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Anise Tatlin ([personal profile] gald_digger) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute2011-03-23 01:13 pm

Day 55: Courtyard [4th Shift]

Talking with friends usually put Anise in a better mood, but the subjects that she, Guy, and Tear covered at lunch were so heavy that Anise couldn't help but feel weighed down afterward. It was hard to think and talk about the terrible things that came about from her lies. She wasn't going to cry, not now, but she felt like she needed a little space.

Fortunately, children were going out to the Courtyard today, and that sounded like a good, wide area where she could get a little alone time. The fresh air could help her mood, too.

When Anise reached the door, however, a blast of cold air rushed in at her, and all she could see outside was a blinding veil of whiteness. For a moment, she simply stared at the sight. She never saw much for snow at Landel's, but here it had already covered everything in just one day!

"You might need this," a soldier said, presenting a black jacket to her. The color and style really didn't suit Anise, but it looked expensive. She slipped it on, and while it wasn't as feminine as she liked her clothes to be, the lining actually had a nice feel to it. On the left breast, she noticed a name embroidered over it. It wasn't her name, but it was still kind of impressive that they personalized these things.

Outside, snow had settled onto every surface, like a big fluffy blanket over the ground. Anise walked along the path for a bit, creating a single set of footprints in the otherwise smooth surface. Once she was a fair distance from the doors, she diverged from the path (which was barely visible to begin with) and walked to the edge of the pond, watching the falling snowflakes disappear into the water.

It was a pretty sight, but it wasn't enough to completely take her mind off of Ion. Before long, Anise found herself wondering if it was snowing where Ion was, too. Maybe he was really far away, though...

[waiting for her boyfriends ♥]
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[personal profile] falseblack 2011-03-31 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. No harm, no foul. It required effort to keep his hands from twitching. "That's a disappointment," Nigredo remarked, all hints to his distress wiped from surface impressions. "Still, it is pretty amazing. I've never known anyone who can teleport without the aid of a device."

He almost asked on the mechanics, only to stop himself as his mind formed the inquiry. Was there a point to this? Weren't they simply making smalltalk by now? Senna seemed okay with the bout of information sharing; perhaps she no longer cared that the child had promised something deeper. Perhaps it no longer mattered. Eyelids dropped as the other mentioned the distribution of the rings, and suddenly, nothing in him was willing to move forward.

"I'll have to look into it," he said. "Was there anything else?"