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Noelle wasn't always the best at reading people, but her new acquaintance seemed distracted during their conversation. Like he knew more than he was saying. But of course his mind would be elsewhere; she wasn't without empathy. She couldn't imagine how she'd function if her best friend went...

The man grew more worried as Noelle went on. The grinding gears of his thoughts were visible in his eyes, although he listened attentively. But that came to a halt with her last question, and she feared she may have gone too far. It had seemed an innocent query, but given the subject matter… he...

She didn't think she was too zoned out to notice someone walk up behind her. But apparently she was, because when a hand touched her shoulder Noelle shrieked in surprise. Heart pounding, she whirled around, her hands leaping up to an almost defensive stance that she felt silly for immediately...

Their first weekend on the Liberoc Conservatory campus, Noelle Wright had been dragging her twin brother Michael around as she joyously explored their new home. He indulged her, as he always did, though he had to agree it was an amazing place; they'd never attended an actual magical school, so...

Avi patted BurgerBot on the 'shoulder' in encouragement. "You're absolutely right. I think we can all hold out a squick longer, until we can get a brand-new inventory and evaluate the best time to swing on by. How we feeling, team?" He smiled, tapping the external drive in one ear that...

SecUnit looked distracted, and Avi felt bad for it. They were all concerned, but it seemed extra worried. He didn't ask if the security hack could be extended so far as keep them off audio/visual monitoring; they were on to a better idea now. "...Ah. Well, surely the latest inventory would be...

Out of the corner of his good eye Avi noticed SecUnit grimace and quickly glanced away. If it was thinking the same way he was, there were no really risk-free options here. “Oh.” His expression became sheepish. “Hacking isn’t something I can help with, I’m afraid. I’ll have to leave that to you...

Wendelin jumped as the shield popped open above her, another Angel appearing by her side. "Oh, wow! Thanks," she replied, her shock turning into excitement. "That's really cool." Wendelin grinned at her teammate. She focused on the scene. The Angels had greatly reduced the number of abominations...

Wendelin was nervous. It wasn’t that the reality of what Astra Angels do- what the Antithesis brings- was lost on her. She kept stressing this to friends and family who had reacted with everything from excitement to outright fear on learning about her new “job”. But she had never...