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Day 18: Keith Shadis
When Connie saw Keith Shadis enter the Mess Hall while he and his squadmates were eating, he immediately jumped up and saluted. His squadmates looked at him, confused, until they saw Shadis standing nearby and instantly joined him. A few others who were young enough to remember Shadis also rose and saluted.
"Everyone! I'm here to hold a contest. And you all WILL participate." Shadis said, to which the youngest members of the Survey Corps nodded quickly. "Great! So, here's the contest. You all have to make parodies of songs. The contest will be right before dinner, so you have most of the day to plan the songs. But you better not neglect your training! Also, you should be in groups otherwise the contest will take forever."
"YES SIR!" chorused everyone in the Mess Hall. Shadis then left the room, where people got into groups to begin planning their song parody while they ate. For the most part, everyone was in a group with their squadmates. Their first challenge was picking a song, since almost everyone had a different idea. For a few minutes, the only sound in the Mess Hall was that of people suggesting different songs. Eventually, people began giving up and allowing the rest of their groups to argue it out while they finished eating.
After breakfast, everyone hurriedly decided on the song their group would be singing as they walked over to a wide, empty space to train. During sparring, people made suggestions for the parodies while they fought, and at lunch, everyone went in their groups again and told the rest of the group what they had come up with. After lunch they trained for a few more hours before the groups were allowed to meet again to make final decisions for the songs.
Around dinnertime, everyone met in the Mess Hall in their groups. Shadis explained the last minute rules and that he would be the judge. Then he had each group go up and sing in turn until every group had sung their parody. Shadis then spent a few minutes deciding who should win, before finally choosing a group that was mostly made up of members of the 104th squad, much to their surprise.
"Now that everyone has been singing, let's go caroling!" Shadis suggested. Everyone stared at him, most of them were very hungry.
"What about dinner, sir?" Sasha asked nervously.
"Oh. Right. Well... Okay, you guys can eat and then we'll go caroling." Shadis decided. Everyone ate dinner and then followed Shadis to a nearby town where they began singing carols - the originals this time - in a marketplace.