The Captain Said

The Captain Said is a story written by Kaerutobi Ike (蛙跳び池). It ran in Issue 30 and can be read on LJ, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-captain-said/.

Summary

"Everyone knew something was amiss the moment they set foot aboard. It hung heavily in the air, the uncertainty; the feeling that they wouldn't like whatever was next. Even the sergeant, an old warhorse that nothing could impress anymore, looked uneasy.

They weren't assigned sleeping quarters. Instead, the sergeant herded them in a communal area and ordered them to take seats and keep the noise down."