Helen Ch 4
Helen found herself... oddly disappointed to say goodbye to Robin for the night. She'd been a very good friend, and... Helen liked spending time with her. Still, she was happy to get to spend a little bit of time chatting with Dawn in the courtyard of...
Helen Ch 2
"This anomaly, here. Even after inputting the magic signatures for all of the guardians and all of the permutations that we can think of for Nothing's signature... the _entire_ Indian subcontinent is _still_ dark." Cadi stared at Tammy's computer...
Helen Ch 1
Helen never understood why her mother had disappeared, or where she had gone to. Though her father and brothers searched all over the jungle for her, they never found her. Of course, Helen never tried to lie to herself that there was any sense of...
Tammy Ch 2
On some level, Tammy was relieved to have changed. She was just like the rest of her friends now. Only... they were gone. Disappeared. That dragged her back down into a state of depression. She didn't fight as the government officials bustled her into...
Christine Ch 5
As time went on after the lockdown was lifted, things returned to something resembling the normal state of affairs from before it was imposed, which was a blessing and a curse all at once. The flow of new residents didn't slow down because of the...
Christine Ch 4
With all of her friends by her side, she felt truly unstoppable. And, for all intents and purposes, aside from the massive walls surrounding the district, she pretty much was unstoppable. She was very well familiar with the various strengths of her...
Christine Ch 3
A year into the district's life, Christine was really starting to feel as though she had a good handle on things within the district. The community events continued being real hits, and she even reached out to the community, offering to let people...
Briar Ch 7
It had been a long night. Heck, even as the sun rose, Briar was still going. She'd known better. She always knew better than to get too carried away with it, but... with the way things were going these days around the district... it was tough to hold...
Briar Ch 6
After everyone had moved in over the pub, things became a lot better for her little, found family. She still had Kestrel and her family, who they were now practically neighbors with. She had even helped with the earthwork for the lake that they had...
Kestrel Ch 4
The Morgans quickly set to work plying the waters around the island. Nothing did a very good job of providing most foods to the people, but they were able to add freshly caught, native fish to the new local diet. It was very well received. Over the...
Robin Epilogue
"I still can't believe I came here with you... the Mother Superior is going to be _furious..."_ Robin couldn't help but laugh at Caroline's fussing. It was the sixth or seventh time this day that the now former nun had this particular panic attack....
Pet Parlor
Claire was not having a very good day. For the third time in a row, one of her painfully underqualified male counterparts had been promoted ahead of her, all because they were part of the management's 'boys club,' and she... simply lacked the 'critical...