Featured Stories

Summary: Liz, Archie, Sialia, and William J. Swainson watch a human who insists that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. And, well, who wouldn't want to be stronger?

My, little Peony must have such pain in his heart to so coldly shrug off an earnest request. Perhaps he suffered from childhood trauma in which his family was brutally murdered and thus he was forced to be independent, grew up much too fast, and now his heart is locked away, waiting for someone with a kind heart to bring him back to the world. But I digress.

Ganyu frowns as she pulls out a black leather straitjacket out of one of Yanfei's boxes. "Hey, Yanfei?" She holds it out in front of her. "What's this for?"

Yanfei looks up from organising her hats on the shelf. "What do you mean? Obviously, you wear it…?" Her expression is puzzled.

There's a small pause before the reply. "Never mind…"

You're lucky he hasn't spotted you, otherwise you might've had to talk to the man in the moustache. It's not that you're intimidated by his moustache, but adults — probably Mesa's father — are just hard to talk to. Especially if they have a glorious moustache like that. You rub the skin above your upper lip longingly. Only the tiniest of hairs there.

Summary: A student is mildly frustrated by his professor's pace of speaking.

Summary: Max tries to save his dog, but it's not enough.

Summary: An old bluebird takes her grandson human-watching in Vancouver. This time, they find a young child dealing with grown-ups who just don't understand.

Summary: Bean Bird and Noodle Bird enjoy a chat together on a quiet night slaving away before they leave in the summer. Bean wishes she had a stronger drink.

Summary: The Birds enter a debate at school over the supremacy of waffles over pancakes. Obviously, one of them is the better food, but it's up to them to prove it.

"…And never come back again, boy!"

You fall to the ground with an oof! as the bartender tosses you out of the tavern. Scowling, you yell behind his retreating back, "You're wrong! All of the goddess cities are wrong! The only way for people like us to prosper is to take control of our own lives!"

Ring…ring…ring…

Hello?

Oh, Blue! I almost didn't recognise your voice; it's been forever since we chatted! How've you been doing?

Yeah, I know you have work and all, but…it's been, what, a year since we last played League together and it'd be great to get together again — remember that time when you were killed by a minion at bottom —

Splash!

A flying projectile hits the back of Cloche's head. It explodes, soaking her whole body as she lurches forward from the impact, which is not quite strong enough to cause any lasting pain. She pauses for a moment, then slowly turns around to face the perpetrator.

It is — unethical and deeply immoral to block our people from knowledge. Is Leeco not a free tribe? Do we not accept those in pursuit of information? We cannot block our citizens from learning more about the universe to further the human race. Our tribe was founded on the principle of helping each other learn and grow by education. We cannot learn if we never challenge our beliefs, no matter how deep their roots lie — you might remember how ingrained racism was in Leeco so many decades back — and we cannot grow as a society if we resist change! If we do not rapidly adapt to the world, the world will rapidly adapt around us. And that is unacceptable.

Test 19/20 failed: Memory access violation.

I let out a loud exhale as my fingers twitched in front of the keyboard. Someone else walked by.