This is the first thing I've written in 4 months lmao, so apologies for being very rusty. However this type of contest was just the type of motivation boost that I needed to get back into the swing of things.
Originally, I wanted this to be much longer, but due to time limitations I had to cut it considerably and make the story I wanted to tell into parts. Will I make the second part as part of the contest or as a separate thing? Who knows, stick around and find out.
Thank you to UncertaintyCrossing, Wendipeligo does not match any existing user name and BrokenOrdinance for their critique and advice.