“No, and no, and no–” and so on and so forth, because of course that nothing was ever good enough for Viago. To himself, Lux thought the other man was antsy because they’d been cooped up for days. Nex was standing next to Viago as the man was collecting the dough they’d separated on th...

"Hello one, hello all. This is the anti-Utopia crowd. We arrived at the desired world, it might take time to find the culprits and her assistants. I'm Blue, over."   The little girl in a dark corner of the deep sea city closed her laptop after sending out her short message. She knows the small WiFi connector she brought with her will run out of battery soon; it shouldn't be wasted on long, unnecessary messages. Only letting RMB know how she is was enough. The little one feels t...

Fire in the hearth burning non-stop wasn’t the first sign something was off. Still, it was the first moment that made Tovi think – Huh, I’m really doing this, then? She stumbled upon the egg while trying to fish. Her attempts were pretty poor – like a child, she waded through the water in wide, clumsy steps that scared the fish away. Once the water had settled and...

It had been a while since the weary alchemist had time to not throw their whole mind into researching the unknown and instead browsed books because they held more of a leisure interest. Which is how the alchemist found themselves perusing a bookstore’s selection, the third row down from the front door of the shorter shelf stock to see if they couldn’t pick up about any new scientific topics. It helped that the store h...

Hello, hello. Thanks god, this casette is still running. I'm in the human village of Arkusterra, and I saw that girl from afar. Let's see what is she doing in this place?   "Kagome kagome, O bird who stuck in your own cage." "When will you come out. Who is behind you now?"   "Kagome kagome, oh hey! Don't run too fast, you will be tripped! Hey, slow down. You too, little one. Yes, like that. Now, one, two, three! Call the name of who is behind you. No! It's...

Oddly enough, despite her serious demeanor, Amanda very much is a fan of all things sweet - which meant that when she’d heard a new ice cream shop had just opened, she knew she had to try all of its new flavors. …For research, of course. To compare them to all other ice cream flavors she knew of and see which was the best. Obviously. “Excuse me!” She said, practical...