「page 10」 ° 「The person leaving the house for work,the child heading to school,the wealthy man leaving home for vacation,the wealthy woman surrounded by earthly pleasures,the adolescent flipping through papyrus book pages,they are all running from something.」 ° “Ugh! Can you believe those two hooligans?” Cadence snapped, inspecting her nails. “How shameless can you be?”Continue reading “29.[): 《F》Reminiscence/Repression”
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29.6:《A:J》Cognizance/Ignorance
「page 322」 ° 「Leaders have always been selective with knowledge,Not only knowledge to people but to themselves,Choosing to remain ignorant about matters that do not match,Their desired version of reality.」 ° The beat inside the building was strange, disorienting, loud. The walls were shaking with each thump, and the ground itself seemed to be vibratingContinue reading “29.6:《A:J》Cognizance/Ignorance”
29.5:《A:M》Autarchy/Heteronomy
「page 321」 ° 「The leader more reflects the people,than the people the leader.」 ° There was an ice cream parlor just outside of the field. The parlor was as bright and colorful as everything else in this place with a striped red-and-white awning marking its entrance. A small patio with tables topped with pastel blueContinue reading “29.5:《A:M》Autarchy/Heteronomy”
29.4:《A:O》Ashes/Tinder
「page 320」 ° 「Fires were once startedas means of survival,a warmth that was shared,but now they are used,to turn to cinder,everything that came before.」 ° Given the length of the v-ehicle ride, Atienna was rather glad she had brought along her notebook and the portfolio Nico had given to her. She was able to parseContinue reading “29.4:《A:O》Ashes/Tinder”
29.3:《A:C》Melody/Discord
「page 315」 ° 「On this particular page,a song existed with beautiful lyrics,and a moonlit, orange melody,whose tune everyone knew by heart,whose meaning no one understood.」 ° Atienna opened her eyes. A cat poster tapped to the ceiling met her gaze followed by pastel blue walls dotted with paw-print stickers. When she swung her legs offContinue reading “29.3:《A:C》Melody/Discord”
29.2:《A:W》Convergence/Divergence
「page 311」 ° 「My writer once said that it was better bea foolish man who knows what he wantsthan a smart man who doesn’t know what he wants.I later asked if they simply meant it was better to bea person who knows what they want.It was only during that transitional periodthat I realized what theyContinue reading “29.2:《A:W》Convergence/Divergence”
29.1:《A》Prosaic/Extrinsic
「page 305」 ° 「I had a dream where I was a book.Unread and forgotten but inherently important.I thought my duty was to ensure remnants of the old world prevailed after the end.However, it was not the end.Only a transitional period.I was merely a bridge connecting the old world to the new.Once I arrived on theContinue reading “29.1:《A》Prosaic/Extrinsic”
28c: Insiders & Outsiders Enveloped Whole
( ) “Virgo?” Maria perked up from where she was laying on the sofa in the corner of the room. “You will be taking El to Virgo?” Werner nodded as he fastened a conducting pistol to his belt. At the moment, he was standing in front of a long table that was topped with differentContinue reading “28c: Insiders & Outsiders Enveloped Whole”
28b: Endless Story
( ) As soon as Maria stepped back into the headquarters at Francis’s place, she felt the wave of exhaustion that had been sloshing around in her stomach wash over her completely. As her legs gave in completely, she could faintly make out Albatross, Arjun, and Simon crowding around her. She dragged Leona down withContinue reading “28b: Endless Story”
28a: Golden Glory
Serpens Establishment, Ophiuchus Andres felt cold in Maria’s arm. The conductor he had conjured for her was still hot in her hand. Proteus stood before her free. Claire was not dead. Andres was not dying. Maria tried to understand all the things that had happened in the moments that had preceded this—had she made anotherContinue reading “28a: Golden Glory”
