The sun rose, revealing the city’s greens and greys that intermixed with its rays. With time it shined upon the mountains above them, finding crevices between the leaves to pierce the canopy. One such ray peaked its way down through the opening of a single cave. There was a grunt from within it, scrunching of face and flexing of foot against the offending day. Eventually the form inside couldn’t ignore the light any longer, and lumbered herself back up. The sunlight revealed the pale g

 Night in the city. A time where many return home, the shade of the trees keeping the night sky from view far more than the light pollution of the lamps. It is growing quiet, growing cold, but there is not a lack of shelter to be had. Within one of those shelters, a tea shop of irregular hours, a shadow moves back and forth, a silhouette in the window. Kairi paced about the flat, arms crossed and fingers tapping on her forearms. “She should have responded to my texts by now.” 

 Another day opens on the city, another sunrise to raise above the heads and filter through the trees that find their fellows in the buildings they surround. Another conversation at another tea shop, where emotions are returning to one member of the conversation. Erina ran her hands through her pixie cut of red hair as she took a sip of water. “Well hey Kai, must be a relief this boss going missing can’t be pinned on you right? You were gone before anyone even noticed she went miss

 The skyscrapers of the city have been shaved down over time. As nature and concrete mix together in a harmony once considered unheard as the skyline is freed. But these shrinking monoliths still contain multitudes, and one office space’s break room was abuzz with recent news. A middle-manager was missing, a fresh subject for injecting gossip. “Kishimoto was the only one in the building when she went missing. You can’t explain that away now can you Darcy?” “Marcy, Absenc

 Wet, slick walls engulfed her. Each gulp bringing her further in even as gravity fought against the inevitable consumption. Her predator’s tails reeled it up to the rooftop as the final swallow pulled the prey down into its gullet, the prey’s form forced to squish her arms against her legs in the tight prison. It massaged the imprints and observed the distance from home. The added weight barely inconveniencing her predator as it bounded from rooftop to rooftop, the only light catching