05-22-2016, 11:46 PM
Cobalt moved to help the white feline with her burden. His much larger and stronger frame able to carry the chital almost effortlessly. He glances down at the wastebin. Besides holding their discarded items it also contains half a day’s garbage with rancid leftovers, coffee grounds, and spoiled milk. As she speaks, Cobalt stares at Tamara as if she’d sprouted a second head. “Recruit, as you said yourself, your meal would be made out of the items you identified. You identified nothing, so I am holding to my end of things just fine. I removed Freya’s collection because I did not think it fair for one person to carry the other three. But if she sees fit to let you have her findings, I’ll allow it. Now, if you insist that all of what you brought in, identified or not, should be made into your lunch, you are more than welcome to go digging through the garbage. There’s an unripe nightshade berry in there, some rosary peas, Akia berries, and sodom apples. All of which can and will kill you should you choose to ingest them.”
“I believe that as an officer I have the right to disqualify foods made into meals on account of lethality.” He gestures to the trash bin. “But if you want to suicide by dumpster diving, far be it from me to stop you. I suppose that goes for the rest of you as well.” He eyes the other recruits. “You don't have to follow her example and can wait until breakfast. I would personally recommend simply going back to your tent since you will need to be in good physical shape and not vomiting blood or suffering fatal seizures come morning.”
Cobalt then turned to Charon. “What you do on your own time is yours but this task is over. You need two passes to get to the citadel. And there will be opportunities to have your tasks count for more than one for future tests.”
The darnathi clears his throat. “You are all dismissed. Your next exercise will be as a group, and the four of you will need to elect a leader of the group among your numbers. In the morning I will assign your next task and you four will tell me which one was elected as your group leader for it. Recruit Asyriel, please meet the officers for dinner in their tent at six sharp.”
He finally turned to Ara. “Go to medical and ask for Doctor Silver, he’ll give you something to keep you from getting too ill I believe.”
“I believe that as an officer I have the right to disqualify foods made into meals on account of lethality.” He gestures to the trash bin. “But if you want to suicide by dumpster diving, far be it from me to stop you. I suppose that goes for the rest of you as well.” He eyes the other recruits. “You don't have to follow her example and can wait until breakfast. I would personally recommend simply going back to your tent since you will need to be in good physical shape and not vomiting blood or suffering fatal seizures come morning.”
Cobalt then turned to Charon. “What you do on your own time is yours but this task is over. You need two passes to get to the citadel. And there will be opportunities to have your tasks count for more than one for future tests.”
The darnathi clears his throat. “You are all dismissed. Your next exercise will be as a group, and the four of you will need to elect a leader of the group among your numbers. In the morning I will assign your next task and you four will tell me which one was elected as your group leader for it. Recruit Asyriel, please meet the officers for dinner in their tent at six sharp.”
He finally turned to Ara. “Go to medical and ask for Doctor Silver, he’ll give you something to keep you from getting too ill I believe.”