Anemone had not gone to Homecoming, nor had she yet received a certain phone message. That was because for Anemone, only a month had passed since she left Fandom. She had no idea that in another place, it was almost Christmas, and another batch of students was about to arrive on the island she'd called home for so long ( Read more... )

The dreams were back.

( And in her dreams, Anemone screamed. )

Anemone was wandering about the cabins, as she often did, Gulliver trailing in her wake. They often still went on adventures like this, seeing what they could uncover.

Today, they had found something shinyShe glanced around, seeing if there was anyone nearby who might have dropped it, and then tucked it into her dress pocket with a shrug. The ( Read more... )

As much as Anemone enjoyed being home, two weeks with nothing to do was starting to push it. Fine. So they couldn't send her on sorties until she was legally allowed to rejoin U.F. Force. She got that. But if one more person came up to her wanting to poke her with a needle or talk Coralian-Human relations, she was going to scream.

( Dominic had been working really hard not to seem clingy. )

Anemone had handwavily left Fandom right after class on Friday, to spend the weekend with Dominic. It seemed the right thing to do, since it was a holiday about lovers ( Read more... )

"I'll have you know I'm skipping class for this," Anemone announced as she plopped down on the ground, settling herself to look out over the ocean as Gulliver investigated the waves. "I'm staying. At school, I mean. Which you probably figured out because it's November and I'm still here, instead of leaving back in August, but whatever."

( Then I made the mistake of asking how you talk to dead people, and that opened up a whole new fight. )

Anemone bustled around her room humming happily. For the first time since she had been sent to this forsaken place for her own safety, she had good news from home.

Her dear and loving guardian, Colonel Dewey, had sent word that he was hopeful the war would soon be over. He was close to overthrowing the Evil Grand Vizier, and she could return ( Read more... )