With a groan and a cough, Gretta rolled on her bed into a sitting position. Her head throbbed with the echoes of last night’s partying; Winter celebrations in the artic circle were always a big deal, especially for everyone at the Vanitide research station. It was one of the few times a year they got to break the monotony and go south to town for fun and stress relief before true winter more or less cut them off from the rest of the world. Sure, Gretta tended to overdo the destressing p