<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Rivalry on Gromet's Plaza Archive</title><link>/tags/rivalry/</link><description>Recent content in Rivalry on Gromet's Plaza Archive</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/tags/rivalry/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>The Rivals</title><link>/stories/2017/09/06/the-rivals/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2017/09/06/the-rivals/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part 1 - A Friendly Game of Ping Pong&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She HAD to find a way out - the alternative was unthinkable. Her nefarious opponent had put her into a truly diabolical situation. How had it come to this?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Struggling wouldn&amp;rsquo;t help. Not that she hadn&amp;rsquo;t tried, of course. But even if she had twice the strength she still wouldn&amp;rsquo;t be able to break free by force. If there was someone there with her, she could beg and plead. But she was alone.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>The Rivals 2: The Aftermath</title><link>/stories/2017/09/06/the-rivals-2-the-aftermath/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2017/09/06/the-rivals-2-the-aftermath/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Story continues from &lt;a href="rivals.html"&gt;part one&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part 2: The Aftermath&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As soon as she got back to her apartment, Kaylee went into her bedroom, shut the door, locked it, and lay face-down on her bed. She was absolutely miserable and didn&amp;rsquo;t feel up to doing anything at all.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She had been lying there a couple of hours when she heard a knock on her bedroom door. It was her roommate checking on her. The two normally had their evening meal together, but Kaylee didn&amp;rsquo;t have an appetite and didn&amp;rsquo;t want to talk to anyone. Kaylee, remaining on the bed, told her roommate through the door that she wasn&amp;rsquo;t feeling well and just wanted to sleep. Her roommate wanted to come in to check on her, but Kaylee was insistent that she be left alone.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>The Rivals 3: When It Rains, It Pours</title><link>/stories/2017/09/06/the-rivals-3-when-it-rains-it-pours/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2017/09/06/the-rivals-3-when-it-rains-it-pours/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Story continues from &lt;a href="rivals2.html"&gt;part two&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part 3: When It Rains, It Pours&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jenna saw the timer counting down on the screen. She hardly had any time to think! Kaylee had told her she had to press the button and hold it down for five full seconds. She didn&amp;rsquo;t really understand the reason for this, but knew she&amp;rsquo;d better do as she was told. She didn&amp;rsquo;t want to find out what the penalty was which Kaylee had referred to.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>