Elizabeth Moore
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The chubby man smiled a little. "You will be happy to hear that there is nothing to worry about at all," he said. "After the recent actions from the mayor, the resistance and all activities surrounding it have died down as well." George paused for a bit. "What?" Stanley was finally understanding what their task here was. They were here to get more information about the resistance that had formed amongst the people after the mayor had forced people to go work on the farm, regardless of whether they…-
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Stanley and Freddy followed George who seemed to be grumbling on his own as he made his way down to the 3rd and 4th quadrants. After delivering the registry from the prison camp, George had been given another task for the day. However, he hadn't relayed what the task was to either of the two and simply expected them to follow him without question. Stanley was very curious as to just what it was that had gotten George in such a bad mood. Did he perhaps not like going down to the lower quadrants?…
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Neither Stanley nor Freddy wanted to discuss any more with George. Talking to him was worse than remaining silent, so they chose silence over all. After a short way to the other side of the town, they had to take a few congested roads to go to the prison area. That was when they truly got to see just how obnoxious George was. George walked around the city as if he owned the roads. He would scold people who were just a little late to make way for him and even curse them out if they didn't see him…
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Stanley trained with his brother again the next morning. This time around, instead of figuring out why his feelings came, they tried to figure out what those feelings were exactly. They wanted to see what Stanley felt exactly when that feeling came. Stanley was all but sure that the feelings weren't random and each of them told him something. If he could just figure out what it was, that would probably help him a lot in understanding just what they were and how they came to be. Sadly, it didn't work…
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As the sun approached the edge of the cliff and started spilling its yellow rays across the town, Bradley and Stanley realized that it was time to return. Stanley was going to return back to the quarters directly when he remembered something. "Oh right, I need to get my sword," Stanley said. "Go on ahead, brother. I'll come after I get my sword." "Hmm, oh the smithy must have opened already," Bradley noted. "Go quickly, or you'll be late." Stanley ran to the smithy that was upstream. He didn't…
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"Danger?" Bradley found that a little strange. "Really?" "Yes," Stanley thought. The more he thought, the more it made sense to him. Every instance he had felt the feeling was followed by something that was dangerous for him. It wasn't just a danger to him physically but to his existence. "Was it a warning?" Stanley asked slowly. Were the feelings he got warning him about the dangers that followed? "Warning for danger," Bradley repeated. "That makes sense. The two times you got hit today, you…
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"Oh, sorry! Did I hit you too hard?" Bradley asked. "Does it hur—" His words stopped in his mouth when he noticed that his brother wasn't paying attention to him at all. He wasn't paying attention to anything. Stanley's eyes were moving everywhere, unfocused at anything. His body shook while his left arm trembled far more than anything else. "Stanley? Stanley!" Bradley quickly grabbed his brother. "What is it? Did the feeling come up?" Up close, he noticed that Stanley's breathing was…
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After dinner, Stanley went back to his room and tried to sleep, but he couldn't fall asleep at all. It seemed that he had enough sleep during the day and now he wasn't feeling sleepy at all. He stayed on his bed trying to fall asleep, but all that happened was his mind wandered to various things he had experienced lately. It still felt surreal to know that he had some sort of power now and was no longer a Dull. It had only been 3 days since he had figured it out, but so much had happened in just…
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Bradley ran back to the Defenders headquarters after hearing what had happened during the census gathering today. He rushed to his brother's quarters and started knocking on the door. When he got no response, he used his ability to go through the wooden door, dropping his shoes outside. He landed inside and was finally relieved to see his brother sleeping carelessly in his own bed. He sighed in relief and walked up to Stanley to nudge him awake. Stanley woke up with a sleepy mind that could…
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"What? They lose their power?" The trainees were surprised, to say the least. They were new, so they hadn't heard about the old man Sam just yet. Stanley himself remembered when he first learned about the old man from his brother. He couldn't believe someone like this existed. A person like the old man Sam could only live a life that was no different than a Dull if he was by himself. But when he was with the Defenders, he was one of the most important people in the town, besides the Mayor. The…
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