Being unconquerable lies with yourself; being conquerable lies with your enemy.

[analyzing]

Who: Draftees
What: Battlefield shenanigans + anything in between.
When: 12th -14th December.
Where: Underground Research Facility.
Summary: Violence! Fighting! ...and your temporary bouts of non-fighting too, if you like. You may want to label which day it is + the location in your thread title!
Rating: G to R?! Everything applies!

[For all your battle-and-in-between needs! Please refer to the modpost and the OOC plotting post for details and so forth! Don't forget to state the day (Day 1/2/3?) + location in your thread too! ♥]

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[chikaidestroyer]

[Albert lifts his head to look away from the map he had been studying, frowning disinterestedly at Caesar. As usual for one of these drafts, he has a satchel at his side at all times, but he doesn't put the map away just yet.]

You certainly must be.

[mydearapple.livejournal.com]

I almost wish I could say otherwise. [He felt like he could fall asleep at any moment due to sheer boredom. And that was not a good thing out here, even if there wasn't anything better for him to do.]

[chikaidestroyer]

Almost. The prospect of enemy reinforcements is not enough to keep you alert?

[mydearapple.livejournal.com]

Should it? I can greet them upon their arrival in my sleep.

[chikaidestroyer]

[... ... ...

Albert shakes his head and turns his attention back to the map.]

[mydearapple.livejournal.com]

[Caesar frowns slightly.]

Come on! You're just killing time, too, aren't you? This is hardly a challenge.

[chikaidestroyer]

Does it need to be a challenge for you to take it seriously? [He speaks from behind the map, like one would do with a newspaper.]

[mydearapple.livejournal.com]

What do you think? [Wasn't that why he dropped out of school? ...well. It was part of it.] I think it would help. You could do this with your eyes closed, reinforcements or not.

[chikaidestroyer]

Perhaps so, but I wouldn't ask for more of a challenge with such personal risk at stake. Not unless I was an idiot.

[mydearapple.livejournal.com]

I'm not asking for it, either. The day it becomes a challenge is the day I have more work to do! I just wish there was something else to focus on. Something more than just 'winning this battle'.

[chikaidestroyer]

You are welcome to march right out there. Then you can focus on 'trying to stay alive.' [The sarcasm isn't as blatant as usual.]

[mydearapple.livejournal.com]

Been there, done that. It is a challenge I am no longer interested in, I'm afraid! [He can use sarcasm, too. Out of bitterness. Definitely.]

[chikaidestroyer]

Then you have no one to blame other than yourself for your own boredom. [Albert waves him off.] Go ask for a book to read, if you must do something.

[mydearapple.livejournal.com]

I'm supposed to go off and read a book while you sit there and stare at that map for a few more hours?

[chikaidestroyer]

And what would you consider a more productive use of your time? Or you have given up on that, too?

[mydearapple.livejournal.com]

You've got me! [He shakes his head and shrugs.] Completely given up on that, too. There is nothing productive for me to do out here. But if I've given up, and you're not busy, it makes perfect sense why I'm here.

[chikaidestroyer]

Not really. There is nothing to talk about. [Notice how he hasn't put down that map?]

[mydearapple.livejournal.com]

[So dismissive. He must be avoiding something... like he has been for the past week or so.]

Are you certain of that? Surely I can think of a few things.

[chikaidestroyer]

Then make use of that brain, for once.

[mydearapple.livejournal.com]

It is good to hear you speaking again so confidently, my dear brother.

[chikaidestroyer]

Perhaps you should clean your ears out if you are only noticing that now.

[mydearapple.livejournal.com]

I am not "only noticing that now". You told me to use this thing, [He points to his head.] so I am. Now we have something to talk about.

[chikaidestroyer]

I have yet to notice any use of your brain. [He lowers the map enough to reach into his satchel and pull out a pen.]

[mydearapple.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you're just not paying enough attention. [Jerk.] I remembered something I wanted to tell you. But now I'm not sure I want to!

[chikaidestroyer]

I am not so curious that I see a reason to ask right now. [He makes a mark on the map, then folds it up so he can pull out a notebook.]