What it felt like:
There were plenty of people in our battalion but only a few of us in our platoon. Three warlocks against the forces of Orgrimmar defending their corrupt warchief. If that's all the lieutenant thought we needed to succeed in our mission, then so be it.
A little away from us, the healers huddled around a pile of complicated charts and graphs, their officer briefing the new priest recruit on his assignments. The tanks seemed to have their strategy set and were sitting quietly, keeping an eye on the enemy that marched in the distance. Meanwhile, one of the death knights had fallen asleep, and the other melee were taking turns teabagging him. How ironic.
"You alright?" asked a fellow warlock, sitting next to me.
"Yea," I replied, a little too quickly. My fortified rations sat unmoving in my stomach.
He patted me on the back with a heavy hand. I felt some of the anxiety dissipate under the pressure. "Just do your job," he said, staring off in the same direction as the tanks. "It's important to get the mines down before they reach the ranged troops. Just kill the mines, and if you're still alive at the end... Well, that'll really impress the officers."
"Ok," I said. "Got it." Just stay alive. Stay alive.
"Ready check!" yelled the lieutenant.
We all leapt to our feet, the death knight swatting away someone's crotch as he did so. I adjusted my staff and my shoulders with shaking hands.
"Get into positions! We engage in twelve seconds!"
Falling in line next to the other warlock, I looked over at him. He caught my gaze and smiled before turning towards the boss, a potion at the ready in his hand. I clutched mine too and faced forward.
It was time to prove myself.
What really happened:
[warlockchannel] Fellow warlock: Just stay alive.
[warlockchannel] Me: Kk.
-Avia.
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