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Fuse

Mutual Interest | Ft. Strikes and Cafe
"I miss you."

June 7th, 2025



Lance in a billowing field of yellow grass and reeds and thinks to himself "I really gotta find something to do with myself." He wanders around in silence thinking of a slide.
Lance opens a large fence door with his last name Walker on it. He walks through before going to climb a blue ladder.
Lora giggles as Avery brings her to the playground and says "You have until I finish my math review." Lance thinks to himself "Kids... I wanna play..." Lora plays on the swingset.
Lance approaches Lora and she asks "Hi! Wanna play!" Lance is excited. The two climb a set of blue monkey bars and chat.
Avery looks at Lance playing and mutters "Didn't anyone ever tell you not to talk to strangers?" Avery is startled by someone yelling "Lance!"
The voice continues "Come here!" Lance and Lora are both startled by the voice. Lance walks away shamefully from the playground and toward two objects, one red and blue and one brown.
The red object scolds "What were you THINKING?! Let's go." They take Lance's trembling hand. Avery and Lora watch as Lance leaves the playground.
The brown object hits Lance with a pitchfork and yells "What is wrong with you?! Sneaking off like that!" Lance cries in his messy bed.
Lances trembles and sobs.
Lance gets up with tears in his eyes. Meanwhile Lora tells Avery "I wanna see that kid again..." Avery responds "Uh I dunno. I don't think he was uh supposed to be out. I... do hope they weren't too hard on him..." She shudders as she recalls someone else and continues "But for the sake of my own sanity I'm sure they weren't. Uh..."
Lora cries out "I'm gonna meet him again! No matter what! and Avery mutters "Tell Mom I'm not going with you..." Lora later departs from her house and thinks to herself "He said they lived on a farm in this district. There's only so many..." Lance is hiding in a field of yellow grass. He can see brown fingers coming from behind the grass.
Lora pounces on Lance and yells "Caught you!"