8th
Excerpt
from: Ivy and Lily
She
extended her hand.
The girl
took it with hesitation and her fingers trembling. “I’m Lily,” she said, her
voice barely a whisper.
Ivy looked
at the drawing and saw that Lily was talented. “You draw?”
Lily
nodded.
Ivy
could tell that Lily was quite shy. “So, Art major?” she asked.
“Yes,” Lily
answered, again with a whisper. “You?”
“Criminology,”
Ivy answered.
Words: 62
Excerpt
from: Berk in Time
“Of course,” Hiccup said. “Any dragon can be dangerous, even Terrible
Terrors.” He turned to the two men. “Take us to your leader.”
“What?” Spitelout asked.
“We need to know more. But continue to be wary,” Hiccup responded.
“Oh, I’m past wary.”
Words: 42
Excerpt
from: Interdimensional Adventures
Christina
looked around. She saw that the Dimension Gate appeared to be in a swamp in the
middle of Wingewarra. ‘This can’t be right.’
“What’s
up?” Elias asked.
“Look
around,” she said.
“A
swamp, so?”
“Do you
see a boat?”
Words: 40
Excerpt
from: Mysteries of Aurora
The information Science section
was relatively close to the Grand Atrium.
“Here we are,” Alexia said, as
she turned into an out of the way nook. There were few other students there.
“Very good,” Freya said she
followed.
“Directories, Archival systems.
This is in Auroric…” Alexia said.
Freya took it. “Renaissance Era
cataloguing systems,” she said.
“You’re Auroric?”
“I am, although from relatively
close to Urbs Aeterna.”
“What else does it say?”
“It gives a list of the cataloguing
systems. But there is no indication of a colour coded map of the library,” Freya
said.
“They have to be around here
somewhere,” Alexia said with a tone of exasperation.
“There!” Freya said, she bounded
over to a shelf.
“What is it?”
“Diagrams of the Main
Library.”
“Looks like there is a large
number of editions,” Alexia said.
“This is the 63rd, published
in 2004,” Freya said as she opened it.
Words: 150
Excerpt
from:
“I’ll
wait in the café.”
“Thanks.”
Dani
entered the café and saw that Scott Ashworth was there. ‘I didn’t think he was
interested in Shakespeare,’ she thought. She then went up to the counter.
“How
may I help you,” the pigtailed waitress asked.
“A
white tea, thanks.”
“Coming
right up.”
Scott
Ashworth listened to the gothic girl, Andrea, as she explained what the
vigilante, Ninja Talon, had asked for her. Despite the busyness of college
life, he had followed the news since SpiderGirl had appeared, especially after
Groundhog Day. It seemed that the situation in Lawndale was escalating. “So,
you want to try to find Jane Lane, or the critics, through the video surveillance
system?”
“Yes.
At least use Oscorp’s tentacles for good.”
Andrea
had told him about the large property footprint of Oscorp in Lawndale too. “I
could get in trouble if you’re caught,” he said.
“I
know. I will be careful,” Andrea responded.
“That’s
what I wanted to hear.”
“Huh?”
“I
will do it,” Scott said. “I mean I’ll let you.”
“Right
now?”
“Before
the play starts. I have a ticket for tomorrow night, but.”
“I
wasn’t seeing it tonight either,” Andrea responded. “Ninja Talon’s here, somewhere,
as her secret identity. I’ll let her know.”
“I’ll
wait.”
Andrea
found Brittany in an isolated area backstage. “It’s going ahead,” she said.
“I’ll
let Spidey know,” Brittany responded. “But when?”
“Right
now.”
“Right,
but we won’t be able to respond until after the play.”
“Is
SpiderGirl in the play?” Andrea asked.
“I’m
not answering that.”
Andrea
chuckled. “I know. And somehow, I’m sure Jane wouldn’t mind waiting a few hours.
But I know I won’t find something straight way. It will take time, such that
the play would likely be over first.”
As
Andrea left out the front with Scott, Quinn and Brittany emerged onto the roof.
“I still have a couple more interviews to conduct,” Quinn said.
“How
many is that?” Brittany asked.
“Seven,
Beck was the eighth.”
“Anyway,
Andrea has left with Tania’s brother.”
“So,
It’s going ahead?” Quinn asked.
“Yes,
but she said that it would take time.”
“I
knew that.”
“There’s
still an hour before the play,” Brittany said. “I’m going to patrol.”
Quinn
nodded. “With all that’s going on, the rest of Lawndale hasn’t been getting the
same attention this week.”
Dafoanairi
returned to the Historia after a quick patrol herself, and saw Ninja Talon
leave the roof. ‘Not surprising,’ she thought as she paused before re-entering.
One the ninja had gone out of sight, she re-entered the building.
Daria
entered the café and saw a large group of fellow Lawndale High students having an
early dinner. “I guess this takes their mind off things,” she commented to
Peterson.
“It
does.”
“Any
further news?”
“None,”
Peterson answered.
“It’s
still early yet.”
“Exactly.
It isn’t always dramatic rescue missions. Far from it. It’s a lot of legwork.”
“I knew
that,” Daria commented. “Intellectually. Now I’m getting a better
understanding.”
Words: 493
Total: 787
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