@cursively ♡ ★ ⋮ ̶f̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶d̶s̶ once upon a time . . . . ୧ , chapter — eight yuying glanced in her mirror. mirrors- another thing that was outlawed, along with music, art, and emotions. she really was a delinquent, she thought, as she made sure the hood she wore concealed all of her features. when she was satisfied nobody could recognize her, she hid the mirror back in her drawer and set off to the designated meeting place. the meeting place- a small abandoned warehouse- had been picked because of how many exits it had. that way, if things went sour, she could escape. yuying had been studying her classmates for the last seven months. she had identified six peers that she had observed displaying emotion. seeing that there was still an hour, she checked her notes one last time. ⊂⊃ emma choi. female. year 7. emotion observed: fear. cause of emotion: locker door swinging open abruptly, nearly hitting her. ⊂⊃ ren suzuki. male. year 8. emotion observed: fear. cause of emotion: impromptu emotion testing conducted on randomly selected students. ⊂⊃ lanai charoen. female. year 11. emotion observed: frustration. cause of emotion: unable to open locker door. ⊂⊃ jenna robinson. female. year 6. emotion observed: fear. cause of emotion: dropping a notebook that was picked up by a teacher. ⊂⊃ juyeon lee. male. year 9. emotion observed: confusion. cause of emotion: teacher switched classrooms without warning, didn't know where to go. ⊂⊃ vishakha patil. female. year 7. emotion observed: fear. cause of emotion: impromptu emotion testing conducted on randomly selected students. as yuying closed the notebook, praying she hadn't seen false signs, she heard a knock on the door. someone was here.
