Dead To Me
"Got a little soul The world is a cold, cold place to be Want a little warmth But who's going to save a little warmth for me...?" (Vampire Weekend, Unbelievers) "Hey, Fran...?" Fran's best friend's voice had sounded shaky on the other end of the...
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Scorched Earth
"À la claire fontaine m'en allai promener (I went for a walk to the clear blue fountain today) J'ai trouvé l'eau si belle que je m'y suis baignée (The water was so pretty I had to take a dip) Tu as le coeur à rire, moi, je l'ai à pleurer (Your heart...
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Water Flowing Underground
"After everything, it's still you." (Undertale, Genocide Run) "It was you, wasn't it?" The humanoid ant queen had stared Fran down severely from her earthen throne. "You killed the ants, didn't you?" The queen had brandished a bloodied ant skull in...
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Out Of Mind
"Where is my mind? Way out in the water See it swimmin'..." (The Pixies, Where Is My Mind?) It'd been one of those mornings on which Fran just hadn't felt like getting up at all. What good could come from it? She hadn't been able to picture...
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The Master's Tools
"Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things." (Terry Pratchett) "So these robot masters," Fran's roommate had asked her as she'd been playing Mega Man, "they're supposed to have been built to do just this one job, right?" The jackal had...
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Spheres of Influence
The whole country was in shock. The world reeled. How could this have happened? "Mandrake, are you awake?" The otter awoke to pick up his phone groggily. "I am now, what's going on, Klein?" At this hour it had better have been important. "It's Mano....
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If I Can't Dance
"Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town? We danced and sang, and the music played…" (The Specials, Ghost Town) Fran used to love listening to video game music on her computer with her headphones on. It had been one of the things...
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What Ships Are For
"Nobody's gonna show you the way, nobody's gonna hold your hand..." (Zeal & Ardor) "We can't even imagine what it was like for people on boats back in those days," Fran's roommate had said. "When they'd cross the ocean, it was like, on this...
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Respawn
CHAPTER 1: OUT OF SIGHT “You ever seen anything like it, Ghost?” she asked, chewing on the end of her antenna. “I don’t think so, Orchid,” she shook her...
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