> Rose: DescendRose bounded off the stairs and down onto the floor of the ballroom as soon as she could, alighting on the floor in what was, on its own, a graceful maneuver. As she jumped, the flames on her wands extinguished, and her sylladex reset itself to the auto-balance modus, ejecting everything in it. Her possessions rained down on her ( Read more... )

[from here]Ilia didn't plan on lingering long if she could help it. The walk-in refrigerator was a bit too chilly for anyone to want to stay too long, and a few large, mutated cockroaches also were cause for keeping on her toes. However, with a clear goal in mind it wasn't too hard to find what she was looking for; a hidden trap door under a ( Read more... )

As the sun rose over the valley, it became obvious that the snow had finally stopped. Despite the below-freezing temperature, the skies were as clear as those in summer. As such, the Head Doctor sounded practically relieved when the jingle came on and he spoke to the patient body ( Read more... )