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She seemed so terribly convinced. Well, yes, you were quite good. The top, practically. Yet your greatest award, in your mind, was still recognition for a failure.
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<span class="mu-i">December 22, 1933</span>
The last thing that the Kaiser’s Luftwaffe wanted out of you this year had been done. A Lieutenant-Colonel was usually a rather busy man, but you were a special case, in a special command, but this was also a special Langenachtfest, even if the reason for that was an ominous one.
The next day came, and you woke up refreshingly late in the morning in your apartment. Despite the increase in pay and prestige, you still lingered in the same sparsely furnished old three-room that you’d been staying in for years. It served its purpose, it wasn’t a bad place, even if the rent was high and you hardly ever stayed in it besides to sleep. Though it was a lot quieter and emptier, with your last girlfriend’s sense of décor still hanging up, whatever surfaces, wall or table or counter top, fully populated. Eidan hadn’t lived with you anyways, but she couldn’t stand how the utilitarian the place had been.
She was still here in this city, but you weren’t in a relationship presently. Mutually agreed upon time apart to consider the future, even if you still had lewd photos of her stashed in your nightstand.
Eidan wasn’t on your mind when you went out today though. You had things to do that there’d be no space for yesterday, or for a day besides their own…
>…The Graveyard required your presence. Above ground, of course, but the dead needed some cheer shared with them. Even if the only ghosts to quiet, hopefully, were your own.
>You’d still not done your Langenachtfest gift shopping. Best to have that done sooner rather than later now, especially since the Falkensteins needed the aid of your officer’s ration allowances to get what they wanted together for the Longest Night’s Feast.
>…A private gala hosted at the Imperial Consulate near here. Who invited you, who could say, as it was kept purposefully secret…
>Something Else?
