Training excercises {fifth cohort/ remus, lyn, ryan}

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It was barely before dawn, strike that, by his watch, it was nearly three AM. Ronan finished putting the weights in the packs bottom before making sure that each pack was properly outfitted. There was food, water, weapons, armor, spare pieces of weaponry and armor incase it was needed. There were scroll cases containing maps of the woods set to the side, a couple dozen for what was going on. He had posted a notice on the barracks door about a training excercise that would be taking place that morning. 0330 sharp. Soon the time came around. Ronan looked at his watch before looking at a few stragglers that bothered to show up. Ronan frowned and looked at the few people who were up. This wasn't going to do. "Wait here." Ronan ordered as he stood up and went to the barracks. He turned all the lights on before turning over mattresses and knocking people out of their beds. "You have two minutes to get your sorry podexes over by the wood or I start lighting beds on fire." Ronan shouted as he lit his hands ablaze just for effect. There was the sound of scrambeling and cursing and in general, a bunch of grouching and groaning and in general, curses being thrown in his direction.

Ronan stalked back out, waiting for the last bit of stragglers to join them in the outskirts of the woods. Ronan started to strap his armor on, equipping his weapons and waiting for everyone who was bright eyed and bushy tailed to join them. "Get your armor on, equip your weapons and get your packs on. They are weighted each is about a hundred pounds." Ronan swung his pack on as well. He picked up his hammer before using it to point to the woods."Pair off, the point of this exercise is to work together. There are three people in the woods, your objective is to find the one who is holding an object. It is a disk, approximately six inches in diameter, one inch thick. It is red in color with the emblem of the legion on it. It is your job to retrieve this object and to signal at the rendez-vous point when you have found it." Ronan picked up the scroll cases and started to hand them out to people. "The rendez-vous point is marked on your map inside the scroll cases. The three people who have the object are allowed to stop you by any means nessicary. No killing but you may incapacitate if you can." Ronan said looking at the pairs of his cohort.

((alright, there is no posting order and fifth cohort DOES NOT KNOW who has the object. Even it the person who has the object posts that they have it, your character in fifth cohort doesn't know they have it.))

((EDIT: the word count has been changed to 250 so we can make this move quickly. though feel free to write as much as you want in your posts))

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ooc: whooo ryan lives ic: 494 tag: 5th cohort remus stone lyndis sinclair credit to oblivion it's not about the danger. it's about the fun.

when ronan had asked ryan if he (ryan) could help the fifth cohort with a training drill, ryan had agreed whole heartedly. what better daily accomplishment than to help a friend? and then the son of ceres realized that it was going to be at 0330. oh well! it sounded like a fun exercise! not just brutal attack, counter attack drilling. like capture the flag, but with only one flag and everyone against three people! roman training games.... despite the prospect of him being hurt, ryan didn't mind. he had almost come to expect it these days. when it came to games like these, it wasn't about the danger. it was about the fun. no killing allowed. and, even though ryan usually didn't like training, and was more likely to walk in the opposite direction, he wasn't technically the one training. no one was forcing him to go on the offense. he could just do defense. ronan had told him that he could do whatever he wanted to keep people away, so he'd settle for all defense. ryan could live with that. this sort of training game seemed fun. so, despite the ungodly hour, ryan got up at 0300 and got himself lost in the forest. well, scratch that. being a son of ceres, ryan had made the forest his second home. he knew this place as well as the legion. even in the dark it was friendly, inviting, and homey. ryan crouched in the underbrush, deep in the forest. he kept deathly still, barely moving, and straining his ears for any sound of the fifth cohort's approach. a lot of people didn't know how to move around in a forest. so many times people crashed through the underbrush. they could be noisy beyond belief. odd, he had almost programmed himself to not be jumpy during any sort of training. outside of the rink, he was one of the most adhd kids here. but now, being part of a training game, he found himself almost fully focused, able to just crouch down, and staying quiet so he wouldn't get caught. putting a son of ceres in the middle of a forest. he could do a number of things to anyone who came into his proximity. even better, he could make it look like an “accident”. of course, ryan would never do anything to permanently hurt them or anything like that. even though ryan could technically do anything to stop them, ryan didn’t go into the “intensely hurt” area. trip? sure. tie up? sure. scratches and bruises, okay. anything beyond that, ryan would just feel too bad. ryan hadn’t even brought his sword or sickle with him, just his staff. it was probably a foolish move on his part, this being the legion and all, but still. he had his forest, he had his staff, he had his plant manipulation and fighting techniques. he could survive out here for a few hours.

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Tag: Fifth cohort, Remus, Ryan, Lyn.

Word: 465

Notes: o..o ths is so interesting!!!

Lilith was asleep on her bed, it wasn't a super comfortable bed, but it made its job. she was hugging her bear, the teddy bear that Ethan gave her months ago. she loved that bear and always slept with it. she was smiling, usually she dreamt with Ethan or Mors, once with august and Jason and other with Apollo, but that night she was having a very nice dream. just recently Gunnar Erikson visited her and told her the truth of his harsh words, then he finally confessed that he loved her as the annoying sister he always wanted, well that had been enough to bring a wide smile to her face, finally she felt as if all the pieces of what conformed her family, finally had blended and were one. she was smiling in her dreams when the light in the barracks were turned on and a voice of thunder filled the wide room.

"You have two minutes to get your sorry podexes over by the wood or I start lighting beds on fire."

She frowned and opened her eyes slowly. she didn't mind light but she rather open her eyes in the darkness. She sat on her bed and rubbed her eyes, she turned to look at her clock on the wall right next to her bed and saw that it was 3:30am. "Training!" she forgot that they had training. She had gone to bed just 2 hours before Ronan walked into the barracks. She had been reading about surgeries in a battle field, anything that she could need in the upcoming war. She had forgot about training, what a roman she was! But knowing her brother... YES!! he agreed that she called him like that when they were alone, her brother believed on her and she wasn't going to disasapoint him or Tessa or her family, she wouldn't do it!

So she stretched out and got up, she made her bed and then changed into her training clothes. Then she grabbed the ring with the sycthe and put on, then put the pendant heart that Ethan gave her on Valentine's inside her shirt and then ran outside, 1:50 minutes, well that must be her personal record! She was glad to have been training herself to be faster in the infirmary, also she had been training with Tessa and her cohort, she allowed her to do that, so her skills had increased. and in the woods she had been practicing with her voice, she wanted it to be a weapon too if it was necessary. "I'm ready Centurion Redpath." she said and saw other people out there, she saw Joshua already there, but she didn't see Marie, maybe she was still alseep. She listened to the commands and nodded at Ronan.

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Tag: Fifth cohort/ Stone/ Ryan/ Lyn (little sis)

Word: 462

Notes: <3 !!

When Joshua got the news that the fifth cohort would have a training drill at 3:30am, he couldn't really believe it. and it wasn't because he thought that Ronan was a bad Centurion, in fact since Ronan got that post the cohort had had more activity, he was a very good centurion. Maybe it was the hard past he had, maybe it was that now he had people under his command that needed of his leadership, who knew! he only knew that he was a great centurion. So when he got the news he smiled. He decided that he would sleep that week in the barracks, on his assigned bed, so he would be part of his cohort again, well at least for a week.

After that traiing he would be working on a more specific and dangerous mission, he would be a scout, he would work with Erikson, well that was something that would be off records, he would tell Remus soon, and then his file would be moved to where Stone kept Erikson's, that wasn't so bad, in fact he liked it, he had always liked the dangerous missions, the danger behind a door, the adrenaline rush to know if he would be faster than a monster or even a single bullet. But now he had a plus on all of that, he would have the opportunity to help camp in a way that he hadn't done it before. Secret job... well, it was ok, he needed some secrecy in his life.

He got up early, in fact it was something easy to achieve, since Rhia left him he hadn't been able to sleep more than an hour at night and never in a none stop way, he always woke up every 20 minutes, so you could say he hadn't slept well. Some days Tessa forced him to sleep by giving him some sleeping pills, but because of his methabolism, he could only sleep like 3 hours, then he woke up again. That night he hadn't taken any pills, so he barely slept a bit. He got up and put on his training clothes, then he grabbed his daggers, cool set of 6 daggers, all of them with Mercury's symbol on the blade and the handle. Then he walked to the outside. He saw his watch and it was 3:25am.

He saw other people, he only nodded at them, then he saw Ronan and nodded at him when his centurion asked them to stay there. He started warming up and stretching out. he wanted to be ready for anything. Then the centuriion came back and gave them several commands, Josh nodded at him. He would have to see if he could polish a bit more his sneaking tecniques.

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3:30 am training? It sounded like a nightmare. But Marie was ready. Ever since she’d started dating Chris, she’d come to admire his leadership techniques, even the crazy long trainings. She wanted to be a part of them, but she was about as far from first cohort as it was possible to be. So when she heard they were doing an early training exercise, she was thrilled. She barely slept that night for fear of oversleeping, so when she woke up at five til three, the just got up anyway and got ready. Better early than late, right? And she did not feel like testing Ronan’s patience either. So to the woods she went at about quarter after. Not many people were there yet besides Ronan himself. She fussed with her light armor for a few minutes to make sure it was good to go and to pass time before curiously looking around. She was tempted to ask what was in the sacks, but figured they would learn soon enough.

She waited patiently as Ronan went back to the barracks, assuming that was where he was going. She tightened her ponytail and waited, looking out over the woods instead. What would they be doing, she wondered. Especially this early. She yawned into her hand, glad that Ronan wasn’t around to catch that. Was being tired at this hour considered a weakness? Perhaps. She wondered if Chris knew about this training. And what would he think? Would he be proud of her for doing it? What if she not only did it, but excelled at it? What if she really had a story to bring back to him after this morning? She was determined now. She would make him proud. When Ronan returned with a few more people, she listened attentively. Okay, sounded straightforward enough. She got her pack on, but nearly fell over for the trouble. Gods! Sometimes it was bad to be relatively little. Finding a person with a disc? That didn’t sound so bad. In the whole woods though, that sounded a little worse. And pairing up? She didn’t have a whole lot of friends, so that wouldn’t be easy. Time to try her luck with that then. She walked up to Lilith. Lilith was nice, right? At least that she’d seen. And that was promising. “Want to team up?” Who knows, maybe she could make a new friend out of this training exercise. As well as get some good training in. Trust Ronan to come up with an interesting idea like this.

Tag: fifth cohort, ryan, remus, lyn
Word Count: 426
Notes: I request this thread be lower word count if we can… that is, if you want Marie and Remus to keep up. If not, I’ll just do my best to keep posting.

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Ronan shouldered his own backpack as he continued to give out some instructions as the last few people started to straggle in. "Now the catch is, even if you have the item you're looking for, YOU WILL FAIL if you show up without your partner." Ronan adjusted the straps on his pack so it sat squarely like it was supposed to. You could get a horrible back problem if you let the bag sag. "If you have to drag them to the rendez-vous point, do it. Never leave someone behind." Ronan dropped his hammer into the holister on his side as he pulled his hair back before looking at the pairs. "Rogers, mind teaming up with me?" Ronan asked, staring at Josh. The poor boy had been going through a rough time lately. Ronan wanted to help his cohort out with all the problems they had, but he wasn't sure he was one to talk and console someone about emotional problems. At least if Josh was with him, he could be assessed and if needed, more steps could be taken. "Alright Fifth, if you manage to do well, you can have the afternoon off, if not, we'll be on the field of mars till tomorrow so you better get this right the first time." Ronan growled.

"Ready?" Ronan brought his fingers to his lips and let out a shrill whistle to signal the start of the exercise. "Alright let's do this." He said as he stepped into the woods from the outskirts. All around them he could hear people crashing and bashing about, some of them cursing up a storm that would make Mars blush. Ryan, the Ceres boy from third cohort was helping out and it wouldn't be such a surprise if he heard these idiots coming from a mile away. Ronan hoped deep in his heart that the three people he chose to help out with this exercise would give them more hell then they could imagine.

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“I'm no good for you.”
“I will not hate you.”

I will be brave
I will not let anything
Take away
What's standing in front of me

Words: 434
Tag: Josh, Ryan, Ronan, Marie, Remus, Lilith
OOC: Rawr fun

It was early, very early but Lyndis had taken to going to some of Charlies trainings so it really wasn't so bad. She went on those long trainings when she was allowed, and trained with Remus when he had the time. Not so much because she was trying really hard to get stronger or anything, but because she liked them. They were kinda like family. Not like the people she went on the quest with though. Six months of being together traveling constantly made her love them almost as much as she loved her dad. Of course no one could really compete with her dad, he was the best ever in her eyes. Then there was Edmund, she loved him as a brother even before the trip and she got to hear about how he used to sit on top of his roof watching the stars. He didn't love her though. She was just an annoying kid to her, and her dad was gone from this world now. Felicity had lost her memory, though she seemed to get them back. She couldn't quite bring herself to talk to her again recently. She still had Josh, and Ethan though. There was Gunnar, Charlie, Ronan, and Remus too. Ryan and Tessa where becoming her cooking buddies, and Allen she seemed to compete with over who had the most energy.

When she got up it was about three, her absolutely fuzzy head of hair all over the place and trying to rub the sleep from her eyes. She stretched on her bed before crawling out, she even saw Ryan before he left out the door. She got ready, the bracelet Edmund made her still on her wrist. Always it was with her, and she looked at her bow. With a little grin she grabbed it and all the parts and pieces that went with it before heading out. Her hair combed though and tied back out of her face, and some clothes which where already dirt and grass stained from training. The meeting didn't last very long, where they talked to Ronan and got the strange little object. She of course volunteered to carry it, more than excited to play an advanced game of tag. Though Josh was in this, and he was super fast. She string her bow and stalked her way through the bush, trying her best not to leave any tracks or markers like snapped twigs. She didn't want anyone to track their way directly to her. Then she clambered up into a tree, looking down though the leaves for people to come by.

Lyrics from A Thousand Years by Christina Perri
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Remus hadn’t slept at all that night anyway, so what difference did it make when he had to be up? Tessa would have had his hide for pushing himself like this, but two more people had gone missing in the last week and it was getting just so… frustrating. He didn’t know what to do to stop it, but he felt responsible for the whole camp, especially now that he was the only praetor left currently in service. At about 2:15, he put on a pot of coffee and set to warm ups. Not the most healthy breakfast, but it would have to do. Well, maybe not. He grabbed a granola bar to help while he stretched. Stifling a yawn, he looked to the two metallic greyhounds as he finished his warm up and sipped his coffee. He knew full well that they would demand accompanying him, and that it was probably for the better that they did. But he wouldn’t exactly be alone, or unarmed. “Both of you stay back here, okay? If I’m not back in… two and a half hours… you can come looking.” He had no way of telling if they understood the passage of time, but they were smart dogs, they would probably at least get close enough. “Tell you what, let me make it easier on you. When the sun rises, if I haven’t checked back in here, come find me.” There, sunrise. A hard thing to miss. And he had no doubt in his mind that those two dogs would put up an admirable search team if it came to it. But for now, it would just be him. Well, and a handful of campers.

He grabbed his favorite gladius – there was no school like the old school in his book, and nothing beat a traditional gladius. He got to the early meeting and was more than happy to let Lyn take the object in question. They would be hard pressed to find the little girl. Well, in all honesty, they would be hard pressed to find any of them. He set off into the woods, gladius at his side, and went as deep in as he could manage before it would be time. When about 3:35 came around according to his watch, he could hear yells and screams echoing in the woods. What on earth did they think they were doing? Hooligans, not Romans. He’d have a word with them if Ronan didn’t. He rolled his eyes and kept moving.

Tag: all the peeps!
Word Count: 419
Notes: thank you!

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Tag: fifth cohort, Remus, Lyn and Ryan.

Word: 405

Notes: sorry the shortness.

It was incredible how the fifth cohort had been in the past even considered a cohort! they all seemed to be tired, sleepy and in total denial for a real training. Josh had been lucky to have had trained with the first cohort, only once but it happened, also he trained with Remus, only recently but he did it too. He had tried to train by himself since he was like 14, so he wasn't just another common member of the fifth cohort, but maybe that was the Mars blood in him. maybe not, who knew in that world of madness. But looking at them... he was glad that the cohort finally had a good centurion, ronan was perfect for the job, he was huge, strong and also was a good man. He would be strict and firm, but would also listen to people.

He looked around again, he looked at Lilith, well she was a special case... she was the example of what shouldn't be let into the legion! She wasn't a bad girl, she was nice and even sweet, but she didn't have the material to be a fighter, she was a healer never a fighter. Then he looked at the girl talking to Lilith, Ashby's girlfriend... other girls that would be better away from war and fights, he hadn't talked to her a lot, but she seems to be nice and well Thank the gods, she was capable to deal with the narcisist Ashby! He looked around and couldn't see Caspian in the group, well the son of Neptune better be there soon or Ronan would burn his bed for sure, quite a show. then he looked at Ronan again. and got surprised when the centurion asked him to be his partner in that drill.

He thought of a thousand ways to be sarcastic and joke, but instead of that he replied... "It would be a honor, centurion Redpath" he smiled at him, he could have joked at him, but he was glad that Ronan considered good enough to be his partner, even more after the mess he had been since Rhia left to side the Titan. He smiled at ronan and then looked back at the cohort. "do you really think they will even survive the hike, ronan?" He asked just because the thought assoulted him, what if they didn't? well they were strong, but... well, Ronan would know better, right?

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Ronan was rather glad that Rogers agreed to be his partner for the excercise. Josh was a strong Roman and had a good head on his shoulders. Though to be honest he had poor taste in women, but Ronan could concede that no one really saw that particular episode coming when it came to Rhiannon. If he had a choice for another co-centurion, it would be him. Ronan knew that if he had the son of Mercury at his side, there would be no way that the fifth would be the laughing stock. Ronan had plans to try his damndest to turn this cohort around. That would mean a good round of early mornings and tears from some of the people. "Josh, I have something in particular I want you to do." Ronan said as he stepped through the underbrush, making sure to not step on twigs or to make a whole crap ton of noise. "I want you to track the groups, make notes on those that are making way too much noise and aren't cooperating. I've got a plan for those people." Ronan gave an evil grin. Oh this was going to be fun. Ronan had faith in Josh's abilities to be sneaky and quiet.

"We're going to start pruning this cohort, Josh. I'm going to make Romans out of everyone here. Our Legion is only as strong as it's weakest link. Right now that's us." Ronan said as he drew his warhammer from the holster on his side. The flames licked up and down the weapon. The heat didn't bother him at all. "Start with that idiot Neptune boy on the list. He's not here, he'll be the first bed I set on fire." Ronan growled as he pinched the bridge of his nose, once again the sound of the other cohort members crashing about like morons. "They aren't going to like what I'm going to do with them." Ronan said, shaking his head. He had Remus's help in this little exercise, but now, honestly, he was ashamed that he had asked the Praetor to help. This was an embarrassment and a total failure, the exercise had hardly even started. "I hope you had breakfast this morning, Josh." Ronan growled as he watched two venus girls screech about mud on their shoes. "It's going to be a long day today. we're going to be here for a damn good while." Ronan shook his head.

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ooc: two ry posts in a day ic: 367 tag: lyndis sinclair remus stone fifth cohort credit to oblivion it's not about the danger. it's about the fun

ryan had been sitting in a crouched position for nearly ten minutes. he kept himself occupied by finding intricate details in the bushes, sprouting baby daisies a few feet infront of him, and listening to the quiet humm of the night insects. he kept his ears strained for any noise signaling the fifth cohort's approach. turns out he didn't need to strain at all. he could hear yells and vegetation crashing coming from yards and yards in front of him. well, if they carried on like that, it'd be easy to gage where they were and how to take them down. ryan sighed slightly. honestly, if remus or ronan didn't do anything about this (which he was pretty sure they would), ryan would start a "sneak up on ryan" exercise for them until they could move in the forest with grace and in silence. maybe he could even ask lyn to help him with that too; she could move well in the forest. she had said something about hunting and growing up around one. ryan wished he had, but he made up for it when he came into the legion. soon, a couple of the fifth cohort members were no more than a yard or so away from him. still crouched silently in the bushes, ryan started growing curling vines, hoping to snag their ankles and/or trip them. besides, with all the other noise that the rest of the cohort was making, ryan could easily slip away into a different location. maybe he could try going up a tree next. he was pretty sure spotting them running through the forest would be as easy as hearing their approach. ryan turned, starting to silently retreat from tripping cohort members. then, with plenty of warning, he heard another group coming from his right. as far as his powers would let him (which was only a yard), he started to grow a line of a mild form of poison ivy. leaves of three, let 'em be. he was pretty sure that they were to busy running around to notice though. he took off in the opposite direction, slipping further into the trees, trying to find a suitable one to climb.

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Tag: crowd

Word: 352

Notes: lol Josh finds this really enjoyable!

Josh was looking at the members of the fifth cohort, he had dated some or maybe all of those venus girls, who knew... What he really knew, was that neither of them were happy to be out there in the open. Most of them considered that they needed their 8 to 10 hours of sleep to keep their skin fresh and beautiful. Well, he had to admit they were beautiful, but neither of them had a single particle of brains. Well they would have to remember that they were romans first of all and then divas.

Then Josh looked at Ronan. So he had a plan about those weaklinks... he liked that idea. maybe it was because of the Mars blood that the son of Mercury had in him, maybe only the odds of being out there and being not only allowed but asked to spy on the others, he always loved to do that! "damn! and I forgot my special sneakers for that... well I'll do my best with these ones..." he smirked and then looked at Ronan, he might have been joking, but his job was somehting that he always took very seriously. "I'l do that, don't worry. about the ones that are not here, I'll check if they were in the infirmary by any reason, if not burning their beds would be something worthy to be seen." smiles again.

"I'll take notes, then I guess our team won't win the drill, right?" shruged and then stretched out a bit more, it was something difficult to believe, but being sneaky was more challenging than acting and walking normally. "Food?" he smirked and pat his messengers sack. "I always carry some extra food, my metabolism forces me to eat every 2 hours." smiles and shrugs. then looked around and counted the teams and the people, then he nodded to himself, he knew then how he would do it without being seen. "ok, I'll start doing it as soon as we get into the woods, so no one sees me away from you, my centurion." Smiles and waits for it to start.

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Tag: Fifth cohort, Remus, Lyn and Ryan

Word: 262

Notes: sorry the delay

Lilith looked at Ronan and how scary he looked when he talked to Joshua Rogers about something that she couldn't listen what was it. But she for sure wouldn't like to be part of what made him had such kind of expression in the face. Then she looked away from them and noticed that Caspian wasn't there, and still wasn't there not after they had been standing out there for some like ten minutes. She knew he would be in deep troubles, because he wasn't in the infirmary and no one would cover his back on this one.

She wondered why Caspian was in troubles and not those venus girls, or maybe that Persephone girl that was always with her grandfather Apollo, she didn't like her at all! But ... well, she couldn't decide over that so she tried to keep her mouth shut about it. Suddenly she heard a soft nice voice, she looked at the source and it was Marie. She smiled widely and nodded at her question. "Of course!! It would be great! I think we had never worked like this together... well never like this" giggled and then smiled. "so I think this will be much better if we work as a team!"

Marie was very much like her, she also drove crazy to other campers, both were nice and sweet, but also were constantly bullied by those who couldn't understand them. Lilith thought that she was a great girl, and maybe after that drill they could become good friends, maybe as good friends as she was with Tessa!

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She had a bad feeling about this. First of all, if Ronan came up with it, it was bound to be hard. Second of all, it was oh dark hundred in the morning and she was not a morning person. But hey, at least she was here. Unlike a few other choice members, like that Caspian guy. She couldn’t quite put her finger on it, but that guy just bugged her. Which was saying something considering possibly the most reputedly arrogant guy in camp was her boyfriend. But no, Chris was different; way different. Thinking about him brought a smile to her face that only he could at this ungodly hour.

But that was beside the point. She figured she had time to find Chris later, assuming he wasn’t leading one of his own ridiculously long drills. How first did it, she didn’t know, but she was glad she didn’t have to. As she walked up to Lilith, she noticed the other girl had her eyes fixed on something or someone else. She followed her gaze to Ronan and Josh. Hmm, interesting pairing. Nothing against Josh, but the way he’d deteriorated since Rhia left really worried her. But since the two had never been friends, she figured it might be odd if she suddenly offered help.

Right, back to business. Marie smiled brightly at Lilith when she agreed to work together. She knew full well neither of them were really known for their excellent prowess on the fighting field, but hey, this exercise was more about tracking anyway from what she gathered. Tracking and stealth. Those were more up her alley. She hoped. “Definitely never like this,” she said with a laugh. “Then again, I have to admit Ronan appears to have quite an imagination for unusual training. Shall we?” She gestured to the woods, where several of the other teams were already making their noisy way into the brush.

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Word Count: 320
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Remus hated waiting. It was a weakness of his, blame Mars. So going for a walk in the woods early in the morning listening to the sound of raging water buffalo – er, the fifth cohort – and waiting for them to hunt him down was not exactly his cup of tea. He much preferred to be the hunter. But he’d agreed to help Ronan out and by the looks of it, he needed the aid. There was no sign of the other two, Ryan and Lyn, but that was just as well. Best they be as far apart as they could be. Though he did wonder how the others were doing. Holding their own, no doubt.

That was roughly when he heard the first group closing in, be it from actual tracking or just coincidence. About time, he thought, and quickly ducked behind the nearest tall groundcover. Then he heard what they were clammering about. Mud? Seriously? No doubt Venus’ spawn. Well, that settled the question from earlier: definitely coincidence. He stayed where he was as they practically stumbled over him, complaining about beauty sleep, muddy shoes, and how much of a bully Ronan was. With a smirk, he started after them.

He gave them a good five minutes of simply following their haphazard trail from about four or five yards back before he closed the gap and cleared his throat. They turned in unison and even Remus had to admit the looks on their faces were worth the patience. “I’m pretty sure the dead heard you coming.” He attacked.

It was so easy, it almost wasn’t worth the effort. It wasn’t long before one girl was on the ground, holding on to her bleeding leg – now complaining about fighting in the dark – and the other had his gladius against her throat and was also sporting a good few cuts and scrapes. He was pretty sure he had their attention. Lesson one. “Next time you track, be more aware of your surroundings. I was behind you too long. Point two, shut the hell up. Point three, actually pay attention to what you’re doing. Yes, Ronan is going to hear about this. Now I suggest you clean up your act and get looking for the other two. I’d wish you luck, but gods, you two would need Victoria herself on your team to have a chance. Now get.” He sheathed his gladius, turned, and left the two where they were.

Tag: 5 and the gang
Word Count: 408
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