[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#B0C4DE]Avery Zain[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#B0C4DE]Location:[/color][/b] Caden's House – Chicago, IL 
[b][color=#B0C4DE]Skills:[/color][/b] [/center]
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Avery freezes when Kimiko closes the distance and rests her hand on his chest. His eyes don’t waver from hers, even though Kimiko’s flicker to his lips and back. The heat from having her hand on his chest has Avery finally moving.

The warning signs Avery was receiving earlier in the day are quieter now but are still present. [i]She only kissed you because she was terrified.[/i] Maybe that was true, and if it was, tomorrow would be back to normal. 

Avery shifted his hand from behind his head and brushed Kimiko’s cheek. [color=#B0C4DE]”I’d do it again,”[/color] he said honestly. It was in his nature, but he also knew he would come running if she called him.

[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#006400]Caden[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#006400]Location:[/color][/b] Caden’s Home – Chicago, IL
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[color=#006400]”You’re not going to lose me,”[/color] Caden promised. He captured Nero’s hand, turned it over, and kissed their hand. [color=#006400]”I love you, Nero. From now until the end of time. And when this world ends, I’ll find you in the next.”[/color]

[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#DB7093]Cassiopeia Claire Alistair[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#DB7093]Location:[/color][/b] Cassi’s House – Chicago, IL 
[b][color=#DB7093]Skills:[/color][/b] [/center]
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Cassiopeia remained under the water for some time, coming up only when her lungs started to burn. She took a deep breath in after resurfacing, and sat up. Wrapping her arms around her knees, she turned her head, resting her cheek on her knee, and stared at the door.

Nero led the demons that slaughtered her family. Yet Caden still defended them. Cassi thinks back to Nero’s reaction to the memory, but she’s having a hard time determining if their reaction was because they were genuinely remorseful or terrified they were caught.