Raye yawned against her hand. She'd stayed out too late, running errands on a school night, and she was more than ready to go home and take a hot bath before crashing into bed. Her grandpa was probably sound asleep already by now, and she was pretty sure the new guy at the temple had similarly crashed. And that was good. She suspected that ( Read more... )

Getting chocolate into someone's shoe locker was treated like a top secret infiltration mission. She'd had it all planned out. At 1308 hours, she would ask to use the bathroom, beg if she had to! Then Orihime would dash downstairs, avoiding the hall monitor by using the steps on the far side instead of the central stairway in the middle, sneak ( Read more... )

It was time for the city of Riddleport to offer its very first sacrifice to the demon lord ( Read more... )

"YOU GOT MEYRIN WHAT?!" Meyrin sighed and rolled her eyes at the sudden outbursts of her older sister Lunamaria Hawke. Compared to the older Hawke sister, Meyrin was much more shy and demure. But then again, she didn't blame her sister one bit for her outbursts... especially this one. In a few days time, Meyrin was to be married. It was an arranged ( Read more... )

The blizzard had struck without warning. If there HAD been a warning, Chie hadn't seen it. The cabin didn't get TV reception all the way out in the mountains. Despite the heavy parka and thick mittens, her teeth were chattering, and her whole body shivered violently as she crunched across the deep white fields. Ducking her head against a swirl ( Read more... )

And here we are, in a gorgeous garden, where all the trees have turned and set fire to their leaves. It's almost a perfect picturesque image of fall, with the fallen colors littering the ground, cast in golden light from the sun on this clear day. But here in this garden is a very unhappy looking man who's kicking at the leaves as he walks along. ( Read more... )

The day had started off nicely; the sun was not too bright and there was a tranquil, autumn breeze in the air. What truly made these gardens magnificent was how all the leaves changed colours. With reds, oranges, and yellows, Zelda enjoyed her stroll along the small path, dead leaves crunching beneath her feet as she strolled along, the wind softly ( Read more... )

Was he arriving at the right time? Duo wasn't sure. He wasn't kidding when he said he never had done this before. Orihime said "around dinner time" and to be honest, any time was dinner time for him. And where were they going to go anyway? Did he need to dress up? Fancy stuff wasn't exactly his thing. But he wanted to do this right, and Orihime ( Read more... )

Some people preferred to study in a place where there were minimal distractions. The more stark, plain, and depopulated an area, the easier it was to concentrate. For Orihime, it was the opposite. She liked the background sounds of cheerful chatter punctuated by a bright laugh, and a comfortable booth to squeeze into, and most of all, the good ( Read more... )

(OOC Warning: purple prose and tense-jumping ahead.]

[ Well. This was...a mildly remarkable occurrence, even by his standards. One moment he's enjoying a leisurely morning walk around the block, and the next ( Read more... )