A cyberpunk story set in the year 2080. A person is sent to a building of infamy. This place, to the general public's knowledge, used to host experiments. Rumors started to spark of it possibly being the first step of harnessing teleportation, time travel, and any absurd speculation that could come to mind. Instead, they found something both interesting and disappointing.

"...One more job, right?" "One more." "That's the prize I'm looking for." Mariko Oikawa, a japanese student who was born into a life of being a hitman, is kicked out of her job as the association president marks the closing of the company. Before she leaves, however, she urges to undertake one final job from an anonymous client. The job? Kill the person who killed her family.

A dystopian Y2K story with morbid implications of world peace. June 19, 2002. The Japanese government has announced that they have successfully completed their agreement with other nations on complete nuclear disarmament. This, in turn, throws away the potential threat of future nuclear warfare or outright war in general. Yet, it all still feels wrong. Join Tadashi Eto, a police journalist, on her journey to uncover the true nature of the Peace Works event.

Aoyomi Kiyitsu, the disgruntled half-oni lap-dog for a demon-hunting organization, has been entwined within the war of humans and demons for as long as he can remember. Demons wreak havoc among the populace, killing in the streets and preying on the weak, and only those brave enough hold the will to fight back against the mortal abominations. Oni, succubi, and hellish creatures alike world-wide roam amok, and it is up to Aoyomi and the conjoined efforts of the WDHA to keep the world a safe place. Will Aoyomi continue to be the demon-hunters' hound, or will his darker nature break the chains?

In a wasteland where monstrous nightmares known as the Ash feast upon every living thing, bastions of human societies still exist thanks to the Wardwalls, mysterious magical shields that have kept the few remaining cities from crumbling into ruin. Above all, the people in these communities fear the harbinger of these monsters, an unnamed dragon who hunts the skies, the creature Aislin's people call the White Death. Aislin's father, the king of one the last human cities, compels his best knight to swear an oath to slay the dragon, believing this would successfully cripple the Ash. But Princess Aislin's dreams have been full of the dragon since she was born. She doesn't know whether to trust the monster making its way into her dreams, but when the dragon tells her it's the source of the magic that shields their cities from the Ash, the princess takes it upon herself to save the monster from her father's most deadly knight. No matter the cost to herself. --- This story was created as part of ONC 2026. The prompts used are as follows: Spring 4: You discover a dragon everyone fears is in danger, and you are the only one who can save it from the knight sworn to slay it. (Primary prompt) Fall 86: A wasteland hides pockets of thriving communities protected by mysterious shields. (Secondary prompt)