Arwin was elated. When he’d decided to do things again after restarting, he’d never imagined them going this far. He hadn’t thought of the future beyond getting the flowers for the girls and freeing the men from their collars. Seeing real social change come about from the will of the people, seeing them stand up …
With Azamont trudging behind them, Arwin, Harl and Aoi strode towards the village proper. Harl limped along, a measure of pride on his face as he glanced over his shoulder at the prisoner, the blue blood now meek and obedient in his collar. “The tables have turned. It feels good.” “You wore a collar a …
Two of the men were guards that were much the same as the two beaten up back in the study, though neither were blue skinned. Their leader, however, was a different story. He, too, was obviously a foreigner, marked by his chocolate skin. Handsome and athletically built, he swaggered with an air of command and …
They herded Orloff and the managers to a stone work shed at the edge of the camp and locked them all inside. Then they split up into teams of two and three, each with their own assignment: capture the nobles and collar them. Brawny Jacque and his daughter Bleu targeted the Tremblée estate. Arwin, Aoi …
Arwin approached the work camp with great caution, taking care to stay out of sight and making as little noise as possible. The sounds of the camp came to him: axes hitting wood; pick axes and hammers hitting rocks; the grunting of the blue collared workers and the the scathing commands of the white collars. …
Present There was a period of nothingness. Then bright sunlight blinded Arwin. He rocked and rolled in his seat as the car sped along through the musical blue field. Instinctively, he slammed on the brakes and twisted the wheel. The car swerved, slid sideways, and came to a halt a hand’s breadth from the bluebeard …
After his breakup, at first, Arwin tried to carry on with life. He tried to ‘be a man’ about it and just push on through, deny that this was going to hurt him. That lasted about a day and a half. Then the grief really sunk in and everything went to shit. He would have …
Arwin resumed his trek towards the restaurant where he was meeting Kelli. He really needed to see his girlfriend’s smile. No matter how bad things got with anyone else, there was always her. Arwin entered the cafe and nodded to the waitress at the hostess stand. “Table for one?” she asked, grabbing a menu. “I’m …
Arwin left Fanri-Talbot feeling surprisingly good. The entire time leading up to the interview, he’d been nervous, knowing that this was not the kind of career that he really wanted. The greedy corporate world just didn’t suit him. Had the company been different, perhaps a lot more employee-positive and less internally competitive, he might have …
“…Love is all you need Love love love All you need is—“ “Dude,” Jason groaned as if tortured by the stereo, “would you turn that old crap off? Who even listens to that garbage anymore?” “Yeah!” Jason’s girlfriend Cindy chimed in, eager to jump on any bandwagon of contempt. “Put on some RnB or hip …