I've been thinking about this. Just in the corner of my brain. I want to do something with this concept, but I dunno what. So I'm gonna open Area of Effect to other writers: an anthology, if you will. I find my characters "come alive" when I have them interact with others'.

The idea is, you write a short story about someone in AoE or someone they've come in contact with. Seeing as I've never done this before, the rules are pretty much non-existent (a bad idea? Maybe.) Just try to keep the cussing and adult stuff to a minimum to fit with the "everyone's welcome" theme.

I'll let AJ take it from here.