While out for her morning run Sage noticed someone had moved into the empty house across the Warf.

Sage: Hey there neighbor! Lovely day, isn’t it?

???: The light breeze we are having is perfect for enjoying the sunrise.

Sage: We do have some amazing sunrises here, but the sunsets are even better. You can’t see those purples anywhere else.

???: Sounds amazing. 

Sage: Hey, if you’re not busy tonight you should come by later. We live just by the dock and it’s the best place in town to watch the sunset. Promise!

???: Sounds wonderful…umm…?

Sage: Oh! Sage. Sorry, Sage Berry. Pleasure to meet you.

???:  Cabernet, pleasure is mine. I’ll see you tonight, Ms. Berry. Do you mind if I bring my sons along?

Sage: The more the merrier!

A few months later…

Sage: Hey Razzle…

Razzle: Yes, sweetie?

Sage: The baby’s coming.

Razzle: That’s nice dear….. WHAT? Oh berry, oh berry. It’s happening. I can’t believe it’s happening! What do we do?

Sage: Hospital, Raz. We need to go to the hospital.

Razzle: Right… hospital…hospital.

Sage: NOW RAZ!

Peony: What about you Mr. Philopshical Stargazer? What do you want from the future?

Oliver: I want to write poetry.

Peony: Poetry? Really?

Oliver: Don’t laugh! It may not be as deep and world-changing as a Congresswoman, but I feel like it’s a lost art.

Peony: If you say so…

Oliver: It is! Poetry is a deep expression of feelings through verse. It’s one of the best ways to convey feeling. 

Peony: Alright then, Shakespear, drop me a line!

Oliver: Okay. Um…

Peony: I’m waiting!

Oliver: Shush… I’m thinking! Okay, okay. I think I’ve got it!

You can call me rain
for all I seem to do is
always is fall for you.

Peony: That’s…. embarrassing. 

(Haiku is by Tyler Knott Gregson. You can read his daily love haiku’s here!)

Oliver: Well that’s… more ambitious than I was expecting.

Peony: What, don’t think I can be serious?

Oliver: That’s not it at all. You’re just always playing ball, or swimming, or you know, just active. I thought you would be more likely to be a pro athlete or fitness trainer. 

Peony: I have to play sports. My grades are nowhere as good as Pom’s. Academics are easy to him. Me? I have to work my butt off for a B average. But, I’m the fastest swimmer there is and there are few Universities that offer swim scholarships.

Oliver: You’ve thought about it a lot, haven’t you.

Peony: Of course I have! I was born in Newcrust. Even though there is a section of the city for mixes like us, being mixed kind of makes you “low class”. You get treated differently.  I’m okay because I look a shade, but Pom? He looks mixed. He was picked on so much at school, that he was afraid to go anymore. The whole socially-awkward genius thing didn’t make things better, either. That’s why we moved to Peanut Brittle Bay. 

I’m late to the game but better late than never? This is something I have been wanting to do for a while, so here we go! I am starting up the Berry Pastel Rainbowcy. 

Meet Altair Nova, founder extraordinaire.

Aspiration: Big Happy Family | Creative | Perfectionist | Art Lover –but I guess you already knew that?

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