Prologue - Evening State

Prologue - Evening State 'Boring shift.' Kilo thought. 'It's finally.' An animan tiger with stone stripes walked between the shelves of the grocer's backroom. The glow of light across...

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Warm Up | 23 - Lost Then Found

**Warm Up | 23 - Lost Then Found** '_Should no light be found outside, one must be found from within.'_ Dauvos read out, "And that's all we have deciphered from the Thear, just after the Great Flash." ...

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Moving In - 2021

**Moving In** **Three years later...** "Ugh," I took off my headset and whispered, "really, dude?" as I left the match. It didn't sit well with me that some online stranger in a video game told me some really mean...

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A Heart to Heart

**A Heart to Heart** After last night's echo faded, the nothingness of the sound reflected the darkness. Yet within it Miles felt himself awake. His body ached from yesterday's training regimen but a sensation he had been...

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Warm Up | 20 - A Good Lesson In Love

**Warm Up | 20 - A Good Lesson In Love** "The weaker you made me, the stronger I felt," Ricky sings, "The higher you built me, the further I fell." He continues, "You were always stronger than I was. Oh you were always...

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Blood Runs Thicker Than Water

Blood Runs Thicker Than Water "Yes sir, I am. I will." Dexter answered. "Do I need to prepare a speech for it?" "No, sir, but I'll tell them the same thing my father told me when I was a cub. Do I have to be...

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The White Rose Blooms - 2022

The White Rose Blooms "Home again, home again," Dexter sighed, smiling. Always happy upon seeing his home for his son. Two-storied, cheap rent, and with utilities part of it too. Even a small garden he had set up front that Miles would often roll...

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The White Rose Matures - 2023

The White Rose Matures Dexter underestimated the impact that Power Rangers had in Miles' life. It must've been the toy he got him when he was an infant. No, it definitely was the Power Ranger toy, the action figure. ...

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The White Rose Bud - 2022

The White Rose Bud "Dex, please, trust me on this!" Chase insisted, clinging onto his friend's arm. He tilted his head towards the baking apparatus lined up on the kitchen counter. From whisks, cake pans, and...

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Dex and Miles: Wild Force - 2021

**Dex And Miles: Wild Force!** Dexter descended the stairs putting on his army gray urban camo shirt that matched his cargo pants of the same color. His son would still be in the living room watching Power Rangers. In...

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Like Son Part 2 - 2021

**Like Son Part 2** Week 116, Day 6 - 1000 Miles' ceremonial uniform was at its largest already, yet it clung onto him tightly. Despite being a tight fit, it hid his muscles well. Could be the scarlet fabric that blended...

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Like Son Part 1 - 2021

**Like Son Part 1** Week 1, Day 6 - 0700 Exercising in the rain looked awesome when someone else was doing it, not when Miles was the one doing it himself. They were thirty in a ten by three rectangle formation, pushing themselves from the mud...

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