Competition: Teamwork Makes The Dream Work

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Teamwork Makes The Dream Work

Write a fiction on facing a foe(s) alongside your allies, utilizing teamwork strategies to secure victory. This teamwork combination technique must be given a single phrase or command word that triggers it. You may use fellow members of the DJB, or you're own alternates and NPCs. You need not limit yourself to warfare, but create you're own tactic in any scenario you choose.The example below is as follows:

Areticus, Lo-Kain, and Iios raise their hands in surrender at the aimed squad commanding them to not move. Areticus concentrated on drawing the force whilst glancing to his left and right at the others before calling out the word "Smokescreen!" He then forms an illusion that causes a strong smoke to conceal all three as they all immediately fall to the ground on their backs. Blaster fire darts above them as Iios pulls out a smoke grenade and releases it, allowing Areticus to forgo the illusion with no difference in hiding them. Lo-Kain jumps high in the air, directing with a roaring scream, drawing the fire to him. However, upon the redirection of their blaster fire, the roaring Lo-Kain was too merely an illusion. Before they could take measures into account, the thermal detenator had already exploded and disoriented the survivors. The real Lo-Kain then charged in forward out of the smoke to the left, and Iios firing off on the right. Areticus appeared blade at the ready for any survivors, but his students made quick work of any who remained.

This would be an example of a teamwork technique called "Smokescreen". But instead of just giving a name and description, creatively introduce it into a combat based fiction scenario. Entries will be graded in accordance to the Voice Rubric. Minimum word count of 500 words, placements will go to the top five, and accepted submission formats include .doc, .pdf, or text submissions.

Competition Information
Organized by
Creon Neverse
Running time
2018-01-17 until 2018-02-17 (about 1 month)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Fiction
Awards
Second Level Crescents and Clusters of Ice as per VOICE guidelines
Participants
13 subscribers, of which 3 have participated.
Results
1st place
Mauro Wynter
Member
Mauro Wynter
File submission
Army_of_Two.pdf
Placement
1st place
2nd place
Nikora Rhan
Member
Nikora Rhan
Submission
Nikora Rhan opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
2nd place
3rd place
Iios Singuard
Member
Iios Singuard
Textual submission

BURNING DEN:

Areticus, Iios, and Lo-Kain laid on the plateau overlooking the enemy camp. Areticus looked over to Iios and said, "Burning Den". Not another word was necessary. Iios began to make his way down from their lookout toward the back of the enemy encampment. Areticus and Lo-Kain made their way down toward the bases front and waited, hidden by a nearby forest's thick vegetation. After a few minutes a small animal that closely resembled a monkey made its way from the enemy camp and sat on the rock in front of Areticus and Lo-Kain. It tapped two times, paused, then tapped twice more. "Twenty-two enemies." Lo-Kain said, "This will be a worthy fight". Lo-Kain and Areticus made their way into the open and stood there for several moments, seemingly unnoticed by the mercenaries in the camp. Lo-Kain willed a nearby boulder into the air and flung it at a nearby turret, crippling it, and the person manning it. That got their attention. The first shots began ringing out and stopped inches away from Areticus, now taking the front of the two-man formation. Within seconds the rest of the camp was on their feet and firing at the two Sith. Areticus held the barrier against the blaster fire and Lo-Kain began moving forward in tandem with Areticus's movement and activated his lightsaber. He began mowing down any mercenary that ventured too close toward their mobile barrier. A massive explosion a few meters from the two stopped the momentum in its tracks. The remaining three turrets that were manned only during times of emergency were aimed right at the Sith and were prepared to fire. A man, the bases commander presumably stepped out from behind one of the bases buildings and yelled, "You are hopelessly outgunned and that barrier will not hold up to our heavy turrets. Surrender!"

Lo-Kain growled and whispered to Areticus, "That weasel must have ran scared instead of doing his job."

Areticus looked up near the commander and saw a shimmer in the air, "I think not."

A lightsaber pierced through the commander's chest and the young Chiss's Force cloak dissipated. "Sorry I'm late, some of their hounds almost caught me before I could finish our present. He held up a detonator in the air and pressed the button before jumping inside the commanders building. The turrets and half of the buildings in the base exploded as Iios's charges went off. The mercenaries began panicking and ran in multiple directions, most of which were picked off by Areticus, now on the offensive, Lo-Kain, and Iios with his blaster sniper rifle.

"A job well done," Areticus said to Lo-Kain and Iios, "but next time, just kill the dogs instead of knocking them out." Areticus looked to Iios knowingly.

Iios chuckled and said, "No promises."

Placement
3rd place