My second article for the Wanderer' Library, and the second contest I've entered in general.
Many thanks to Guaire, PinkHatPinkJeans, Yefreitor does not match any existing user name, StrangerSwing55 does not match any existing user name, and my friend Brian for their huge help during the brainstorming phase.
Big thank yous to AnAnomalousWriter, Maxyfran73, and J T K C for their valuable crit and feedback.
And a special shoutout to LAN 2D, who not only helped with brainstorming and gave extensive crit, but also came up with the title! A massive help the whole way through.
You guys are amazing.
The beautiful image you see in the article was painted by VoxSomniator, is licensed under CC BY 4.0 as seen here, and was assigned to me by Rounderhouse. Without them, this story would have never come to fruition.