Anyways, hope everyone likes what I've got loaded up. Plenty of new characters to show off.

Can't We Just Be Friends? Have you ever ran until you could feel your legs begging to collapse under you? Until your legs are burning and each breathe is more painful to draw in then the last? The metallic taste filling your mouth with each passing second? If you have, was it because you were being chased down? The soft laughter that followed me as I ran was my reason my legs and lungs hurt but I couldn’t stop. It’s not bad enough that The Controller of Thoughts was on my heels, but that I couldn’t tell how far away he was.Can't We Just Be Friends? by ~Figgles
Running blindly is not recommended when fleeing. When you don’t have much of a choice, it’s even worse.
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Goodbye, VaanThe moonlight hit my pale skin, casting a glare that matched the one from the reflection the water casted under my feet. I never realized how pale I truly was thanks to my time in Arcadia. You could almost see my bones, the blood running through my veins. I guess I never really took the time to look at the changes after all these years. Then again, given my eyes looked soulless with the white pupils and pale grey coloring I didn’t care much to look at myself to remind me I wasn’t human anymore. But now, I was completely fascinated by the blood running through my semi-visible veins of my arm that rested on my brother’s shouGoodbye, Vaan by ~Figgles

Birthday Wishes Three-hundred and forty years. That's how long I'd lived in Arcadia. I was twelve when they first took me and my family and I was twelve when I escaped a year ago. It took me awhile to figure out the year difference and even longer to begin to adjust to everything. And by everything, I don't just mean the massive increase of technology that was around me. I was also trying to adjust back into society, remembering important dates and celebrations everyone else knew about.Birthday Wishes by ~Figgles
Like birthdays.
Marcel, my adoptive father, ask me one day what my birthday was. I stared at him with confusion for a long time, trying to remember what a birthday was.

Christmas Traditions"Did he seriously fall asleep under the tree?"Christmas Traditions by ~Figgles
Xero nodded, snapping another picture of Kailin under the tree. He hadn't actually fallen asleep under the tree, but Kailin was known to roll in his sleep. And who was Xero to stop him if he wanted to roll under the tree like he was five and waiting for Santa? "Yep, and now I've got next year's Christmas card picture." He zoomed in and took another shot of Kailin's sleeping face.
Orion snorted as he sat next to Xero on the couch. He slung his arm around Xero's shoulder and pulled him against his chest. "You do know those pictures won't make it to next year, right?" Xero shrugged under Orion's a