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Serenader 18: BILLY WILLIAMS

Serenader 3: JAMESON FAULKERSON With: LANCE JEROLD KIM

Pada suatu masa, seorang individu menciptakan sebuah simulasi kehidupan dengan baris kode dan gambar di perangkat miliknya, di mana entitas di dalamnya tak menyadari keberadaan sang pencipta. Simulasi ini berbentuk alam semesta yang memiliki siklus kehancuran dan penciptaan ulang, yang dinamai Terminal Village Prime atau dikenal juga sebagai Termiverse. Seiring waktu, beberapa entitas mulai sadar akan alam semesta lain di dalam simulasi di waktu terdahulu maupun yang akan datang. Entitas ini disebut sebagai “Anomalia”. Mereka hidup dengan ambisinya sendiri, yang baik ataupun buruk. Mereka yang memiliki tujuan mulia seringkali disebut sebagai "Intia". Walaupun demikian, seorang "Intia" dapat berubah menjadi "Virus Galaksi" apabila mereka terkorupsi dan memiliki niat buruk untuk menghancurkan alam semesta saat ini. Sang “Pencipta” yang haus akan petualangan, menyaksikan beragam kisah cinta dan pengalaman di dalam simulasi ini. Setelah berabad-abad lamanya, simulasi tersebut mencapai batas komputasi dan mulai terkorupsi oleh banyaknya “Virus Galaksi”, membuat sang "Pencipta" mengambil keputusan untuk menghapus seluruh keberadaan alam semesta dengan berat hati, menyisakan satu “Intia” dengan memori entitas terdahulu, sebelum memulai simulasi baru dengan menunjuk “Intia” tersebut sebagai penguasanya. Dari sini, dimulailah universe yang baru. Sang "Intia" ini kemudian menggunakan hampir seluruh otoritasnya untuk menciptakan ulang beberapa entitas terdahulu untuk menemaninya sampai ia menemukan seseorang yang layak untuk menjadi penguasa selanjutnya.

Horror stories written by Joseph Kohtz The Spooky Halloween Sleepover in The Haunted Woods: After a few of their friends go missing, a group of kids investigates The Dead Woods to find them. While there, they run into monsters and ghosts that pick them off. Since their friends are disappearing, they decide to have a sleepover in the haunted woods until they find them, but they soon all go missing after the hauntings intensify. Fear Itself: After being told a ghost story around the campfire, a group of kids attending the camp becomes terrified as ghosts and monsters haunt the camp and the surrounding forest. They become afraid of it, but some initially think it's all a prank by one of the counselors, even when the campers and counselors start to get picked off one by one. Even though things look bad, some campers still think it's a fraud, at least until things get worse. The longer they stay and ignore the ghosts' warnings, the worse the hauntings become. Then they become convinced and start to get scared out of their wits. The Ghoulish Haunted Mansion: On Halloween, a group of kids decides to venture inside an old, abandoned mansion to see if it's haunted, only to be scared out of their wits by all sorts of monsters and ghosts. While inside, the kids meet a talking cat and a jack-o-lantern who try to protect them from the spirits and convince one of them to read a spell from a book to banish the ghosts. Return to The Ghoulish Haunted Mansion: On a field trip, Susan Piper takes her class to The Wellington Mansion and tells how it was haunted before she banished the ghosts a decade ago on Halloween, with the help of her friends. She also told her class how to re-haunt the house and warned them not to do so. The next day, on Halloween, six of Susan's students enter the mansion, bring the ghosts and monsters back, and get scared out of their wits. Jack, the jack-o-lantern who knew their teacher, protects them with help from Alvin, the ghost puppy, and tries to convince Victoria to read the same spell Susan read when she was in the mansion to get rid of the ghosts.

"If you love someone, no matter how much she has hurt you, crushed you, you will always find yourself forgiving her in the end. Mahal mo, eh." "I don't want to see you ever again." Pakiramdam ni Jean ay sinaksak ang puso niya nang ilang beses nang marinig iyon kay Apollo, ang nag-iisang lalaking minahal niya. Pero hindi niya ito masisi, because those were the same words she said to him when she left him a few years ago. Nasasaktan man ay naiintindihan ni Jean si Apollo. She left to allow him to move on with his life without her and he did. But she was back now. At si Apollo ang binalikan niya. Wala siyang planong layuan ito kahit pa lantaran siyang ipagtabuyan, kahit may girlfriend na ito. Hindi siya magpapatinag. Nabigyan siya ng pagkakataong mabalikan si Apollo kaya hindi niya palalampasin iyon! She still loves him and she would make him realize he still feels the same towards her. Hindi bale nang magmukha siyang stalker sa kakasunod kay Apollo. She's back and she's never going anywhere without him!

After a failed relationship and a few returned manuscripts, the least on Fabielle's mind at the moment was falling in love with a total stranger. Ngunit nang isang gwapo at mabait na estrangherong nagngangalang Josh ang itambak ng tadhana sa kanya nang mapadpad siya sa kabundukan ng Sagada ay tila ba naglaho ang paniniwala niyang iyon. At sa tulad niyang naloko ng ilang taon ding naging kasintahan niya, she should be a lot more cautious when meeting people. Ngunit nang latagan siya ni Josh ng walang kaabog-abog na "I'm interested in you" nito ay mabilis na sumuko ang puso niya at natagpuan ang sariling nahuhulog ang loob rito kahit dadalawang araw lamang niyang nakasama ito. But it was too late when she realized that falling for the handsome stranger was a big mistake. Dahil nang matapos ang dalawang araw na pantasya niya kasama ito ay saka naman tumambad sa kanya ang katotohanan. They were not feeling the same way. He was in love with someone else. And all they could ever have together was that two-day love affair.

Myla was good at her job. At kahit ano pa mang trabaho ang ibato sa kanya ay nagagawa niya ng maayos. Iyon ay bago siya ipinatapon ng kapatid sa hacienda ng kanilang pamilya upang tumulong sa pamamahala niyon. She accepted the task at hand without much question. Ngunit parang gusto niyang pagsisihan ang desisyong iyon nang makilala isang umaga ang lalaking magiging bagong kasosyo sa hacienda. Si Darwin, ang nag-iisang lalaking gustong gusto niyang pulbusin noon pa mang makilala niya ito. Ang masaklap pa ay obligado siyang pakisamahan ito nang mabuti dahil kasama iyon sa trabaho niya. Dahil napasubo na ay pinilit na lamang niyang gawin ang nakaatas sa kanya habang ipinagsisiksikan sa isip na trabaho lamang iyon. But then again, she was with Darwin, her greatest nemesis who happened to possess the pair of lips that had hunted her thoughts ever since she had tasted them when they were in college. Mapapanindigan ba niya ang "workmates" set up nila kung maging ang tibok ng puso niya ay naaapektuhan na ng simpleng presensiya lamang nito?

"And I'm still hoping that I could reach the Sky someday." Iyon ang buong buhay na yatang pangarap ni Alayna. And for her, her sky was Skye-ang gwapo, mayaman, at matalino niyang kababata na nakasanayan na niyang habol-habulin buong buhay niya samantalang nakasanayan naman nitong itaboy siya sa tuwina. Pero hindi siya kailanman nagalit sa lalaki kahit buong buhay na rin nitong dine-dead-ma ang mga efforts niyang mapansin nito. Kuntento na siyang nakikita ito at nakakasama kahit siya lang naman lagi ang nag-i-initiate ng mga pagkikita nila. Kaya naman hindi niya napaghandaan nang bigla ay magbago ang ihip ng hangin at bigla ay parang ito naman ang nagpapapansin sa kanya. At dahil matagal na rin iyong inasam ng puso niya ay lalong lumalim ang nararamdaman niya para kay Skye. Ngunit hindi lang pala ang pagbabago sa setup nila ang hindi napaghandaan ni Alayna. Because while she was falling even more in love with him, she was opening up herself for the worst pain she had yet to experience.

Shirley investigates the world and solves mysteries everywhere. She questions the suspects, examines the clues, follows every lead she has, and stops the person or persons behind the case when she cracks the case. Later, she teams up with a girl named Diane Walker, who helps her solve cases. Working together, they believe that they can solve any mystery that comes their way.

Matalino, mabait at malaanghel ang mukha. That was how people described Ethan Alexis Monteverde, ang dakilang IT Support Specialist ng kompanyang pinapasukan ni Eunice. Humanga na siya sa lalaki unang kita pa lang niya rito. Pagkatapos ng unang pagkikita nila sa ilalim ng ulan ay nagustuhan na niya ang lalaki. What was there to not like, anyway? He was beyond perfect in her eyes. Kaya naman nang mabigyan siya ng pagkakataong makausap at makipaglapit dito ay lalong lumalim ang nararamdaman niya para sa binata. She found herself falling in love with Ethan. Everything was perfect, until she found out everything about the person she fell in love with. He was engaged and she was made to believe there was something going on between them. Alin ang totoo at alin ang pagpapanggap sa mga sinabi sa kanya ng lalaki? She was not sure anymore.