>>16 I wouldn't say so- it's sensible that a group of strangers sent to work with each other in a remote place would start out trying to be on good terms with each other. Also, I'm eager to see where this is going. My only quibble with this chapter would be that your initial description of Sniper, ("a tall, lithe body, wearing orange aviators while holding a mug with the inscription #1 Sniper") seemed a bit wordy and nonsensical. Identifying him as a tall, lithe man wearing orange aviators probably would have sufficed.