After having lunch at the coffee
house cafeteria, Olivia headed back to the Library. She found a nook with
several reading desks next to the Main Western Entrance. She looked over her
neat notes from the morning. She was thankful that she could usually read her
own notes. ‘There is not much there. This will probably take years.’ That was
probably why it wasn’t widely known. Aurora’s history was so vast that the
occasional lost record wouldn’t be noticed. ‘But, still, I want to know more.’
She then continued going through her notes.
Freya and Alexia entered the
sports center. “It doesn’t surprise me that much,” Alexia said.
“Sometimes I need a way to burn
off my excess energy,” Freya said. “It was athletics at first.”
“And then team sports?”
“Yes, particularly football,
especially when I get to be a midfielder.”
“Sometimes I play tennis, but
that is just socially,” Alexia said.
“That’s cool.”
Freya looked at the available
teams. It did include football. “Nearly every sport,” she said, as she grabbed
several sign up sheets.
“All sports, including winter
sports,” Alexia said as she looked at the list.
“There may be some obscure ones
not listed.”
“Probably.”
They then went out to one of the
fields, where one of the tracks was. “You want to join me as I run?” Freya
asked.
“I’ll watch,” Alexia said.
“Sure.”
Alexia watched as Freya ran a
400 meter lap of the track. ‘She’s quite quick.’
Olivia spent the afternoon
looking at various overviews of the Nordic Era. She found that most of the
historians had recognised that many original records of the early 9th
Century had been lost. ‘I would have been surprised if they didn’t.’ But she
also found that the theories about why those records were lost varied wildly.
Most agreed that the chaos of the Viking conquest in most of the northern
regions was responsible, including in the Capture of Urbs Aeterna. ‘But that’s
obvious.’
Freya left the athletics track
satisfied with a good afternoon of jogging.
“You look relaxed despite having
jogged most of the afternoon,” Alexia commented.
“Burning off excess energy, you
know.”
Alexia nodded with a smile.
Freya returned to Sigrun
Sigurdottir Hall as the sun set. It had been a very good day. ‘It’s good that
I’m able to get that support when I need it.’
Dana saw Freya enter the Dining
Hall. She wondered how her day had gone and waved. Freya waved back as she
headed to the servery.
“…And so Alexia and I then went
to the sports center,” Freya concluded.
“Sounds productive.”
“Absolutely. I learned a little
more about things.”
“I wouldn’t have expected
otherwise,” Dana said. “Apparently, there are many well known athletes with
ADHD.”
“Yes, they have been
inspirations.”
“That’s great!”
“And so, Alexia will also
investigate the missing art at times,” Freya added.
“That’s good. I wouldn’t know
where to start.”
Freya shrugged. “Maybe I’ll find
a mystery that involves insects.”
“Maybe,” Dana responded with a
slight giggle.
Janara saw Olivia come into the
room. “You look like you had a good day,” she said. “Other than that you look
exhausted.”
“Not exhausted, just tired,”
Olivia responded. “After class, I swam, and then spent the afternoon
researching.”
“What did you find?”
Olivia then related what she had
found from the Nordic Era.
“That is something,” Janara
considered. “You know it’s not my area, but I’ll help in some way.”
“Thanks.”
