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 Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:05 am
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 1:08 pm
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Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:42 pm
{ PROMOTION } Those That Fight Alone
Gale
Well, I did it. I made it through to be an Intermediate Hunter.
Granted, I didn't pass the actual exam, but Caelius promoted me anyway. Sometimes I wonder if he actually does have a soft side.
Then I shudder in horror.
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Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:48 pm
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:45 pm
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:52 pm
The promotion exam, to say the least, had not gone all that well.
For one thing, Gale - determined to get past the ugly blackness that had curled in his chest since that horrid mission - had stood resolutely in front of Caelius in an attempt at proving his worth, that he was meant to be here as much as anyone else. The usual, constant fight for the same thing he had always been fighting for.
What he had ended up with were several new bruises, the Death Hunter's reprimands and disgust ringing in his ears, and a failed exam.
That, and a new coat - the coat of an Intermediate Trainee, rather than just one of the new ones, the "hatchlings," as Bix had called them. That Hunter - the one that he had heard called Leo - had said that Caelius "conveniently dropped it on his way out."
Whether or not that was true, Gale was not...entirely certain, but the fact remained that the coat had been there and Gale was now in possession of it, which meant that, in spite of everything, in spite of not passing the exam, of being on the receiving end (again) of Caelius' disdain for anyone and everyone, Gale Gentry had been promoted.
He felt exactly the same as he had before.
This wasn't really surprising; Gale had not really expected to suddenly feel older or wiser. The sense of accomplishment was diminished quite a bit by the overall failure of the examination, as well as the untimely death of Benjamin Summers that seemed to reverberate on replay in Gale's head as though on a horrible reel that wouldn't stop going.
Please let that...thing...not have been him.
What Caelius had dragged from the depths of the creature had not even remotely resembled anything human, and it had made Gale just as nauseated as he had been on his first trip, if not more. He had made a break for it after that, uncaring of any stares or judgmental thoughts, desperate to make it back to headquarters and seal himself away in the safety of his own room.
At least until the next morning, when he had heard of the cemetery and its new residents.
It was after that, however, that Gale had decided to ask for a promotion. Anger, frustration, and a bitter hatred of whatever the creature was that they had seen in the desert, Gale had screwed up every ounce of courage and resolution that he had had and asked Caelius to test him.
And, of course, it had not ended well. But then, what did, when it involved the surly, PMS'ing leader of the death division of hunters?
Sometimes Gale wondered whether or not Caelius actually enjoyed being a total git.
Despite the man's obvious disdain for Gale, however, the fact remained that - even with the failed exam, the pathetically trampled upon mission, and his general lack of good behavior, Caelius had still promoted Gale.
And now he sat, the new coat draped over his lap like a blanket as he eyed it.
So, what now, Ginny?
The rifle's reply was quiet, almost a purr.
Now we kick some serious a**.
He was not all right - and he would not be all right for probably what would be several weeks, months even. But for the first time in a very long time, a small smile touched the lips of Gale Gentry.
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 12:06 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 12:57 pm
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Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:17 pm
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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:07 pm
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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:10 pm
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:29 am
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:29 pm
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:10 pm
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:03 pm
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