Drugged By Drudgery

[Roane]

Roane takes a deep breath and walks to him a bit faster than before closing the gap between them until they were mere feet away from each other. She smiles and tilts her head to the side.

Mind tricks? No I just think that you are exceptional and thought that instead of fighting we might could get to know one another a bit better. Start a fire of our own perhaps?

She takes advantage of his dazed state and moves closer to him actually touching his arm. He is burning hot to the touch but she ignores this and continues. She needs him to surrender to her. If not she may have to resort to a worse fate than seduction.

[Helene]

I take off my shoes and rolled up my pants. I've always enjoyed the hot sun on my face and the warm sand underfoot. Maybe linking with feminist wouldn't be so bad afterall. Its already been established that they aren't feminist lesbos. But then I probably wouldv'e joined anyways. As I head to the base, I stop at the water's edge. Being here,things cross my mind. Eliza mentioned that my fiancee might not understand why have disappered. I feel myself mentally shrug. Why should I care. He has a stick up his ass and wont tell me whats up. I shouldn't let him fix it himself but it must be beyond me since he wont speak to me. Whatever. When he wants me, he'll find me.

I walk up to the water's edge and sit down, letting the cool water run over my feet. Yes... he'll find me like I found him...

[Hope98]

"Everything is in some way doomed, Calithin. We all die. The Earth itself will someday cease. A person can not avoid tragedy since nothing, good or bad, is forever. So a person takes risks and extracts what they can from this life. i refuse to keep my heart and life in suspension, no matter what tragedies my come."

I eat my marshmellow and take his sticky hand.

"I love you now, I am happy now. I can not count on tomorrow, but I know that your nearness makes my life better today."

[Spirit of Autumn]

Although I am hanging upside down in the tree, I remain as cool as always. I stare at Grove and cross my arms. My burgundy hair dangles into my face making it hard to see.

"We have worked to restore much of the damage that the capitalists caused. We are replanting the rain forests, and there are few who would argue that our Minister, Nabiki, is an evil woman. She is a kind Druidian who truly cares for the environment. We fight you, because, by being part of a rebel group you are breaking the laws. It was you who first broke the laws by joining the Green Party, therefore, it is our duty to enforce the laws. We enforce environmental laws as well. In fact, after I am done with our encounter, I was heading to America. The FRA has violated the nuclear weapons bans and the air quality laws among other ones. But it seems the Green Party has not noticed the crimes of this capitalist group."

I close my eyes.

"When Zwei nuked those cities, we worked to clean up the radioactive contaimination. Fighting you, is just one small thing that we do. It is something that all rebel groups must contend with. If you were not a rebel, you would not face our wrath. But today, I came without orders for my own personal reasons. I came not for the Green Party, but for you, so that perhaps I could give you another chance at understanding me. And maybe, I have made some progress."

[Swan of Tounela]

"I am so worried about Toivo. I can't believe that she took him."

I clench my fist and turn to the other rebels in Andrew's apartment.

"I am sorry that your apartment is such a disaster. I promise to help repair it once Toivo is back."

[Lady Violet]

I look over some other reports as I sit in my office. The world is relatively calm right now, even if there is an evil god attacking another god somewhere. I am somewhat happy to learn that the anarchist base was destroyed. I never liked the anarchists since they were always the most violent of the rebel groups.

I am not happy to learn that it was destroyed by the FRA. They are getting too puffed up, and I do not like that they are the only rebel group with a battleship and missiles. I order the Ministry of Trade and Economics that we will not trade anything with them. China, India, and Poland continue to produce enough coal for our needs. Anyway, we are trying out new energy sources. Wind, geo thermal, and solar power are much more environmentally friendly.

[Simona Weil]

As I head away from my past life into the eternal one, I see Josh. I go back to him.

"No, it is not your time. You must live. You are too young for this and have only just begun to experience life. I need you to go back. I need someone to watch over Antero and Sasha. They will be upset with me for what I did. If you return, I promise to contact you...."

[Kankahattaret]

When Tsubaki leaves, I turn to Kelthassil.

"It looks like it is time for us to go as well."

Not waiting for his response, I walk out the door.

[Chai Ling]

I continue to wait for Cephrien. I don't mind waiting since I am very patient.

[Misery]

I can't believe I got the cruddy mission of getting sent to some labor camp in Siberia. Guess it gives me a chance to get away from Moscow but this still sucks.

I head to the labor camp and take my new mission as a guard there. This is a labor camp for the most dangerous political prisoners. It could be an interesting job.

[Kelthassil]

I nod and follow Kanka.

[Dariya Pisarev]

I walk alone through Helsinki. I look around for something interesting or someone to talk to. I get so bored just being alone every day. I need some stimulation.

Seeing that it doesn't look like I will get much, I head to a cafe and sit down for some coffee.

I sit there and observe the customers. No one looks too interesting or worth my time. I look them over and judge them one by one. They all seem so small.

[Kankahattaret]

"Maybe we should take a break for a while. I am sure Red Infinity can find us if they need to. I think we should try to find others like us." I say to Kelthassil as we walk together.

"Or maybe, we could visit Lapland for a while, I miss it there. The winters make me sentimental."

[Cephrien]

Ceph closed his eyes and crossed his arms. He opened one of them and stared at the girl across the street. "You looking for someone...?" He called out to her.

[Chai Ling]

I look up when I hear a voice call out to me.

"Cephrien? I was looking for you. I wanted to know what happened to Leon..."