{Day 54 - Afternoon}Okay, so she wasn't quite as green as she had been... But she didn't have turn on a lamp to light up a room. She pulled on a pair of gloves to cover her hands and a veiled hat. She was about as covered as she could be. It should be safe enough now. Or at least, as safe as it could be ( Read more... )

{Day 53 - Afternoon}Anissina cracked her knuckles as the final nut and bolt snapped into place. It had taken her days to finish this thing. Days of the darkness - well, semi darkness before she turned the lights on - of her lab. With only small breaks to talk to people - like Gisela ( Read more... )

After the debacle at the party, Anissina started to regret her choices.  Maybe she should have done something different.  Maybe she should have asked Gwendal if it was alright...  But this whole trying to start a relationship thing was difficult and she didn't have much experience with this type of endevour.  She walked down the corridor arm in arm ( Read more... )

{Day 50, Evening}

Anissina cleared the last of the mess from her lab.  Whoever had been in here had certainly done a number on the place.  Vials spilled, potions all over the floor and a flask of her super-sekrit-identity-changing-potion-kun missing.  Part of her wondered who had taken it, while the other part of her couldn't help but wonder how ( Read more... )

{Day 18, Afternoon}She was tired, more tired than she had ever been before. She hadn't pushed herself this hard since the last war and that had had dire consequences for her and her control over maryoku. Intellectually she knew that she should take a break, sit down and have a good strong meal for once and not something that had been left out for ( Read more... )

{Day 15: 15.05pm}Anissina's eyes fluttered open as the noises from outside started to eat at her unconsciousness. She sat up abruptly, her head spinning with the movement. All around her were milling nurses and soldiers carrying out their every wish. More guaze, more splints, clean bandages. Anissina was puzzled. How on earth had she ended up ( Read more... )

{Day 15: 03.45am}45 hours, 55 minutes and counting. That was how long it had been since she had stopped long enough to sleep. She still buzzed around the camp but instead of looking fresh faced, like she thought she did, she now had large dark circles under her eyes. Repairing machinery, sorting out casualty lists, marking bundles for families ( Read more... )

{Day 14: 5.30am}

Anissina pushed the hair out of her eyes and stepped back from the table she had been hunched over. It had been a long day, too long. She hadn't been to bed yet and there was still things to do. Shinou had asked her to change the formula slightly. Of course, with any small change, it took a lot of time ( Read more... )

{Day 13: 13.00pm}Anissina slid from the Shinou's horse first before watching him slide off. He had things to attend to and so did she. Her uniform was soaked through thanks to the amount of energy she expended fending off the arrows. She nodded to the Shinou as he excused himself. She stood watching his back for a moment watching him depart. ( Read more... )

Day 13: Early MorningMorning light was still new when the Dai Shimeron troops fell out of their beds. This was the morning that they had been waiting on for the past few days. No more small harrying attacks. No more nipping at the demon's heels. Today was going to lead into an all out attack. Armour and weapons were handed out and strapped ( Read more... )