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Is there a bun in the oven for Luce? Has the Holy Mother of Bass become an expectant mother? News on page 18.
by: Illies Alotte

Luce, the beloved bass player and angel of Flower Over Bones was spotted in the Wave Boulevard Mega Mall the other day. Witnesses say she was busy shopping for Solstice gifts. However, they noted something a little different about her that day. She stopped by a few baby stores along the way? Perhaps getting some early shopping done for the blessed arrival.

Later, she was seen in the food court. As pictures show, she is already glowing and there is the start of a little baby bump. (Picture of Luce sitting at a cafeteria table with her hands on her belly with this really blissful, glowy smile on her face --- the utterly delicious cannolis she was eating are cut out of the picture).

Sources at Virgo Records reports that Luce has been asking for both bandmates and friends to go on increasingly strange errands and has been craving strange things. "She wanted fish fingers and custard". Said co-lead, Doctor, according to our sources (which don't actually exist.).

We tried to reach out to Luce to comment on her upcoming joyous event but she was unwilling to speak to us. Perhaps she is trying to keep it underwraps a little longer. But the proof is in the pudding, or in this case, the custard. We'll be watching Luce closely in the following months. We do hope this doesn't spell the end of Flower Over Bones....

WHO'S THE FATHER - a shocking exposee continues on page 88

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[ Another one for the dart board. Who's next? Is Pao-Lin going to be eating for two? Doctor's cello having a violin?

Ivan bets Sexy the Cello is going to have Doctor's baby. That's going to be the next tabloid article. ]

[Luce spends a lot of time staring at the tabloid article, at least when she's not bustling around the place doing all sorts of things. When she should be writing song lyrics, when she's baking, on and on.]

[It's not true, of course. Luce likes to think she knows her own body and sexual history than strangers, and she has explanations for anything else.]

[So why does it weigh so much on her mind?]

[It hits her, when she's making her way through Virgo HQ, lost in thought- ]

["Aria."

She smiles to the group of people about her- the same group as before, she remembers all of them- and cradles a small bundle to her chest. She's tired and aching, but this is worth it. Every bit of pain was.

This child will carry on her flame. Just like Luce has carried on her own mother's, all the way from Sepira's time.

"That's her name. And if you'd all accept-"]

[Luce snaps out of it, realizing that she's been staring down at the floor with her arms half raised to curl around her middle. For a moment, she doesn't move.]

[What had she wanted that group to accept? And that... Had that really been...?]

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[Something smelled really good. He followed his nose to the kitchen, where he found Luce staring off into space. He intended to leave her be. He was embarrassed whenever he was caught daydreaming, and he figured she would be too. But he wanted to thank her for intervening in that incident with Blanche.

He decided to start a pot of coffee. When he reached to grab the ground coffee from the shelf, his shoulder twinged and he dropped it. He let out a small shout and scrambled to catch it with his other hand. He was only moderately successful at this but he still spilled it all over the counter.] Ah, dammit!

[That's certainly one way to snap her out of things.]

[Jolting, Luce snaps her head to where the commotion has come from and, unconsciously, one of her hands curls into a fist. When she sees what's happened, she immediately hurries over with a kitchen cloth.]

Shotaro! Are you alright? You need to be careful with you arm after what happened to it!

[She inspects him first, just to see if anything hot had spilled on him, before she even thinks of cleaning the counter.]

[He waves off her fussing with a hand.] I'm fine, it's just coffee grounds. [He brushed some off of his shirt cuffs.] And I've had worse than that. [Maximum Drive! Maximum Drive! Maximum Drive! Maximum Drive! a robotic voice was repeating. He glanced to the side. What the hell was that? And that boy's voice was yelling his name, telling him to stop, trying to restrain him. He looks a bit confused for a moment, but not terribly far-away.]

[At this point, Luce is starting to recognize the symptoms of, well... "seeing". What else to call it?]

...What did you see?

[He moves away slightly.] N-nothing. [He hadn't really remembered anything about what could have made that noise. If a memory was what that was.]

I don't know what you're talking about. [Just blowing smoke. He's a terrible liar.]

[A horrible liar. Luce can see right through him.]

Other people have been seeing things similar, you know.

[He hesitates again. He hasn't really talked to anyone about this kind of thing. He brings his lips together in a tight line for a moment before he huffs. He looks more properly at her.] I don't know. It doesn't fit the rest.

[As she cleans everything up and gets another espresso, she glances meaningfully to him.]

Why don't I get you a cup and we can talk in private about what doesn't fit?

[Again, he doesn't acquiesce immediately. He honestly had no idea who to trust. He didn't even know if he could trust himself. Not after that night. But he had to start somewhere.] Yeah okay. [He slowly and delicately rotated his previously dislocated shoulder.]

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[That's more than fine by Luce. She'll just gently nudge him along, try to see if she can get him out to the balcony area.]

Have you seen a doctor for your shoulder?

[He shakes his head.] No, me, a tech, and our friend Jack Daniels got the job done. [When he realizes where they're headed he stops dead.] Uh. No balconies. [He was a bit surpised by the anxiety that came up at the thought. There was that lonely feeling again. Like there was someone else that was supposed to be here. To help him manage his fear.]

Dear...

[Ah, the Worried Mom voice makes an appearance once again. Before she can scold him, however, his request about balconies makes her pause.]

Oh, I'm sorry. My room, then? If you don't mind being there alone with me, at any rate.

Yeah, that's fine. [He scratches at the back of his ear.] Ah, dammit. [This was frustrating. He didn't regret punching Blanche, and he'd do it again.] I didn't even get to bruise that pretty face of his!

[Oh, hotheads. Luce shakes her head as she opens the door to her room for him.]

I think he's a bit more powerful than any of us are capable of, dear. With how he responded to Santiago and such. Maybe trying to fight him like that isn't the best idea.

[...But since she also wants to ruin his life, she's coming up with plenty of others, trust her.]

[He heads in and finds a chair to flop into. There was that kid again, telling him to that he needed to go on without him.] Ah, this pisses me off.... [But the heat was gone again, this time he was referring to the whole general situation.]

Everything was fine for so long. What happened that changed everything?

I really have no idea. Something beyond all of us right now, I don't doubt.

[Settling down at the edge of her bed, Luce laces her fingers together.]

...But I've been talking with others about it. Strange things have been happening for a while now... Maybe this was inevitable.

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