Through all of July, a rose sat on Emily's night table. It was a pretty, if thorny rose, and it had been there all the time, yes. Who watered it? Probably the gremlins, or whatever random concerned student that might have noticed. The important thing was that the rose sat happily in its pot and apparently there was nothing odd with it ( Read more... )

One road trip, back pain complication and eye surgery later...I'm back. Where the hell did July go?

I would ask what did I miss, but there's probably a crapton of stuff so unless there's anything of utmost importance, I think I'll just play by ear over here.

God, this took forever.

July is not being kind to me ( Read more... )

So apparently lots of people had spent the week being older than usual. Like twenty years older than usual. That...didn't sound all that bad to Emily? But then again, she had been doing important things back home. Well, kind of important things ( Read more... )

( Friday night )

So after getting Takeda's text, Emily had waited patiently until she was free of engagements (or just bored enough) to head to her room in the dorms. She was glad of the fact she could still get in there, because seriously, the bouncy castle was going to ruin her sleep patterns forever ( Read more... )

After going to a strip club with a bunch of people she wasn't even completely fond of, being showered in ridiculous glitter and getting a ridiculously disgusting lap dance, Emily had decided she needed to swim for a moment before actually taking a shower ( Read more... )

At some point during the party, Emily had felt like standing up and walking (more like swaying) out. She wasn't even tired of people, as she felt she might, but the charged ambient was already taking its toll on her. That and the drinks ( Read more... )

Emily hadn't gone to the graduation ceremony.

She had thought about it for a moment, because why not, right? ( But then she remembered why not, exactly )

Emily had gotten to her room, showered as if she wanted to wash away the entire week, dressed up and went out to run a couple of laps around the dorms, because she was clearly insane. She had then showered again, put on some comfortable clothes and called Takeda ( Read more... )