Category: Chapter 21
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23 — Smash and Grab
Forte. Heed me. Huh? Micaela? What are you doing reaching out to me? She still cannot reach you. You still cannot reach her. Er. No, not really. She was sleeping when I left New Eden. Still seemed out of it though. She is. However, the Oracle will recover. In many senses of the word. You…
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EX — Ante Meridiem / Post Meridiem
You brought this upon yourself. You sank beyond the abyss that is the remnants of your soul. You grasped at something beyond your reach. Sought a power beyond your means. Tore yourself even further down. For her. Called upon a power that signifies yet another broken promise. You are your brother’s sister. The title of…
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22 — Duty Calls
In an endless sea of milky white, two girls are lounging in large inflatable tubes, holding hands as they gaze up into the Dreamscape’s eternal iridescent twilight. After minutes of luxuriating in her partner’s radiance, Niko turns towards her. For a while, she gazes at the reflection of the sky — her sky — into…
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21 — A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Hanako leaves the building, sighing softly and leaving it behind. The day wasn’t particularly tough, or challenging, or even draining. Still, Hanako’s mood has sunk, possibly just a bad day for her usual depression. Nothing should be wrong. Nothing feels wrong. And yet… Koharu: Hanako! (she approaches, halfway between a jog and a sprint, catching…
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20 — Discontent
Aoi is where she’s been for the past several days: by Ritter’s tank. She had moved her mattress up to the glass, the better to relax while they chat. Now she was up at the edge of the tank, her meal in her hand. She hadn’t turned the force field on in days. Aoi: {I’m…
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19 — The Cure
The afterwork rush on Mondays is usually one of the busiest moments at New Eden — at least insofar it operates as an actual gym — with students from all over town determined to start off the week on a good foot — or looking for any new beginning they can find as a pretense…
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18 — Stranger Things
Sara: The hiatus is officially over, chat! Sara Mitsunaga hath returned to the realm of the living! Arms outstretched in a jubilant pose, Sara explodes into the Newspaper Clubroom as usual, only to be met by the sight of empty chairs and slumbering computers. The muffled sound of a baseball being hit out of the…
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17 — In This Together
Kiwako is sitting on a rooftop, looking up at the night sky. She doesn’t turn her head when footsteps approach from behind. Kiwako: I know, I knoooow. I’m up late. Right? Rio: …I-It isn’t healthy, Kiwa-chan. Kiwako: I just got a lot to think about. Another set of footsteps, stopping beside the first. Riko: Like…
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Magnum Opus (pt. 3) — Forte
Hanako had endured very little over the last few days, relatively speaking. Yet, at the same time, she felt quite heavy. No one else seemed to care or realize just how close they came to losing Yui. She wandered down the road from her school toward the apartment. She didn’t notice the sun setting faster…
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16 — Atonement
Cecilia wanders around a liminal cityscape meant to emulate the streets upon which she spent her human life. Her youth. But it isn’t perfect. Years of being the Oracle, on top of years of being dead, her soul scattered, made her memory imperfect. Which is ironic, considering Cecilia’s memory only being imperfect due to her…
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