Raven, aglow with job satisfaction at the Museum of the Odd.
Raven
Many girls in many dimensions, one mysterious piece of jewelry…
Rhea
Rhea, in the garden, alone…
Paris
Paris, in Paris, albeit in an alternate dimension…
Ryder
Ryder, suddenly becoming very aware why no one else was eager to throw a party in this particular abandoned warehouse…
Elyria
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.
Gia
Gia, about to bring the hammer down…
Parker
Parker, in the future, on her scooter, readying to no longer be parked…
Zubaida
Zubaida, glowing and feeling at home on the playa…
Cleo
Cleo, performing a surprisingly effective creativity ritual in her studio…
Eunomia
Eunomia, in search of greener pastures…
Elli
Elli had been angling for an invite to the Gomiumi Genomics Compound for over a year, knowing from the get-go that adding her name to the waitlist would lead only to waiting. But armed as she was with confidence, knowledge, & several years of study in Berlin under a recent Nobel Prize winner, her nascent experiments with CRISPR had drawn the interest of numerous colleagues, to such an extent that she'd been able to secure her invitation before even having to consider resorting to less savory tactics…