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Teaser #01: 5B

Standstill: A Coalesce Short

Tadashi’s Apartment

Atlanta, GA

United States of America

December 2009

It happened again.

Tadashi couldn’t find the will to move from his current position. Lying curled up on the bed, he couldn’t help but wonder about the work he was already missing. A quick glance at his phone a few minutes before told him that he should have been at HQ ten minutes back. Despite this knowledge and despite knowing that his phone would buzz much later with messages and missed call from his co-workers, he couldn’t find the strength to move, the capability to do anything except lie in bed, drift in and out of sleep.

It was fine. It had been two days already. It was fine.

The bedroom was dark. The lights hadn’t been switched on for more than a day at that point; there was the running of the heater, but that was all. Silence was his only company, and he found that as sad as it seemed, it was exactly what he wanted. Silence was alright. Silence was enough. Silence was fine.

Dressed in some thick shirt and dark sweatpants, he could only roll over from time to time, sometimes glance up at the ceiling. Sometimes reach out, reach towards the ceiling as if there was something calling his name from above; all while this happened, he wouldn’t say anything, wouldn’t do anything else. Tadashi kept in bed, the sheets only half-covering his figure, with an arm outstretched as if wanting to chase for something that was no longer there.

He found himself doing that again. One hand reaching upwards, eyes trained on the ceiling. There was nothing there. There wasn’t anything to reach for. There was no one looking down at him. There was no one else in the room. There was no one else to wait for.

Grief: A Coalesce Teaser

Teaser #03: The Four Loves Celebration

Teaser #02: The Four Loves Celebration

Teaser #01: The Four Loves Celebration

Teaser #04: Blogsary '16

resourcefulness | accomplishment | union

Teaser #03: Blogsary '16

illusion | success | absolution | tradition | hope

Teaser #02: Blogsary '16

truth | change | meaning | sacrifice

Teaser #01: Blogsary '16

intuition | determination | stamina | introspection

Come Together: A Coalesce Teaser

HQ

Tokyo, Japan

December 2017

2:25PM

Inhale, exhale. You can do this. You can most definitely do this, Lysette.

“It’s been too long,” she murmured before straightening her posture, clearing her throat, and then training her eyes forward before walking inside the building. Her ID was pinned neatly to her blazer, and another in her hand just in case it was needed. It felt like eons until she was finally cleared to go inside, and she gave a huff as she quickly attempted at rearranging the contents inside her bag. “The security’s so goddamn tight here,” she muttered, then resisted the urge to knock her head on a wall. 

Of course it is, moron. This is one of the biggest organizations in the world. 

“HQ,” she muttered under her breath before approaching the reception. A male in a sleek suit sat, attending to something on a computer. iMacs? Jesus, the people here are ridiculously high-tech… 

Before she was able to say anything, the male caught her eye and blinked twice before sending a quick smile. “Ms. Cross?” 

“That’s me,” she affirmed. “I’m here for one of the employees, you might know her?”

“I’ve been informed about the appointment, actually. Please hold for a moment,” and she nodded, watching as the Japanese man typed something onto the keyboard. I suppose knowing a decent amount of English is required, she thought, noting in the background how people of different nationalities passed. Majority of the crowd was Japanese, but even she could spot a number of Koreans, Chinese, and whatnot. Lysette could have sworn that she had heard an English accent flutter by. “Ah — I’m quite sorry, Ms. Cross, but it seems that she has gone out per request,” the receptionist apologized. 

“Per…request?”

First Impression: A Coalesce Teaser

"People usually get the wrong first impression."

Teaser #01: CLS Launch

Teaser #03: TGSC '15

red for passion and leadership
violet for mystery and independence
blue for stability and freedom

yellow for joy and enlightenment