[color=fff79a][h3]Jonnie[/h3][/color]

Jonnie looked taken aback for a moment, then smiled and relaxed his posture, not minding that the lance corporal had gone back to his pad. [color=fff79a]"Am I relieved to hear that. Ah, poetry, huh? So you weren't taking roll after all." [/color]Jonnie chuckled a bit at himself, looking at the two lance corporals and the other private that had just showed up. [color=fff79a]"Sorry about all that. It's my first day here. You know, didn't want to chance spending it in the stocks for crossing a corporal."[/color]

Jokingly, he smirked and said, [color=fff79a]"Some of the noncoms back at the training camp would stick their whole leg up your end if you didn't address 'em right."[/color] Jonnie stood at attention for an imaginary drill instructor. [color=fff79a]"Yes sergeant, no sergeant, how-deeply-should-I-kiss-your-ass sergeant,"[/color] he called out with a straight face, but that quickly turned into a laugh and a wide grin. [color=fff79a]"It was the same for you all, right? I bet every camp has at least one sarge like that." [/color]

The composure Jonnie had summoned up to contain himself fell away just like that, and now he felt as if all of his nervous energy was pouring out of him all at once. That was just making him act out in another way, of course, but it felt better to him than stuffy formality. The tension was working him up. Jonnie felt like the butterflies in his stomach were going mad, and the low vibrations in the ground from the steady fire of the artillery guns were just working them up even more. Though, as he considered the lance corporal's offer, he had a hint of a flush go to his face that calmed him down somewhat. 

[color=fff79a]"As for the rum,"[/color] he began awkwardly, scratching his face a bit with his forefinger and laughing a bit sheepishly, since the others seemed to be about his age, [color=fff79a]"I'm still a little too young for that, I think."[/color] He smiled gaily now, though, eager to move on. [color=fff79a]"Anyway, mate, if Britta here can call you by name, so will I. Good to meet you, Jean and Isaac, and Britta too. I'm Jovan. Call me Jonnie,"[/color] he said, shaking hands with all around in turn. Then he curled a bicep as if to show off, giving a winking smile. [color=fff79a]"And if either of you gunners needs someone to haul the extra ammo, I'm your guy."[/color]

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