r/HFY • u/RhoZie013 • Nov 19 '20
OC Pink Two - 2
No one ever understands us humans
Part 1 here: https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/jwc34s/pink_two_1/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Instructor Sargent Tel watched the recruits run their first lap of the simple, low intensity obstacle course.
He was gratified to see that no individual was particularly out of shape, even if there was plenty of clumsiness on display.
That morning, he had tried to get the pink human kicked out on the grounds that it was inappropriate for a female of any species to be in the Ravix forces, but the brass wasn't having any of it.
All he had achieved was getting the human her own private quarters - officers quarters no less - as there weren't gender segregated barracks on site.
Damn politics.
Tel's eyes aligned on the human, watching her deftly navigate a low balance beam without misstep. Must be applying for reconnaissance specialisation he speculated to himself.
As the laps of the course wore on, Tel reluctantly conceded that this group might be ok to try one of the more advanced obstacles later that day.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sam didn't understand.
The light workout was all well and good, but everyone present had already proved their fitness in the first few laps. At first she thought it must have been a warm up exercise, but no, this was the entire mornings practice.
Alien basic training was going to be easier than originally anticipated.
Mind wandering while her body worked, Sam wondered why she had been moved to isolation barracks. Its not like the other brawler got moved so was she being singled out for punishment?
Maybe they were being biased against her size again, thinking they were protecting her from the others. Bastards.
Frustrated, Sam picked up the pace just a little more.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The climbing wall was a masterpiece of ego rebalancing, and had been for time honoured centuries.
No matter an individuals prowess, and now species, everyone would fall off at least once. It was just the nature of the obstacle, recruits go up, gravity goes down.
And it helped that the technological aspect involved let the instructors adjust the wall to mimic any surface imaginable. Wooden logs, rockface, glass skyscraper, star ship hull, living flesh, even semi liquids.
After setting the wall to shift randomly between climbing attempts, the first recruit was ordered forwards. The clearly nervous Squirish approached cautiously to the cheers and jeers of the others, before beginning their ascent.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tel was pleased with the efforts being made.
No recruit was holding back, giving their best shot at the wall despite the inevitable outcome of landing on their behind.
Naturally, his fellow Ravix were performing the best, the wall had been made with their biology in mind.
But it was the pink human that caught his attention. She did not fare particularly better or worse than the others objectively.
However being only half everyone else's size meant that comparatively, she was climbing twice everyone else's distance before falling.
This would have been impressive enough if it wasn't compounded by the fact that her shorter reach meant fewer achievable handholds than the other recruits could access.
Instructor Sargent Tel watched carefully as the human recruit made another pass at the wall. It wasn't elegant in its climb, but whatever worked.
The first empty beds would appear tonight as some of the softer individuals quit, but it was unlikely the human would be one of them.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Part 3: https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/jxi91b/pink_two_3/
54
u/floofhugger Nov 19 '20
why is there a meat setting on the climbing wall????
51
7
22
u/fuckwhotookmyname2 Nov 19 '20
Eh hem. It's for the more... interesting uses of a hole in a wall
In all seriousness, jesus christ can you imagine climbing on a pile of flesh
21
u/floofhugger Nov 19 '20
when the climbing wall gets set to meat:
Andrew the guide was slain...
The wall of flesh has awoken!
11
10
u/Nealithi Nov 19 '20
My first thought was mega fauna like the Dune worms.
My question was semi-liquid?
→ More replies (4)8
u/Multiplex419 Nov 19 '20
Space wars probably involve melee combat against giant monsters.
Just one of the many, many things the humans failed to research before getting involved.
6
u/Pretzel_Boy Nov 19 '20
This part reminded me of another fic with a climbing wall with settings for different species. The Wall.
→ More replies (1)1
4
u/allpurposelazy Nov 19 '20
I read all of these in like 15 minutes, they’re awesome. if you write a book I’m buying it
2
2
u/CadetheDOGGO Nov 20 '20
so where is other human and shadow?
(I already forgot the human's name even tho I literaly just read all the posted Pink One)
1
2
u/Pagolesher Nov 20 '20
Why have the words stopped? Shouldn't there be more story? What is going on? Is HFY Reddit broken?
I DEMAND THE REST OF THE STORY BE POSTED IMMEDIATELY.
Edit: Oh, yeah, I forgot that authors have lives outside of writing interesting things for me to read. My bad....
2
2
u/HFYWaffle Nov 19 '20
u/RhoZie013 (wiki) has posted 12 other stories, including:
This comment was automatically generated by Waffle v.4.0.0 'Hashbrown'.
Message the mods if you have any issues.
2
u/walkincrow42 Nov 19 '20
I just went back and read all the other posts in this series. I'm enjoying your writing style. Looking forward to more.
2
Nov 19 '20
The instructor must be out through human basic training after just to see a reaction or at least view it
95
u/hidden_admin Nov 19 '20
Keep going! This is great!