There is a war I can’t avoid. As much as I try to avoid getting involved, I can feel the conflict encroaching on my safe life like weeds invading the sanctity of my mother’s garden—a fitting comparison...

Previously… “Don’t be ridiculous! Of course, you are still going to Shanghai,” a voice echoed around the tomb.    Thick ribbons of slate smoke enveloped the interior of the tomb....

A cobalt flame sprung from the tips of Khari’s amber-painted nails. Bright, controlled, precise. That was the mantra drilled into her head since she started fire-weaving. Fire-weaving was as rare as...

Autumn arrived swiftly like a child bounding towards a carnival; regal golds, deep scarlets, flamboyant oranges, burnished bronzes, each blanketing the frozen ground like a patchwork quilt. Now, the colors...

> Continue has been selected. Begin Test Two… Nameless wakes up. They are in a small, gray room. A simple mattress is in the corner of the room, with a white pillow and blanket. Nameless lies on...

The nameless child wakes up. They are in a small, grey room. A simple mattress is in the corner of the room, with a white pillow and blanket. The child is lying on the bed. Across the room is a steel folding...

Petals on a cherry tree, small pinks and whites on slender stems, vanish soon after bloom into the wind. Petals, barely captured for more than a week, before they fall and brown and decay into...

  Is freedom eternal or ephemeral? Fleeting or forever? Perhaps it is not beginning  But has always been Never needed to start  Never shall reach an end    Is it wrong...

Oh, dear Creature of the Lake,  I dropped a rock into your domain, as I stepped, and it disturbed your peaceful waters. Beloved, please don’t take revenge; no stern acts of vengeance, of you...

You open your eyes and see a bright, starry night sky. You are lying on a grassy field surrounded by blooming flowers, it looks like the beginning of spring.  Huh, this feels familiar. You’ve been...

  Twelve years after her fatal accident in Tor. X-9-140, █████ ████ shocks all of Juvia with a full recovery and re-debut as ABYSSALIS with the release of Atomic Automaton Heart,...

In North America, deep under the earth, there is a ruined temple. In that temple, a Red Blade is stabbed into a pedestal, and behind that is a tunnel leading to many murals showcasing events in North American...