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Learning to Live--The Nun7H3 NUNLearning to Live--The Nun by ~StellaStarfish
Ajax was shivering from the cold. It was slightly wet where he was sitting, but not as wet as other places. He’d had time to observe his surroundings in the alleyway. The light in the sky had come on finally, but he had no idea if it was time for a new cycle of food or not. His stomach was making odd noises, so he assumed it was, but he didn’t know where to get the food from, so he just sat there in the alley, looking up at the tall buildings on either side.
One building was smooth-sided and grey, with something green growing in the dampest, darkest places. Ajax had poked the soft green stuff, and even tried to eat some, b

Learning to Live--The Others7H3 0TH3RSLearning to Live--The Others by ~StellaStarfish
Bit had never seen so many young people together before. In fact, she’d always just assumed that she and Ajax were the only young people in the whole lab. But as each of the others turned to stare at her, she realized that she had been dead wrong. One girl, slightly taller than Bit herself, with curly red hair, spoke to her first.
“Do you have a name?” she asked. Her face had little freckles on it, and her eyes were round and green. Bit had never seen anyone with green eyes before. She didn’t know how to respond, so the girl asked again, “What’s your name?” She had a kind voice, and Bit fou

Learning to Live--SeparatedS3PARAT3DLearning to Live--Separated by ~StellaStarfish
Bit woke up in a bed in a secluded area surrounded by curtains. She could hear noises coming from outside the curtains, faint whispers and chattering. She lay there staring at the ceiling for a few moments, hoping the Ajax was okay, wherever he was now.
She had tried to follow him, but she just wasn’t fast enough. There was too much noise; it was messing with her internal thought processor, and on top of that, she was scared. She made it outside just in time to see Ajax climb over the fence, but before she could even get to the fence herself, she was shot with a stunner, effectively immobilizing her and knocking her out. Now s

Learning to Live--Escape3SCAP3Learning to Live--Escape by ~StellaStarfish
The last meal didn’t arrive by chute that day. Instead, a couple of nurses came to prep them for surgery. Ajax had known this was going to happen because when they operated on him three cycles ago, they had mentioned something about doing a “follow-up” in three days’ time. Ajax and Bit stood nervously by the door, crude weapons in hand, waiting for when the nurses would arrive. Ajax heard the door whoosh open from behind the metal ones that housed them in the lab. He motioned for Bit to be ready. The smaller girl nodded to his signal and readied herself with her wrench, looking nervous. Ajax was feeling nervous