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My words: fish, run, screech, down, drumming, far, pale, sever, command
Your words: punish, trust, tree, reckless
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Jedi's dad sucks
Gwen's powers
Robbie asks to be thrown
Ash tries to place where she is based on accents
I'm not even kidding I looked through every single thing I've written, I've never used any variant of "drum" as a verb but I want to put something here so idk here's Gwen playing with her sticks
William's science babble
Robbie and Akash meet Ewan
This angsty passage from an older Draft of TSP was the only instance of sever I could find
Robbie helps Kelsey
Fish - from The Secret Portal Part One (Jedi POV)
“You mean besides the fact that he’s a—”
“Yes, Taylor, besides that.”
“No, it seems like I wasn't informed,” Dadaidh said. “Enlighten me.”
Something about the way he said that made me extremely interested in the way the cooked meat of the fish looked after I had shoveled a good portion of its body into my mouth.
Run - from The Secret Portal Part One (Gwen POV)
I heard Dr. Asghar and Dr. Moon run after me, but I didn’t stop. I had a good head start and was faster. I reached the vase I’d seen and gave a mental apology for knocking it over. Dr. Asghar swore loudly as I skidded around the corner and ran down that hall until I realized I reached a dead end. I whipped around but saw Dr. Asghar and Dr. Moon at the start of the hallway. I froze.
“Where’d she go?” Dr. Asghar asked, panting.
“I don’t know,” Dr. Moon said. He looked around. “She had to have turned here. Her powers must have activated.”
I stood there in confusion. Looked behind me, looked back at them. What powers? How could they not see me? I decided not to think too much about it and be thankful that they couldn’t while trying to make my heavy breathing quiet down.
Screech Scream - from The Secret Portal Part One (Rose POV)
I was shaking, panting—I didn’t, couldn’t, break my gaze from the beast until I heard Robbie scream, “Hit me!”
“What?!” Noelle asked.
“Telekinetically throw me against the wall!”
“I’ve only lifted a hair-tie!”
“Then physically throw me!”
“What?!”
Down - from The Secret Portal Part One (Ash POV)
“Um, where exactly, uh, do I go?”
“Just on the other side of those trees,” he said, pointing.
Wow, I could not place his accent. Vaguely East Asian, maybe European? How observant, Ash, great way to narrow it down. It's not like there’s 5 billion people you narrowed the world to. It was different than the girl’s, though, so that definitely didn’t help.
Drumming Drumsticks - from The Secret Portal Part One (Maddie POV)
Rose sighed and stood up, neglecting to brush the grass of her pants. “Well, wherever Lexi and Ash are, I think it has something to do with that rock.”
“The rock?” Noelle said, not buying it.
Rose slid her hands into the pockets of her jeans. “I mean, yeah. It’s buzzing, like the wall.”
“I don’t hear any buzzing,” Noelle muttered.
“Me neither,” I agreed.
“I… don’t either,” said Kelsey.
“Sorry, Rose.” Gwen cringed, now tapping the drumstick on her palm.
Far - from The Secret Portal Part One
William put down his tablet and rubbed his eyes beneath his glasses. He’d been working so late that it was now early. It was so quiet he could hear the snakefly behind him violently flapping its wings. He sighed, then reread the last paragraph he’d written:
Replicating the negative energy density found in a chronokinetic’s rifts is no easy task. The level needed to connect one time to another is far greater than a Level-7 teleporter, but nowhere near the level in the portal that connects our reality to Ceteri, nor even a dimensiokinetic. If chronokinetics were less seldom, perhaps this task would be accessible.
Pale - from The Secret Portal Part One (Robbie POV)
“Alright,” I said. “Remember the way?”
Akash shrugged. “Not really.”
I sighed. “Fantastic.”
“Dude, you’re the one who walked it!”
“I didn’t think I’d have to memorize the path!” I sighed. I leaned Ariel against a nearby tree, freeing my arms to cross over my body. “Okay, let me think.”
“You two lost?”
I turned to see a pale, dark-haired teenager leaning against a nearby tree. “Last time somebody asked that question, we were kidnapped.”
Sever - from The Secret Portal Part One (Draft Four)
How far will you go for a friend?
That’s the real question, isn’t it? What will it take to sever a friendship?
If they make a mistake, will you believe that they will come back?
Maybe wait. Maybe do what’s right for everyone, but deep down, you will still die for them.
Command(ed) - from The Secret Portal Part One (Lexi POV)
I stood back, hugging myself as Robbie knelt in front of Kelsey. He pressed his fingers to her temples, and Kelsey shuddered—maybe in relief. A soft maroon glow emanated from Robbie’s fingertips. The darkness beneath Kelsey’s skin began to fade, and it traveled up Robbie’s arms, that same menacing glow radiating beneath his skin. After a moment, he released his grip from Kelsey, who let out a sharp gasp, the light gone.
Robbie stood, closing his eyes. The darkness now inside him turned into a bright maroon.
“Shut your eyes!” he commanded.
I obeyed, and through my eyelids, I could still see a sharp white light blaring. I squeezed my eyes tighter, though water still seeped out the edges. The light faded.
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