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The sky was a soft gray, pleasantly overcast. White light peeked through the clouds and drenched the town in a wonderful, glimmering rain shine. The gentle sound of rain thumping against Ravi’s roof and rain drops gliding down his windows were what finally reminded him that he needed to set out his raincatchers, even despite his mother reminding him that he needed to do so every time he visited her. Ravi was currently rummaging through one of his closets, pile...

Ravi was warned by another conductor at the station that they would be heading into a nasty storm, so he expected them to cut through it with some turbulence, but he hadn’t been expecting the sky to be nearly pitch black and the train to be shaking on its tracks. High winds rocked the train and the lights in the cars flickered on and off while rain beat down from above. He was in the first passenger car, right behind the engine car, and everyone was uneasy. Th...

Ravi peered out from under the cover of the station as rain poured from above. He peeked his hand out and let the rain splash against it, before retreating it to open his umbrella and step off the platform with a sigh. It was dark out, from both the cover of the rain clouds, and from the dusk as night rapidly approached. After a long day of carrying passengers on Ravi's route, he was eager to go home and be able to unwind.   ...

Mimi carried the box of bagged sproutlings, their elbow occasionally bumping into Liviana’s as they walked side by side. The sun was bright overhead, and Mimi could already feel themselves breaking a sweat. “Thanks for helping me plant these herbs, Livi,” Mimi huffed cheerfully, a smile spread across their face even through the exertion of carrying the large box, filled to the brim with sproutlings that Mimi had started over the winter. Liviana was carryin...