Thread: Last of Us: A Story of Two Souls (BMD x EldritheWhisperwind)

The crowd of recruits were suddenly speaking amongst themselves at the request of Mariah. Sarah's state of mind boiled with more frustration after hearing the request. You coward! You just don't want to face me head-on cause you're weak and you know you'll lose. You want to use the shad- Enough! Des stated, eyes glaring upon the form of Sarah. Instantly she kept her mouth shut. A slight grin appeared on Des' face and even a slight chuckle as he looked at Mariah. You've got guts, throwing his statement toward Mariah, and intelligence. You may not show it upon your face or body language, but maybe you think that you can't win against her, or you're afraid of getting humiliated in front of your peers.. or.. you're afraid of humiliating her, he gave a slight hand gesture towards Sarah, in front of your peers. He let his hand and both his hands met behind his back, clasped together, Considering you have lived on your own for the last 15 or so years, you would have had the time to master the environments so to say, which would give you a distinct advantage over Sarah, increasing your odds of winning. Des paced back and forth in between Sarah and Mariah, and while he did so, he studied Mariah's face, still trying to understand her more. There was a reason, other than the stats, that he selected her as the squad leader for her group when needed to venture outside the walls, but would she be a good team player? All the time that she spent alone would have disconnected her from the world. Able to hide her true face and any emotions and not tie any bonds with anyone... Would she care enough for them to save their asses if necessary, or would she look out for only herself? Des thought hard on what he wanted to say next. He came to a stop, the grin from his face was removed. I will accept your request, b- What!? You can't possibly be seri- Sarah caught the gaze of Des and again shut up. His eyes again looked toward Mariah. But! I have a counter request. I will make this a team contest. I will place you and Andy in one area, and James and Damien in a separate area of the south eastern side of the city, while Sarah and three Guardians of her choosing, excluding myself, Travis, and Javale of course, will all be in separate areas. The rule of the contest for your team will be to find 2 trophies that will be on display in two different areas of the building, retrieve them and meet back here before sunset. All four of you will have to be here and with the trophies in order to complete the mission. You may not use weapons of ANY kind. If you should encounter anyone from Sarah's team, you will have to knock them out, but NO killing. Sarah's team will be tasked with preventing you from retrieving the trophies and delaying your arrival to the barracks before sunset by any means. They too will not be able to use weapons. If your team succeeds, then you will not have to participate in the combat training. The rest of your team will have their choice if they want to participate or not. All of you will have a dinner meal on me as well. Should you lose, then the lot of you will participate in Sarah's combat training and, you will do double the amount of reps that everyone else has to do. If either of you fail to do so, you will not become Guardians. This is a take it, or leave it offer. Do you accept these terms, Miss Crawford? Des knew that whether he chose to accept or disregard her request, it would be an unfair advantage to either of them. He knew that he would have to test her ability somehow, while also giving a fair advantage to both parties. This type of contest will not only display her ability, but her cooperation with leading a team to meet a common goal. Heh. Easy contest. I already have people in mind of who I'll need to be down these brats. Sarah never let up with being cocky when it sounded like a fair fight. Hey! Why are we being dragged into this?! James interjected. More talking amongst the group of recruits began around Mariah. Desmond chose not to answer. Does that mean the rest of us have the rest of the night off? Desmond overheard one recruit speaking to another. Should Mariah choose to accept, the rest of the recruits would still be instructed to run the obstacle course, and the event would be staged right away being that it was near 3pm according to his watch. They would have approximately 2 hours to retrieve the trophies. Andy and James would each have a watch with a beeper that would signal when the start of the event would be. The building that would host the event was indeed huge office building with seven floors. The building was abandoned due to it's collapsed floors which would allow multiple ways to travel between different floors, rather than just taking the stairs. The stairs from the 6th to the 7th floor were destroyed which only left for one way to the top. The 1st trophy would be on the 7th floor while the 2nd trophy would be on the 3rd floor. Mariah and Andy would start on the 5th floor while James and Damian would start on the first. Desmond would allow Sarah and her 3 teammates to start anywhere they wanted so long as they didn't start in the same area.