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Who: Masaomi (

generalflirt) and Shikamaru (

endgames)
What: A joint mission
When: Backdated to August 3-9
Where: Southern Farmlands - Fort Foster
Summary: Masaomi and Shikamaru finish up their third and final week of MSF Boot Camp together. While they're there they toast Specialist Davis' passing and try (and fail) to get in touch with a certain person.
Rating: One-star. I've seen better this summer. (but nah, probably PG-13)

The final week of MSF Training is far less forgiving than the first two. The drill sergeant and instructors expect nothing short of unquestioned compliance from any recruit that's made it this far. You jump when you're told; you drop and count off until the sergeant says you're done. A sassy remark isn't going to see you doing laps at this stage, but with a kick in the ass back to your enclosure.

The first few days are a warm-up in intense physical exercises, clocking their times and their limits. There's a brief reprieve when they're tested in hand-to-hand and self-defense, as well as the final qualifications to handle MSF weaponry. The last three days of training are spent in a dual teamwork and survival exam. They're flown out in helicopters, in eight teams of six, into a canyon somewhere along Tubutu River. Including the climb back out of the canyon, it's a 100 kilometer trek in the summer heat back to their destination at Fort Foster. They're given nothing but a map and the clothes on their back, and instructions to stay away from the main roads. No easy path here. Along the way supplies might be found, but they're mostly expected to fend and gather food and water for themselves, working together.

And it's a long way back. When they do make it, however, there's mercifully some downtime as final assessments are carried out. A night's rest too, before they're shipped back to their enclosures.

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Sheesh. I really need to make quieter friends.

[A hop, as they come to a steep incline. Shikamaru shifts his feet to keep his footing.] Watch your step.

[ Huh why-? Oh, he feels it. Okay, he needs to crouch a bit, and there we go. He shifts his footing easily enough]

Yeah, you love it.

[He doesn't deny it. Rather he looks over his shoulder briefly wearing a bemused smirk, as if to say "yeah, you got me".

Because of course he does, what other explanation is there for the company he inevitably ends up attracted to.

But then it's back on the mission.]

How troublesome. This'd be faster with chakra.

Were there rules about that out here? I thought this was a compilation test.

It wasn't disallowed, just discouraged. To them it's in the same category as non-standard gear.

[All ninja tools were exchanged for standard MSF gear prior to coming out here. He assumes Linda was left behind for similar reasons.]

Yeah but there's no way they can hold to that. Jox-san already has an ace on us just for being huge, and you have no idea how strong that punch from Andi-chan was.

I have a guess. She walked away from that fall without a scratch.

Oh, did she? That's helpful.

[ He laughs at this. Actually, it's completely terrifying. But... he's also not going to question it - Andi is on their side, and there's no reason to fear that. ]

[Wow wow. There are weirder things to freak about.]

That's natural ability, though. Same with Jox. [Who's also naturally stronger, besides his four arms.] They can't help it one way or another.

[He skids to a stop and hops about six feet down to a more stable ledge. He'll stop there for a moment, making sure Masaomi makes the same pass without trouble, and ready to lend a hand if he can't.]

[ Huh wah--- oh. Oh okay. He snorts at this and slides down to the fall. He can get there, don't worry. He's been doing some training himself here too, ok. Okay ]

That's true.

[Shikamaru grins, and there might be something a little prideful in that before he turns to get a scope of the land from thing angle. Along the ledge they go then. It slopes downwards, but it looks like there's a wider path about five meters off that will be easier to traverse.]

Keep your eyes peeled for anything that'll hold water while we're down here, by the way.

Yeah, yeah. We've got to find a way to get it set...

[ Huff. Oh well though, let's repel!! That leaf - no, that leaf doesn't fit ]

[Well with leaves around...]

Those trees should be useful.

[He can spy them now, the closer they get to the floor of the canyon. There's some growing out from the sides too, not to mention the one Andi crashed into earlier, but those should be safer to work with.]

Oh yeah, that's true. [ He gets a grip on the rock here, judges his next fall-- and leaps. He touches down on the branch below him, which bends a bit, but... no, it's stable. Good. Thank everything ]

[Well that's one way to clear the long distance to the bottom. Shikamaru goes ahead to make sure Masaomi cleared the landing before leaping down himself. When he touches down on a branch he doesn't wait to see if it'll support him before he's already swinging himself down to a lower one, and from there the ground. Masaomi may have already beat him down in the time it takes to do that.]

[ Heeeeee......!! did, actually. Masaomi makes two more thudding leaps, showing a lot more gusto but a lot less finesse. He eyeballs the ones which seem promising, and just goes for it. And when he's pretty sure he won't break his legs if he rolls for the final decent, he just makes the jump. So when Shikamaru touches down (not that long after him) he waves his hand and smiles ]

Yeah, yeah. Good job.

[And he means it, for as dry as he sounds about it.]

Thanks, I do try.

[ He even mock-bows, though it's mostly to test if his legs are working right. Seems they are. ]

Try to watch out for predators too, while we're at it. This canyon's bound to have something crawling around in it, more if it's the only water source for a ways out.

[With that in mind, he's going to carefully approach the river.]

In this terrain... we're looking at the sort of things you'd expect in Luceti's forests, probably? Well, that and Shift Hunters. [ But then, none of the ecosystems out here make sense ]

This climate's drier. Makes me expect more in the way of insects, maybe even reptiles.

So what, crocodiles?

If life hates us that much.

[He was thinking more along the lines of snakes and lizards, but now that they've said it you know it's inevitable. 8|]

Well, it does hate me, anyway.

[ With a dramatic shrug. Come on, let's get to the water! ]

[And fast forward a bit, otherwise this thread will drag out stupid long. Shikamaru's started a fire and rigged some sort of wilderness still to purify the water.]

We should be set, soon as we can rig something to carry water in. Other than the canteens.

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