I suppose I should simply grow used to disappointment.
The alarms let us infiltrate the base, after Alanna-san led the giants off on a chase. It did not take long to find Aren. Moira-san....I've discovered does have a distinct gift for understatement. Perhaps that is where her writing abilities went rather then into actual talent. She claimed Aren was distracting someone, probably the leader, when we heard screams from behind a door. I truly should have realized what those screams were, given present company.
The phrase 'sleeping with the enemy' is exact to describe what Aren was involved in with the base commander. For all that is holy, she was supposed to be better than this. I would not be so angry if the damnable wench had not seemed to be enjoying herself so much. She was to find or recover the artifact and leave, not throw herself at the enemy leader. And she has the nerve to have her little dalliance after the harassment she gave me and Alanna-san for how we handled the situation at the hotel?
That damned creature, though. It simply would not die, regardless of how many times I struck it. Either my training is not as good as I believed, or we stumbled into a battle that could not yet be won. Aren did have the courtesy to, at least, aquire the artifact...until she told the leader where she had it couldn't even maintain a hold on it. I will grant that may not be entirely her fault, given the strength of the creature we were dealing with.
And unfortunately, Alanna-san arrived too late to help us overpower the creature before it could activate the artifact. While we appear to be where we left, but the chamber is empty. I suspect we are wherever those other towns have gone to, which may give us some hope, if anyone in them yet lives.
I am tired. And I am angry. Moira-san and Alanna-san can do the talking, because right now, I am going to turn either of my blades upon Aren if I have to speak another word to her until I've calmed myself.
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