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”

23.1: 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”

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”

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”

10.1: Olive’s Dimming (Fiamma)

Bodhi Temple, Sagittarius  Thwack.  “We’re leaving for Ophiuchus at the end of the week, Ollie.” Thwack.  “… Already?” Thwack.  “Eunji is bright. Way brighter than me, and I’m pretty bright. She’s already memorized all the materials that they usually put on the exam and then some. She’s just got to memorize a couple more ofContinue reading “10.1: Olive’s Dimming (Fiamma)”

9.2: Olive’s Naivety (Sapienza)

Bodhi Temple, Sagittarius  As the air v-tram descended through the clouds, the extravagance of Bodhi Temple’s square arches became revealed. They rose tall and black against the brown peaks of the mountains and stood over a large stone path that wound up the mountainside. At the end of the stone path was a large brassContinue reading “9.2: Olive’s Naivety (Sapienza)”

8.2: Olive’s Stagnation (Accelerazione)

Sihyeon Villa, Sagittarius  When Olive awoke on that cloudy afternoon, he knew that it was going to be a terrible day. There was a heaviness in his chest that squeezed tight—almost as if an anchor hooked onto his heart was dragging his entire body deeper, deeper down. With it weighing him down so heavily, theContinue reading “8.2: Olive’s Stagnation (Accelerazione)”