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	Magic-o-Matic "A Speckled Chomby sat at a long table sipping on a large mug of coffee..." by black_skull725
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	Grey and Gold "Baelia woke to the sound of quiet sobbing..." by cookybananas324

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"Grey and Gold" by cookybananas324
Baelia woke to the sound of quiet sobbing. The noise had wound its way into her dreams—she’d dreamed she was stumbling through an endless dark forest, seeking the source of the sound—and even as she rolled over, sleep-muddled, she wasn’t sure she was fully awake. But the noise continued, and as Baelia sat up, she realised the noise was coming from the bedroll next to hers. Luxinia was crying. No one else seemed to have been awakened by the sound—Juni was snoring softly, Tavi was snoring less-softly, and Nyx was curled up tightly in her bedroll, perfectly still except for the occasional twitch of her ears. Everyone was doubtless exhausted from the day they’d just had—getting sent off by Queen Fyora herself on a mission Baelia still didn’t entirely understand, discovering that Nyx’s own brother was the one putting the Grey Curse over Neopia, seeing Neopia Central succumb to the curse… ...not being able to do anything about any of it. Of course I was as useless as always, Baelia thought. Baelia looked over at Luxinia and hesitated. Baelia didn’t necessarily like to have others see her cry—though that often didn’t stop her tears from coming, like they had earlier—and the thought on intruding on the pain of someone she’d only just met felt about as appealing as jumping...

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