Week 2

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[Other than the reappearance of the Overseer, there's no real change in the routine. PAL still makes the morning and night time announcements through the PIP on each Champion's arm, and still the Champion unitards are freshly laundered and re-hung each morning in their closets.

No other floors unlock, but Cece and Kip will still be appearing randomly to chit-chat.

All you know is... something has to change soon.]

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[ooc: Don't forget to to turn in your AC for week 1 and submit your threads for the Benefactors!]

Comments

[cameupshort]

We usually had plenty, unless someone was being punished. Just- you know, on a strict schedule.

[The First Order needed soldiers that at least weren't dying of malnutrition.]

No idea what the officers got, I was just-

[And taking a bite of peach himself.]

-oh. Oh, man.

[Okay this is basically delicious edible summer and how dare the studio keep it hidden out here in the gardens instead of in the kitchen with the rest of the deliciousness.]

[motherfucking_ghost]

I know, right?! You, my fine fellow soldier, are going to learn the magical wonders of fresh fruit. Pears, apricots, apples, strawberries, blueberries, other berries and fruits I can't be fucked to remember right now, you're gonna wonder why your higher-ups were holding out on you.

[cameupshort]

Oh, that part I knew already.

[Wiping some peach juice off his face.]

We weren't actually worth anything beyond the basics unless we proved to be officer material. No point in spending extra on someone who might die in the next skirmish, right?

[motherfucking_ghost]

That...is horrifyingly practical. Huh. No wonder we got the bottom of the barrel MREs and shit.

[cameupshort]

Practical's one way to put it, yeah. They were pretty hard on the 'survival of the strongest' thing.

[The captain, at least, probably didn't eat much better than the rank and file did, but he doesn't particularly feel like being fair to the First Order.]

Was it like that for you too? Fall behind, get left behind?

[motherfucking_ghost]

I...huh. [He'd never thought about it like that, but maybe--maybe that's what happened. They were forgotten and left behind, and that's why they were still stationed there fighting stupid fights.]

I mean, it's not supposed to be. We're all supposed to get the same shit and same treatment. I mean, the brass obviously get better digs, but the grunt work, yeah... It's a big army. Can't go around treating everyone like a special snowflake.

[cameupshort]

Yeah, it- shit happens.

[Like stray blaster fire from a dashingly handsome Resistance member.]

But if it wasn't supposed to- that makes a hell of a lot of difference.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Lotta people die in the war. Lotta people fight in it. You try and make sure everyone gets home, one way or another, but obviously...doesn't always happen. Cracks in the system, not enough oversight, whatever.

If it's built to be that way, though, then it's bullshit, and it's not something anyone should fight for.