Elysium

WHO: Bayard and Nowaki
WHEN: Sometime not too long after the Tower Attack
WHERE: On board La fleur du soleil
SUMMARY: Enroute to Guren, Bayard and Nowaki reminisce a bit about how they met, and the origins of "their" ship
CW: Nah

( An urchin in a big hat was still an urchin, and he could see the faint hollow in her face that spoke of a different kind of hunger. )

WHO: Badr (ft. Zuya)
WHEN: Early Morning
WHERE: Serenitas
SUMMARY: Badr prepares to depart Serenitas, leaving only four letters behind.
CW: Mention of childhood illness.

( And please...watch over Titus for me. )

( Private: Titus. )

( Private: Thora. )

( Private: Kyo. )

( Private: Maetí, Sóley, Thora, Aditi, Nila, and Zuya )

( Private: Titus )

( Private: Kyo )

WHO: Kyo & Badr
WHEN: Following the Coup
WHERE: Badr's Room
SUMMARY: Kyo and Badr talk about next steps...and what they experienced in the tower.
CW: N/A

( ''Does this mean...We’re those who can’t be trusted with these big choices?'' )

WHO: Caseo, Kyo, Aditi, Thora, Titus, Faihan, Cinna, Pius, Gunnar, Tiberius, Zephyr, Nero...and the Dark Knight.
WHEN: Spring Ceremony
WHERE: The Beacon of Light
SUMMARY: The Dark Knight party crashes the Spring Ceremony...and a terrible revelation occurs.
CW: Fantasy Violence, Heartbreak

( ''Why don't you fulfill your duty as Chosen?'' )

WHO: Titus & Badr
WHEN: Elysium Time
WHERE: Out and About
SUMMARY: The prince's puppet show has a very curious story...
CW: N/A

( ''How can enough ever be enough?'' )

SO???

where are the pre-ceremony parties?

there's got to be lots?

what's the best part of town for parties?

LOUD ones?

and BRAWLING ones?

LET'S PARTY!

WHO: Cinna & Badr
WHEN: The Recent Maybe Past
WHERE: Cinna's Room
SUMMARY: There are so many secrets between them...
CW: N/A

( ''...this is what matters. Nothing else.'' )

( Private: Sisters. )

The mornings smell of rain.

But not of soil.

Still, the crack of ice echoes from somewhere.

And sunlight stretches through the windows more persistently each evening.

It will soon be time to return.

How strange that the days should slip away so quietly in the end.

So many weeks have passed since last we spoke warmly, easily, sweetly.

Will we, too, disappear into time so readily?

Or was that simply inevitable?

( Left outside his door. )

WHO: Gaius, Kyo, and Badr
WHEN: The Recent Past
WHERE: Gaius's Room
SUMMARY: Badr found a book! He hates the book. He also hates the idea of fighting Phasma. Gaius is shifty. Everyone is worried.
CW: N/A

( ''Just...whatever caused this, whoever did this...they are incredibly selfish.'' )

WHO: Aditi and Kyo
WHEN: School Days
WHERE: School Grounds
SUMMARY: Aditi confronts Kyo and they plan for the future
CW: Forced Marriages, World Events, Secrets

( I’m surprised, Prince Kyoujiro. Lately, I think you have become a romantic )

( Private: Thora. )

( Private: Titus. )

( Private: Gaius & Kyoujiro. )

( Private: Titus. )

WHO: Cinna & Badr
WHEN: The Past
WHERE: Simurgh
SUMMARY: Who are you to judge a thief when you're a liar?
CW: N/A

( Secret tomes of forgotten spells, the truth about the Crystals, the truth about Serenitas. )

Hello students! I'm your new professor, professor doctor bayard.

You can call me, my lord, though.

I will be teaching you nothing!

So tell me about yourselves.

Who is who and who is what and what is what.

Spare no details.

You will learn of me in time.

WHO: Badr (ft. Aditi)
WHEN: The Past
WHERE: Around Campus
SUMMARY: He has never really been alone before.
CW: Crisis of faith?
🎵

( She keeps their secrets—as perhaps she will, one day, keep his own. )

WHO: Gaius & Badr
WHEN: Back Then
WHERE: Gaius's Room
SUMMARY: What are the Phasma? Why are they here? Also, Gaius plays tricks on an unsuspecting Badr.
CW: Hopeless love stories?

( ''The evil and damage he caused in the past are unforgivable.'' )