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”
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13a: Copper Cadence
Twin Cities, Gemini Cadence pulled herself onto all fours with a grimace. Her head pounded, her ears rang, her mind was clouded by memories and feelings that weren’t her own—a battle between saint candidates inside Ophiuchus, the death of True Conductors, and a murderous rampage of revenge. From these things, she reached a conclusion— TheirContinue reading “13a: Copper Cadence”
12.2: A Duet Between a Soldier and Advisor
Twin Cities, Gemini Pulling Sefu closer to herself, Atienna tuned her ears to the sound of the small footsteps drawing nearer from down the road. Yulia sank to her knees, arms widespread. A beat after, a familiar boy flew into the woman’s arms from the side of the street. He wrapped his arms around herContinue reading “12.2: A Duet Between a Soldier and Advisor”
11.2: Werner’s (Fidato) Command
Twin Cities, Gemini Werner Waltz opened his eyes. He immediately assessed his surroundings. He was lying on a firm bed; there was a sharp, antiseptic smell in the air; it was dim; and there was a brass sound trilling through the air. Saxophone. A record. He was injured, clearly, given the soreness at the backContinue reading “11.2: Werner’s (Fidato) Command”
9.[]-2: A Soldier’s Promise (di un Amico), 2
Twin Cities, Gemini Gilbert was guided by a hand on the arm through a back hallway and down a series of crisscrossing steps. He was not accustomed to covert operations so he fumbled his way forwards bumping into walls and tables alike. Eventually, they slipped into a room divided into multiple sections by silk draperies.Continue reading “9.[]-2: A Soldier’s Promise (di un Amico), 2”
9.[]-1 : A Soldier’s Promise (di un Amico), 1
Twin Cities, Gemini Gilbert Wolff had never been an overachiever. He’d never been an ‘underachiever’ either. Just an achiever. He didn’t really put much thought into it when he was younger but all the people he’d hung out with at the time thought he was ‘cool.’ Whatever that meant. Didn’t matter much when his mother’dContinue reading “9.[]-1 : A Soldier’s Promise (di un Amico), 1”
9.3: Werner’s Stand (Crollo)
Twin Cities, Gemini Werner was surprised when Nico delivered to him and Oberst Fritz von Spiel the news that they were to have the meeting with the Romanos and the Foxmans at the end of the week. It was good news as it indicated progress, and it was their reason for being in the TwinContinue reading “9.3: Werner’s Stand (Crollo)”
8.3: Werner’s Diligence (Rilassamento)
Twin Cities, Gemini The train ride to the Twin Cities was uneventful. The passage required two stops to switch train cars. One stop was at a medium-sized town in Pisces, and the second was at an outpost on the border Leo shared with Gemini. Due to the sizable distance between northeast Gemini and southern Capricorn,Continue reading “8.3: Werner’s Diligence (Rilassamento)”
7.3: Werner’s Efficiency (Esitazione)
Abschnitt 45, Capricornian-Argoan Border, Capricorn Thirty-four days after Major Ersatz’s arrest at the Capricornian-Aquarian border by the Ophiuchians, Werner and his unit were deployed back out to the southern border. They were ordered to take up station at the Argoan border outpost they had been positioned at prior to their rerouting to the Capricornian-Aquarian border.Continue reading “7.3: Werner’s Efficiency (Esitazione)”
5.3: Waltz Lock-on
Abandoned Town, Capricorn “What the hell is going on here?!” Cadence repeated. Sequentially, the events leading up to this moment where Werner found himself now bashing in the head of one of the soldiers Ersatz had brought along with him had been simple. When the major had reiterated that they were to take on theContinue reading “5.3: Waltz Lock-on”
Six Chances 