[center][h3]Private Elise Louque[/h3][/center]

[b]“Border guarding…?”[/b] The man who’d asked them if they’d seen any action clearly didn’t understand what Elise had meant. [b]“Uh no, more like invasion of other’s territory, and liberation of captive women.”[/b] She laughed, doubting he would understand what she meant with that.

Elise got the feeling that the Lancer was the most experienced of the four of them that were new. The man repulsed her with his macho bragging and crude innuendo, but it wasn’t much of a surprise. She almost made another comment about what a shame it was some people were still alive, but in his direction instead of the darcsen’s. Doing so might get her a reputation for wishing her comrades dead though, so instead she made a disgusted face. If anyone asked she’d blame it on the APC, not that motion sickness bothered her. Elise didn’t back down when the Darcsen stared into her eyes. [i]What a cocky darcsen[/i], she thought as a scornful grin appeared across her lips, [i]someone needs to humble you.[/i] Her response felt like a direct challenge to Elise, but for now she’d do nothing.

Elise wasn’t sure what to think of the speech the man that had recruited her did. It was inspirational and did make her want to kill the imperials, but at the same time she feared he might accidentally hit or land on her if the APC moved too much. She didn’t have any question at that time, not any she wanted to voice anyway.

The day got worse when she was introduced to her new sergeant, another damn darcsen. Was this some kind of family meeting for their kind? How many more darcsens would there be in this squad? She really regretted not sneaking away back at the base now, even if she would have ended up in trouble for disobeying orders. The worst part was when her new sergeant said that the man who had recruited her was just a PFC. That wasn’t high enough to order her around, was it!? Unfortunately, Sergeant probably was. 

Elise didn’t know what to do. She stood motionless for a moment, trying to gather her thoughts. It would be quite a walk to get back to base. [b]“Is there any other snipers around?”[/b] She finally asked, not bothering with pleasantries on darcsens. [b]“Would you mind if I scouted the nearby area for any good vantage points?” [/b]It would give her time alone, hopefully, so she could make up her mind and no one would wonder about her whereabouts for a while.