Outsetting Encounters
**Three years prior.** -- "No crushes at all and vice versa? How's that even possible? You've been here for an entire year," the gray-haired Fiorean girl who sat across from Ayame said, putting a nugget in her mouth. "Not like you're ugly...
Jenna's Dilemma
Jenna sat on the living room couch and held her face in her palms. Tonight wasn't successful. She was stressed for multiple reasons and had no idea what to do about any of it. She lived a mile east from the western wall and had a modest...
Rebirth Day
Two weeks had passed; today was Rebirth Day. 1 p.m. Julie slipped into leggings, afterward putting on her white jacket with pink sleeves and zipping it up with her gloved hand. Alyssa was in a thicker jacket and jeans she'd pulled from where she...
Self-Inflicted
"You have thirty minutes to answer thirty questions," the professor said while walking up and down the rows of desks and handing stacks of paper to the last student in each one so they could pass it down. "That is one minute per question, which is more...
Train to Saffron
**One week later.** **~** It was a not-so-sunny afternoon in Central Goldenrod filled with the usual hustle and bustle. Julie, Alyssa, Midnight, and crowds of other passengers stood on the indoor platform before the magnet train's tracks, awaiting...
Departing Celestic
Ray felt an abnormal amount of weight on him and warmth in his lower regions. He opened his eyes, dazed. He was in his bed on his back, and the room was dark. "Mh, Crystal?" "Guess again." Ray made out who it was upon hearing a female's voice...
Good News, Kind of
Ray and Crystal had been tested multiple times throughout the night, which didn't allow them to get much sleep, but they complied as they didn't want to lessen their chances of being able to stay. It was now morning, Ray assumed. At least that's how...
College Life
Julie was on her stomach wearing a tee in bed early one evening, typing an informative essay on her laptop for one of three classes she was currently taking with Midnight curled up beside her, his paw on her arm. She took one hand from her keyboard...
Telling
Julie kept still, as did Midnight. The conversation outside the room lasted for several minutes, discussing the school. One of them sounded like the janitor again; she could overhear the other man offer to show him something nearby in his class. They...
Double Revelation
The next day went as the last had, but with Julie less present in her and Alyssa's interactions. Even in her and Midnight's. Her mind had spun throughout every hour, with the urge increasing to understand what she had never understood. That night,...
Altered Plans & Sunny Sets
After yesterday and lingering travel lag, Skye and Ruki had slept on and off after their nap, and today arrived quickly: a bright one. The sun's gleaming rays were unrestricted by a cloudless azure sky, shining on those gathered by the poolside,...
Guilt, Regret, and Recovery
Jenna sat in a chair. She'd been taken into a small office with the head defender: '_Harrison_' as displayed on his chest badge, and Jan. Both sat before her, rough in personality. They wore the base's standard outfits. "You left the base around...