Sooner than seemed possible, Leslie's fall classes began. The return to the usual bustle of walking around thousands of other students was a strange and unsettling return to a "normal" that felt ever more distant the more she got involved with her job as a pet. She found a parking space and walked to her first class, Fundamentals of Ecology—one of the core classes of her Environmental Sciences major—late Tuesday morning....

Hannah felt as if she might have stepped into another world. The sight of colorful tents and temporary stalls was everywhere. It gave off an air of both planning and chaos as alleyways seemed to spring off at random points, with more tents and stalls set up down each way. She could hear the excited chattering of everyone in attendance, as well as the sound of some nearby horses, the clacking of the wooden wheels of a near...

It had now been three months since Chelsea and James’ adventure in the park and, much to Chelsea’s relief, nothing bad came from their adventures. The fact that it was now winter also dampened any further attempts to try any outdoor or public shenanigans. However, Chelsea or James were not thinking about that today. Today, they were fulfilling a desire of their new friend Angela: a trip to the Adler Planetarium. Chelsea a...