She arrived with no name. Just a sealed envelope marked: Living by Design. No reception. No welcome drink. Only a single inscription carved into green stone: 'Design or Disappear'.
The Aesthetes: A Fractured Philosophy
In the heart of Berlin, a city defined by its raw creativity and restless energy, two unconventional individuals joined forces to reshape the cultural landscape. Ethan Vale, a curator turned cultural strategist, believed in the transformative power of beauty and influence. He saw the world through a Platonic lens, where ideals and perfection reigned, and art was a tool to elevate society. Amara Cole, his partner in the venture, was a sharp eyed pragmatist who believed in grounding art in truth. A devotee of Stoicism, Amara valued complexity, resilience, and the untold stories woven into each piece of work. For her, art wasn’t about pleasing the masses; it was about reflection, meaning, and unvarnished honesty. Together, they founded LOCUS, an avant-garde gallery that initially promised to celebrate both visionaries and unsung talent.
Fixing Tracks That Aren’t Broken
Leo had always been the golden boy. Privileged, educated, impeccably dressed, he was the face of entitlement wrapped in charm. Yet beneath his polished exterior was a truth he rarely shared: his twin sister, Margot. Margot's world was vibrant, playful, and endlessly curious. She loved trains, adored her ear protector with their pastel patterns, and had an obsession with Harley Quinn. Not the wild chaos of the comic character, but the misunderstood anti-heroine who fought in her own way for freedom and love. Margot had autism, and to Leo, she was the light that grounded his gilded existence. Every morning, Margot painted a small purple teardrop just under her left eyelid. It was her quiet rebellion, a symbol she had claimed as her own.
The Drive to Belong
The Miami clinic was busy, bustling with energy but steeped in cliques. It wasn't her natural environment. Kensington preferred spaces where ambition and oppenness thrived; but it was a useful pit stop to occupy her time while she prepared for her next chapter. The team greeted her politely but with a touch of distance, the kind that suggested she wasn't meant to fit in. She noticed it, but didn't let it faze her.
When Love Restores
Sophie had always been the kind of woman who gave everything she had to the people she loved. At 23, when she met James, she thought she had found her forever partner. What Sophie didn’t realise was that James had no interest in her thriving. He needed her to doubt herself so that she would continue pouring her emotional labour into him. When Sophie struggled, James positioned himself as the hero, but it was his constant sabotaging that kept her struggling in the first place.
The Professor of Female Validation
The young professor had always been a seeker, though he would never admit it. At 6’1”, conventionally attractive, Swiss-born with a PhD earned in the United States, and now working at The University of Cambridge, he carried the veneer of a man who had it all. But beneath his achievements lay a restless spirit, drawn to the unconventional, the exploratory, the boundaryless. It was during a solo trip to Mexico that he first met her - the Yoruba high priestess. Their initial connection happened in the waters of Mexico, a chance meeting that felt otherworldly. They swam together, their limbs tangling as though they had known each other for lifetimes. From that moment, they became inseparable, at least for the remainder of his trip.
Moon in New York: A Journey to Authenticity
Moon had always been told she was going places. A promising young woman with a degree from a top university, she had landed a coveted role as a management consultant by 23. By 27, a city transfer to New York felt like the next logical step in her seemingly perfect career trajectory. But beneath the polished exterior of power suits and client meetings, Moon felt restless, a kind of discontent she couldn’t quite explain.
A Wounded Polarised World
Flora perched herself on the floor, the soft music by Chantress Seba playing in the background, guiding her fingertips as she lost herself in the typing. She felt a compulsion bigger than herself to share a message: "It's unfortunate that many women forget about their innate power. Our power of creativity. We are creators at… Continue reading A Wounded Polarised World
The Silent Depression
Gaia shuddered. That video was not her brand, she knew it was a misleading over-generalisation, her initial core audience knew that too, and yet she had sold her values for the sake of what? An ego-driven covert mysoginist who was obsessed with creating controversial divisive content in order to sensationalise and create chaos to fill her greedy pockets? Gaia thought back to all the champagne filled evenings, flashbacks of Annabelle's wide eyed laughter, as though she was driven by substances, and all the promises (which had yet to materialise) made to her.
That Eureka Moment
The nothingness of the dark appears unusually comforting.
She smiles eerily.
A ghostly moment which if captured on footage, would send piercing shivers down the spine of the observer.
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