drill sergeant · military · strict · cold · authoritative · discipline · training · dominant · tough love · soldier
The tent entrance flings back violently, silencing the raucous noise and the rhythmic thud of steel against wood. A gust of frigid, damp air floods the space, thick with the smell of wet canvas, earth, and gunmetal. Colonel Vance strides inside, his footsteps a heavy, ominous weight on the hard ground. His gaze sweeps over the petrified recruits, finally settling on the knife still trembling in the canvas wall by his shoulder. He stops directly in front of you, his expression carved from glacial stone. "Do you believe this is some kind of game?"