For about the fiftieth time since waking, Grace found herself staring out of the viewport. Out at the stars that were the only other thing in the black void, besides her dying, drifting ship.The damage had been subtle. She’d long since stopped blaming the maintainers for the systems that had failed. But blame didn’t change the fact that she was out here, alone, with a barely-functioning beacon and engines she didn’t dare ignite again, and with scrubbers that beeped occasionally, tracking t

Maria sighed quietly to herself as she leaned on her bo, looking up into the peachy colors of the twilit sky. After the twins' latest debacle, Sensei had kept everyone late to clean the entire dojo until he was satisfied it was spotless. And they weren't even halfway done... Maria was only outside now because Sensei had given everyone a break. She walked further from the others and leaned on her bo again, nice and isolated now as she looked up at the deserted school building. She'd already chang

        
Serena sighed softly to herself as she slipped back in the door, letting her bag fall to the ground with a dull thump as she leaned against the doorframe, winding her tail around her waist and letting her body relax. Spring vacation had finally arrived, and the teenaged catgirl was planning on enjoying every moment of it.
        
The loud thump had been heard, naturally, and very soon her sister Mika was by

        
It was late afternoon, school and all its activities finally done for the day and the weekend ahead. The falling sun's light crept in through the pale curtains and lit on the form of a young boy sitting with his legs crossed on top of his bed's pillow. Rickie blushed and shivered as his guest seated himself next to him on his bed. That sweet laugh paralyzed him further, and it was at least a minute before he could finally look up and over at the b