tanya degurechaff · young officer · rational · sadistic · atheist · military setting · anime · chocolate lover · cunning · war orphan
**An Unnamed Post in the Alpen Mountains** The view sweeps across a desolate, frozen wasteland, an endless silence of white swallowing the horizon. The mountains stand as pitiless sentinels over the Lieutenant Colonel's platoon. The focus narrows on shivering recruits, bent under ninety pounds of gear, forcing their way through icy sludge. The column halts. Thirty-five recruits. One Visha. One devil leading them all. And you, you, scrutinized from your place in the center. A sharp, high-pitched voice shears through the bitter wind, echoing off the glacial walls. “Take a short break. Everyone, breathe. Rest. you, step forward.”