The crimson pearl was nonchalantly flicked up in the air—where it did a beautiful spin—before a very cocky Jered caught it in a fist as he strutted out of the asylum. “Well well…” he announced with open arms, “Guess who just completed his job awesomely?” a crack of thunder rolled out across the raging clouds, as if the sky itself …

She was a clown. She used to laugh, to smile, to humor, and to ignore the snarks by cupping her ears shut. The people in nurse uniforms were not kind. She decided that she didn’t like them. She was not crazy. She was different; as different as every human was from each other—with her likes, dislikes, quirks, vices, and merits. …

A beautiful jagged, silver streak cracked the sky in two. Jane frowned, encasing her arms around herself. While her woolen bloom protected her from the cold, it did not protect her from her worries. She watched as the heavens washed down a thick sheet of water; the trees moaned and writhed. Dust was kicked up, plastic bags and weed were …

An infrastructure stood underneath the raging skies in a despaired husk of its former self. The redbrick walls were almost completely peeled off of their once lustrous, white paint. And as Jered ventured forth, shards of broken glass crunched under his shoes. Toys, clothes, and a whole host of personal belongings littered the front yard as if someone had partied …

[Mana Orb has become Lv.10][You can now create multiple Mana Orbs. The light can be colorized.][Experience: 21%] “How useless…” Jered didn’t know what he was expecting, but becoming a human lightbulb was not it. Thankfully, it was an easy skill to learn and develop. He reasoned that it would take anywhere between a couple of days to a week to …

“Jasmine! Don’t eat so much chocolate before dinner, for God’s sake.” “It’s okaaay, I’m just warming up my stomach for later. That’s how I keep my figure so good.” “Jasmine!” “Mom! I saw you sneaking off a basket of sweets to your room on Halloween, just so you didn’t have to share any of it with the kids. That’s way …

—”Hey son, where are you?” Jered raked a hand through his hair, “I’m at my friend’s place, and I don’t know when exactly I’ll be able to go back. It’s quite far from home.” she had no idea about his secret rendezvouses to Gravewall, and he had no intention of ever letting her know about it. Jane might have been …

The rainstorm fell upon the grass like cold and sharp needles. Had it already been two hours? A rather strong gust of wind almost flipped over the page of the book in his hand, which prompted Jered to scoot backward. At that point, he just didn’t know how he would have gone back home. Maybe if he made a rush …

Jasmine wrinkled her nose. The howling wind was making a mess out of her hair, and her umbrella proved to be quite useless as it bent upwards. Needless to say, she was having a bad day, but her determination didn’t waver. She could have asked for a ride back home, yes, but Alison’s parents had yet to come back. Thank …

In hindsight, it might have been a stupid idea. “Just so you know, I have to be back home before 8 PM.”  Hell, it might have been his stupidest one yet. “Oh? Curfew? What a little boy.” However, Jered was so blinded by a strong curiosity towards his situation that it blotched out any good sense he had left. Rainey …