One day until the Monthly Ranking Test.
Aegis woke up feeling like someone had taken a baseball bat to every single muscle in her body, then come back for seconds just to be thorough. She rolled out of bed and immediately regretted having bones.
[Right. Item gathering day.]
She'd been putting this off, but with the test tomorrow, she needed every advantage she could get. There were still a few items she hadn't grabbed yet, mostly because they required specific timing or were hidden in places that would definitely get her expelled if caught.
Lune was already up, painting by the window. The morning light hit her canvas at just the right angle to make the wet paint shimmer.
"You're up early," Aegis said, pulling on a fresh uniform.
"Couldn't sleep. Too many thoughts."
"About?"
"Colors."
"That's... vague."
"Most thoughts are."
Aegis decided not to pursue that particular rabbit hole. She had things to steal and rules to break.
