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Melissa was only a few weeks removed from graduating from nursing school. After acing the board exams, she finally landed her dream job working in the ICU overnight at her local hospital. Melissa had always dreamed of being a nurse like her mother and studied hard while in nursing school. During her studies, she had stumbled across some of the weirder sides of the medical field and some that seemed far fetched. On one occasion, she found herself reading about how it was possible to become inflated with air or helium by inserting a hose or tub up their rectum.

Despite tonight being only the third date between Mason and Nicole, the two were simply smitten with each other. Hoping to officially change their dating status to “going steady”, Mason pulled out all the stops he could and got reservations for one of the fanciest restaurants in town, Exotique. Pretentious, perhaps, but a romantic gesture nonetheless. Mason really wanted to impress Nicole.

Abby was exhausted. She had just finished touring to promote her new album. Everything was a success, but music and tv guest spots were the last thing on her mind now. She needed to get away from the stage and the recording studio. She and her team already had more than enough money to buy the rings of Saturn. If they didn’t like her going on a break, too bad, they could just find another starlet to use to their own ends.

“Hey!” Seta screeched at the oncoming car that had just coasted out of the campus parking garage, and her instinct was to try flying over it. With an angry buzz of four stubby, oval-shaped wings, Seta hefted herself into a hover, just enough for the beegirl to come plunking down on her knees on the hood of the dark green sedan as it squealed to a standstill.