by Snorb » Tue Jun 3, '14, 12:00 am
"Just give me a second and I'll be ready."
Rio slid her access card through a reader, and was in her room in about a second. Like Mira's quarters, the central area had a table and small chair, which had seen better days. The small radio resting on the table was turned off, its sole neighbor a folded shirt that Rio hadn't had time to put away yet. Rio ignored these; what she needed was in her bedroom.
Resting in one corner near her bed was a three-foot sword, its blade made of steel. The blonde collected it from its resting place, twisting and adjusting the scabbard strap so the blade could be easily drawn from her hip. A knife would have been easier, she thought. but this was Granddad's, and he gave it to Mom...
Her eye caught a framed slightly-faded picture hanging near the bed: A blonde woman, almost Rio's twin, smiling in a simple white wedding gown, hugging a brown-haired man. The man, clad in a simple gray robe, was returning the woman's embrace with one arm while using his free hand to push a pair of glasses up his nose. Rio could only sigh as she read the writing on the bottom of the picture: Wedded Bliss! Chris Trenze and Sara MacLeod, September 9, AW 2290, Uzo Island
Rio left her quarters after retrieving her sword, sitting down next to Castiel on the couch in the common room.
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Nakama: A Card Game of Magical Girls - A completely un-playtested card game about being a magical girl.
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