Alissa's standing in the general store looking at the Halloween aisle filled with various costumes from mythical creatures to superheroes and everything in between. She's accessed the traditions of Halloween and understands that she, as a child, would be expected to partake, but Alissa can't help but wonder why she needs to dress up ( Read more... )

Nathan enjoyed a carnival, it wasn't something that he went to a lot as a kid but he had gone. When you thought you were a freak you didn't really want to go to places that you figured you'd get kidnapped to put into a freak show. As a cop, he'd patrol them to make sure that no one got scammed too much. Now? Now he was enjoying himself at the ( Read more... )

David was still entirely unsure how to feel about Elizabeth being gone from the village. Today he was without his backpack, but he had two things: very valuable things. One was a something for Katniss; there had been a note with it that had said that, so David took it. Then there was a small pin that looked like an owl. David had known it was for ( Read more... )

Alissa signed up to attend the school in the fall like Leoben suggest and now she finds herself in the museum trying to learn more about human civilization. She's got a lot of data stored on the subject, but she wonders if a place like Haurvatat would have more to offer. Maybe the museum would give her some crucial information to help strengthen ( Read more... )

Life didn't suck too much, really. Aaron had a cooler full of drinks, a big bag of candy, even a blanket for the sand. He'd also managed, by some stroke of luck, to have the day off from both his jobs ( Read more... )

Leoben still hadn't gotten over the disappearance of his son. He believed it was part of God's plan, to show him his son and then take him away. But that didn't mean it didn't hurt. But at the same time it gave him hope that he'd have a child one day. That John would happen. And he'd be with Kyla when they left this place. He didn't care if it ( Read more... )

Ever since Martha had returned to the village, Lucas had felt more and more trapped by it. He prided himself on being able to retain some control, no matter where he was, even when he'd been in prison ( Read more... )

Alissa sat on the park bench watching the humans around her. Many of them seemed to be acting very weird and she couldn't figure out why. She's watching them to try and learn more about how humans act and think in order to be a better infiltrator. She's certain Serena's failure was due, in part, to the fact Serena couldn't anticipate a human's next ( Read more... )

[[Forward dated to Saturday afternoon]]Alissa still did not quite understand why the two men had tried to abduct her in the washroom, but she had dealt with them swiftly and efficiently. As she scrubbed her dress, the child part of Alissa enjoyed pretending that Skynet had set up a test for her, just like it used to do for Serena, her mother/sister ( Read more... )