Angelia

Mae, honestly not all that surprised to confirm that giving herself an impromptu tarot reading at the behest of a whispered voice emanating from a black ring would have immediate and particularly harrowing repercussions…

When Elyria found the black ring, she used it as an escape hatch from her own life, exempting herself from the toils of work & school & embarking on a vacation cruise around the world. She wanted a life worth taking pictures of, like so many others' lives she'd been following online. But after a few months at sea, & stops at more than a dozen tropical destinations, she found herself once again growing just as bored as she'd been at work & at school. She began to feel as if the very palm trees were mocking her, the rolling tides laughing at the flimsiness of her wishes.

The singular face of Xia, attending an eclectic gallery opening in several alternate dimensions simultaneously…

Fiola, visiting her favorite species at an otherworldly aquarium…

Parker, in the future, on her scooter, readying to no longer be parked…

Farrah, walking home alone from the only club that still stays open until sunrise, wearing the black ring…

Flynne, assuring a potential customer that she would not have traveled nearly so far if she was just another purveyor of crystals that don't actually work…

Renata, trying to stay dry after the show, beginning to wonder what's taking her driver so long…

Zubaida, glowing and feeling at home on the playa…