Gefreiter Emilia Bergmann was secretly in love. She still remembered the first day she saw her destined one on a cold autumn evening. She had just come off of her last class of the day at her first year at the military academy in a small northeastern village in Capricorn that wasn’t even on someContinue reading “16.6: Elementalist, 0100 Scorched Earth”
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16.5: Swindler, 0630 Filial Affliction (2)
Capricorn “That was embarrassing, Werner! How could you do that to me? Didn’t you think of how I’d feel? You’re no different from your brother!” Cadence had been at the brunt of those words following the awkward dinner with the captain, Gilbert, and Werner’s family. All she’d wanted to do was at least keep upContinue reading “16.5: Swindler, 0630 Filial Affliction (2)”
16.4: Brother, 0650 Filial Affliction (1)
Eisburg, Capricorn Ludwig Waltz, eldest son of the esteemed Waltz family, had a routine. Every morning he greeted the sun with a cup of coffee: two teaspoons of sugar—no more, nor less. And that’s how he started this morning. Continuing on with his morning ritual, he read the political column of the morning paper andContinue reading “16.4: Brother, 0650 Filial Affliction (1)”
16.( ): ELPIS Leader & Crime Leader, 0007 Filial Affection
Twin Cities, Gemini “So, we gonna use it or what? I mean, this is a good time to use it, right? Not like there’s any better time to use it.” Stomp, stomp. Sigh. “Well, maybe we’d need to lie low or something, but it ain’t like we ain’t gonna be able to use it againContinue reading “16.( ): ELPIS Leader & Crime Leader, 0007 Filial Affection”
16.3: Swindler, 0707 Homebound
Aquarius Cadence Morello couldn’t believe her luck She wasn’t the type to swear, but as soon as she laid eyes on Cvetka Akulova, she had to suppress her inner sailor. If it weren’t for her profession constantly forcing her to be in situations like these, she might’ve turned tail and run. Hell, if it wasn’tContinue reading “16.3: Swindler, 0707 Homebound”
16.2: Private, 0405 No Honor
Landser Wilhelm Fischer always wanted to be somebody. Anybody. He wanted to be more than his grandfather who fished day-in and day-out with a lame leg that ached every morning. He wanted to be more than his grandmother who toiled away at the bakery reading customers’ lips and because she’d lost her hearing in theContinue reading “16.2: Private, 0405 No Honor”
16.1: Captain, 0500 Insubordination
Before Volker Weingartner was hauptmann of the 212th Division of the Border Force, he was a teacher at Vollmond Elementary. Rather, he was a professor, holding first a degree in psychology and then numerous degrees in literature ranging from Capricornian folklore to classical Signum epics before finally attaining a degree in military tactics. Nothing tooContinue reading “16.1: Captain, 0500 Insubordination”
15.5: Second Lieutenant, 0310 Captured
Unoccupied Territory, Argoan-Capricornian Border Death was like a bad whiskey. Drink enough of it—get exposed enough to it—and you got used to it. Sometimes forgot about it. The bitter taste of it lessened into something shrugged at, maybe grimaced at lightly in passing. The line, smudged. Until it was someone you knew. Someone you reallyContinue reading “15.5: Second Lieutenant, 0310 Captured”
14.2: Prince & Swindler, 0000 False Ignorance
Die Hauptstadt, Capricorn Ariesian Prince Olivier Chance was onto something. At least, he thought he was onto something. If he wasn’t actually onto something, he figured he might as well leap out the window to make up for the twelve hours he’d just wasted. At the moment Olive resided on the third to highest floorContinue reading “14.2: Prince & Swindler, 0000 False Ignorance”
13b: Solitary Maidens
On Monday the following week, Eunji received the results of her State Conducting Exam. She passed with flying colors and received a printed certificate detailing her accomplishment, along with a note informing her she would receive her physical license within a few months. Her brother, Soha, and Felix congratulated her, while Olive offered her hisContinue reading “13b: Solitary Maidens”
Six Chances 