Four players, one health bar, and no small talk
Hannah
Arknights is a single-player game, but its Stronghold Protocol mode lets four players defend together. I am quiet offline. In the game, talking costs me almost nothing.
The necklace was fake. The ten years were real.
The necklace was fake, but the debt, the work and the wish to be seen were real.
Three names for one metal
Thursday night, and my chemistry book is open on a page of equations that all balance and none of them explain anything. I can balance an equation now. That part…
The same word appeared three times and changed meaning each time
In Thursday’s World Literature lesson, we read a short story about a girl who kept returning to the same window. The teacher asked us to count how many times the…
Building a tiny drinks stall
My drinks stall sold thirty-seven cups. I had only bought thirty. For a moment I was pleased with the money on the screen. Then I looked at the stock counter.…
The gap between two lines in the poem held more than the lines themselves
We were reading a short poem in World Literature class on Tuesday evening. Fourteen lines, and I understood every word on the first read. The teacher asked what the poem…
The hour I lost on question four does not belong to question five
Wednesday night, and question four on the Maths paper has already eaten forty minutes. The working cover half a page now. Crossed-out lines. A second method I start and abandon.…
The summary filled the page and left the choice untouched
Monday night, and my World Literature essay draft looks very busy. There are names, scenes, and also a timeline about who came in and who left. But it still does…
Fancy words did not rescue a thin plan
Friday night, and my ESL writing folder is open to a draft I think looks grown-up. The vocabulary list in the margin has words I collect for weeks. But the…
Opportunity cost sat under the sketchbook again
Tuesday night, and my Business notes are open to opportunity cost. The definition look neat: the next best alternative you give up when you choose something else. On the worksheet…