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[brustriese.livejournal.com]

[Today, now that the snow has somewhat cleared up in the Orchards, people out there looking for food might stumble across Signum apparently taking an uncharacteristic nap under a tree.]

[If you look closer, she has a fishing pole propped up nearby where she can hear any movement of the line by a fish - she decided to provide some fish for dinner tonight. Trout, if she can catch it, since you don't really get those in Japan or Midchilda.]

[That's not the whole story behind her closed eyes and unusually relaxed posture, though. She's meditating, in a sense, trying to feel the magic that's being used to maintain and continue to create this place. She's no expert on the mystical side of the arts she uses, but lacking anything further in this place to give mere visual reconnaissance, she's decided to attempt focusing more on different places in particular, feeling the flow of mana and leylines, with the vague fuzziness of living things with Linker Cores wandering around her, including the almost nonexistant little phantoms of the dumb fish that were ignoring her bait.]

[Naturally, anyone concentrating this much is just asking to be bothered.]

Comments

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

...

*Kazumi's not sure if Signum is sleeping or what, and she wouldn't want to disturb her... maybe she should wait by the fishing pole in case it catches something so that she can reel it in for her, in the event that she is asleep?*

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

There's no need. I'm paying full attention to all of my surroundings.

[She says, without opening her eyes or moving]

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

W-wah...?

*she jerks back a bit in surprise*

A-are you a mind reader?

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

I have a couple of extra senses, but I could hear where you were standing and guessed you were either trying to be helpful, or steal my fishing pole. And you walk far too loud to be a thief.

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

A-ah...

*that's a relief, she's not sure what kind of stuff a mind reader would pick up from her and she wouldn't want to find out*

Though, who'd want to steal a fishing pole in this place?

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

People who didn't think ahead or don't know how to make one, I suppose.

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

I guess so.

... I don't really know how to make one, either, but it's easier to just use the room service instead of trying to catch something.

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

Aside from being something to do, I don't entirely trust the familiars here. And at any rate, Hayate cooks better than whomever they get their food from.

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

I guess that's a good point. I can cook, but... the only fishing and hunting I know how to do is in a video game, s-so... yeah.

... though, the people in charge seem nice enough that they wouldn't want to do anything weird with our food. Even if they brought us here against our will...

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

Nice in the same way that a stalker is nice to her victim.

...there are video games of hunting and fishing?

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

A-ah... I guess you have a point there...

Yeah. I usually don't play games that are just about that, though. But there are a few games that have them as mini-games.

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

Never quite understood why you'd play a game about something menial rather than just doing it and actually accomplishing something.

Now, games about fantastic violence or impossible puzzles or whatever, wasting time on those makes some small amount of sense.

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

There are games about farming, even.

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

*slightly disgusted sigh*

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

I-it may not sound that great, but they're surprisingly fun, actually.

[breakthroughit.livejournal.com]

Signum.



Any luck?

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

We may be having pheasant again if these fish continue to be cowards.

Not having much luck analyzing this place, either. Where are Rein and Shamal when you need them?

[breakthroughit.livejournal.com]

Might be best that they're not here. We need at least someone back home.



Where'd ya get the rod? I'd rather fish than pheasant tonight and I've finished scouting for a bit.

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

Wished on a star for it, along with the other survival equipment. I was planning to make another one eventually, and if you want to take over here I can go do that.

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

[There's a familiar person approaching you! She's trying to keep quiet, but Signum will probably be able to pick up on her footsteps the closer she gets.]

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

I appreciate someone being polite for once, but the whole point of this is focusing my senses, so you don't need to worry.

...Testarossa, right?

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

Of course.

[She laughs as she takes a seat near Signum; not too close, though, so she won't interrupt her meditation too much.]

Any luck so far?

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

I never realized quite how quietly you walked, is all.

And no, not with fishing or insight. I feel a good deal less anxious, at least.

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

Stealth isn't my forte, but that doesn't mean I'm not good at it.

[Fate turns away, looking out over the lake.]

I wonder if that's a bad thing... being able to feel at ease here, even just a little.

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

We're not in any specific danger, at least...

I've also been thinking about something. Most of us were brought here while the Huckebein incident was going on, but Vivio is much younger than she ought to be, isn't she?

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

She does... [Fate frowns a little at this.] She's two years younger than she should be. I didn't know time manipulation on that kind of scale was possible...

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

But the fact that that time manipulation is possible means that getting out of her is much less urgent. If Vivio was brought here two years ago and we didn't notice, her time here must have occurred relatively instantaneously, and likely been forgotten.

It's either that or we start into timeline divergence theories, which are well beyond my understanding. I am just a fighter, after all.

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

I really hope what you're saying is true... if it is, that means we haven't failed in the fight against the Huckebein. And with this chance to prepare ourselves, we might actually have an advantage when we're sent back.

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

True, probably. This may be a blessing in disguise, as long as we don't become complacent here.

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

I agree. I bet the Queen and her followers are just waiting for everyone to let their guards down again, so they can set up something like that snowstorm.

[Bitter? Fate's totally not bitter. She really didn't mind being hit with horrible memories of her childhood and nearly freezing to death. Didn't mind it at all.]

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

Actually, I've been wondering how much of that was intentional, and how much was the Queen going past her ability to control things again.

Then again, I didn't have it so bad. My "roommate" was undead, and a surprisingly good fighter on top of that. ...Slightly frightening, really, but good.

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

It wasn't a matter of who I was stuck with. Thankfully, Nanoha and Vivio were with me... I just made the mistake of trying to go outside during the storm.

[She's probably juuuust getting rid of that crazy cold now. That was not fun.]

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

And why are you out here instead of letting Nanoha feed you chicken noodle soup, then?

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

I-I don't need it anymore. I'm perfectly healthy, really.

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

Oh? You still look a little fevered.

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

Like I said, I'm fine! You must be seeing things.

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

Must be.

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

[Hmph. Fate is just going to ignore Signum now until the teasing stops.]