Jana took the opportunity that arose when the announcements came on to talk to Sera without the two boys hearing. She wanted to keep tabs on her brother, so she kept an ear open for his name. As much as she appreciated Sera looking out for her, she was beginning to feel like a total liability. "...

Jana averted her eyes subtley from the fight, still keeping her face towards the nearby commotion so that Sera wouldn't think she was just flaking out. Honestly, she just didn't want to watch. It made her feel sick in the pit of her stomach. Violence, hell conflict, always made her feel so uncomfort...

Jana was determined not to draw any attention to herself while this was going on. She said pretty much nothing, but breathed fairly heavily and fidgeted. She was now convinced that Kevin was likely to get himself--if not all three of them--killed. She froze as the three boys made their sick wager, b...

' I never said... ' Jana wrinkled her nose as Sera told Kevin that Eric would figure out a way to neutralize the collars. She didn't doubt that entirely; he was the household authority when it came to electronics, and she recalled Eric replacing a cooling fan in the Browns' computer once. The only t...

Sera indirectly reminded Jana once again how slim their chances of survival were. Not that they hadn't likely improved with an ally built like Kevin. Jana wondered how long it would take before she too sounded that resigned. Sera had brought up again the valid point that finding friends would solve ...

Jana didn't move for the entire duration of the uncomfortable standoff between the large boy and the headcase. She wanted to say something to try and ease both of them off, but her throat tensed up and she found herself mute. Finally the Gilroy student took his leave. Jana was immensely relieved tha...

Jana thought that maybe John was suffering some kind of intense mental condition in light of the program. He didn't quite seem like he was all-there; she wrinkled her nose as he introduced himself with the all the delusional grandeur of King Lear. "Oh," she replied, unsure of what really w...

This boy dressed and talked funny, and Jana was caught off-guard when he presented the idea that they were classmates. So he was a fellow Gilroy student? She squinted at him through the thin veil of fog between them, studying his features and trying to picture him in school attire. ' Uh... ' "....

Up until that point Jana had remained relatively silent. She was already a little uneasy about the boy in the tube; now came this new girl who'd shown up through the dense fog. It was definitely getting too crowded for her own comfort. She felt like any of them, at any time, were liable to draw a hi...

((continued from The Greatest Weight )) Jana wasn't doing too well in the dense fog. Opaque, it indeed was. It closed in from all sides, made her feel isolated and vulnerable, even though Sera was right in front of her. "Sera?" she called softly. "Ser...a..." She reached out a fr...

((continued from I'm Alive )) Dan had arrived at a playground, shortly after the morning announcements had concluded. All he'd took from them was that the dangerzones were now the mall and the residential and industrial districts. None of the names on the deathlist were familiar, except two: Okalani...

Bryan didn't get what she meant; had he missed something? Whatever. Time to get some food. God was he ever hungry. "I'm coming, keep yer damn pants on," he said indignantly, taking a couple seconds to stretch before catching up to Tori. The ferris wheel towered in the distance. The gulls o...

Dinner? How the hell was he gonna pay for dinner? What kind of dinner was 'dinner'? He sat for a second and squinted as he looked her up and down again, but more cynically this time. She didn't look like an idiot. Did he have the word yuppie written on his forehead? Coincidentally his brow was itchy...

He still hadn't eaten anything all day. He'd skipped breakfast as usual; who had time? And his lunch was still at home sitting in a plastic bag in the fridge. What time was it now? 1 something? "Yeah," he admitted, "I'm starving." He cast a glance at the amusement park in the dis...

Bryan snorted. 'Awesome?' Awesome was shit compared to this. This was...well, he wasn't good with words. It was something better than shitty 'awesome' though. Way fuckin' better. She sat down and his eyes followed her. She was really something to look at. Her brown hair glowed faintly red in the sun...