the colony

Characters:Bridget Mackenzie and Alice Monroe
Location: The library
Summary: Bridget spots something on Alice’s hand.
Rating: G

( Alice, if you want this kept quiet I’ll do it, but I don’t understand why )

Characters: Greg Blair and Abby Theien
Location: By the woodpile.
Summary: Abby sounds Greg out about staying at Grants Pass.
Rating: G

( I gather you’d prefer to stay here rather than move on? )

Characters: Jack and Searle; NPCs: Nevaeh and Whitney
Location: Skate park
Summary: Jack and Nevaeh recruit Searle and Whitney to help clean up a skate park close by the farm. Then they skate and Jack gets overzealous.
Rating PG

( All she wanted to do was skate; to feel that nearly flying rush of adrenaline and move until her muscles ached and every thought she had was driven right out of her head. )

Characters: Alice Munroe and Louisa May Smith
Location: Louisa’s trailer
Summary: Jed’s non-answer has Alice in a tizzy, so she goes seeking familiar ears to talk her down from doing anything rash.
Rating: R for profanity.

( “And I know that’s... wrong. Because we’ve got a deal and-- but I want ‘em to go. Before he gets it in his head to go with ‘em, because if he did, I couldn’t--” )