MonoChronicles I: True Colors
_With thanks to Frogsy of ADISC_ **Chapter I** _As told by Milo_ It was a rainy Thursday evening at the end of August. I had just had dinner and I booted up my laptop. While the screen was still black, I looked at my somewhat vague reflection in the...
Chapter XXXII: 'For the grace of all that is good and sacred'
The next evening, Aran was sleeping peacefully. His day had been filled with playing games with Gina, telling each other jokes, and even playing in the sandpit. Of course, the wolf told himself that he was too big for the latter, but he thought of it...
Chapter XXXI: 'I am the monster in your head'
Puppy bedtime came sooner than Aran appreciated, as it had on every day of his treatment so far. The wolf did not know whether it was because of the time, and because he found it difficult to fall asleep, or that it was simply one of those times at...
Chapter XXX: Mother of all secrets
To his own great surprise, Aran was actually paying attention to the movie, even though he was obviously fifteen years too old to fit in the target audience. The wolf concluded that he was probably trying to follow the story because he did not want...
Chapter XXIX: Rise above this doubt
Aran felt a lot better in his clean diaper. There was still no way to escape having to wear one, but it beat the mess he had made. When Jennifer took him upstairs, to the bathroom, the wolf expected that she was going to bathe him again. However, the...
Chapter XXVIII: The princess is in another nursery
"Eventually, a badger showed up and pulled me from the edge. He asked who I was and why I was standing so close to the edge. I begged him to let me go, but he refused and his grip was too strong to break free." The wolf was fascinated by her story...
Chapter XXVII: 'Ah, look at all the lonely people!'
No matter how hard Aran tried, he could not stop thinking about the contrast between how Gina had spoken to him earlier, and how she behaved now. Her change of mentality bothered the wolf, until he could not take it anymore and decided to speak up. ...
Chapter XXVI: Return and remember
The next morning started in a haze for Aran. He woke up in his crib, again with little memory of how he ended up there. Additionally, he noticed that he was wearing a thick diaper. At first, he thought this was just because he was wearing a nighttime...
Chapter XXV: Brush and brunt
Aran felt satisfied. Not only because he just had lunch, but more because of what Jennifer had explained. Even though she did not explicitly mention why he was at her place himself, knowing more about what she did was unraveling some of the mystery...
Chapter XXIV: 'Where do they all come from?'
Both handles of the clock in the living room were pointing upwards, at the 'twelve'. The wolf had no idea about this, until Jennifer came to collect him from the playroom. Upon entering the living room, peering into the kitchen, the wolf noticed a...
Chapter XXIII: White darkness
Aran still had not said a word since his bath. His caregiver decided that some quiet time might do him good and brought him to the playroom. She rummaged through one of the toy boxes and produced the sketchbook and the canister of colored chalk,...
Chapter XXII: Clean slate
"Time will tell, little one. Don't let that bother you for now, okay?" Jennifer tried to comfort her charge. "It doesn't work like that. I can't tell myself to _not_ think of something." "You'll be okay, Aran. I'm here for you." She ruffled his...