StarlightRailroad

“*Achoo*!” Shinki sneezed while covering his mouth with his arm. “Really? I just got to the flower festival,” Shinki said to himself. The boy looked around seeing rows of cherry blossom trees with the sky shifting slowly to night time. Shinki haven’t been to this annual event before due to his allergies. However, he did know that the flower festival celebrates the folklore of the Flower Maiden. According to legend, the Flower Maiden is a spirit who appears at the beginning of the spring season. She would come into to spread flowers and happiness. The town would hold a flower festival to welcome the Flower Maiden

Lance was a young boy who loved to see flowers, but he sadly cannot go near the flowers due to having serious pollen allergies. It didn’t help by the fact that Lance’s doctors didn’t have any cure or treatment to stop the sickness. However, the clinic set the boy up with an appointment to visit Dr. Florence, who claims to developed a perfect cure for pollen allergy. So Lance decided to travel across town to meet this new physician. After Lance reached Dr. Florence’s medical building, he entered the lobby and saw a lavender-haired woman who was wearing glasses and a long lab coat over a green shirt. “Hello. You m

Takao was a young man who worked as a blacksmith, forging powerful weapons for traveling warriors. One day, a fighter by the name of Crimson Master came to Takao’s workshop and gave him two bags. Inside the bag were ore materials. Crimson Master said to the blacksmith, “Please forge a new katana out of the ore materials from this bag.” Then, Crimson Master sets another bag on the worker’s bench and said to Takao, “You can have whatever’s in this bag when you’re done.” So the warrior left the workshop, saying, “I be back to check on what you made for me. ” So the blacksmith worked fo

Lewis was heading the school’s auditorium, where the school play was about to begin in half an hour. The boy came after being asked to fill in someone’s the school play by its director, Ms. Bishop. Lewis saw the other kids getting ready for the play. Then, the boy noticed a tall, brown-haired woman, who happens to be Ms. Bishop, as she was standing be a rack of costumes. So boy walked towards the woman and said to her, “Hi, Ms. Bishop. I came because there’s someone’s role I need to fill in. Ms. Bishop responded by happily saying, “Of course, Lewis.” Then, she pulled out a princess dress from the cost

It was the night of New Years Eve as Max was hanging out the local recreation center, where the community is throwing a New Year’s Eve party. The boy walked around the building, feeling bored on the fact that only a few kids came. It’s not like that it was an adult-only event, but Max assumed that most families with children are celebrating New Year in their own respective ways. Yet most of all, Max hoped that his classmate, Seiko, would eventually come. Then, Max headed to a shrine that was sitting outside right next to the recreation center building. He remembered that Seiko telling him that if someone tosses a coin into the sh

“Change. Do any of you have change,” said Chris as he held up his plastic cup to the passing people. A random person dropped a couple of quarters into Chris’ cup, who looked down at the pile coins and dollar bills he collected so far. “Well, guess this is enough to get myself some food,” said Chris. Of course, the man could only afford one meal a day due to being homeless. He lamented how his life got turned upside down recently. It all started a month when Chris got kicked out of his home by his fiance. It didn’t help that the wife was secretly dating his’ former boss, who was very rude to to Chris

It was a middle of a sunny day as the school was in session. The students were glad that it was their last day before winter break begins. Andy, on the other hand, felt disappointed that there wasn’t any snow in town during the past few days. It didn’t help that the weather forecast stated that it would be sunny for the next couple of weeks. “Man, I wish there could be lots of snow for me to play in,” Andy said to himself. Outside, the school was being watched by a snow spirit named Yuki. She had long white hair, icy blue eyes, and wore a white kimono. Yuki giggled as she said, “Lucky you, kiddo, because you and