CadetNewb
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It was over. The final battle was fought. The world was saved. It was everything that any starry eyed recruit would have wanted. Except, the thing about recruiting is that they lied. LIED! They never, every said how boring being a soldier was.
That was the reality that every single soul here at Forward Operating Base Hotel had to cope with. Yes, some were sent outside the wire to conduct patrols, but even on the base, there was work to be done of course. Fixing armor and vehicles, tending to the wounded, getting briefed or debriefed as well as filling out paperwork. But on top of that, guards had to be posted on the perimeter and inside the base as well. And then there were the soldiers who simply had nothing to do. Meanwhile, there were even souls more miserable than they - souls that were on standby. A condition that forced them to basically be in-uniform and ready to deploy on a moment's notice. While basically waiting in one's assigned barracks. With nothing to do except wait. It was something that not even Goddess Chiharu could save them from, and for those soldiers, the phrase, 'Nekovalkyrja is suffering' summed it up well.
Fortunately, there were plenty of other soldiers who simply didn't have anything to do.
This meant that they had to go off and figure that part out. Yes, they were at their base, but this base WAS a five star hotel. A nice one, with all the amenities that one had to offer. This meant that there were many venues to pursue, and considering that there was some mop-up work to be done, they absolutely had to be brought back online at all costs. Failure to do so meant plummeting morale. As a result of this, the hotel's restaurant was up and running again, and though a little pricey, the Star Army chefs at it were working hard enough to make it worthwhile. The fully stocked bar, only needing a little bit of looting in the surrounding city to offset any missing content, was a popular place to be. Even the arcade, spanning an entire floor of killtastic goodness, was quite impressive; coming back from patrol, only to start blasting at even more aliens there was apparently not overkill to some. Finally, there was the pool - practically competition size, and with many diving boards and even water slides leading into it, being there at the hotel was like being at a small water resort.
Despite all this though, Sif merely sighed as she sat, watching it all.
That was the reality that every single soul here at Forward Operating Base Hotel had to cope with. Yes, some were sent outside the wire to conduct patrols, but even on the base, there was work to be done of course. Fixing armor and vehicles, tending to the wounded, getting briefed or debriefed as well as filling out paperwork. But on top of that, guards had to be posted on the perimeter and inside the base as well. And then there were the soldiers who simply had nothing to do. Meanwhile, there were even souls more miserable than they - souls that were on standby. A condition that forced them to basically be in-uniform and ready to deploy on a moment's notice. While basically waiting in one's assigned barracks. With nothing to do except wait. It was something that not even Goddess Chiharu could save them from, and for those soldiers, the phrase, 'Nekovalkyrja is suffering' summed it up well.
Fortunately, there were plenty of other soldiers who simply didn't have anything to do.
This meant that they had to go off and figure that part out. Yes, they were at their base, but this base WAS a five star hotel. A nice one, with all the amenities that one had to offer. This meant that there were many venues to pursue, and considering that there was some mop-up work to be done, they absolutely had to be brought back online at all costs. Failure to do so meant plummeting morale. As a result of this, the hotel's restaurant was up and running again, and though a little pricey, the Star Army chefs at it were working hard enough to make it worthwhile. The fully stocked bar, only needing a little bit of looting in the surrounding city to offset any missing content, was a popular place to be. Even the arcade, spanning an entire floor of killtastic goodness, was quite impressive; coming back from patrol, only to start blasting at even more aliens there was apparently not overkill to some. Finally, there was the pool - practically competition size, and with many diving boards and even water slides leading into it, being there at the hotel was like being at a small water resort.
Despite all this though, Sif merely sighed as she sat, watching it all.