“Cadence, have you gotten any farther in that book I recommended you?” Atienna pressed. The only part of her that he could see were her eyes that twinkled with their usual inquisitiveness. She was bundled up tightly-wrapped head to toe-in swaths of colorful silken cloth. Her image was sitting across the table from Werner. “Sorry, Olive, but may I ask Cadence something before we move further?” Atienna interjected. I summarized my arrival at Sagittarius and how my studying and research have been going, Cadence talked about the Campana-Romano drama that’s been going on, you gave a very detailed report on the Argo…” Olive frowned and looked to the side. After arching a brow at Jericho who was standing beside it, he pulled out a bound notebook, flipped it open, and began to read- “The first five minutes of last meeting were spent reviewing what happened in the meeting before that. “Fine.” Olive sighed, walking over to his desk drawer.

The uniform and medals beneath his cloak were, however, as immaculate as always. A gray rain cloak caked with dirt, mud, and grime was thrown over his shoulders. The man was sitting at the round table, hands clasped in front of him. Werner’s image resided in the corner of Olive’s room. Olive didn’t see Werner’s logic but he figured he’d humor Werner like they all had been doing for the past three months. “Besides, this will aid you in the interview portion of your Conductor Exam.” We need to understand what every person has been doing and what we will be doing in order to not interfere with one another.” A pause. “Chance, if we don’t clarify what topics were discussed last week then this meeting and subsequent meetings will be meaningless. “Chance, the minutes from last week’s meeting.” ← Previous Work Part 2 of Six Chances Next Work → Stats: Published: Completed: Words: 240,371 Chapters: 45/45 Kudos: 15 Bookmarks: 3 Hits: 255 Olivier Chance & Cadence Morello & Werner Waltz & Atienna Imamu & Maria Gloria-Fernandez & Jericho.

The Illusionary Six by elmwynn