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August 2021
Busy as a Bee
Well, if I’m honest—not really. I don’t do well with distractions and thanks to covid and health issues in the family, the past 18 months has been full…
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Chapter 14 - Mirai
As the Sombulant wears off, the first thing I see as I wake are impossibly large trees with reddish-brown bark the color of cinnamon—Sequoias, I think.I…
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Chapter 13 - Suzerain
“Should we go and get help now?” Rachel asks me after Noah is gone. I tell her that we should wait a few more minutes until the buses have left. She…
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Chapter 12 - After Effects
I wake in my own bed, disoriented and groggy from Sombulant. The memories of what happened after I passed out in the full-sim chamber sit on the edge of…
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Chapter 11 - Flavian Dynasty
The full sim change room is at the far end of the Simatorium. I don’t have time to worry about the fact it has both boys and girls in it before Madison…
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Chapter 10 - The Greatest Sim
For the first time since I arrived at the group home, I wake on my own feeling alert and clear-headed and not lazy and dopey like the last two mornings…
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Chapter 9 - Blanket of Invisibility
The wall display wakes me at the same time as it did yesterday morning. I stumble out of bed and turn off the alarm before it switches to obnoxious…
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Chapter 8 - Bex
I return to my room, lay down on the bed and fall asleep almost immediately. A few hours later, a chime wakes me. I blink the grogginess from my eyes…
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Chapter 7 - Journey to Thisavros
I’m lying on my bed a few hours later when there’s a knock on the door. Figuring it’s Noah back to apologize, I ignore him, but he’s persistent and…
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Chapter 7 - Journey to Thisavros
I’m lying on my bed a few hours later when there’s a knock on the door. Figuring it’s Noah back to apologize, I ignore him, but he’s persistent and…
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