other teams like that."
once more the Director waited on stage until he was given the signal by HR to speak. "A fine show of marksmanship to be sure." the director reads from the board "and now for the results, in third place yet again is Hound Wolf Squad gathering one more point for a total of 5" the man reads off "In second place is Artic Fox Squad gaining 2 more points for a total of 7 and finally in third place is the Eagle Talon squad earning a total of 3 points. We're officially entering the last half of the event with Artic Fox holding their lead."
"Oh god damn it" Canine grumble as he can hear more cheering from the aforementioned Squad.
"So, range practice... Got it" Lobo says with a now determined nod. This was frustrating but it drove him to want to work harder. Heck, the whole squad was starting to feel the same itch. They wanted to do well with this even if it was just some silly HR-mandated event.
"For the next event, An old fashion contest of power." The Director says before gesturing to the field "Tug of War will be available for all teams to compete in please make your way to your Teams sign. this event will be a bracketed tournament so make sure to follow the directions of your assigned Referee."
Upon being dismissed each team made their way to their sign it looked like half the Refs were here for directing teams and the others were busy at the other end of the field setting up for the next event.
"Okay, New strategy for the lineup," Chris says as the group huddles up they quietly discuss the plan and nod. "Break," they shout as they leave the huddle Chris takes the front followed by night howl then Lobo then Tundra, followed by Canine and Umber Eye.
For the more part this plan worked, victory after victory the group made their way through the tournament brackets up to the semi-finals.
"Come on! Pull!" Chris shouts as the team struggled against the Canary Lynx team.
"I Got your back Alpha!" Umber calls from the back and Chris nods. he shifts his stance to steady his footing. adjusted his grip on the rope and gave it a solid yank which causes the other team to fly forward.
"Point Hound Wolf Squad" The ref states while holding up a flag for their side.
"Hell yeah Bolder Man!" Lobo shouts with an ear-to-ear grin. They were sweating, they were tired but best of all. they made it further than that gosh darn Arctic fox team. it seemed as 6 very burly-looking people walked over.
"The final match will be between Silver Colt and Hound Wolf. Combatants take your positions." The referee announces. each team lines up takes hold of the rope and the war begins.
It took a solid 5 minutes but eventually, Silver Colt was able to take the lead and knock Hound Wolf Squad off balance to take the win.
"Point Silver Colt Squad" the ref announces and holds up a flag to their operates side of the field few grumbles are heard but they ultimately get up and shake hands with the other team, they didn't really have any problem with Silver Colt at this point so there was no reason to be curt. "When you're ready please make your way back to the main gathering area," The ref says and starts walking there as well. because it took so long the announcements had already begun by the time they arrived.
"Tug of war represents strength in unity and trust" the director reads but rolls his eyes, GD HR bullshit. "So it's my great pleasure to award third place, to Canary Lynx squad giving them one more point for a total of 3. second place, to hound wolf squad upping their total to 7 points. and finally first place" the director checks his notes "to the silver Colt squad for a total of 4 points." he says."With that, we'll be entering our final game the current standing shows Hound Wolf and Arctic Fox Squad currently tied for first place with a total of 7 points each"
"We can still win this" Canine says with a smile.
"Depends what the last event is and if we can end up at least one rank higher than Arctic Fox and just place in general. If Silver Colt gets first place again and neither of the leading teams place, then it will be a 3-way tie." Umber eye points out
"What even happens in that case... each team of people gets 1 day of PTO?" Night howl asks confused. "I don't think they really prepared a sudden death game."
"Hey I'd take that offer," Lobo says with a laugh "PTO is PTO at the end of the day."
"And now for our Grand Finale, an event that encompasses the essence of a Team within the BSAA and everything that comes with it" "Your teams will be competing as a part of your unit of 6 in a battle royale." the director explains and for once actually seemed amused. "The far end of the field has been set up with rugged terrain and obstacles to be used as cover." the man explains "each of you will be fitted with a specialized Tracker and multiple target points which will be attached to your uniform." He further explains "the tracker and target are fitted with an electronic coding system to alert a referee to escort a player off the field if an enemy is able to properly mark the player's target with their tracker."
"Wait is this?" Tundra starts to ask with an amused smile.
"Laser tag," Lobo says with an ear-to-ear grin "aw hell yeah."
"In that case, we're in trouble. Lobo's gonna get us banned from the field," Umber Eye says with a snicker which causes the others to laugh a bit as well.
"If you're Squad is ready please make your way to the field to your team's sign so you can gear up. the event will start in 10 minutes whether you're ready or not. note that you are allowed to move around ahead of time and find a favorable position but trying to mark a player early will result in that player being disqualified. the winning results will be based on who's left standing last. last standing gets first, and so one."
With that each squad quickly made their way over to the field to get suited up, they hadn't really had a chance to 'fight' other squads in this sense so everyone was pretty excited to see who would end up on top. Hound Wolf was a little rusty but they ultimately worked to their strengths and used that first ten minutes to come up with a plan.
A plan that pretty quickly fell apart, the battle Royale was ultimately chaos. there was no way to perfectly account for the strategies of roughly 20 different teams of 6.
"I'm out." Tundra says with a frustrated tone into their communication device.
"Shit" Lobo says shortly after.
"Sorry guys" Night howl says with a disappointed frown.
"And thats me too." Canine says annoyed.
within a good 15 minutes, the field went from 120 to 20. but what else could be expected when you tell a bunch of highly trained spec-ops soldiers to shoot each other.
"I'm hit. you're on your own Alpha" Umber Eye says as the numbers continued to dwindle. from 20, to 10, to 5.
Chris looked around before eventually spotting a member of Silver Colt and tags them.
"3 combatants are left" One of the refs announce.
"2 combatants are left" they say shortly after.
"Shit where are they," Chris says while looking around and eventually spots the leader of Arctic Fox at the same time as they see him. fire!
Bzzt. Bzzt!
Both of their targets seem to alert at the same time.
"...0 combatants are left" the Ref announces. "The results will be announced after Consulting the Target data."
"What happened" Canine asks as Chris jogs over to rejoing the group.
"Did you get him?" Tundra asks confused and Chris shakes his head.
"Cant tell" he admits "I think he got me first."
"Well shit," Lobo says with a slight frown. "Hey man, we did our best what can we say. Maybe they'll give us 2 days for second place?" He offers in an attempt to cheer up the group. This stopped being about the PTO very early into the day and they all knew it.
All the same, they made their way back to hear the announcements and prepared to hear the gloating of the other team.
"At the end of the day, we're all brothers and sisters in arms. Our ability to perform under pressure in combat is what defines us as a unit," The director reads. "The results of the Battle Royale are as follows. in 3rd place earning 1 point is Panther Hog Squad, in second place, for a total of 9 points." both teams wait as the Director seems to be enjoying the pause. "Is Arctic Fox Squad." Hound wolf Cheers immediately from excitement. "Leaving Hound Wolf squad, in first place with a total of 10 points by a margin of one half of one second."
"HOLY HELL that was close" Night howl says through laughs of relief.
"Nice Shootin boss" Tundra says with an excited smile
"You always did like to show off by cutting it close to the wire," Umber eye says with a hint of amusement in his voice as he nudges Chris who laughs.
"Hound Wolf into formation," Chris says and the team lines up. "Follow me." He instructs and they walk over to a very, very salty Arctic Fox Squad.
"Hey" Chris calls as they approach which earns a good cluster of complaints but the competing squad lines up. once Chris made it over to the Leader he offers a hand. "You guys gave us a good run for our money." He says "We'll have to train together sometime." he adds in an offering of good sportsmanship.
The leader of Arctic Fox hesitates for a moment but ultimately accepts the offered hand "Yeah, you too. you kept on our ass the whole time." he admits "If they do this again in the future we'll be giving you guys hell. you're not going to be winning on a lucky shot that's for sure."
The other Squadmates of both teams follow suit and shake hands as they start to idly chat about the different events.
"I'll hold you to that then" Chris replies with a short laugh. The day was long and frustrating. The whole team was tired from basically working out for 5 hours straight, but in the end, it proved to be worth the effort.
This was a fun Lil break from the norm X'D I hope you guys enjoyed some silly Hound Wolf Antics. Next chapter will be back to your regularly scheduled programming.
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Ketchup imaginario - First off, thank you for bingeing my story, I'm so glad you're enjoying it enough to do so. Secondly, thank you for your review I cackled while reading it. That being said, I promise I will not be going full psycho and killing everyone. X'D If you want to keep reading but it's getting stressful and knowing what to expect would be helpful, let me know and I'll PM you some spoilers so that way it's not as suspenseful and you can read more comfortably. At my current posting rate, the story will probably be done by the end of Juuune? Still hesitantly shooting for that. I'll probably pick it up again and write more after that if CapCom is gracious enough to give me more lore to work with by releasing DLC or if there is enough demand for me to continue past the RE8 timeline without lore and just make it up X'D