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[div class=tag]outfit[/div] n/a. [/div] [/div] [/div] [div class=right] [div class=scroll] She met him in the entrance hall, a cavernous room with high ceilings and cool marble flooring. Even in the morning, he was beautiful: hair carefully styled, clothes pressed and ironed. He caressed her powdered cheek with the back of his thumb.

"What is it? Lipstick smudge?" Instinctively her own hand reached to bat his away and rub at her face. He only chuckled in response, and shook his head.

"No. As lovely as always, my darling." When he leaned down to plant a tender kiss on the top of her head, her whole body tensed. She couldn't figure out why. It was like waking up and trying to remember a dream, a dream that just escaped her grasp. But just as quickly as the unease had hit her, it melted away. He spoke again, "Ready?"

Holly nodded. With his hand hovering over the small of her back, they pushed through the grand double doors and out into the light of day. The splendour of the beginning of a new term at Vemrose had always fascinated Holly, she was intrigued by everything from the new and familiar faces to the mode of transportation they arrived in-- different kingdoms had different customs, and so while some students would be driven in long limousines, others would appear in ornate carriages drawn by a team of horses. She'd seen a boy walk through the gates once, and had been disappointed to learn that he'd been dropped off just out of sight to complete the journey on foot in an attempt to make some sort of impression. It must've worked, she supposed-- after all, she still remembered that entrance. But these arrivals were different. Not all of these students could boast fame or fortune, or a crown.

And that both excited and terrified her.

The fabric of her blazer was comforting as she smoothed down her uniform: it was like a second skin, it gave her her identity. Her eyes darted around the crowd at the base of the staircase, squinting a little in the light.

"Welcome, new-comers."

As his voice rang out across the courtyard, Holly continued to examine every face she could see, one by one. It was impossible to place where some of the new students were even from, but it was easy to tell that they were new.

"In a moment, we'll be showing you to your dormitories so you can get settled with your room-mates before we tour the school. However, I'd like to introduce you to your Head Girl, Holliday." His hand was against her body now, propelling her forward, yet not withdrawing. Suddenly, the heat from it was searing. Again, she didn't know why.

"Thankyou, Headmaster."

She stepped away from him and, all at once, assumed her persona. "On behalf of the student body, I'd like to welcome you to Vemrose Academy. I'm sure you'll be very happy here: I know I am."

Holly shared a sickly sweet smile with the man at her side. Too sweet. There was something glaringly artificial about her performance. "Now, please take a minute to talk amongst yourselves while we make sure they're ready for you upstairs, and remember: Holliday for Homecoming Queen!"

A wave of nausea hit her like a tonne of bricks. Still beaming that pageant-queen smile, she turned and fled back into the school.
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[div class=tag]outfit[/div] n/a. [/div] [/div] [/div] [div class=right] [div class=scroll] "I don't like them," he announced with a flourishing wave of his hand. "They look... off."

Tobias planted his hands on the varnished wood of the windowsill and leaned forwards, peering down into the courtyard below. The new arrivals swarmed at the base of the steps, with the special students at the head of the crowd. In his opinion, they stuck out: even if he hadn't known they were coming, he felt he'd be able to detect them in an instant. Filthy. He resolved then and there that he hated every last one of them.

The sensation of a body close behind him made him glance over his shoulder and immediately roll his eyes. Though he moved out of the way and made the prime viewing spot vacant, he didn't do so without lightly jostling Dahlia accidentally-on-purpose.

"Go ahead, look. At least you won't be the worst looking around here anymore."

While it would be perfectly ordinary for Tobias to be so bluntly rude, ancient history allowed his target to know that there was no malicious undertone to his insult. It was simply his way of expressing some semblance of affection for one of the few people he didn't consider to be legions beneath him in terms of status. In fact, once in a blue moon Tobias could be caught looking at Dahlia with something akin to admiration.

Of course, he'd rather die than admit it.

Now that he'd rescinded his position, he leant against the wall beside it and folded his arms over his chest like a petulant child. Sullenly, he stole one last glance out of the window, and then turned his attention to his sort-of-friend.

"What's your verdict, then?"

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[div class=aesthe style="background-image: url(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b4/d4/d0/b4d4d0eb445523f06a345d0b93d31431.jpg)"][/div] / / [div class=aesthe style="background-image: url(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/83/c6/e4/83c6e49c802633602496df02c92fc0a5.jpg)"][/div] / / [div class=aesthe style="background-image: url(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3f/70/29/3f70293dc516ff28e28385c39b94bb45.jpg)"][/div] [/div] [div class=text][div class=overflow] "Go ahead, look. At least you won't be the worst looking around here anymore."

Without looking, Dahlia could practically feel Tobias's smirk permeating throughout the room. Even among some of his worst enemies, he never failed to miss a chance at crude banter. She pushed her way around his lanky figure to peer through the smooth glass, making sure to step on a few of his toes. After years of being forced into socialization, the pair found a certain entertainment in torturing each other.

"Please," she said in a drawn out manner. "You wish you looked like me." She dragged her newly manicured nails lightly across the windowsill, enhancing her point. Squinting out at the crowd of newcomers, the girl couldn't help but cringe a little. Her father had worked incredibly hard to be where he was. These new students were admitted into the school for being poor criminals with a possible lack of work ethic. How was that fair?

"It's quite lackluster, honestly," she stated plainly. "If Vemrose wanted to participate in charity work, we could have held a bake sale." She rolled her eyes, watching the hordes of bright-eyed common-folk muddy her beloved school with their old gym trainers and mismatched socks.

Dahlia leaned into Tobias's shoulder, draped over him like a fainting woman in a 1930's silent film. Drama was a strong suit of hers.

"Honestly? I don't think I'll be able to handle it!" she fake-cried to him. "I think the cheap cologne fumes will deteriorate my nostrils." Though she didn't love the idea of new intruders in her school, she couldn't deny it would trigger a series of blissful chaos.

"What's your verdict, then?"

She sighed.

"Screw 'em."
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Maia stood in one of the windows watching out for the new arrivals. Nothing impressed her, but she was at least mildly excited for the new targets for her rage. She didn't even know why she was so angry. She just knew she was. Her fists clenched themselves as she stared ahead, and they shook occasionally. There was nothing she could do to stop it.

In truth Maia didn't remember a lot of things, and maybe it was better that way. But she remembered fighting. It was as if it was muscle memory. Her fists burying themselves into the skin and muscles of anyone who looked at her wrong. It was easier that way.

There were spiders everywhere in these damn halls. She noticed them every time, even when others didn't. Sometimes she swore she imagined them. They seemed drawn to her, as if they could smell her fear. The one thing that scared her. Fucking spiders. Turning Maia saw one perched on the wall near her head and nearly flinched. She needed to move.

She saw Tobias then, talking with Dahlia. Part of her wanted to take his mind off of her, but she couldn't get that close to him again. Her fingers grazed her neck where Soren's hands had once been. Her chest felt tight whenever she remembered him. So much was missing from her mind but not that. Not the way she had loved him, not the way he had left her more broken than before. Not that he was gone. But why was he gone? Where had he gone?

She looked for Holly but didn't feel like making her way through the crowd to find her. Her eyes settled on Jasper and she smirked. She strolled her way over to him. "Excited to ruin new lives?"
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asper had never really considered himself a snob. Sure, he enjoyed his luxury cars and fancy dinners, but he didn’t look down on other people for what they were worth. At least… not until now. As he sat on the steps of the grand staircase in the entrance hall, peering out the windows of the door, he couldn’t help but grimace.

A few of them didn’t look so bad but the majority…they were dirty, he had realized, with their beat-up sneakers and greasy hair. Hell, a few were even dressed in prison garb. Jasper cringed, his mouth smoothing out into a thin line. The sound of approaching footsteps was covered as he stared, stared just like the other students at Vemrose Academy. What on earth is that damned headmaster thinking?

Absently, Jasper wondered if the parents had been informed of this change. Surely, they'd be upset, especially the students that happened to be of royal birth. What a scandal that would be, he thought, clicking his phone off and on, off and on. They knew that these kids were troublemakers; inviting to live with the "prim and proper" children of an Academy like Vemrose just seemed stupid. Perhaps it's some kind of publicity stunt; ---his mind wandered off even farther---make the patrons mad and then chalk it up to experience of dealing with the unfortunate.

Maia’s lilting voice behind him caught Jasper’s attention, and he craned his neck backwards to look at her. “Of course,” he snorted, “What’s the point of those criminals being here, otherwise?” He rose to his feet, straightening out his jacket. “When do you think they’ll let people go talk to them?” Jasper blinked, “Wait, who even cares? They’re just standing around, aren’t they? We could go harass them now…” He trailed off, glancing out at the courtyard.

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[div class=tag]outfit[/div] n/a. [/div] [/div] [/div] [div class=right] [div class=scroll] The butterfly had come to land on the edge of his desk. Its delicate wings fluttered for a moment and then folded. Lovett watched in fascination, crouched beside the creature, resisting the urge to stroke the insect's breakable body. He'd made that mistake before and he'd never quite forgiven itself. Like people, animals were fragile. So he could only look, not touch.

But the butterfly was trapped, and unlike him, it belonged outside. He had to touch it, just for a second. Tentatively, he extended his finger, and marvelled as the butterfly clambered onto it. Agonizingly slowly, he stood, not wanting to startle it as he moved towards the window and opened it. Of course, it only opened a fraction -- there were restrictions, he didn't know why, none of the other rooms had them -- but it was enough to slip his hand out into the fresh air.

Immediately, the butterfly flew away.

Lovett closed the window after a good minute watching the butterfly wistfully until it was less than a pinprick in the sky. He moved on, crossing the room to the mirror. As he often did when he had the urge, he rearranged his hair, slicking it down into a familiar style.

Before his eyes, he transformed. Drew himself up taller, tilted his head to the side, smirked. Just as he'd seen him do. Lovett hadn't seen Soren in a long time, but he remembered everything about his demeanour, and his words. So many quotes. People like that were memorable.

"I'll kill every motherfuckin' last one of you. I'll skin you alive. I'll carve out your eyeballs and--"

He'd forgotten.

"--and..."

The moment was gone. Lovett's shoulders slumped in disappointment, and he bit his lip savagely. Not quite right. He'd never be able to be somebody like that. Nobody had ever said that Soren was weird. Except for the psychologists, of course, but they were biased. Uptight loners who loved books and science. That's what Lovett had been led to believe. Although they'd been nice, some of them, to him. But like everyone, when they spoke to him, they had that look in their eyes. Pity, mingled with fear.

What did that mean?

The door opened and it startled him. Wasn't everybody welcoming the new students?

It was her. The only person in the school, maybe even the world, who looked at him like he was normal. No pity, no fear.

"Lorde."
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[div class=tag]outfit[/div] n/a. [/div] [/div] [/div] [div class=right] [div class=scroll] The tiny heels of her standard-issue school shoes clicked against the wooden floor of the top corridor as she half ran and half walked. There was no running in the halls, but she was in a rush, and so surely the ends justified the means.

But Madi was a rule-follower at heart.

Naturally, when she reached the frosted-glass door of the teacher's lounge, she hesitated. She was allowed in there, just this once, but still it all felt horribly wrong. During her hesitation, Madi took the time to fix herself up. Hair smoothed, skirt rolled down, tie straightened, shirt tucked in. As a finishing touch, she made sure the pendant of her necklace -- a gift from perhaps the love of her life -- was on show atop the dark material of her tie. Madi loved shiny things.

She knocked, but didn't wait for an answer because from experience she knew he was unlikely to give her one. That didn't stop her from opening the door slowly and silently before slipping in, closing it, and leaning against it to wait for a sign of acknowledgement. When she received it, she crossed the room to greet him -- them.

"Shiloh. Keaton." Always him first.

With that, she pulled the footstool away from the chair as if to sit on it. Then, she dropped down onto the floor where the stool has stood, and rearranged her skirt around her thighs. Her cheeks were flushed with excitement: she'd completed the task she'd been given, and she was anxious to be told she'd done so satisfactorily. In fact, she was so thrilled that she almost couldn't form a coherent sentence. It took her a moment.

"There are so many of them. I recognise a few. One of them like, blew up a castle. It was so wild. Holly ran off but she says to vote for her at Homecoming, so we should do that. I saw a horse and carriage, and a car, and a motorcycle-- who rides a motorcycle? I should have found out, sorry. There's a few boys and a few girls. Like twelve in total, maybe? A lot of the people we know don't like them. Like, I heard Dahlia say so. Tobias too. Is that enough?"

Somehow, she'd said it all in one breath. She gasped a sharp inhale, and then, in a softer tone--

"Babe, can I sit with you?"

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As she exited the gloomy prison van, she could feel the piercing stares of other students. Sure, all of them had been poor, disadvantaged or criminalized, but no one else was being escorted out of high-security prison centers. She felt utterly out of place. Somehow, prison felt better than being inserted into some political social experiment. At least in prison, no one could blame her for her tired eyes, pain stained face and saddened expression.

Plus, she looked like shit.

The prison had supplied her with what she had been wearing when she was first arrested. Her sweatshirt smelled of sulfur and sweat. Clearly, it hadn't been washed. Her jeans were loose around her waist, alluding to her weight loss in captivity. Without activity or much eating options, Wilhelmina found herself losing any muscle she once had.

The prison guard who had driven her to Vemrose hesitantly unlocked her cuffs. He, much like herself, was incredibly confused by her sudden release. He muttered what seemed like a declaration of freedom, and quickly left for his van. For the first time in more than a year, she was alone.

She could have left right there. She could have said "Fuck it,' and ran off as far as she could - away from the rest of the world. Something stopped her from fleeing. Maybe it was the curiosity. Who knew why she had been chosen to be accepted into this school. Maybe it was the selfishness that loomed in the bottom of her stomach. She wanted a shower, food, and a set of clean clothes. She wanted to learn again. She wanted friends, happiness, and hell - even love. Was that so horrible?

The voice in the back of her head called her a hypocrite.

And yet, she followed Holliday (seemingly, the face of Vemrose) and the rest of the new students into the academy.
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[/div] [div class=textbox][div class=scroll] There was just something about waiting outside a prestigious academy he shouldn't have been within fifty feet of, yet alone attending, that left Aaron brimming with energy. He'd die before admitting that, of course.

In the place of any anxiety, deserved or not, a carefully constructed look of resolve and impassiveness was plastered across his face. Now was hardly the time to slip up about things he didn't dare so much as think.

Despite himself, he ran through everything he knew of the academy and, more specifically, of the program he was about to partake in for what was at least the tenth time today alone. And as always, all that came to mind was nothing. It was an uneasily broad lack of knowledge- He wasn't even sure who attended this school.

Sure, there were princes and princesses along with those rich enough to afford the hefty price of the place, but who did that mean specifically? And why the sudden allowance of... Well, of people like this. Sure, he could take a couple of guesses why certain things were left secret- security, some misplaced desire for mystery, whatever- but it still left him uneasy. Carefully, he bit his inner cheek, comforted by the subtle reminder that he was here. That he was physical.

Of course that was about the time a prison van pulled up.

At first, it was simply a welcome distraction, and Aaron relaxed his shoulders, standing straight as his jaw loosened. A girl exited, and he recognized her immediately. It took an effort he'd rather not admit to to keep from smiling.

Who the hell let her in here?

Wilhelmina Trietz was thinner than when she had been sentence, and not nearly as toned, but he assumed prison did that, especially when it came to treasonous bastards like her.

He didn't have the time to overthink that before the doors of the academy opened, a voice ringing out into the courtyard. Forcing himself to tear his eyes away from Wilhelmina at a normal, almost bored speed, they moved on to who he assumed was the headmaster.

He focused on his words, a sense of rightness falling into place as his first guess was confirmed. He pressed the tips of his fingers against his leg to ground himself away from the anxiety and excitements bouncing around his skull as the man spoke, and then the head girl- Holliday. She didn't necessarily say anything interesting, but at least it was short. The anxieties building in his head found their way to his stomach, roiling inside as she disappeared into the building, a distaste already building as others poured in after her.

He followed, watching the others amongst him only to find a majority of them chattering amongst themselves.

Slowly, his gaze drifted back to Wilhelmina, and it took him only a second to decide to approach her. She certainly seemed interesting, and that was something, wasn't it? At the very least, he had questions, and even if the answers were boring, they were answers.

With a carefully practiced nonchalance, Aaron walked over, asking, "You're Wilhelmina, right?"
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[/div] [div class=textbox][div class=scroll] Casper couldn't help but look down at the newcomers gathering at the stairs with interest, almost unable to tear his eyes away. They looked so different from what he was used to, so unpolished in comparison to everyone else at the academy. Questions rose up, but as always, he was quick to banish them, imagining himself putting them in boxes and then stacking them all in a closet with infinite storage.

After all, it didn't really matter, did it? They were here, and it wasn't like complaining would help anyone.

He should be compassionate about all this, shouldn't he? A stellar education was a beautiful thing to share, and these were probably good people- After all, it wasn't like the academy would let anyone they deemed a threat into the academy, not when there were such important people here, right?

Right.

He'd almost managed to convince himself when a van he didn't quite recognize pulled up. It wasn't until the prison guard came into view that Casper began to worry, and it was only when he got a good hard look at the girl that that worry turned to straight up panic.

He stiffened, a hand rising unbidden to his chest, and he forced himself to turn his head, to drag his eyes away from the girl- From her- and actually look for someone he trusted.

He bit his lip, already questioning himself. This was an overreaction, right? If she were here, she obviously must have changed- Maybe she'd found God or been educated on why killing people was bad.

To be fair, though, Casper knew killing people- Especially kings- was bad, and he hadn't needed to go to jail for it.

His eyes finally landed on Dakila, and he almost relaxed. Dakila would know what to do, right? He was super smart, and he'd tell Casper he was being stupid, right?

He lurched towards him, coming to a stop well outside of the other's bubble as he dragged a hand through his hair, fingers curling as he tugged furtively, working up the urge to force his eyes to meet Dakila's.

He only managed it for a second, pursing his lips as he forced his hands down, clasped politely in front of himself as he cleared his throat.

Even still, it took him long enough to find his words he nearly panicked. After several moments of silence, he opened his mouth to start speaking only for the words to catch in his throat, head growing foggy as he thought back to the bombing, to his father and his people and-

He shut his eyes tight, forcing the memory back into its box in the closet as he thought through his sentences, then the English equivalent. "That... girl is here. The one with the bomb? And... I know if she were bad she wouldn't be here, but..."

It occurred to Casper that admitting he was afraid would get him in trouble, and he pursed his lips tight, one hand clenching over the other as he thought of a better excuse.

"But what if she is bad, and is just pretending to be good?"
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rom his perch on the second floor, Dakila peered down at the new students with thinly-veiled interested. From the reactions of the other existing students, they weren’t particularly pleased with this new development, but he didn’t actually mind most of them. If they were willing to get a higher education, he believed that they should be able to have the same resources as the rest of them. However, there was one student of the small, ragged group that caught his attention.

The prison van had been slightly alarming, but the sight of the girl that emerged gave him goosebumps. That couldn’t be…. Dakila mused, shaking his head slightly, his lips pressing into a thin line. They wouldn’t do that to Casper, would they?

The sound of footsteps from the very boy he had been thinking about made Dakila even more worried, and he watched silently a Casper seemed to struggle with what he was going to say. His lips dipped into a frown as he began to speak, stuttering on certain phases. Dakila glanced back at the staircase, where the students were now standing, and then back to his friend, who was looking more nervous by the second.

Dakila sighed, leaning against the balcony railing. “I think you need to calm down…” He said, softly, as to not catch the attention of their peers, “As much as I would like to say for certain that she’s a changed person…. she could very well still be unstable. After all, we don’t know why they’re all here.” He placed his hand on Casper’s shoulder, hoping to go for comforting---although, he had been told that he came off as emotionless more than once.

“You know, there’s people here---including myself---that wouldn’t just let her hurt you. It’ll be fine. Even if she tried something, she’d be out of here in a second.”

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Lorde didn't care about the incoming new students. She only hoped everyone wasn't too mean to them. She knew they would be. Though in truth she was only thinking about one student right now.

As she brushed her hair she thought about Lovett. A smile formed on her lips and she watched it in the reflection. He wasn't like everyone else in Vemrose. He was kind and knew what it was like to be judged. Noble had been a student here, prior to the breakdown. He hadn't held it against the family.

Sighing she pushed herself up and adjusted her jacket. "Okay, it's time." She gave herself a countdown and then opened her door. Her father's voice was echoing through her mind. "Don't disappoint me, Lorde." To him, Noble was merely a disappointment. It didn't matter the cause of the breakdown. It didn't matter what he contributed.

Only his status mattered.

She move through the halls with grace, smiling at those she passed and offering compliments along the way. She hadn't seen Lovett yet, so her direction changed towards his room. Two knocks and then she opened the door. He said her name but all she noticed was his hair. Lorde was used to him mimicking others but it always sent a chill when it was Soren.

Slowly she walked over and gently fluffed his hair with her fingers. "You don't need to look like him, you know." The tightness in her chest eased as he started to look like himself again. "I think you're best when you look like you." Gingerly, she adjusted the collar of his shirt and smiled up at him. "You wanna go check out the new students?"

People had questioned her interest in him before. Assuming he was a project to be fixed to take her mind off of her inability to save Noble. They'd told her she'd never be able to fix him. She knew that. She never wanted to fix him. She was drawn to him the same reason she was so protective of Noble. The same reason she and her brothers wanted away from their family.

She knew what it felt like to be broken. Just because she knew how to hide it better didn't stop her from being the same as them.

Maybe that's what made her fall for him. There was a certain freedom in the openness of being broken. Her eyes fixated on his lips for a moment before she realized and dropped her hands back to her sides and focused her eyes on his window. "We don't have to if you would rather not?"
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[div class=tag]outfit[/div] n/a. [/div] [/div] [/div] [div class=right] [div class=scroll] Her coffee had gone cold a while ago, but Birdie was yet to notice. She sat at her obnoxiously large desk, fingers buried in her hair, stretching the skin of her scalp and drawing it tight across her temples as the re-read the same sentence in the textbook over and over and over again. Suddenly, she let out a cry of frustration and threw the book at the window, which it bounced off of with ease. Reinforced glass. Another noise escaped her, this time mingled with anguish.

The book was an overview at best, a simplified set of facts and statistics and meaningless diagrams. For children, or adults with only a very mild interest in the topic. Birdie was a scientist, a doctor. But they'd taken so much of her material from her. Censorship was a powerful thing, and nobody seemed to notice it. She began to pace the room, drinking her cold coffee without acknowledging the bitter taste. Was it even caffeinated?

Birdie hadn't gone to meet the new students at the gate, but she expected she'd be seeing some of them soon-- many would be required to come, her sessions were mandatory for so many, but a handful would come of their own accord. A lot of those who had spoken to her before came back again and again, long after their required period. The kids were the saving grace of her day-to-day routine.

Kids. The majority were merely a year younger than her, or even less. Separated by uniform and knowledge, not academic, but awareness. Birdie knew so much and she couldn't tell them, couldn't warn them. She'd tried with some of those she was closest with, the ones she was confident wouldn't betray her trust, but she'd never gotten beyond euphemisms and pleading looks, the kind that screamed PLEASE UNDERSTAND while her mouth was sewn shut.

She slammed her empty mug down on the desk sharply, and clambered atop the polished surface to kneel up and reach the papers tacked to her wall. Sketches and anxiously scribbled notes and carefully printed words and a furious amalgamation of different shades of highlighter pen marks littered every spare inch of space, with some sheets stacked on top of one another. Names and symptoms, diagnoses, all interlinked.

The names of the conditions stood out the most. They glowered at her.

POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. SADISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER. SOLIPSISM. DEPRESSION. SCHIZOPHRENIA. OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER. SURVIVOR'S SYNDROME. DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER.

In particular, the last phrase stared at her accusingly.

"There's nothing I can do for them," Birdie told the wall, "I can't help them if they can't remember what happened to them. I can't stop anything."

Alo would know what to do. Of all her family members, she missed him the most. She wondered where he was. Everyone was scattered across the globe, both living and dead. She missed her cousin, Freya. Freya, who would never speak to her now that her brother Soren was dead and gone.

Dead and gone because I said he was too dangerous to live.

Bile rose in Birdie's throat as the display on the wall became too much for her to bear. Hastily, she yanked down the cover she used when she was seeing a student in her office, and finally she could breathe again. In, out. In, out.

Once her ‘display’ was safely concealed beneath a veil of brightly coloured construction paper plastered in inspirational posters, Birdie slid off of her desk. As she did so, however, her left food caught a small object laying on the floor. She crouched to retrieve it, and dropped it immediately as if it had burned her.

There on the carpet, in the spot where it had stopped rolling after she’d dropped it, was a bullet casing. Old fashioned, it hadn’t come from the type of guns used by the Government. No, it was dated. The only people she’d known to still use that particular kind of gun were her family.

They’d taken her on hunting trips when she was younger, because Alo (who they’d wanted to ‘toughen up’) wouldn’t go without her. The two of them and their father, and Freya and Soren and their father. It was during those trips that Elizabeth had become Birdie. Because Soren and Alo had made her a little crown out of feathers, despite their mothers fretting about disease and the general oddity.

There was a feather attached to the bullet casing.

Birdie couldn’t tell if it was a comforting sign from one man, or a threat from another.

With shaking hands, she plucked the item from the ground between her thumb and forefinger, and dropped it into a drawer. She took another deep, calming breath.

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Nixon frowned, staring at Cassian's ceiling. She had only been at Vemrose for a week and already hated it there. It was supposed to make her feel safer, finally being with her brother after so many years. Sebastian and Cassian had risked everything to get the girls out of the castle, and she knew what an imposition she'd be on Cassian in this school. Tears stained her cheeks, and she could've sworn she still saw the blood on her hands. Three weeks and the stains wouldn't budge from her mind.

Shattered glass had littered the plush carpet. There was blood everywhere. Nixon couldn't remember if it had been on purpose or not. Most of her felt that it had been. She didn't know if that was worse or better.

She didn't know how to turn off the monster her father had made her. She knew he wasn't her real father, but unlike her siblings the youngest Lumley had no memories of either of their parents before it all went south. Cassian had flashes of their mother before she lost her mind, but Nixon was raised in the cruelty and the madness.

The door opened and Nixon sat up straight with a knife in hand. Her brother stood with his brows furrowed. "Nixon, what are you doing?"

"I don't think I should be out there." She sighed, laying back down. After a moment she felt the bed sink beside her. She turned her face to see her brother lying beside her. "Don't you have appearances to keep up?"

"Why would I do that?"

"You're a prince."

"Nixon, do you seriously believe that people in this school know who I am?" He laughed, "most of them think my dad's some media mogul and the rest don't know anything other than my name. Sebastian worked this out himself."

The princess — assassin? — stared at her brother for a moment. The she laughed. "How do you keep a secret that big?" Her eyes were watering a little as the pair talked and laughed. She laid her head on his chest.

"I missed you, big brother."

"I missed you too, little sister."
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[div class=container][div class=header][div class=hbox][div class=namebox][div class=gif][/div][div class=name]micah
"shiloh"
shaw
[div class=extra][/div][/div][/div][div class=icon][/div][div class=info]tw: brief mention of suicide
location: teachers lounge
with: madi | clxssified clxssified | keaton
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[/div][div class=body][div class=scroll][div class=dialogue]“Come here and give Shi-Shi a kiss”[/div]
Shiloh leered at his twin, arms dangling open for a hug. He made a joke out of torturing the other boy. It like poking a bear, a very depressed, hungover bear. Eventually, the bear would do what a wild animal does and lash back at him but for now, Shiloh knew he was safe. Keaton was in a slump and it was debatable if he would respond if someone set him on fire. They sat by each other, a seat open for Mercedes, and their posture couldn’t be more different. Keaton clung onto a cup of coffee, his eyes were focused on nothing, and occasionally he would sigh, shudder, and curl back into himself. Shiloh had been dry humping the air just minutes ago.


“I said give me a kiss, you sad bastard”, Shiloh whined. He was bored and he wanted a response. Luckily, he knew how far to go before he got one.


“Don’t be sad, you could be shut up in bedlam like a special someone

“Keaton ? Is there anyone up in there or are you thinking about being the least favorite child again ?”

“Answer ! Answer! AnswerAnswerAnswermeasshole!

“Either stop being so depressed or do something about it !”.


As if he was roused from a deep sleep, Keaton sniffed and looked up at his brother, blinking slowly. “Can you go a day without telling me to kill myself ? We got to get you a fucking hobby, man”—and just like that, Shiloh’s tantrum was over. He slid into the chair next to Keaton, the one meant for Mercy but who cared ? She was off being boring and here they were, the only people in that family that mattered. Outburst forgotten, Shiloh grinned at his twin and clapped, telling him he sent little Madi to observe the new crop and see if there was anyone worthwhile.


And speak of the devil, she was here. As soon as Madi walked in, the smile slipped of Shiloh’s face and the light drained out of his eyes until he wore a mask void enough to confuse him with Keaton. Neither twin greeted her. Only after she rambled something off about the new students did Shi-Shi smile, petting her hair and telling her that she “did fine”. Madi was ignored again as the brothers between to talk among themselves, one clearly speaking more than the other, about prospects and who would be a pariah. Shiloh could barely contain his contempt whereas Keaton, in his infinite calm, spoke quietly and with earnesty.


"Babe, can I sit with you?"


Shiloh head snapped towards the girl, half a scowl worn on his face. He was about to talk, how could she interrupt him like that ? Jerking the still-warm cup from Keaton’s frigid hands, he held it in front of Madi’s face, shaking it to hold her attention.

“Go dump it out—go on. And when you come back, you’ll be able to sit up here. Tell me more about the motorcycle while you’re at it, I just might get one”. Clearly, he wouldn’t.

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[div class=tag]interacts[/div] shiloh&keaton.
[div class=tag]tags[/div] caramel caramel .
[div class=tag]outfit[/div] n/a. [/div] [/div] [/div] [div class=right] [div class=scroll] With her efforts branded "fine", Madi was able to relax. Shiloh smiled, and she melted. While she understood that the twins were talking to one another, and that she was being very purposefully excluded, she didn't mind: listening to them was enough. As much as she wanted to play with her jewellery or lose herself in a daydream or -- god forbid -- do something as obnoxious as start to hum, she kept quiet, still, and attentive.

Until she opened her mouth, of course. Initially, she'd though she'd chosen to pose her question during a lull in the conversation. Shiloh's expression, however, told her that she was very much mistaken. For a moment she was frozen in place, not necessarily out of fear, but something she couldn't quite place. Perhaps the word she was looking for was... dumb-founded?

Dumb, dumb, dumb. Madi was dumb, everybody had said so all her life. She didn't think she was really as hopeless as they said, but when they all expected her to be a certain way, she felt horrible about disappointing them. So she'd given up on trying to insert herself into conversation to voice her opinions, and she'd abandoned all ventures into more interesting fields of study-- physics, for example. When she was a child she'd loved the equations and the symbols and the art of it all. Now, she didn't think she'd understand any of it if she wanted to try it all again.

They called her a bimbo. Dim-witted, slow, air-headed. She believed them.

But she didn't mind. People were complicated creatures and Madi liked to adapt to please them all, no matter how exhausting it was.

So she took the mug, nodded, and hopped to her feet. The sink was only a few feet away in the corner of the room and dutifully she trotted over there to pour the coffee away and watch it swirl down the plughole. As she rinsed the basin, she began to speak again, "I really don't know a lot about motorcycles, babe, they're--"

The door opened and in walked her saving grace. Benji had been noticeably absent all morning, and his charcoal-smeared fingers betrayed the truth behind any excuse he might have dreamed up: he'd been drawing again. From the looks of it, he hadn't slept, and that made him vulnerable: Madi pounced, "Ben! Shiloh wants to know about motorcycles, because he might get one. You know about them, right?"

While the little blonde turned off the tap, Benji frowned and ran a hand through his hair, crossing the room to slump into a spare seat. He stifled a yawn and replied, "I guess they're like, bikes... but you don't have to pedal." His eyes flicked to Shiloh, and then beyond him to Madi, clutching the empty mug by the sink, listening intently. A smile tugged at the corner of his lips, "I, uh... They come in four different types: earth, wind, air, and fire, and-- God, I'm sorry Shiloh, I can't fuckin' do it. Fuck off, do you want a motorcycle. Asshole."

Madi wrinkled her nose in distaste, but came wandering back over anyway to stop behind Shiloh and drape her arms around his neck. She planted a kiss on the top of his head and quickly, before he could react, whirled round to drop down into his lap. Once she was safe in her position, she turned a curious eye to Keaton.

"Shouldn't you go and see if Holly's alright? I thought the two of you... Holly and you, you're tog--"

"I think the Wunderkind wants to know if you're fuckin'." Benji interjected, "and personally, I'm also intrigued."

Intrigued was quite a strong word, but Benji was privately hoping that the line of questioning would either invoke some sort of guilt in Keaton and make him run to his damsel's aid, or alternatively irritate him to the point where he left regardless. Either way, Benji planned to follow: he knew he had to make an appearance for the twins that morning, but for once neither of them was the Shaw on his mind. He was supposed to meet Mercy. But he couldn't just say so, or leave without a reason. Top floor, in one of the storage rooms, where he often went for peace and quiet. Hopefully she'd be there, and soon he would be too, provided he could find a way out.

"Cause if you're not claimin' her, I mean..." Benji spread his hands wide in a vague gesture and grinned. He didn't mean it. "C'mon, Keaton, spill. You can tell the honorary third Shaw brother."

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[div class=tag]interacts[/div] lorde.
[div class=tag]tags[/div] @milkshake .
[div class=tag]outfit[/div] n/a. [/div] [/div] [/div] [div class=right] [div class=scroll] When her fingers found his hair, Lovett stayed obediently still until she was finished. Lorde was unique in so many ways, but the most relevant was that he didn't flinch at her touch anymore: now, it was a comfort rather than an uncomfortable surprise. He found it difficult to let other people get close to him like that, and consequently not many people tried, not consistently anyway. But Lorde was different. She cared about him.

He loved her.

"Thankyou," Lovett replied quietly to her compliment. So, Lorde liked him better when he looked like himself. That was exciting, it brought a flush of heat to his cheeks in a way only a kind word from her could. She liked him.

WHO AM I?

The mention of the new students brought him back to reality and a frown marred his face. He paused, mulling the idea over, and then cocked his head to the side inquisitively. "Have you seen any of them yet? The new ones, I mean. I heard they were criminals and stuff."

Nervously, he dug his nails into the palms of his hands.

"I think I wanna see them, though."

His tongue darted out to moisten his lips when he saw her glance at them.

"If you'll come with me. Or we can hang out and do something else, if you're not interested in them."

His fists clenched tighter. The words were right on the tip of his tongue, battering the inside of his lips, begging to be set free. He swallowed, but they erupted anyway.

"I don't mind. I just want to be with you."

NO, NO, NO: RETREAT RETREAT RETREAT RETREATRETREATRETREAT

"...if you want to be with me."
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Charlize Winter
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in the car -> outside the academy, ready to enter
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x
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none, open
mentions
Holly ( clxssified clxssified )
The environment raced past in a blur as the sleek black town car raced down the fairly empty road. Charlie leaned her forehead against the window, staring at nothing in particular out the window with a feeling of dread. Maybe prison would have been better than whatever hell hole waited for her at Vemrose Academy. Charlie knew far too well what life was like surrounded by materialistic, selfish people who don't care about the health and welfare of others. The orphanage taught her that all too well.

Charlie looked forward, eyeing the two guards sent to make sure she didn't flee from her sentence. Truth be told, she wasn't entirely sure why the court had decided to offer her this deal. Charlie had blood on her hands, rather important blood. Yet, instead of burning her at the stake for her crimes, the court swept the entire event under the rug, covered it up and gave Charlie another chance at life instead. Maybe she had some crucial information she didn't realize. Or maybe they had other plans for her.

The town car pulled into a long drive way in front of a grand ornate building. She was sure that the size and grandeur impressed most people. But Charlie wasn't most people. It was that kind of extravagance that Charlie hated, that she fought for and stole from. The blonde climbed from the car, the metal handcuffs cutting into her wrists as they had done all trip. The two guards followed suit, one moving to unlock the cuffs while the other grabbed her duffel bag from the trunk and threw it next to her feet.

"Nice to see I'm getting the A-list treatment here," Charlie said, sarcasm dripping from her words. She shot a heavy glare at the guard, but he remained unfazed. With an annoyed sigh, the girl picked up the bag and slung it over her body before approaching the staircase to the academy. A pretty girl in a uniform Charlie would like to burn as opposed to wear and a devilishly handsome man pushed through the double doors and began to speak.

While they spoke, Charlie couldn't help but shake the feeling that something was off about the whole place. Everything was too put together, too clean, what seemed to be clear signs at least to Charlie that it was hiding something. But she had no idea what. At the end of their boring speech, the other new students began to chat among themselves. Charlie glanced over their faces, but ultimately kept to herself. Instead, she placed a cigarette between her lips and lit it, waiting to follow the others into the hellish academy.
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Oliver was finally free of his ankle bracelet. He was free from his awful placement — apparently when you're on probation it's a lot harder to convince the courts that your foster family is abusive. His hair was a mess but he didn't have much time to fix it. He looked wired, like he hadn't slept in days. Truthfully he hadn't. He'd been too busy trying to figure out what Vemrose was all about.

It was almost a game to him. There were levels based on his research, time in the school, etc. Then there were the bosses. The headmaster was sketchy, but then again, all rich people were. He'd do his best to figure it all out and maybe reveal it all during a streaming session.

Then he got distracted by a high security van. The girl looked familiar. He stared for a minute. Holy shit.

It was Wilhelmina Trietz.

He tried to catch up with her, to ask her about the incident. Maybe she'd do a stream with him. However it would have to wait, as he walked straight into a girl with pretty red hair. "Oh dude I'm so sorry."
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Finnegan Krona
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uniform
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Tori ( clxssified clxssified ) and Cricket (@milkshake)
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Finnegan stood in the foyer of the academy, looking out the window at the growing group of newcomers to Vemrose Academy. He was a little bit different than a few of the other students in the academy, actually kind of excited for new students and potentially new friends. There were rumors, sure, that some of them were criminals, thieves, even murderers. That made Finn wrinkle his nose in disgust. He had watched his father rule on criminal trials and learned that there was room for breaking the law in a good kingdom.

King Krona was Finn's role model, the man he aspired to be. He knew now, after a few years at the academy, that his father ran his kingdom to the best of his ability. He should have never questioned him. Then he would be back home, preparing to take on the throne instead of at some school across the world. Instinctively, Finnegan looked down at his phone, that morning's text from his father staring back at him from the bright screen.

Don't let us down.

Clutching the phone, Finnegan shoved it into his pocket and followed the small group out onto the top of the staircase. He moved off to the side, out of the spotlight but still able to look down on the newcomers below. One had arrived in a prison van, another in a sleek car but still in handcuffs. The thought unnerved him slightly, wondering what they had done and why the academy would allow people like them in. Finn put his hands in his front pockets and glanced at the Headmaster, deciding it best not to question his intentions.

Finnegan scanned the crowd again, looking for who he would talk to and welcome first. He wanted to stay far away from anyone who arrived in handcuffs and/or with officers that weren't traditional body guards. Finally, Finnegan found two girls, both of whom were rather pretty and unassuming. Finn put on his most charming smile, adjusted the blazer of his uniform, and walked over to the pair with a regal poise about him. "Hi, ladies, I'm Finnegan Krona. Welcome to Vemrose."
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[div class=tag]outfit[/div] n/a. [/div] [/div] [/div] [div class=right] [div class=scroll] "Extra, extra, read all about it!"

As he strode down the hallway, head held high, Heath brandished a fan of glossy-covered magazines. Every so often, he would pause to prevent a fellow student a copy with a flourish, or slip one under a closed door, or pin one to a noticeboard. It was the first day of school, and god, it was good to be home.

Trailing behind him was Indie, much quieter and much less flamboyant. The blonde was struggling with his burden, clutching his laptop bag in one hand and phone in the other, a large stack of magazines under both arms and one clamped between his teeth. Heath, in comparison, was holding maybe ten copies at most. Completely preoccupied with the task of not dropping everything and making a complete fool of himself, Indie didn't notice his leader stop, and nearly collided face-first with the boy's back. He caught himself just in time for Heath to whirl around on the heel of his polished shoe.

"Indie, how many--" Heath cut himself off as he studied the sight in front of him. With a laugh -- one of pity -- he tugged the magazine from the boy's mouth and tutted. "You've gone and gotten teeth marks in the spine. This is a top product we're distributing, Indie, not just any old rag."

"Sorry, I didn't want to drop it!" Indie replied quickly, the ache in his jaw relieved. "Although I don't understand why you won't go digital, Heath, I could whip up the perfect website in a couple of days, and then we wouldn't have this problem all the time. I mean, I don't want to sound rude, but print is--"

"Print is not dead, dumbass. Print is alive and thriving, and my family is fuelling that revival. I'm not selling out for some flashy clipart," Heath huffed and began to continue walking without warning as Indie hastily tried to keep up, trotting at his heels like a faithful hound. "Besides, not everyone has the internet. Are you discriminating, Indie?"

"No, sir."

"Good. We're all about inclusion here. This is a moral company."

EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION ISSUE: VEMROSE PLAGUED BY FOREIGN INVASION?

Indie struggled to push his glasses back up his nose without using his hands as Heath paused again to check his hair in the reflection of the window, and reapply his lipbalm.

HARLEY LEWIS AND WILHELMINA TRIETZ IN: GIRLS GONE WILD ! (A MURDERESS SPECIAL)

The phone in Indie's hand buzzed and the screen illuminated. Squinting, he peered curiously at the notification, and his face blanched: "H-Heath?"

"That's my name, don't wear it out. Seriously, it's trade-marked."

"N-No, really, look," Indie tentatively extended his arm and turned the device to face his friend (?). He then proceeded to brace for the fallout.

"Gossip blog? Who the fuck is this person, and who the fuck do they think they are?"
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[div class=tag]outfit[/div] n/a. [/div] [/div] [/div] [div class=right] [div class=scroll] Summer had not been a particularly enjoyable period for Cece. While most of her peers were able to use the break from school to their advantage and partake in some long-overdue fun and relaxation, she had spent her time off ricocheting between two kingdoms. The majority of her time had been split between her home in Aedrelon, where she had barely seen her brother at all and had instead focused on avoiding the accusatory looks of the citizens and her father's malicious gloating, and in Nesria, where she had been sent to bond with the dynamic duo that was Dawson and Edmund. On one finger, her ring glittered in the autumn sunlight. Cecelia was rich, held titles, and now had the suffocating security that came with betrothal. She was happy.

Except she wasn't. Nothing felt right.

School provided a temporary sanctuary, from her father at least, and it was easy to lose herself in her studies and the crowd. She was late but that didn't matter: amongst the new arrivals, she could get a proper first look at the students she'd heard so much about. Naturally she'd done a little research. Perhaps this programme really was a gesture of goodwill on the Government's part.

If that was possible. With power came corruption: she'd seen it first hand.

The solid wall of somebody's chest interrupted her thoughts. Temporarily stunned, Cece took a delicate step back and looked up, frowning.

"My apologies... 'dude'? I'm afraid I'm not familiar."

Confused but friendly by nature, Cecelia allowed her face to break out into a smile as she offered the boy her hand to shake. "Cecelia Harlow, it's a pleasure."

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[div class=tag]tw[/div] implied abuse. [/div] [/div] [/div] [div class=right] [div class=scroll] Somehow, Harley had gone from death row to being enrolled in one of the most prestigious establishments on the planet in a matter of hours, and she still hadn't quite wrapped her head around it. The car that had taken her on the surprisingly short journey between the Capitol and Vemrose Academy had been nicer than any she'd seen before, let alone sat in, and she was quite sure that with it's incredible technology and smooth leather interior, it was worth more money than any house she'd ever lived in. They hadn't cuffed her for the trip, which had been a welcome shock. She put it down to how frail she looked.

As a building, Vemrose Academy itself was so structurally beautiful that Harley missed almost every word of the welcome given by the faculty, too lost in her own admiration. Only when the crowd around her began to chatter to one another did she emerge from her daydream. She'd been doing that a lot, ever since she'd been arrested. Too caught up in her own mind. One of the more sympathetic doctors she'd seen had suggested she could be suffering from some sort of trauma-related disorder. Most, however, had called her delusional.

All of them had branded her a cold-blooded killer.

Harley had told the story of exactly what had happened in that bathroom only twice, once to an officer during her arrest, and once during her trial. Both times, she'd been dismissed as a liar and a manipulator. Nobody had testified in her defense and nobody had believed her truth. So, after the trial, she'd given up on telling it.

The aroma of cigarette smoke attracted Harley's attention and she glanced to her side, then froze as her heart stopped beating and her skin prickled. All she saw was blonde hair.

Becky, Becky, Becky, Becky.

Blonde hair, just like--

"You're a freak, and you've always been jealous of me."

She stuffed her quivering hands into her pockets as she tried to block out the memory.

"But for a freak, you're very pretty, Harls~"

As quickly as the memory had reared its ugly head, it dissipated and Harley was left with nothing but the noise of the crowd filling her ears. Cool air filled her lungs as she took a deep breath, and told herself that she couldn't live this way forever. A miracle had arrived in the form of opportunity, and she'd never be able to forgive herself if she failed to utilise it simply because she was so embroiled in the past. Her demons were dead and buried, and it was time to start anew.

"Could I borrow a light?"

Her voice was hoarse from lack of use, and it sounded alien to her. Like it wasn't her own anymore. She fixed the blonde with an unreadable expression, blue eyes slightly narrowed, as she tried to size her up through one first impression. The girl had a formidable air about her, and rather than being deterred, she found herself drawn to the strength she radiated.

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wil, dakila
[/div] [div class=textbox][div class=scroll] Casper kept his eyes squeezed shut, waited for Dakila to speak as he focused on the way one hand tightened over the other.

When Dakila finally spoke, Casper let out a shuddery sigh, fighting the urge to slump as he realized he hadn’t been nearly as subtle as he might have hoped. At least Dakila was being quiet about it, quiet enough no one else could hear.

He kept talking, and Casper had to bite his lip. Dakila was right. She could be bad. He’d been stupid to even think that wasn’t a possibility. Casper scratched at the back of his neck, releasing a shaky breath as Dakila kept talking, as smart and thoughtful as always. He couldn’t quite help a pang of jealousy.

What would it be like, if Casper could just think like that instead of being surrounded by this haze of… nothing?

The unmistakable weight of a hand fell on his shoulder, and immediately Casper kicked himself for getting lost in thought, even if it was only for a moment. He couldn’t just let his guard down like that, not when life was only growing more dangerous as the days passed. Not when he was so vital.

His face spasmed, and he slowly forced open his eyes, looking to where Dakila's hand rested on his shoulder without an ounce of ill will.

It was nice- Heck, maybe even comforting- in a way he’d hate to admit, and Casper had to fight the urge to lean into the touch, even as simple as it was.

That would be weird, he reminded himself, instead shaking as he stared, trying to pay attention to Dakila’s words even as his warmth seeped into Casper's skin, threatening to drown out the rest of the world.

As a smile drew itself carefully across Casper’s lips, he couldn't deny he was glad to have listened, and his eyes dropped to the floor again.

“You’re right,” he admitted, a hand hesitantly lifting to rest against Dakila’s own, tips of his fingers brushing against the back of his hand in a way that made it hard to breathe.

“You’re right,” he repeated, calmer and more resolved. A moment passed between the two as Casper thought. He was safe, and he had friends and people who cared, and he'd be okay. What he had said wasn't enough, so quietly, he whispered almost sheepishly, “Thank you.”
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[div class=container] [div class=hold][div class=img][/div] [div class=name]wilhelmina trietz. [div class=smaller][div class=overflow style="padding-right: 20px"]location: academy entrance |mentions: aaron | tags: mikaluvkitties mikaluvkitties [/div][/div][/div] [div class=follow]enter[/div][/div] [div class=center][div class=moodboard] [div class=aesthe style="background-size: 200%"][/div] / / [div class=aesthe style="background-image: url(https://www.greenandgrowing.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/green-chemistry.jpg)"][/div] / / [div class=aesthe style="background-image: url(https://t3.rbxcdn.com/eed3d3442751a102a4f5cd5f73e15fc5)"][/div]
[div class=aesthe style="background-image: url(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3b/5a/85/3b5a85d03af469af994464e5438ad9e1.jpg)"][/div] / / [div class=aesthe style="background-image: url(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1d/21/70/1d2170e99783843cfbc985ef98389b3e.jpg)"][/div] / / [div class=aesthe style="background-image: url(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c5/bc/c4/c5bcc436b1c68df2c53a042465c2733b--staircase-manufacturers-health-department.jpg)"][/div] [/div] [div class=text][div class=overflow] It felt wrong to be walking into such a prestigiously renowned academy. The principle of it went against almost everything Wilhelmina had fought for two years ago. Though she had battled for change and revolution - she selfishly wanted time out of the spotlight. Any place in the world was better than the Skyggejord maximum security prison. In that place, even the most dangerous criminals would spit in her face and steal her belongings. There, she spent most of her nights silently crying, hoping no one would notice.

"You're Wilhelmina, right?"

The simplicity of her own name coming out of someone else's lips sent a shudder down her spine. Someone had noticed who she was. The teenage girl silently prayed that he wouldn't threaten her or hurt her. She didn't expect a warm welcome from the students at all, but naively thought she would be given some sort of a second chance.

Truthfully, Wil felt remorse for what she did. She still believed in the corruption of government. She still clenched her jaw at the utter of a king. But never did she expect for lives to be hanging over her head.

Two years ago, the bomb that Wilhelmina planted had malfunctioned, detonating at the wrong time. The first floor of the castle had been mostly empty, with little workers remaining in that time of day. When the bomb went off, the king was safe in an upper floor. He was evacuated before the fire had gotten to him. The workers weren't so lucky. Had the timing been right, her future would have been righteously different.

Fifteen citizens. Fifteen low-class workers, just trying to get by. You're no martyr, you're a murderer.

Wilhelmina didn't regret planting the bomb in Skyggejord castle. She regretted the king surviving.

Her gaze turned towards the boy who had spoken to her. His face was emotionless, showing little to nothing of what his intentions were with his question. The most important lesson she learned in prison was to show no sign of fear. If she was perceived as weak, she would be treated as such. Wilhelmina upturned her chin, stared at the boy, and scoffed a little.

"What, did you want a fucking autograph?" The ragged-looking teenage girl walked away before he could respond, hoping to take a shower and get into her uniform before someone more dangerous tried to approach her.
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