OOC: AJ, if you're making a currently out-of-sync IC post, at the very least slap a time stamp on it indicating how long ago it took place compared to the previous post. Temper, I apologize in advance for the character control.
Just as Temper was about to address Ruby's concerns, he saw Brian and Firestorm coming downstairs with their bags.
"Hey Brian, Firestorm, where have you been for the past hour?" Asked Temper.
"We've been in the garage performing last-minute checks on the Impreza for tommorrow's conditions." Brian replied. Even with the Impreza's outstanding track record and reliability, the types of terrain encoutered between the start point and Ocianfield meant that Brian could not afford to take any chances with the car's driver-controlled suspension system and its engine's ECU controller. "We're going to inspect and perform the required maintenance on our weapons, so we apologize in advance if we inadvertantly keep anyone awake." They sat down besides 2 adjacent beds, opened up their bags and extracted their assault rifles, an HK 33KEA3 for Brian, and an HK 416 for Firestorm
"That's fine," replied Temper "Ruby, you said that you can't sleep in a bed. May I ask why?"
Brian and Firestorm failed to hear Ruby's answer as they extracted boxes of 5.56mm NATO rounds began loading the magazines for their rifles. After completely loading them, Brian took one of the loaded 40-round magazines, slapped it into the HK33's mag housing, and racked the charging handle to chamber a round. Firestorm then took one of the loaded 30-round M16-type magazines and slapped it into the HK416 mag housing, racked the charging handle, and ensured that the round was fully seated by tapping the bolt assist. After all their weapons had been checked, they replaced them in their original places, took off their kevlar vests, and went to bed.
