25.1: Prince & Candidato

Inelki Station, Scorpio Olive once again landed flat on his back. Stars flooded his vision as he calmly tried to count how many brain cells had been knocked out of his head in the past half hour. “Get used to it,” Derik had said after the first time he’d smacked Olive to the ground. “Can’tContinue reading “25.1: Prince & Candidato”

24.1: The Prince & Priest in Roja Light

In-Transit, Xing Clan Territory, Sagittarius  “Can I ask you a question, Ollie?” “You already did—” “When are you going to stop staring at me?” Olive scowled and looked out the train window. “I just can’t believe you did it again.” Claire raised his hands innocently across from Olive. “I really didn’t know you didn’t know.Continue reading “24.1: The Prince & Priest in Roja Light”

23.6: Peacekeeper—A Debate, Reflejando

Serpens Establishment, Ophiuchus  Jericho was having what he believed was a ‘peculiar’ week. Olive had described it as an ‘annoyingly painful’ week, while Cadence said it was a ‘dicey’ week but that ‘the rewards of it outweighed the cost.’ Werner labeled it as a ‘high-risk, but productive’ week and Atienna an ‘interesting’ week. Maria hadContinue reading “23.6: Peacekeeper—A Debate, Reflejando”

23.1: Prince—A Race, Encendiendo

Sihyeon Villa, Sagittarius Olivier Chance felt awkward. Cadence’s advice of things are only awkward if ya think they’re awkward wasn’t helping. At all. He’d spent the past couple of days at Claire’s villa in an uncomfortable state of being ushered around from room to room by Claire’s maids and butlers. Despite Claire’s lackadaisical attitude andContinue reading “23.1: Prince—A Race, Encendiendo”

18.1: Second Lieutenant, 0900 Debt

There was nothing Gilbert Wolff hated more than owing a debt. He hated thinking, after all. And when you owed a debt all you could do was think about paying off that debt. His mother always told him too: “Don’t take help without doing anything in return. It’s just not right.” And so, not wantingContinue reading “18.1: Second Lieutenant, 0900 Debt”

17.4: Prince, 1700 No Longer Human

When Olive cracked open his eyes, he was met with gentle, pale rose light. A dimly lit ceiling hung low over his face, and something soft was cushioning the back of his head. It took him a moment to realize his head was resting on Trystan’s lap, and that the light was emitting from aContinue reading “17.4: Prince, 1700 No Longer Human”

17.3: Princes, 1100 Truce

Yuseong Haneul—though he preferred Claire—still remembered the very first assassination attempt on his life. A servant from the Hoshi Clan had disguised themselves as one of his clan’s servants and had not only slipped themselves into the kitchen staff but also sorrowheat into his morning tea. When he’d finally broken out of the fever inducedContinue reading “17.3: Princes, 1100 Truce”

15.[]: Peacekeepers, 0700 Verschlimmbesserung

Ariesian knight-turned-Ophiuchian peacekeeper Gabrielle Law felt like she was losing her minions one-by-one. She’d lost her first, oldest, and best to a body-hopping, ancient terrorist. And now she’d lost the newest to—as Elizabeta Wtorek had said back in the Medical Department—‘fatigue’ and ‘exhaustion’ which had led to an ‘unconscious state’ for an ‘indeterminable amount ofContinue reading “15.[]: Peacekeepers, 0700 Verschlimmbesserung”

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”