Alder's Grove

Ninth in a series of character-building vignettes following a bunch of characters through their time at Addergoole & beyond. One more (maybe) and I move on to Year Two for them all

This is Nyyrikki's first time in print; Ayuda is the daughter of canon-Original-Series character Joff and background character Liza. Pandora is Liza's daughter with canon-Original-Series character Rafe.

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Nyyrikki, Her First Year
Addergoole Year 22: September of 2016

She could tell her other classmates were primarily from wastelands. Things that were basic to her were startling to them - power, running water, fresh food.

She'd known people were still alive out there. A few people here and there, she'd been told. She'd seen the traders, talking about a couple other enclaves.

She'd really thought that's where the rest of humanity - the parts that survived the fae wars - lived. In enclaves like hers, places where there was still a vestige of the modern world.

She'd been ten years old when the gods came back; it stood to reason that her classmates had been about the same age. And they were looking around as if 2011 was the last time they'd seen an electric light.
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