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Yoshino’s carats clattered softly as they pushed them one by one into the slot on the gacha machine. That noise was followed by the click of the machine’s knob as they turned it, then the sound of a plastic capsule bouncing down into the prize tray. They snatched the capsule up almost the second it popped out and swiftly opened it, only for their mouth to twist in disappointment. A small, plain pink bun figurine w...

The fever that took hold in his body made its presence known slowly—Celestite felt it creep up his throat at first, dismissing it as being sore from the cold. Another day passed and he carried on as usual, feeling no more different other than a small tickle in the back of his throat. Then, midmorning, as he sat working away on a chunk of quartz, a wave of exhaustion settled over him. ...