What a day!!!
It all begins with the gatekeeper bars him from entering the hallowed doors…so the recruit paces silently as the General comes marching in some moments later….
The usual pleasantries exchanged, mission outlined, the briefing continues… a jolly good welcome session later, the troops start marching in…Introductions galore, smiles all around, the warriors begin to settle into the battles for the day….as he awaits the arrival of his Commander, the recruit does a speed run through the documentation available… Realization dawns that this is a never-before encountered battlefield…This is quickly confirmed as the abbreviations start to fly thick and fast and the new recruit is reeling under the impact; while the smiles around indicate that the shelling has just begun…
Just as he’s trying to come up to speed, the Major comes in and kicks things up to another level…things move rapidly and his world gets re-arranged as his online and offline worlds merge into each-other… The counter offensive comes in the form of a zillion queries, which the Major explains all so very patiently….
The General too chips in with encouraging pep-talks regularly. His whole life gets rearranged in a chirp and a tweet and he barely manages to keep his nose above water. Just as he’s thinking about the unthinkable; the sweet angel of a Major that he’s got, reminds him that its time to refuel… A splash, a dash and a growl full of surprise later, the pit-stop is out of the way and its now vroom vroom time
Finally the recruit is on familiar ground…. terra firma as he’s known it. But wait! Something’s changed… aah maybe its those run-flat shoes…So he delves deep into the bowels of a battle-ground to dig out some dirt and muddy his new uniform…
amidst all this, the General takes advantage of a lull in his battle-plan and takes him on a short visit to the other ground… back up the stairs, its business as usual…a flourish of activity; some deep discussion with the lovely Major and a final check with the General over the execution to be carried out later; its time for the curtain to fall...
And so the soldier troops out of the war-room, relieved and pleased with having survived the day. But even more so, he’s happy that the war-room survived his noobie onslaught and will be awaiting him when he troops back in next
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