Xandrya

Post a random fact about yourself.

<Snipped quote by Xandrya>I was enlisted for five years before I was commissioned. I can appreciate that. :)
The work an officer does is not seen by the enlisted. I know that, having served on both sides of that coin. When we were in the field, I never got enough sleep. I had a battalion commander once who required only four hours of sleep. I was so envious of that man. He would go to sleep at 12:30AM and be up around 4:30. His driver hated life.

I recall one time leaving the company CP following an operations order brief around 12:30 AM. I went back to my platoon CP and my PSG. we took turns sleeping and listening to the radio because we had no RTO. I must have had an hour and a half sleep that night because some assholes came and attacked us at zero dark thirty. It sucked.

No, I didn't always get my 7 or 8 hours sleep.

@Gunther

I don't envy you in that aspect. One of my longest shifts while enlisted lasted roughly 19 hours, and although I was armed the entire shift, I was able to go to standby mode for some of those hours and rest, although I obviously wasn't allowed to sleep. Also, my following command had us come into work at 4 am for every shift. I was a zombie for six months and half dead inside.

But to turn that around, I turned 32 this past week and I was beyond flattered when the bartender checked to make sure I had a wristband before pouring a shot down my throat. The days they stop checking my ID and such will be a rather depressing time for me

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

Long overdue, although my busy birthday week certainly didn't help the terrible case of writer's block I had.

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

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The door creaked open, catching the girl's attention as she looked up to witness a tall man step into the room before gently closing the door behind him. He had on a white dress shirt—the sleeves rolled up to the elbows as was typical with most cops—navy blue pants, and a matching tie. His hair was black, parted to one side to give off a professional vibe, and his eyes were a piercing shade of blue.

"Ms. Roth...or do you prefer Rachel?"

"Rachel's fine."

"Great," he went on, pulling the chair back to take a seat across from her. She had been alone for some time now in the interrogation room, although she couldn't pinpoint exactly how long given that the clock on the wall was broken, the hands permanently stuck at 8:44. "I'm Detective James Rossi, the lead investigator assigned to this case. I'm aware that you gave a quick statement to Officer Lopez, but I'm going to need you to be very specific with me and go into detail. This is your chance to be thorough, Rachel, and whatever you say may guide the beginning of this investigation."

Having seen a handful of crime—related TV shows and movies, Rachel more or less knew the process. She wasn't in any trouble just yet, nothing real solid at least. Detective Rossi would conduct his investigation, and she would either get charged and arrested, or she would walk. But Rachel simply nodded her head, not wanting to incriminate herself in any way. "I will tell you the truth, Detective—" she shrugged, hoping for her sake that he would at least take into consideration her side of the story, "that's all I've got."

She lowered her gaze for a moment, then looked up when Detective Rossi opened the file he had brought with him. As he was reaching for a piece of paper, his movements gradually slowed to a halt, essentially leaving him frozen in time.

"Detective?" her voiced echoed.

"Hello, my child."

"Trigon...what a surprise."

"You know you hurt me when you do not address me properly."

Her vision slowly started to go dark, and an all too familiar silhouette invaded her line of sight. Detective Rossi no longer existed, at least for the moment.

"I see that world is still not treating you well, my dear Raven. Perhaps you will consider joining me—"

"No, no, you always do this. How is it that a prodigious being such as yourself can't grasp the simple concept that we will never work together?"

Trigon remained still for a moment, the quiet, eerie ambience making Rachel slightly uncomfortable. Had she been elsewhere, away from him, she would have been fine, but whenever her father reached out to her, she felt small and vulnerable.

"You will change your mind...you always do."

"I change my mind about a lot of things, but not you."

She was met with silence once more, and the familiar darkness enveloped her to the point where she found it hard to breathe.

"Rachel, are you okay?"

The girl was startled awake in a cold sweat, the increased pulse giving her the sensation of waking up from a vivid nightmare, though in her case, the terror was real. Detective Rossi grabbed her shoulders to practice some form of restraint on her. "Hey, relax! Listen to me you fainted and fell out of your chair, but you're fine now."

She looked around the room and nodded, "Yes, you're right. Sorry."

He eventually helped her get to her feet before advising her he was going to call the paramedics. Rachel insisted she wasn't hurt or in any pain, but he told her neither of them had a choice in the matter as it was policy. Rossi excused himself for a moment and left Rachel alone in the room again. The encounter she'd had with her father replayed in her mind, and she had questions, questions that could only be answered if she were to reach out to him.

Post a random fact about yourself.

I can't stay in bed past 8:30 any more. Years ago, I needed 7 or 8 hours sleep a night. Now all I need is 5 or 6.

@Gunther

Did you get those 7 or 8 hours you needed back then? Because you know, you were an officer, so you really didn't work.

Kidding aside, mostly, I've had to go to the VA hospital a few times to get Ambien. I think I've gotten better now though.

Post a random fact about yourself.

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Like a friend who didn't want you to know the secret unless you died?

@Winter Star12

Yes, exactly. Something like when Scar killed Mufasa.

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

One terribly busy day and I'm behind in like a couple of PhDs' worth of reading.

With that said, expect a post from me this weekend.

Post a random fact about yourself.

If birthmarks are evidence of how we died in a previous life, then I was stabbed on the side of my abdomen a couple of times.

I just hope it was a dramatic death, like they held me up while whispering a shocking secret before gently placing me on the ground, or something like that.

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

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@Lord Wraith

Oh snap

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

When you think you're done reading...

Black shorts: myself
White shorts: everyone else
Ref: the mods (not quite, but still funny)

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

@Lord Wraith

My theme song... :)