Earl_of_Innsbruck 31 May 2025 Eliza's New Friend Eliza finds some pleasurable company. “Ladies and gentlemen, please return to your seats and fasten your seatbelts, as we are expecting some mild turbulence coming up soon. Be assured that there is nothing to worry about,” came the staticky voice of the captain through the plane's intercom. Eliza looked out over the vast Pacific Ocean. Occasionally, the expanse of blue was dotted by an island or two. She put her headphones back on before she started to feel t...
CuriousAnnie 29 May 2025 Lost Her Past, Found Her Future Memory is a way of telling you what's important to you - Salman Rushdie. Flickering sunlight seeped around the edges of her eyelids. The rays energized a phantom drummer who had trespassed into her skull overnight. Dark percussion squalls throbbed against her temples, ebbing and flowing with every twitch of her waking body. Unmoored, she focused on motionlessness, cocooning herself in a bed more luxurious than her usual. A floral-infused breeze—frangipani, seemingly—delicately caressed her bar...
