The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 13)
\>Stella whips her head behind her \>The badger freezes, and then jams a finger in Sam’s direction and snarls \>”Sam, you stay far away from that crystal, you hear me? You’re not a level six Lazer Lotus. You touch it and I’ll have your ears hanging...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 24)
\>What do you say? \>I mean, really, WHAT DO YOU SAY to this guy? \>You don’t say anything for a few moments, your mind spinning at a thousand miles-per-hour, mulling over every possible dialog choice \>A few hours earlier this guy was kicking...
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 19)
\>"You're right." \>A voice — too familiar to you — booms over the loudspeakers \>Vanessa \>The music abruptly cuts \>The rat behind the table looks up at you four, her eyes glowing red with fire \>Fuck \>How did you not see it before? ...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 12)
She barks \>she jabs you in the chest with her claw, but your eyes immediately flick to the flytrap a good distance down the empty hallways \>you swear you see something green in the plant's base — almost emerald green — covered by dirt \>mr.
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 16)
\>You sit up to the sound of a car horn blaring \>Jenna Orthorn is pulled up, her van blocking the bike lane \>You hear hear her car door slam shut, the sound concerned footsteps approaching \>”What the hell are you guys doing on the side of the...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 5)
\>You are Sam \>And from the single window of your room, you watch the leaves of fall drop into the breeze, one by one, like little parachutes of autumn \>Your hips, butt, back and arms sting and are peppered with welts \>You tug your hoodie up...
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 12)
\>When at last you pull back from each other (you still shaking; hot air and steam dumping from your mouth), there's silence \>Sam quickly pivots her body to face away from you, but you can see the unbridled joy played out across her face \>Her ears...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 25)
\>his ordinarily short, spiked hair is ruffled, his green eyes look bloodshot and red (even through their otherworldly glow), and his skin looks bruised and bloody \>and especially pale \>he's practically snoring already \>"by the way, i'm going to
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 17)
But her concern has overridden everything else except primitive motion \>mike turns his attention towards the remaining water pistols and the large water gun leaning near the baptismal font \>his eyes settle on its smooth, bulbous plastic form, painted green
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 4)
\>"Unwanted." \>The words fall from your father's lips like they were 20 tons apiece \>His face is stern and hard; carved out of granite and limestone, weathered by whiskey \>"And that's all she'll ever be. A burden. Hold her arm out," he...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 19)
Your lip with the back of your hands as you stare into the mirror \>you're pretty sure only you can see yourself in the reflection, because that dog didn't even seem to care that you were standing right behind him with ill intent \>your emerald-green
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 3)
\>You are Anonymous \>And there's a trillion things you pretend not to notice, as you buckle your seatbelt \>You pretend not to notice how wet from the shower everyone still is as they pile into your car \>You pretend not to notice all the doe-eyes...