~Etoile~

Introduction by ~Etoile~

Chapter 1 in The Backpack

Moving to a new place is always rough, but it can be rewarding as well. The Nuwisha Design College in Seaside City is a smallish school, but is known for its art and design classes. A lot of literature and word-of-mouth shows that graduates from this school often get very lucrati...

117 Likes

356,981 Views

Sweaty Socks by ~Etoile~

Chapter 3 in The Backpack

When your fingers brush the wet cloth, you almost don't want to look, but you do anyway, and are a little surprised to see it's not terrible. A set of folded-up sweatsocks is in a little baggie in her backpack. They're still wet, and you wonder where she might've picked up swea...

23 Likes

32,622 Views

A bottle? by ~Etoile~

Chapter 3 in The Backpack

You feel around in the bag for a moment and find a hard plastic bottle. You're about to keep searching when you feel something funny. Your fingers brush over some firm rubber and, when you tug it into view, you see a large baby bottle, empty. And right next to it, folded up, i...

13 Likes

51,477 Views

Some Designs by ~Etoile~

Chapter 3 in The Backpack

You rifle through some papers, but something catches your eye. You pull the sheaf of papers open to a page and find a detailed engineering drawing. Taking another quick look around, you slide the blueprint out for a better look. At first, you're not sure exactly what you're lo...

28 Likes

65,343 Views

A Cute Asian girl by ~Etoile~

Chapter 2 in The Backpack

She's an atypically endowed Asian who's always running from place to place with a portfolio under one arm and a backpack slung over a shoulder. If you didn't know better you'd think she was following you somehow. You've been noticing her for the past few weeks walking by in bet...

86 Likes

165,348 Views

Try To Drop It Off In Her Room by ~Etoile~

Chapter 4 in The Backpack

You seal the backpack up. You need to get this back to her, but you can't do it in a way that spooks her. It's already tough enough to try to talk to her in a normal environment. But trying to approach about her backpack filled with wet Gym Socks? No. You decide that you ca...

11 Likes

16,284 Views

You Find Her In An Online Group by ~Etoile~

Chapter 4 in The Backpack

You try to map your head around how to go about contacting her. You know she's a frequenter of a local Bodega, but perhaps directly confronting her about it might go poorly? You also have a friend who knows her, and perhaps you could ask him to introduce you two and then tell her...

9 Likes

20,080 Views

Yes, Contrive to have her sent at once! by ~Etoile~

Chapter 5 in The Taming of Hayashi Mika

"What could POSSIBLY be so important outside the city," I say aloud to myself as I skate along the wires between the buildings. My powerful legs carrying me into a flip, changing direction and speed with ease, dragging sparks beneath me. I twist and flip over the outer wall of...

0 Likes

538 Views

Looking at the primaries again. by ~Etoile~

Chapter 5 in The Taming of Hayashi Mika

Looking at the primaries again. by ~Etoile~

Chapter 5 in The Taming of Hayashi Mika