>>5890045"Head into town? But the Sergeant said to stay inside the base." You argue. You've completely let go of any hostility you were holding on to, now too distracted by the blatant disregard to authority and order that you're hearing. You'd have thought you'd be used to it by now, since Gaspa was always like this in the academy. Gaspa is a good friend, but his tendency to bend the rules until they break makes you.. uneasy.
"What, you gonna tell on us?" Gaspa jokes. You think about it.
"Just.. I don't want to be involved in.. that. Do what you want, Gaspa. You've never let me stop you before, anyway. I'd rather stay here, need to look over our equipment and make sure everything is good for tomorrow. Just don't get into any trouble." You say to your friend with a concerned look.
"I'm flattered you care. I'll stay out of trouble, just for you buddy." says Gaspa with a teasing tone.
"Yeah yeah, I just don't want you getting into anything since I always get dragged into it too." you say, waving him off.
"You're not coming? Aw, that's too bad. Maybe next time! See you around, Jag~" Justine says as she hops onto the passenger seat of the jeep you and Gaspa arrived in. You blush and turn away. You feel the desire to hop right on that jeep with her and just while the hours away with your new friends and a beautiful girl, but the call of duty and discipline is stronger.
"Sticking around to inspect your equipment, huh? I can respect that. You're alright, kid. But me, I could use a drink, especially before tomorrow. Mind covering for us in case Phil comes looking?" Yunnus says.
"....No promises..sir." you say, waving then goodbye. Yunnus shrugs at your reply, "Hey, at least the kid's honest.." you hear him say before the jeep drives off.
You see that Ben's disappeared to who knows where, but Stefan is still nearby. "I'll help you go over the equipment. I was actually going to do the same, anyway." he says, and you accept his help.
The firing range is right over there. We can put her together and make sure everything's in working order, give her a few test shots while we're at it. I want to see how good a shot you are, anyway. I'm glad at least one of you newbies is taking this seriously." Stefan says as the two of you carry the disassembled Regina parts behind your backs, each of you carrying half of the load.
"Gaspa's... aversion to the rules always made me feel a certain way too. But, he's always there right when you need him. I trust him, at least when it counts the most." You say, remembering all the hijinks the two of you got to in the academy. Or rather, mostly his hijinks, that you somehow found yourself pulled right into the middle of. They're good memories though.
