Cvetka Akulova checked her make-up in a small handheld mirror before she entered the small office within the Serpens Establishment. The room was rather unpleasantly jumbled with books and small sheets of paper that were scattered across the floor. Light spilled in rays from the pulled blinds, and they illuminated the bulletin board on theContinue reading “13c: Outsiders Laughing Above”
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13b: Solitary Maidens
On Monday the following week, Eunji received the results of her State Conducting Exam. She passed with flying colors and received a printed certificate detailing her accomplishment, along with a note informing her she would receive her physical license within a few months. Her brother, Soha, and Felix congratulated her, while Olive offered her hisContinue reading “13b: Solitary Maidens”
13a: Copper Cadence
Twin Cities, Gemini Cadence pulled herself onto all fours with a grimace. Her head pounded, her ears rang, her mind was clouded by memories and feelings that weren’t her own—a battle between saint candidates inside Ophiuchus, the death of True Conductors, and a murderous rampage of revenge. From these things, she reached a conclusion— TheirContinue reading “13a: Copper Cadence”
12.3: A Solo for a Beast
Twin Cities, Gemini Caporegime Donato stumbled into the dark warehouse and immediately slipped on the blood on the floor. His son, Feliciano, rushed forward and helped him up to his feet. The two scanned the dark together, noting the suited men and women splayed dead on the ground. It took them a moment to registerContinue reading “12.3: A Solo for a Beast”
12.2: A Duet Between a Soldier and Advisor
Twin Cities, Gemini Pulling Sefu closer to herself, Atienna tuned her ears to the sound of the small footsteps drawing nearer from down the road. Yulia sank to her knees, arms widespread. A beat after, a familiar boy flew into the woman’s arms from the side of the street. He wrapped his arms around herContinue reading “12.2: A Duet Between a Soldier and Advisor”
12.1: A Duet for a Prince & Peacekeeper
Serpens Establishment, Ophiuchus Jericho’s ears rang with the wail of sirens as he picked himself and his suitcase off the white tile floor. It was an odd sensation. He knew where he had landed before he had even taken a survey of his surroundings. And that was because— Jericho turned his head. Olivier Chance staredContinue reading “12.1: A Duet for a Prince & Peacekeeper”
11.6: Olive’s (Nascosto) Test
Olive opened his eyes. The clicks and clacks of the train trudging along the tracks were the first things he became aware of. Then came his awareness of the surrounding animated chatter. Across from him sat Jin, sandwiched in-between Claire and the latter’s step-sister Mai. At Claire’s left sat Eunji with her head buried inContinue reading “11.6: Olive’s (Nascosto) Test”
11.[]: Francis’s (Theta’s) Singularity
Twin Cities, Gemini The past had become a blur for Francis. Sometimes memories of running barefoot across limestone brick on a warm summer’s day crossed over with memories of squeezing between tight alleyway walls while wearing hole-riddled shoes. Echoes of laughter ringing through open halls lined with white pillars bled into echoes of the metalContinue reading “11.[]: Francis’s (Theta’s) Singularity”
11.5: Jericho’s (Dicotomico) Hatred
Twin Cities, Gemini Talib had many questions for Jericho when he arrived at Warehouse 13. He procured a bullet-pointed list out from his journal and promptly read the list out word-for-word: “Why did Jericho want me to track Colonel—rather, Oberst—Fritz von Spiel? Why is Jericho working alongside an associate of the Romano Family? Why isContinue reading “11.5: Jericho’s (Dicotomico) Hatred”
11.4: Maria’s (Primo) Defeat
Twin Cities, Gemini Maria opened her eyes as she stood at the bow of her ship. She was met with a complete darkness that was occasionally broken up by flashes of colorful light reflected by smog clouds hanging overhead. Whenever the clouds would light up, the city below would also be illuminated. The skyscrapers’ reflectiveContinue reading “11.4: Maria’s (Primo) Defeat”
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