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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

↪︎ Approach was given towards her with a stress relieving sigh. “𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘙𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘸.“ ↪︎ The clean up can be left to the others. It’s best the two move on.

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

↪︎ A soft shake of the hand rolling off the stress of the last hit. “𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶-“ ↪︎ All eyes set upon Jiaying as she struck a fallen enemy. That may complicate things a bit but.. she remained silent momentarily. “-𝘤𝘢𝘯, 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭.“ ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

↪︎ And in that moment, backup would arrive. Some of them stunned to see the work the two had put in on such a short notice. Some pierced. Others heavily bruised. “I uh-.. we’re here ma’am..” ↪︎ One of Zani’s partners would mutter as she casually approached. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

↪︎ Her leg scooted forward and pivoted. Her body launching forward and she weaved to keep sights from being trained in on her. ↪︎ Her arm rolled back and cocked with a glow of resonators energy. A singular powerful gut punch knocked the air from the last enemies lungs. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

↪︎ There was another press forward on Zani’s end to finish off the scuttle. Her shield lodged into the floor as she took fire one final time. Each shot ricocheting off the shield till it vanished before her very arm in a blinding flash. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

“𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.“

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

↪︎ The wish for a quiet life.. or at least a day off. It all seems so unobtainable sometimes..

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

“𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥.“ ↪︎ And she pressed forward with a dash. Once more tossing the shield like a weightless object. Recalling it and using it to strike at another like a gauntlet. Each hit sent their own target back. Despite her ability to use it so easily, each attack packed its own punch.

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

↪︎ A confident gaze shot back at her. “𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵. 𝘐𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦. 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺?“ ↪︎ The two would prepare to launch a counter assault. It just needed to be long enough for their backup to arrive. Somehow though, she felt as though the two themselves could handle this. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

↪︎ She lifted herself with grace and backed up towards the empress. A hand outstretched to find her while she continued to eye the new enemies appearing throughout the streets. ↪︎ It was clear from the start that she wasn’t helpless, so Zani’s head would turn. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

↪︎ She’d grunt would spinning on the heel of her shoes and tossing the shield forward at the two sending them flying. An artifact on her arm formed and she called back the heavy object. “-𝘐𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺.“ ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

↪︎ She wanted to express herself, the shock of the movement she could give but now wasn’t the time. ↪︎ She’d press forward, leaping past the empress and summoned the heavy-weighted shield. Two more shots rang out and crashed against her shield. “𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦-!“ ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

↪︎ Resonators were adept. Skilled in combat and it allowed them to do things that the average person can’t. In moments like this, being able to dodge a bullet was possible due to certain factors in their world. Yet, when Jiaying moved. She could hardly keep track. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

“𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢.. 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦, 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵..“ ↪︎ She sighed at the unneeded stress. A gloved hand gently palming to her head to ease the worry. “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦.“

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

↪︎ The moment the trigger was pressed, her horns seemed to flicker with a glowing yellow hue. One that probably would’ve spelled trouble had this actually gone a different way. Then she spoke, telling others to stand down and that color began to settle. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

↪︎ They won’t be sprinting, they need to play it slow, as if they’re unaware they’re being followed. They just have to make it to their backup before an attack is played out.

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

“𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥.“ ↪︎ Heels of her own click, preparing to take leave the moment Jiaying was ready. The blue hue of her terminal blinks a few times. A call being sent out to other Montelli members. “𝘐𝘮 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦.“ ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

↪︎ The mention of a tail. Eyes still trailing on her. It seems the problem hadn’t been fully dealt with in her absence. She’s instantly professional once more. “𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦.. 𝘈𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.“ ↪︎ It’s grumbled with impatience. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

↪︎ Those tired eyes seemed to glow with the hue of the magic and her own gentle shock. There aren’t many things that can surprise her but this is one moment where Jiaying manages to get some true emotion out of her. ↪︎ It doesn’t last long however. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

↪︎ Compared to originally, she seemed more lax. No tense expression like before. The sun graced the two, leading to a day that could be content and somewhat, just maybe, almost normal for her.

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

↪︎ Her eyes trace along with the gesture, slowly in that case. It’s not really something she’d allowed herself to think on till now. A quiet wonder if perhaps they truly were similar in some regards.. but she pressed onwards. “𝘚𝘰, 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘥?“ ↪︎ She cracks another small smile. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

“𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦.“ ↪︎ It’s a soft laughing plead. Unserious but still hoping she’s joking as well. “𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.“ ↪︎ Even if technically speaking, she is currently in a precinct.. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

↪︎ And considering the fact Alpha had wandered into the city so late at night, it was her assumption he’d probably not eaten either.

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

↪︎ She shook her head softly and eyed Alpha once more. “𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮? 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢.“ ↪︎ A decently sized plate for the both of them. Without having eaten all day, she might be a bit more hungry that she’s let on. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

↪︎ The waiter would vanish to grab the drinks leaving the two time to read the menu a bit more, even Zani took her time considering this really was her first time here. “𝘚𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘴..“ ↪︎ she muttered almost disapprovingly. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

“𝘏𝘮𝘮?“ ↪︎ There’s a soft tilt of the head, not having expected him to pick the same but just something in the lines of an alcoholic drink. But she had her partly pegged, it’s no fun to drink alone so it was nice to be joined in the matter. “𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯.” ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

↪︎ A casual exchange to show she’d be having a drink. An impish look to see if he’ll take the bait or simply go for something safe.

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

“𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦.“ ↪︎ The waiter nodded, grabbing a set of menus and escorting the two, Zani on one end and Alpha opposite her. “Drinks?” ↪︎ The waiter questioned. “𝘏𝘮𝘮.. 𝘐𝘮 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬.. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴.“ ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

↪︎ It was rather nice to get out in such a way with someone else. The restaurant they entered seemed casual enough as well. Despite its late night atmosphere, the tables had some guests dining. The food from eyesight looked rather pleasing as well. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

↪︎ Thankfully an easy roll back could partly hide the damage with the reveal of just a bit more skin. Biceps revealed, she dusts off her lower half with a soft sigh and nod of the head. “𝘏𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨.“

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

↪︎ With the meeting ending, heels click to the entry way of the building once more. She’s made it just on time, although looking a bit worse for wear this time around. He clothes looked dusted over, small cuts through her clothing. Mostly around the area of her cuff links. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

↪︎ The day has come and gone. The small breath she could take in between those hours of the meeting wasn’t one that came with ease. More under cover Fractcidus had snuck into the city, some attempting to hinder the meeting. While most were stopped, it was hard to tell if each was genuine. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

↪︎ Be wary now. She’s not exactly gentle when it comes to Echoes.

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

“𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘺.“ ↪︎ In other words, she now has a babysitter till that paperwork gets approved..

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

“𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬.“ ↪︎ She said in reference to her horns and gentle thwip of her tail. All while passing by. “𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭.. ’𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥’ 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦. 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺? 𝘐𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯-“ ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

“𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵..“ ↪︎ She still needs to get used to the idea that others might not exactly know much about their world.. “𝘌𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴. 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.“ ↪︎ A casual tease as she stands up. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

“𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦.“ ↪︎ A gloved hand would reach out. An extension, a chance. It won’t forgive previous actions, but at least she won’t be in fear of her life anymore. At least not for now. “𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦.. 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦.“

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

↪︎ The shields holographic system would break down and she would lift the massive metal upward, hoisting it on her shoulder. ↪︎ As tired as she was, those dark eyes still showed a willingness towards something that wasn’t such a.. explosive ending. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

↪︎ For that. She had Zani’s respect but the situation still couldn’t be resolved so simply. “𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦? 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘺𝘦𝘴?.“ “𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳.“ ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

↪︎ She continued to lean on her shield. Listening to the story. How her situation is so dire. She’d recently dealt with something like that herself. People in the Montelli family being nothing more than rats. Pushing agendas that backfired and made people lose their lives. ⇅

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☽• 月光龙 •☾ @lunarinvitation.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ𑣲☾ 𝗬𝗼𝘂 who shine, I stand beside you. ㅤㅤ𑣲☾ solo ( ... .ᐣ ) “𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥.” ㅤㅤ written for #BYJNWEEK2026 #BayoJeanneWeek2026 day 2: variants ㅤㅤ

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦? 𝘠𝘦𝘴?“ ↪︎ At least it seemed the meal got them in better spirits. Best to actually stick to that promise then. “𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥?“ ↪︎ A casual crossing to the cities edge. A quiet restaurant where the two won’t be interrupted.

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

↪︎ Doors are opened, and an office away with a figure sat behind a desk. ↪︎ This is where Zani stops. A gentle usher for Jiaying to take the lead past this point. “𝘐𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵.“ ↪︎ She then begins to pace back the way she came from. Leaving the home and headed to a new job.

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

↪︎ The daughter of the group is her main contractor and the one to be making this interesting decision. The manor is large. Not show stopping size but enough to house who they need. It’s as humble as one can be while being part of a large ‘organization’ of the city. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

“𝘈𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘧𝘧.“ ↪︎ The two leave the restaurant behind. The meows of the Echo carried as a farewell. The elegant city gracing them once more as they walk over another bridge. ↪︎ The house of the Montelli. Her employers and the faction making the trades. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

↪︎ Even behind those tired eyes. There was the faintest disappointment at the vanishing of the ears and all. Her eyes sitting on the now missing portion before clearing her throat. “𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.“ ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

↪︎ She was still thinking professional, wanting to give the soon to be citizen the best possible opportunity to live their best life here. ↪︎ Her foot even tapped softly behind the desk. Clearly taking the situation seriously even if silent.

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

↪︎ Zani listened in a small silence. The echo carrying away the paperwork and leaving the two. “𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶.“ ↪︎ Assisting the people was what the echoes of the city were for. Big fluffy teddy bears, puppet bunnies. There was no shortage. ⇅

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𝓩𝓪𝓷𝓲 @clockingin.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

↪︎ It would probably take some time to get used to this.. 💭 “𝘈𝘩, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵? 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨?“ ↪︎ Thoughts drifting to how the two will probably look just staring at one another in silence. A soft chuckle leaving her side at said thought. 💭 “𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦.“

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