Essentia Animus

37-Unreal Arrangement

The day was progressing relatively smoothly, almost against expectations or reason, as the girls progressed with their current agenda. There wasn't much clarity as to the time of day at this point, but such things could be worried about when the need arose.

Sryine had lost track of where the others had gone off to, but she was too occupied to go searching. Reports and documentation needed to be sorted and organized, she had people counting on her. She pulled up a file and quickly scanned it over, showing a list of resources that were well below quota. She would have to be responsible in getting that rectified too, yet another problem to worry about. She pulled out her cell, making sure to document such ideas in reminder, so that she could look into the matter later. Pulling up another sheet showed a similar request, mostly pending tasks. She was surprised at a few of the items at the top, they had a deadline of today, she would need to personally look into this, ensure it was taken care of right away.

She set aside the remainder of the documents and left the room, grabbing her cerulean blue beret on the way out. The first order of business was to go through the boxes that had been delivered yesterday, ensure that the foodstock insight hadn't spoiled in transit. Later, she would have to organize a business meeting, get a few contract details worked out that were slowing down progress. Both could even come up with further complications if things went bad, adding even more obligations to today. She made a quick call to ensure the meeting would still be possible soon, then headed towards the boxes, over a dozen in total. She detached the lid to the first box, going through the mint leaves inside. Most were good, but some of them were a blue azure instead, highly irregular. Such blue did not belong here, it needed to be properly and carefully dealt with. She adjusted her beret and got to work sorting out the good from the bad.

Vwyx was busy working on another instrument assembly, the request form pinned to a board beside her. Things were quiet without the others around, but she knew they were all occupied with their own tasks. She set down another completed cylinder, picking up a few spare pieces of material to start working on them in turn. She turned quickly to her request, making sure she was aware of the details on this design. Oculars weren't the easiest piece of work, but the ability to magnify one's sight to see things from a distance was something a human like her could really appreciate. She pulled out her cell, flipping to a reference schematic for this next piece. The complicated requirements for this had to be precise, that was probably the worst part of this project. She went to pick up the performance regulator, a prism that provided most of the interface for the entire thing, only to find it missing. Wait, did she forget to get one? She went back to her supply of material, only to find she had run out of that particular piece.

This really wasn't good, she would have to go visit the mall and pick up a replacement. This particular request was high priority, so she would have to put everything on hold and handle it right away. She closed up her workshop and headed to the bus stop, grabbing her crimson red beret on the way out. The bus arriving the exact same moment she did, her timing being just that perfect. She got on the bus and found a seat, the bus otherwise empty. Shortly after, she arrived at the train station, getting off and heading towards the platform. Once again she was fortunate in her timing, with the train arriving right away, much like the bus previously. This was all good, she was worried the delay would set her behind considerably, but it seemed things were going very well. She entered the empty mall, looking for the store she wanted. Finding it quickly, she started looking through the prisms to find the one she wanted. Most of the selection was ruby in design, something which was unfortunate because such red colors would be useless for any of her work. She continued her search through the store's supplies, looking for something she could actually use.

Sryine finally finished sorting through the stock, returning all of the good ash leaves to their original box. It was ash which she was originally looking for, right? She brought the azure leaves to a trash disposal in the back, throwing its undesired contents away. Things were going rather smoothly, she was making some good time, everything was going better than expected. She headed to the meeting room, being the first to arrive. She pulled up a seat to wait patiently, pulling out her cell to find a book to read in her free opportunity. It was quite an interesting story, a story about heroes who were fighting to defend a tower from demons from another world. Flipping page after page, she was absorbed by the tale, how the demons were hard pressed by the heroes in a struggle of equal balance, neither side gaining any advantage until the heroes pulled out a secret weapon, an explosive that unleashed in a massive torrent, sending one of the demons flying from the window in a broken heap. It was almost unfair, how poorly things started to turn for the demons at that point, as the heroes started resorting to unjust and unfair tactics to belittle any struggle the demons attempted. In the end, the demons died, leaving tears flowing from Sryine's cheek.