Story cover for Locus of Control ⋅˙ᐧ˳.ઇଓˎˊ˗ by SharonKryssa
Locus of Control ⋅˙ᐧ˳.ઇଓˎˊ˗
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  • Reads 223
  • Votes 12
  • Parts 3
  • Time 28m
Ongoing, First published Nov 23, 2023
⋆ ˚。⋆୨୧˚𓆩♡𓆪˚୨୧⋆。˚ ⋆
Astraea has never fallen in love - and after witnessing her parents' tumultuous marriage firsthand - she revolts at the idea of it. Astraea doesn't know what love looks like, what it feels like, or what it's all about. But since her acting gig requires her to know these things, she strives to learn.

Book 2 of "𝘛𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦" By Sharon Kryssa 🖋

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"I just don't understand this... emphasis? Spotlight? Accentuation? On love? 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 love?

Isn't there anything else to sing about? All the songs on the radio sound the same.

Isn't there anything else to 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 about? Sometimes I hear boys, in herds, in class talking, and I'd sort of just be confounded. Like, isn't there anything else going on in men's lives other than girls, girls, girls? Potential girls, previous girls - girl prospects. I mean, isn't there anything else going on in these men's lives other than that? If it's not studies, and it's 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 not - then, hobbies? Perhaps. Any remnants of any family? Any image or plan for the coming years? There's more to life than just "love". At least, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 kind. So much more. And I bet these men have never conceived - let alone entertained such a 'ludicrous' idea: That love isn't everything. That it doesn't 𝘧𝘪𝘹 everything!

These guys, and girls - they'd give up anything for love. They don't understand that one love can't fill all the gaps and lapses.

They are obsessed, 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 - with the  idea that... something! Could save them. And then they're shocked that anything that exists on this planet cannot fly higher than the sky.

That gravity subsists, that everything that makes its way up, is eventually pulled back to the ground!"

-- LOVE, TRUST, ACCEPTANCE --
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The Ark Diary of Dylan De Rovia Book One of De Rovia Diaries

54 parts Complete Mature

Before the fall of Earth humanity built a great colony ship, ten thousand of the colonist left Earth for a hundred year journey to Gillespie. They came from all over the Earth leaving a planet knowing they would never see another in their lifetime. The Ark is a rotating cylinder the size of a large island with its own train system. It's divided into three main sections, the city, the framlands, and the Lowers. The people are divided into three groups as well, Uppers, Middles and Lowers. Uppers are made of elite scientist, Astro-crops, bureaucrats they made up about 3% of the population. The Middles are are the farmers, the guard, teachers, doctors, the food processors, clothes makers and of course the mechanical maintenance workers. They make-up the 97% of the 10,000 counted citizens. The lowers are criminals and children born to un-paired parents. They live separated from the middles and Upper. In lowers you work in water reclamation or in one of the fish farms that supply protein to the ship. In the year 2149 Dylan De Rovia is trying to wrap her head around the idea that in two year's she'll be paired. That they call marriage on the Ark. Pairing is good most who are paired do end-up staying together because while genetics play good part in determining a match so does personality. Some people choose to use spend this time having a good time with as many partners as possible. Dylan however, vowed that she would never fall in love with anyone before pairing. The universe had other plans however, when Dylan learns that she'll pair with an Upper named Kyive Sinclar life gets more complicated than ever. Falling in love is hard enough falling in love in space that the story.