"That's it. All my effort for nothing," Luke said as he finished recounting everything he had discovered about Violet's investigation and the memories he had read from Elizabeth, the real estate agent from Shadyside Realty.
Luke had returned home a few minutes ago after visiting the real es...
2025-01-23 16:08:51 +0000 UTC View PostOnly he and Pippa were left.
'Step one complete...' Andrew thought as he sat nervously on the couch.
Many negative thoughts swirled in his mind. Was he rushing things too much? What if Pippa just laughed out of kindness so he wouldn't look like an idiot in front of her friends?
...
2025-01-22 16:00:52 +0000 UTC View PostLuke arrived at Shadyside Realty at 5:34 PM. It was a two-story building with a normal, well-maintained appearance. The entrance was a set of double glass doors, and as he pushed them open, the faint sound of a bell could be heard.
'There’s air conditioning,' Luke thought, noticing the ch...
2025-01-21 16:11:57 +0000 UTC View Post"She is Haley," said Andrew, introducing Haley to Pippa and her friends. He also introduced Leonard and Howard, who were very nervous.
"Hi…" Haley greeted lazily, her gaze settling on Pippa.
Pippa had short, straight hair, lighter at the tips, blue eyes, and skin as white as a lily....
2025-01-20 15:52:26 +0000 UTC View PostLuke was traveling in Simon's dirty truck to Violet's house.
After finishing the school day, Simon drove them there. Both he and Kate were surprised that Violet had managed to convince Tuesday to go to her house.
On top of that, her parents were at work, and Josh (her brother) was at ...
2025-01-19 18:25:57 +0000 UTC View PostAndrew's team celebrated the victory like never before. The least happy one seemed to be Jason, as he got injured. Although it wasn’t serious, or so they told him, he couldn't show his disappointment openly. He smiled and celebrated, but if you looked closely, you could tell it wasn’t natural...
2025-01-19 16:05:52 +0000 UTC View Post‘These are not my main minions,’ thought Luke, eyeing a new and very well-maintained car. It wasn’t the dirty truck with a marijuana smell that belonged to Simon.
The ones tasked with picking him up so he wouldn’t have to walk to school were Simon, Violet, and the other two.
...
2025-01-18 17:36:05 +0000 UTC View Post"ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL TWO-POINT CONVERSION FOR PALISADES HIGH SCHOOL!" shouted the commentator, his voice amplified by the loudspeaker.
Mitchell, Cam, Jay, and everyone in the visiting stands cheered and applauded enthusiastically at yet another successful two-point conversion by their team.<...
2025-01-17 16:24:44 +0000 UTC View PostMonday, September 15 – 7:00 AM
Dong... dong... dong...
The eerie sound of a funeral bell echoed through the room, filling the air with its ominous resonance. It was the alarm Wednesday had chosen for her phone, as dramatic and gloomy as she was.
The sound pier...
2025-01-16 17:13:22 +0000 UTC View PostAndrew crouched behind the center, his eyes quickly scanning the opposing defense. The linebackers looked ready to lunge at him.
I have to lead players with whom I have never practiced and without a clear strategy from the coach, tsch," Andrew muttered to himself.
"Set... hut!" Andrew...
2025-01-15 16:21:20 +0000 UTC View Post"Why are you more than twenty minutes late?!" Professor Memphis exclaimed furiously as the classroom door burst open and two students walked in. His voice resonated with authority, silencing any murmurs in the room.
Professor Memphis, an elderly man with gray hair and a slight hunch, wore a...
2025-01-15 15:52:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe game against Wilson High School had begun with great energy in the air.
Wilson High School had won the two games they played so far (the friendly match and the first season game), so they were in high spirits, and playing at home overshadowed the visiting fans.
Mitch, Cam, and the...
2025-01-14 15:57:06 +0000 UTC View Post[Dunphy House]
"If he wants to play with his friends, then let him play with his friends! You will not decide where my son will play!" shouted Mitchell, red with anger, at Jay.
In the Dunphy living room, a discussion that had started just minutes ago was quickly escal...
2025-01-13 15:55:09 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Luke introduced himself, the ride in the van passed in uncomfortable silence, at least for Simon, Kate, Josh, and Violet, who kept turning her head to glance at Tuesday before quickly looking forward again.
Luke stared out the window silently, his left leg lightly tapping the car floo...
2025-01-13 15:34:52 +0000 UTC View Post[Third-Person Perspective]
"Violet, breakfast is ready!"
Violet quickly packed her books and supplies into her backpack, put on a plaid shirt, turned off her computer with its unproductive research, and left her room.
She glanced at the time and hurried down the...
2025-01-12 16:37:53 +0000 UTC View Post"We must play like we did in the first game of the season! We must crush them!" exclaimed a middle-aged man, moderately muscular and sporting a large mustache, as he looked at the group of teenagers in front of him.
His name is David, and he is the coach of the high school football team tha...
2025-01-12 16:08:51 +0000 UTC View PostFriday, September 27th.
Almost two weeks had passed since Andrew had met at Pip's house to lay the groundwork for their programming project: a video game, Flappy Bird.
A game Andrew remembered vividly from his past life, although in this timeline, it would still be five years before a...
2025-01-11 17:06:19 +0000 UTC View Post[POV Violet Johnson]
My name is Violet Johnson. I was born in Shadyside, a small and forgotten town, with two ordinary parents and a brother one year younger than me.
Last summer, I started my own project. It wasn’t for school or because someone else asked me to; it...
2025-01-10 18:39:59 +0000 UTC View Post"So, you agree to go out with Veronica just to avoid rejecting her in front of everyone? And now you want to break up with her because you can't stand her and she takes up your free time for video games?" Haley asked, sitting on the edge of her bed and looking at Andrew, who was sitting beside he...
2025-01-10 17:47:02 +0000 UTC View PostDong... dong... dong...
Luke, who had been sleeping soundly, began to hear an eerie sound, like the tolling of a funeral bell. His eyes slowly opened, and he noticed a cellphone vibrating on the nightstand, emitting that gloomy tone.
It was Wednesday’s phone, and the alarm she had s...
2025-01-09 16:25:25 +0000 UTC View Post"What about the obstacles? And the background? We can't let the bird fly in a void," asked Pip, stopping her gaze at the bird in the notebook.
"I was thinking of green pipes or something similar. They should appear randomly with spaces between them for the bird to fly through. That's the pl...
2025-01-08 15:50:28 +0000 UTC View PostLuke, the morning after his big night with Wednesday, arrived in Shadyside in an ugly brown family car that Natasha had bought to move around as a family of three.
Shadyside is a town of 3,500 inhabitants, it was even less impressive than Jericho—and that was saying something, as Jericho ...
2025-01-07 15:57:18 +0000 UTC View Post"Alright, let’s get started. Do you have any idea what kind of functional program we should create?" asked Pippa, opening her perfectly organized notebook, with every page carefully numbered and a column dedicated exclusively to jotting down ideas.
"I thought about it, but..." Pippa pause...
2025-01-06 15:48:15 +0000 UTC View Post11:15 PM
Indianapolis, Indiana
“Tomorrow, we leave at eight in the morning. Set your alarm,” said a middle-aged blonde woman with blue eyes, looking at a young girl who was also blonde, though the girl possessed an otherworldly beauty.
The beautiful girl was none other than ...
2025-01-06 15:20:58 +0000 UTC View PostOn Sunday, ten minutes before four o’clock, Andrew left his house heading to Pip’s house to work on their programming project.
Their houses weren’t far apart. With just ten minutes of moderate walking, Andrew should arrive on time.
As Andrew walked, he thought about the events o...
2025-01-04 15:53:29 +0000 UTC View PostLuke was in the room Ajax had prepared for him to spend the night. It was nearly five in the morning. Just a few minutes ago, he had emerged from the labyrinth. He had met Ajax, his family members, and the servants.
It was clear that a battle had taken place, but the situation was now under...
2025-01-03 16:08:57 +0000 UTC View PostOn Saturday afternoon, Andrew went to the mall with Leonard and Howard. The night before, at Archie's house, he had told Veronica to cancel their date.
At first, Veronica was upset about it, but when Andrew explained the reason, she didn’t get mad. It would have been too heartless to get ...
2025-01-02 16:42:00 +0000 UTC View PostHappy New Year to all!
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At 7:20 PM, the football field at Palisades High School (Andrew's school) was already filling up. The field had a capacity of about five hundred people.
Andrew’s entire family had already arrived: his grandfather with Gloria and Manny; Claire and Phi...
2025-01-01 13:51:31 +0000 UTC View PostHappy New Year to all!
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Wednesday stopped thinking about that sudden vision and the omen of Enid's death. Two more Morraks arrived on the battlefield.
"It seems he called them with that horrible screech," commented Enid, speaking in her full werewolf form.
Wednesday nod...
2025-01-01 13:17:24 +0000 UTC View PostWednesday and Enid had managed to kill two normal Morraks. Two regular ones and the short, scrawny demon remained.
'A demon with intelligence and an imminent evolution. Interesting,' thought Wednesday as she dodged a powerful kick from a Morrak, then struck at the heels of her enemy with he...
2024-12-30 17:55:28 +0000 UTC View Post