Saturday, May 4, 2024
~Golden Gateways (September 28)~ [Start recording.] [Camera pans shakily to a figure with dark curls splayed around her face and lavender glasses. She’s drowning in a black suit with tear stains smeared on the cuffs, and her fingers tap restlessly against her pant leg. After hobbling onto the podium, she […]
~Starless Nights (September 8-14)~ (Note: One version of this chapter was put through google translate, while the other was not. The messed-up version is posted here, with the original linked at the bottom. I’d actually suggest reading the non-messed-up version before the messed up version to best understand the chapter! […]
~A Fraction of Eternity (September 7-8)~ The golden orb’s light bathed our features in amber. Now, I could finally see how deep the bags under Shrep’s scarlet-rimmed eyes were, meaning she could probably sense the fear in mine. I shivered as an autumn wind brushed past us. “Shrep…” Forcing myself […]
~Honey Afternoons (September 6-7)~ Matilda, Amber afternoon light drenched my cot as the clock struck three. Hunching over Shrep’s phone, I squinted at the half-solved Wordle game we had spent the last two hours stressing over. “All my hairs are grey,” Shrep muttered. “Do we guess “dusky” or “mucky?” “I […]
~Remembrance (September 4-5)~ [September 4] Hi, Journal That I Bought Two For One At Walmart. Shrep here. First of all, I have a confession. I’m an aspiring writer, but that doesn’t mean I keep a diary like Lai does. I mean, she’s encouraged me to journal, but I never saw […]