"Action"

[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

[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.]