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[sup]Current Location: Second Militia Headquarters - Interacting With: Everyone in the Depot - Mentioned: No One[/sup]

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[color=limegreen][b]"The medical bay is that way."[/b][/color]

[color=gray]What sense of direction Annelien had was worth not even a copper within the massive fortress she was supposed to report to. Annelien had seen the large buildings of her home city, but the militia headquarters were an entirely different matter. Winding tunnels and hallways that seemed to never end were everywhere, and while the base was designed for a coastal invasion, Annelien was sure she was lost without seeing a glimpse of ocean blue as much as she did see bleak gray walls.

Even her appearance was not in her favor, as many of the soldiers and officers she would ask for directions would simply direct Annelien to the medical bay. After the sixth time Annelien had appeared at the medical bay, one of doctors had finally came to her aid (perhaps out of pity for her). With their help, Annelien was on the path she should had been the entire time. Still, Annelien couldn't hep but to feel tunnel vision as she walked down the same empty hallways that appeared no different than the others.[/color]

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[color=orangered][b]"Look at what you've [i]done[/i], Annelien!"[/b][/color]

[color=gray]It had been a simple mistake that anyone could make. Her father had requested a drink, an aged whiskey, and Annelien was expected to fetch it for him. And Annelien had done dutifully so, pouring the liquor in to a glass for her father to drink from. However, by pure accident, Annelien dropped the glass, which shattered on the floor in a sticky mess. Annelien knelt down to clean it up, but her father had different plans in mind as he usually had.

Swinging at his own flesh and blood as he gripped his daughter by the collar, her father had knocked Annelien into a chair and breaking it in the process. Annelien couldn't understand why her father had hit her, especially as he stood over her and muttered that she was a disgrace--nothing like her mother, and an ungrateful child. All Annelien could utter was quiet and meek apologies as she gazed up in fear of her own father.[/color]

[color=orangered][b]"Clean up this mess. I'm going to the pub."[/b][/color] [color=gray]Her father replied, snatching his overcoat without the slight glance towards his cowering daughter. Annelien sat there speechless, but as the door was slammed, the tears were flowing. Her tears dripping onto the floor, Annelien languished alone, wishing for a better fate, and to see her mother once more. Annelien wanted to be free from the bruises and scars, yet opportunity would never show.[/color]

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[color=gray]Annelien shook her head as memories of her past surfaced. They had forged who she was, but Annelien felt haunted by her memories. Closing her eyes, Annelien stood in silence for a moment, before taking a deep sigh--she couldn't let her memories get the best of herself. They may had done so in the past, but like everything, things change. After all, luck would have it that Annelien was granted a chance to escape the torture and abuse her father had put her through.

Rolling up her sleeve, Annelien took a glimpse at her arm. A number of bruises and past injuries still stained the fair skin Annelien once had, as if she had already been in combat before.[/color] [color=A1FFED][i]I can do this,[/i][/color] [color=gray]Annelien thought as she pulled back her sleeve from its rolled position. Entering the depot workshop, Annelien turned to salute those that had seniority emblazoned on their uniforms.[/color][color=A1FFED][b]"Private Annelien Duesterhaus, reporting for duty."[/b][/color] [color=gray]Annelien responded, announcing her presence, albeit somewhat meekly.[/color]

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