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Title: Sleepless
Prompt: 79 Agony
Dan lay on pristine white sheets. His brown hair possessed more gray that it had a month earlier. The wrinkles that had been faint before now etched his face.
His loss was deep. To lose his friend, colleague and former apprentice caused enough pain. More than that, he agonized of the loss for the wife. They barely had any time together before. Now, they would have no more.
Dan knew she held her fears close and did not hold her husband back. That was why he had been able to give it his all and bring down an evil organization.
Title: Practice
Prompt: 43 Square
"Wait! No, Kyuu-! OW!" Megumi said, stopping, staring at Kyu. "You were born with two left feet!"
He bowed repeatedly to her, "I'm sorry, Megu. I didn't mean to. Please don't be mad!"
Megumi huffed, glaring at him a moment. The teacher yelled at the pair, "Pair back up you two. If you stand there, everyone else will end up trampling you."
Quickly, Megumi grabbed Kyu's hands and moved him to right spot, neatly preventing just what the teacher warned about.
"Really, Kyu," Megumi said, "Square dancing isn't that hard."
"I'll learn it in time for the assignment," he promised.
Title: Play
Prompt: 73 Light
Sunlight filtered through the trees leaving a sun-dappled pattern on the person laying under it. His classmates stood off to the side, laughing amongst themselves.
They had plans. How could they not? He just left himself open to a really good prank. Stealthily (or so they thought) they crept up on him to give him a good scare.
Only to have him turn the tables on them. "I wouldn't do that," he simply said, not bothering to open his eyes.
They ran off as Kazuma sat up. He snorted derisively, "Such children." He laughed, thinking of one classmate, "Kyu."
Title: Magician
Prompt: 13 White
Nanami laughed inside at the bafflement of the students when his seemed to 'vanish.' Straightening the collar of his polo shirt and settling the backpack more comfortably on his shoulders, he walked to the train at a leisurely pace.
He acted indigent as he was bumped by one of the students running by.
This exercise would be an excellent lesson for all of them. They were too focused on finding a man dressed in a very distinctive suit. One appeared to be looking for a cactus.
Like every new group of students, they assumed he always dressed flamboyantly. They'd learn.
Title: Poison
Prompt: 59 Food
One of the most interesting, and horrifying classes, the Q class remembered taking was the one on poisons and venoms. Food was the preferred delivery method because it was the easiest to disguise.
The deaths that resulted from them were painful and disturbing. They knew they were painful from seeing people die from being poisoned but they never appreciated how bad it really was until they saw a few autopsies of the bodies and what happened to the insides.
What horrified them even more was that some people lived only to be in pain for the rest of their lives.