Sam Fisher
2014-02-21, 07:21 AM
OOC: http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=17029534
"Risk everything for victory"
"Value your allies above yourself"
"Uncover the secrets of the world"
It had been a whirlwind of days, you had been narrowly snatched from dropping out of the military academy to find yourselves in the black guard HQ.
Your training insignia had been replaced by a blank shield missing the normal symbols showing your division. This graduation somehow feels like a demotion.
The HQ building is obviously a recently converted warehouse, it is cold and smells faintly of bad grain. Surprisingly you are not assigned sleeping quarters but simply told to find a bed. It is not like the usual militaristic planning you are used to. The current garrison isn't even at half capacity meaning many have whole rooms to themselves if they prefer solitude. You barely have time to put your personal belonging away when you are been shouted into the food hall.
The building clearly hasn't been finished meaning the mess has to double as a meeting room. Ezra Sharp your commander steps up onto a table, the whole thing would have looked laughable if there was even a trace of humor in the dark man's soul. His scared face surveys the collection of soldiers under his charge. His opinion of you clearly isn't high.
Once he starts talking, all idle chat stops and you all stare on in silent attention "Well, here you are, my black guard" he stops letting his worlds echo around the large room. "We have a mission, it seems some overfed noble's spawn has got her pretty self stuck in the middle of hell. It's our job to bring her back" he paused again his disdain for the ruling class obvious, these words were almost treason. For a second a hint of trepidation passes over his face as he considers his next words. "The military has thrown us out, they don't think us worthy of it's name" he says pointing to the empty shield on his uniform. "They think this mission a lost cause, they think us incompetent to carry it out" he pauses again gauging the crowds mood as it sinks into worthlessness. "Lets prove them wrong" he says but in the silence it could have been a shout. The silence broke as one the crowd saluted and shouts "Yes sir!" Ezra turned and walked away, a whisper on his lips for himself only "...and come back to me boys"
Everyone was divided up into small groups lead by an acting corporal that had a least seen some military service if not titan combat. Some had been forced into the black guard while others chosen to join. Your squad find's itself attached to a Corperal Dezmond Walker. He is a middle aged pale faced man with dark bags under his eyes and a haunted look. The next few hours speed by as the majority of the black guard is spread out across a portion of the city, individual squads are leading titans away making a 'safe' passage for extraction. Wherever possible conflict is being avoided but still men are overcome with horror or are caught out and killed. It's a grim day and already too many have died for some young woman all because her father was important.
The squad that was supposed to go in for the extraction has been intercepted and broken. The job falls to your squad being the closest to the chapel. Courpral Walker is shaking as you land on a roof top overlooking the target. words don't seem to escape his mouth as you looked to him for commands. "I...I...I..I Need to report ...ttt.. to command...You...you.. must complete the mission....FFff...Forward men!" her manged to shout almost in hysterics before retreating away. You attention is instantly drawn to the huge titan that rises up before you in the middle of the street. The titan is fat with a round almost baby like face. It has something in it's hand. For your squad this is your first time facing a titan. The object in it's hand lets out a scream and suddenly you all notice the woman, from her clothes she looked like a serving girl. The beast seems always to be smiling as it puts her in it's mouth. You all watch the horror unfold as her head is crushed between it's teeth with a spray of blood. The rest of her body suddenly goes limp as the headless corpse is devoured whole. The titan then turns its eyes towards your group as if trying to select a target.
As the situation stand's there are three titans visible. The one large one able to reach you on the building and two more smaller only around 4 meters tall who are attempting to reach the people still trapped in the chapel.
OOC: Before any of you can move you must pass a "keep your cool" roll against the horror you have just witnessed as your first titan: 10+ allows you to act normally 7-8 you are panicked but can still act and 1-6 you are frozen in fear and can't act this turn. Deadline for posting is Tuesday morning UK time, only characters who post are considered in the squad at the moment
"Risk everything for victory"
"Value your allies above yourself"
"Uncover the secrets of the world"
It had been a whirlwind of days, you had been narrowly snatched from dropping out of the military academy to find yourselves in the black guard HQ.
Your training insignia had been replaced by a blank shield missing the normal symbols showing your division. This graduation somehow feels like a demotion.
The HQ building is obviously a recently converted warehouse, it is cold and smells faintly of bad grain. Surprisingly you are not assigned sleeping quarters but simply told to find a bed. It is not like the usual militaristic planning you are used to. The current garrison isn't even at half capacity meaning many have whole rooms to themselves if they prefer solitude. You barely have time to put your personal belonging away when you are been shouted into the food hall.
The building clearly hasn't been finished meaning the mess has to double as a meeting room. Ezra Sharp your commander steps up onto a table, the whole thing would have looked laughable if there was even a trace of humor in the dark man's soul. His scared face surveys the collection of soldiers under his charge. His opinion of you clearly isn't high.
Once he starts talking, all idle chat stops and you all stare on in silent attention "Well, here you are, my black guard" he stops letting his worlds echo around the large room. "We have a mission, it seems some overfed noble's spawn has got her pretty self stuck in the middle of hell. It's our job to bring her back" he paused again his disdain for the ruling class obvious, these words were almost treason. For a second a hint of trepidation passes over his face as he considers his next words. "The military has thrown us out, they don't think us worthy of it's name" he says pointing to the empty shield on his uniform. "They think this mission a lost cause, they think us incompetent to carry it out" he pauses again gauging the crowds mood as it sinks into worthlessness. "Lets prove them wrong" he says but in the silence it could have been a shout. The silence broke as one the crowd saluted and shouts "Yes sir!" Ezra turned and walked away, a whisper on his lips for himself only "...and come back to me boys"
Everyone was divided up into small groups lead by an acting corporal that had a least seen some military service if not titan combat. Some had been forced into the black guard while others chosen to join. Your squad find's itself attached to a Corperal Dezmond Walker. He is a middle aged pale faced man with dark bags under his eyes and a haunted look. The next few hours speed by as the majority of the black guard is spread out across a portion of the city, individual squads are leading titans away making a 'safe' passage for extraction. Wherever possible conflict is being avoided but still men are overcome with horror or are caught out and killed. It's a grim day and already too many have died for some young woman all because her father was important.
The squad that was supposed to go in for the extraction has been intercepted and broken. The job falls to your squad being the closest to the chapel. Courpral Walker is shaking as you land on a roof top overlooking the target. words don't seem to escape his mouth as you looked to him for commands. "I...I...I..I Need to report ...ttt.. to command...You...you.. must complete the mission....FFff...Forward men!" her manged to shout almost in hysterics before retreating away. You attention is instantly drawn to the huge titan that rises up before you in the middle of the street. The titan is fat with a round almost baby like face. It has something in it's hand. For your squad this is your first time facing a titan. The object in it's hand lets out a scream and suddenly you all notice the woman, from her clothes she looked like a serving girl. The beast seems always to be smiling as it puts her in it's mouth. You all watch the horror unfold as her head is crushed between it's teeth with a spray of blood. The rest of her body suddenly goes limp as the headless corpse is devoured whole. The titan then turns its eyes towards your group as if trying to select a target.
As the situation stand's there are three titans visible. The one large one able to reach you on the building and two more smaller only around 4 meters tall who are attempting to reach the people still trapped in the chapel.
OOC: Before any of you can move you must pass a "keep your cool" roll against the horror you have just witnessed as your first titan: 10+ allows you to act normally 7-8 you are panicked but can still act and 1-6 you are frozen in fear and can't act this turn. Deadline for posting is Tuesday morning UK time, only characters who post are considered in the squad at the moment