Category: Chapter 14
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18 — Human After All
The afternoon sun hung high over Paradise Hall. As usual, its current inhabitants were everywhere and anywhere. A majority of the group were in the clinic basement, tending to a wound Kiwako had sustained in her last training session. Koharu remained locked in Yui’s office, with Hanako beside her this time. Yui was left alone,…
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17 — Meeting People is Easy
Sitting on a folding chair at the mostly still intact community centre close to the school, Yosuke nervously looks around, watching various adults pour into the large meeting room, some of them carrying treats like trays of biscuits or large thermoses filled with coffee or tea. He’d expected the Citizens’ Council’s meetings to be pretty…
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16 — The Funeral
A moment of silence had not been called. That moment had come and gone. Yet near silence hung all the same. She wouldn’t have wanted this, surely. To have people mourn her so. She would have loved, however, having all her friends and family around to show their respects. It would have made her feel…
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15 — Deal with the Devil
The abandoned railway where Yosuke made his gambit to plot against the Balancers was a far cry from the comforts of his own home. The young man longed for his own bed, and while he wasn’t the closest with his parents, he mused that they would at least make better company than either the coming…
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14 — Love’s a Stranger
As day breaks over Paradise Hall, Kiwako and Yasu are going over basic combat techniques with Ueno. Kohaku had decided to supervise this time, to make sure that the training was appropriate and accurate for a real fight, and sharing her own insight as well. Yui, Yuzuki and Alice were in the clinic, with Aoi…
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13 — Not the Actual Events
It’s late in the afternoon and the sun is setting when Yosuke approaches a gap in the fence surrounding the rail yard adjacent to Mitakihara’s now abandoned train station. He climbs through and crosses the overgrown, rusted tracks, making his way past container units, engine houses and rows of freight cars that haven’t moved in…
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12 — Information Hazard
Dreams of the morrow hath the shattered soulPride is lostWings stripped away, the end is nigh Yui found herself lying on her back, staring up at an overcast sky. The budding storm around her swirled and danced in impossible directions. Reaching her hand upwards, Yui felt the storm start to bend to her will. A…
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11 — Training Season
Another day in Paradise Hall, and another training session for Ueno. With Mei’s passing, Kiwako channeled her grief and regret into trying to shape Ueno into a capable fighter. She wasn’t having any luck, however, even with Hanako around to provide moral support. Kiwako: …Ooookay, take five! Hanako: Ueno-chan, you’re getting stronger! I can feel…
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10 — Survivors
When Alice returns to the kitchenette after the meeting, returning a cleaning rag to its bucket in the corner, she looks up to notice someone rummaging through the cupboards. Standing on her toes, Koharu takes a pack of rice crackers, gathering it along with a bottle of diet soda and a few cans of tinned…
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9 — Play by Play
[20/11/2016 2:37 AM: hey, did u make it back to the gym safely?] [20/11/2016 9:03 AM: not a lot happening on my side of town, what abt u?] [20/11/2016 11:29 AM: senpai? Hello? [20/11/2016 11:30 AM: did you see the news? what the hell is the PM thinking?] [20/11/2016 5:42 PM: im worried abt u,…
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