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Strike Witches: Mini Adventures
Chapter 4: Trudy's Quiet Time
Request filled for: OZONE SNIPER
Place: 501st Base in Romagna
Time: Anime Season Two
Gertrude Barkhorn, one of the two highest scoring aces in the world hailing from Karlsland is not only one of the best witches, upholds the rules, and has many failed attempts of waking up Erica Hartmann, but also occasionally likes to just relax and have a little quiet time. Between missions and random chatter from the other witches around the base, she has rarely found much time to just take a load off.
The sounds of guns blazing died down after Trude finished off the neuroi, completing their mission. After returning to the base, she wanted nothing more than to rest. "Rest Hard, Train Hard!" as she believes.
Her attempts for quiet time were foiled by a few noisy witches talking about the mission and how they did this or that. Trude simply left the room in search of somewhere to relax.
She came across the hangar and noted that Shirley was standing in front of her striker. That wouldn't do, so she continued on.
She visited her shared bedroom, but found Erica snoring loudly. For once, she didn't feel like messing with the sleeping girl, so she kept walking.
After looking around the base for around half an hour, Trude found herself back in the lounge. For the moment, it was quiet, leaving her a short time to enjoy the peace. She laid down on the couch and lost herself in the serenity.
Her peace wasn't meant last, however, as Yoshika, Lynne, and Lucchini came through the lobby as noisy as could be.
Tired of trying to find a nice and quiet place to just relax, Trude went to the bathhouse to have a nice soak, where coincidentally enough she found Mio and Minna also escaping the chaos around base. The three sat together in the warm water in peace for what seemed like hours.
Sometime after leaving the bath with Mio and Minna, Trude walked around the base wondering what the other witches were up to. It was getting late and dusk had fallen, so the base quieted down a bit.
"What are you making?" She asked as she came across the kitchen. Yoshika and Lynne were cooking. They were preparing typical Fuso food, rice and such.
"It will be ready in about ten minutes." Yoshika said. "Can you let the others know?"
Trude nodded and walked on. She found Shirley and Lucchini in the hangar, Erica in her bed, Sanya and Eila were just getting up for night patrol, Perrine already knew dinner would be ready soon and had informed Mio and Minna.
Pretty soon, the whole squad met up in the dining room to eat. Little to Trude's surprise, the room got noisy quick. She glanced over and saw that Erica was annoyed as well.
She just wanted to eat in peace, so Trude took her plate and ate outside on the steps. Little did she know at first, the other witches followed her.
The sun had completely set and the dark night sky took its place. All eleven witches sat in random places on the large steps and stared out into the starry sky even after they finished their meals.
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