The Beast_Siobhan's Winter Retreat_Maps_Billie and the Great Red Spot
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The Beast
“Are you awake?” “I am.” “How long have we been out?” “Hours. Maybe longer.” “Longer than hours?” “I don’t know. It’s pitch black in here, smells like goat guts, and my head is aching with confusion. And my hips are killing me from laying on the ground.” “Same. I’m real thirsty, too.” “Yep. Like cotton balls.” “I don’t hear…the thing…anymore, do you?” “No.” “What should we do?” “Find a way out.” “Agreed. But how?” “We’re on a dirt floor. I think we’re in some kind of cave. It must have dragged us here.” “That doesn’t answer how we get out.” “Shh. Did you hear that?” “Yeah, what was it?” “Lower...
Siobhan's Winter Retreat
“I can’t believe the friends you are starting to make, Siobhan,” Debra said as she folded laundry. “These people are bad news for you.” Siobhan looked at her aunt skeptically. “My friends are helping me.” Debra scoffed. She pulled out her phone, scrolling through…something. “Look at these pictures you took, Siobhan. What are they? Look how you are dressed!” “Auntie, what-” Debra quickly sauntered over and placed the phone in front of Siobhan’s face. “I thought when you moved out, that you would at least respect yourself and your appearance.” Siobhan sighed. She didn’t want twww.onedoor.cco say anything...
Maps
"So, what's the catch?" I looked the old woman dead in the eye, refusing to blink first. I couldn't believe it. She looked older than I remembered. Older than she should be. My grip on reality shifted from firm to slipping to, "Ah, shit, I lost it," in seconds. I wanted to walk away. I wanted to get to Maury's Bakery and Breads to enjoy a chocolate croissant and coffee like I had planned. But it was starting to look like that particular self-indulgence may have to wait.I had taken my usual route to Maury's. There had been no reason not to. It's an eleven-minute walk, or about 1,215 steps, from...
Billie and the Great Red Spot
Billie's birthday happened to fall on a very special holiday for the residents of her city. A Jovian New Year only happens once every 11、9 Earth years, after all.The research station where Billie and her family live, New Alexandria, orbits Jupiter every 400 days and is home to 10,000 people.Billie came home from school the day before her birthday at a dead sprint, banging the door to her family's living quarters open already halfway through a conversation she’d been waiting to have all day, as if she'd been barely holding it in the entire run home.Her words fought to all get out of her mouth a...