Negi was still in a sulk after Seishirou.

He was in the library reading for the most part, looking over a book on Christmas holidays for the most part. In Midchilda they didn't really have Christmas per say, but it was close.

Lately though he had been feeling restless, like something needed to be done.

He hoped Zashi was okay.

Negi was asleep.

Crimson Wing wasn't however, and the small device was floating around the train car, keeping an eye out for it's master.

Ever since Halloween, the device had been feeling awkward lately. Like their mission had taken a secondary priority.

I wonder if other devices have this problem said the device to nothing and anything.

*It's been a typical day of wandering around for Zashi. But not so typical is when she walks in to a car that appears to be a residential street at night. There are kids running around in costumes, holding bags, and orange, black, and otherwise scary decorations on the houses ( Read more... )

Negi was having a nightmare. One that he thought was so vivid and realistic.

And then in a start, he woke up, scrabbling at his chest, panting.

"Just... a dream..." he realized.

He was breathing hard.

"Some nightmare," he moaned.

Negi was having trouble accepting Sasami was just gone. But he felt it deep down inside ( Read more... )

[In a room with a lot of instruments, a trio of people were sitting around after their recent liberation from the library and the books that had pinned down at least a couple of them. Edward Elric, Negi Springfield and Daniel Jackson were clapping as Ed lead the group in a round of native songs from his homeland ( Read more... )

*Negi struck at the training dummy again, and blocked the return strike. For once, he hadn't been pitched into the wall of the training room.

He struck again and again, Crimson Wing singing in the air as he incanted a spell*

Series Luminus - Saggita Magica!

*Light arrows demolished a series of targets and Negi sighed*

Still not enough...

[A hot spring car. Quite literally a Japanese-styled communal bath house situated in the cars ( Read more... )

[She steps onto the train looking a little worse for wear. She doesn’t seem to notice that the setup of the train is a little different from her normal train home. Asuna merely collapses on a seat and looks out the window]

Konoka…I’m coming for you, I promise. I’m not going to let that bastard keep you…we’ll get you back.

[The train starts to move ( Read more... )

*two weeks aboard the train and it seems that, with the latest announcement, there's no sign of them getting off. At the moment, Sasami's sitting in one of the seats, lazily staring out the window.*

...I wonder if everyone realized I'm gone... I wonder if they miss me yet...