Action; backdated to November 30

[birdwhoseeks.livejournal.com]

[Over the course of her life, Gwendolyn has learned to count her blessings. For instance, at least this time she wasn't caught flying outside when the Garden crash-landed. Better still, she also didn't have to fly back to Garden, which means she's fresh and capable of engaging in more than a few rounds of combat in the event of a fiend invasion.

You know, such as the one currently taking place.

Fortunately, there are more than enough SeeDs and cadets running around to keep anyone from being overwhelmed. Just to be safe, Gwendolyn is gliding around, dive-bombing any beast that decides on ambushing an already occupied ally - a confused foe is an easily dispatched one, after all - and lending a hand to anyone who might need it.

If she has one regret for today, it's that no one's probably recording that fight she glimpsed between two Blue Dragons and a T-Rexaur. Ah well...]

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[birdwhoseeks.livejournal.com]

[Gwendolyn does indeed notice the increased chill near the library, but chalks that up to there being less people near there. Few people are trying to fight off the fiends close to the Training Center, after all.

It's as she starts swerving back that she notices the ice shards lunged her way. She has to drop to avoid them, but she still feels the intense cold seeping from them.]

[willnotsubmit.livejournal.com]

[The grat is either dead, or well on it's way to being so. So, Mitsuru doesn't waste jerking her eyes away from it and up towards the air, where she saw that blur of blue. There's already a spell building up on her fingertips again, and Mitsuru tries to hurry it along so she can get the first shot off. She hasn't been looking forward to the prospect of facing one of those flying reptiles alone-

That thought sputters out when she sees the figure drop to the ground, and she picks out hands and a face.]

"My...Apologies. I wasn't aware there were people in the air above this area. I didn't intend to target a classmate."

[The spell sputters out in her mind, and her fingers buzz for a moment as the cold retreats from them.]

[birdwhoseeks.livejournal.com]

[Gwendolyn gets back on her feet, thankfully none the worse for the wear.]

"There is no harm done. I suppose I should have expected stray spells."

[She notices how Mitsuru is standing with her back to the library entrance.]

"..I take it you are guarding the Library?"

[willnotsubmit.livejournal.com]

"Yes. Priority wise, with other people handling the infirmary and the dormitories, safeguarding the library should be the next step."

[Also, finding out that monsters shredded most of the reading supplies, even with digital backups of most of the books, is a horrifying possibility. And not about to happen on her watch!]

"Allowing anything aside from students and faculty through here would only invite trouble, later on."

[birdwhoseeks.livejournal.com]

"Indeed. Any losses incurred to the library might prove costly, and not merely in the monetary sense."

[For some reason, she gets a mental image of a grat and a bite bug leafing through books. She chalks it off to the cold making her mind wander when not battling.]

"The beasts seem more interested in going where more people or light sources gather, however. Still, there's no harm in taking cautions."

[willnotsubmit.livejournal.com]

[A kindred spirit! A wise observation. Mitsuru nods her head when she hears that, an approving look flickering across her face for a moment.]

"True. I've been to a few of the other places...Mainly due to the crash."

[And blundering through hallways with little to no power isn't an experience she wants to repeat again.]

"And it seems like people are holding the line in most areas. It seems that the curriculum taught here is being absorbed by nearly everyone."

[birdwhoseeks.livejournal.com]

"Indeed. No doubt the headmaster and the commander will be pleased by the overall performance, even though they would rather have seen the results of the curriculum under better circumstances."