Witches Reign

Obligatory Newsletter Reaction Post

A new newsletter is published (there may be a couple of posts mentioning it in this BBS) and on a much more somber note than the last one - Miss Delacreaux's column notwithstanding that is.

First, of course, come the accusations of Garden harboring sorceresses, following a fellow cadet's carelessness. Honestly, this was going to happen sooner or later - suspicions of sorceresses hiding among the stream of offworlders have been rampant from almost the start, as some of us may have noticed. At least this slip-up happened early on, instead of in a crucial time, like say, in the middle of a mission in front of a paranoid client. Not that it won't still cause some tense times here - for all of us.

Yes, all of us. Don't pretend this doesn't concern you just because you're a native, or because you're preparing some special project that will take you back to your homeworld.

Which brings me to the other newspiece: the rising tensions between this world's two super powers. I hope it won't come to actual warfare, but if worse comes to worse our SeeDs will have to face the dangers they've trained for, and there's the possibility that SeeD candidates may be deployed for field exams.

Curiously enough, it seems there are few offworlders who aren't familiar with conflict.

Well, I hope you'll forgive my rambling. My congratulations to the Garden Festival Committee for a well-written edition - particularly Miss Delacreaux, who seems to have learned a little restraint since last time (though really, I know the paper was starved for news on Commander Leonhart, but we don't need to know what he does on his down time).

- Minato Arisato