Author Archives: elmwynn

「page iv」 ° 「 I once had a beautiful apple tree which was gifted to me as a sapling when I was a child. Not so long after I replanted it in my garden, however, it began to droop and wither.  No amount of nurturing, watering, nor repotting seemed to slow its steady decay. InContinue reading “31.1:《A|?》 shall we cleave the distance that cleaves us?”

「page iii」 ° 「 When I was young, I had two rabbits, both born on the same day. I adored those two and spoiled them fairly and equally without restraint.   However, one day, quite suddenly, the larger one passed away. The rabbit that remained seemed so lonely that just looking at it almost made meContinue reading “31.[]:《》who is left after they left?”

「page ???」 ° 「 」 ° i. 1942—reflection A. The Peacekeeper The syzygy must have been mismarked on the calendar.  Summer had come and gone in the blink of an eye.  Allegedly, the syzygy—whatever it was—was supposed to have happened at the end of July. If not then, then at the end of August. Allegedly,Continue reading “30.[]:《》¡Now sir a war is woN!”

「page 605」 ° 「 This one. 」 ° Sefu sat beyond the two-way mirror at a wooden desk in a room with warm peach-colored walls. There was nothing decorative in the room beside a fern plant that looked in need of a watering.  “You can go in and take him out,” Nico said from besideContinue reading “30.6:《A》¿I did, did I?”

「page 606」 ° 「 This one will upholdwhat is right. 」 ° “Atienna?” Atienna stirred from a half daydream. Klaus sat across from her, hand hovering. The first time Atienna had met Klaus had been through Werner’s gaze. A bookish person born into a warrish country. Never fitting in with his peers—not the ones who fellContinue reading “30.5:《A》Don’t noD”

「page 603」 ° 「 This one must beadjusted. 」 ° “Yeah, I’ll totally help you with your survey, Atienna! You can even ask the people who come in the shop some questions too! I’m really happy you swung by—” “Are you serious, boss? You want to get VNW?” “Huh? No, of course not.”  “Then why areContinue reading “30.4:《A》¿Was it a cat I saW?”

「page 604」 ° 「 This one cannotbe touched. 」 ° Another limousine swung by Atienna’s ‘house’ the following day. There were only two occupants inside of the vehicle—a vaguely familiar driver and one very familiar passenger whom Atienna had been somewhat expecting to see some time, somewhere, someplace on a day in which she’d encounter Maria or Jericho. Continue reading “30.3:《A》¡Deified!”

「page 602」 ° 「 This one can becategorizedas both nothingand everything. 」 ° The next morning was almost an exact replica of the previous morning—albeit Atienna awoke before her sisters this time. It was just her mother and her father in the kitchen. Her father was manning the stove this time, while her mother was settingContinue reading “30.2:《A》¿Won’t lovers revolt noW?”

「page 601」 ° 「 This one does not fall in any category. 」 ° Atienna opened her eyes.  A flower-patterned ceiling greeted her. Light slipped in from the window to her right and illuminated the dull forest green wall on her left. The wall was littered with photographs carefully preserved in wooden frames.  Atienna hadn’t dared to lookContinue reading “30.1:《A》—Never odd or eveN—”