@cursively ♡ ★ ⋮ ̶f̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶d̶s̶ once upon a time . . . . ୧ , chapter — nine the door opened cautiously. someone stepped in. like her, their face was covered with a dark hood. it had been in the invitation letter- no identifying features. they sat on the green yoga mat she had set out. they had to be jenna- she had assigned each member a color in her letter. one by one, members entered. she had given them staggered arrival times on purpose, in case they saw another member arriving and got scared. when the last member arrived and sat on the orange mat- ren suzuki- yuying turned to the board. with a black marker, she wrote: WHY ARE WE HERE TODAY? lanai phan took the smaller whiteboard yuying had set one of in front of every mat and wrote, in response: EMOTIONS. yuying turned to the board. her marker flashed over the board, writing words fast as she had been trained to. "we have emotions. yet we live in a society where these emotions are not allowed. mirrors are not allowed. music is not allowed. art is not allowed. this needs to change." yuying paused and studied each of the people in front of her. even though their faces were cloaked in shadow, she could tell each of them was listening intentely. she picked up her marker again. "we can change all of this. this is the start of an organized rebellion against the government, because everyone should be allowed to experience what we experience without fear." from the entrance of the warehouse, a voice boomed out, unnaturally loud in the quiet room. "i agree."
