Hero at Midnight

No one could remember who among them gave him the name Rooster; probably someone long gone by this point. A seventy percent casualty rate will leave one gaping hole in the communal memory. Everyone could remember why: yodeling and ukelele music in the pre-dawn hours was inexcusable by any measure. It had started after the battle for Hill 487. Most of Rooster's squad had been blown into pieces too small to put back together. Hence the coping mechanism. However, after two weeks of this crap, enough was enough, and Private Morlane drew the short stick: shut him up so we can get some sleep. Time was running out for his assignment, and Morlane had nothing. Whoops.

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short gone small gaping communal inexcusable coping

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Prompt (write a story including these elements)

hero Private Morlane
villain Rooster
goal Let the regiment sleep
Prompt suggested by Galen

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