Jay Dee Quimera
Bio
Hi! My name is Jessica and I've been writing for about three years now. I love anime and manga as well as a lot of fantasy and paranormal. I'm currently writing a novel. Follow @jaydee.writes!
Stories (4/0)
The Train from Nowhere
The fading sound of childrens’ laughter woke her from her stupor. Her eyelids fluttered as she tried to open her eyes, but they still felt so heavy. Groaning a bit, she turned her head to the side, her body following close behind. Realizing that she in fact did hear childrens’ laughter, her eyes flew open and she sat up. She looked around the sleeper carriage, a bit confused and a bit terrified. The last thing she remembered was crawling into bed with her older sister and younger brother. At thirteen, she has seen a lot of horrific things with her siblings, but still, waking up in an unknown train again would scare anyone. She briefly wondered if her brother and sister were dead, but shook her head quickly dispelling that thought. She knew that her fifteen year old sister would take care of their ten year old brother. Taking a deep breath she got off the seat and opened the carriage door slowly, hoping no one was outside her door. Seeing that the coast was clear, she stepped out of the room and looked around. There were rooms all up and down the hallway, as far as she could she and she strained her head to listen and see if there was anyone in the rooms. When she realized the coast was clear she tentatively stepped out of her carriage and tried to think of which way she heard the kids’ laughter heading towards. After a moment’s consideration she turned towards the left of the carriage and began walking. She hoped that she didn’t run into any of the people working on the train; she looked all over her room and did not find a ticket. She kept walking, keeping close to the sides, until she reached a door at the end of the train car. There was a small space between cars and while crouching, she took a deep breath and slowly opened the door. She stuck close to the shadows as she tried to peek over the window to see if there was anyone in the other car. Slowly peeking, she looked over the edge, then ducked down quickly after seeing some people in the car. She gripped at her chest, heart pounding and tried to slow her breathing. She had to get away somehow, hopefully they didn’t see her. She tried to slink back towards the car that she came from when she heard people talking on that end as well. Shaking now, she crawled on all fours to get to the corner of the carriage where the shadows were darkest and hoped that they didn’t see her. She couldn’t afford to get caught by anyone, not before finding out what happened to her family. She squeezed her eyes shut hoping that if she didn’t see them, they wouldn’t look at her. No such luck. The minute they entered the room between cars, they noticed her right away and soon they were all falling silent. She hoped that they wouldn’t yell or call someone and after a few seconds of silence, she finally opened her eyes to see people a lot older than her. They were not adults, not yet anyway, but they were not kids either. They seemed to look like the age that her older sister was, maybe a few years older than her sister. Her lip trembled and her eyes felt as if they were blown open and she knew she looked terrified. She thought they would do to her what the others did to her and flinched when one of the girls from the group got closer and extended her eyes. She could already feel the phantom pains being inflicted on her and she curled into herself more.
By Jay Dee Quimera2 years ago in Fiction
The Red Sky
There weren’t always dragons in the valley. The world was normal, until He came along. I write this after five years of living underground, in hopes that it gets to someone that can stop Him because I know that I can’t. Trust me, I tried and ended up losing my arm because of it.
By Jay Dee Quimera2 years ago in Fiction
The Rise of Anime
Let's talk about one of the biggest things in pop culture right now. Anime. When thinking about anime, the things that come to mind are Japanese cartoons, "quirky" people, and of course Naruto. Naruto has been going on since 2005 which of course was a lot of people's childhoods. Staying up late to watch the enthralling TV show on Toonami was a lot of the older generation's favorite past time and longing memory. Of course not a lot of people were very open with the fact that they liked anime because of the whole stigma that if that person watched anime, they were considered the weird kid on the block. Some people didn't care though and still continued to voice their love for the Japanese cartoons which honestly, was such a good thing because who cared what others thought, as long as it made them happy it was a good thing. So of course growing up, not a lot of people would watch anime so it was always a bit difficult to find anime merchandise. It would be provided by official anime sites like Viz Media or Funimation. DVDs would be sold at Best Buy though which was a blessing in disguise because it was hard to find any animes anywhere else. Hot Topic and Spencers were big companies that would sell a lot of anime merchandise as well so that was part of the main source of anime sells that fueled a lot of the love for anime. Most of the time though people would buy anime merchandise on official Japanese websites and wait months for the items to be shipped if only to have something that they loved. It was a fluctuating part of the anime interest and it would sometimes be a mission to find any type of anime merchandise. Fast forward 10 years and now anime is all anyone can see in terms of merchandise. Yes anime has grown steadily throughout the years, but it hasn't really grown until very very recently, and by very recently, think about 2 years. It seems like the pandemic has a lot to do with this grand interest in anime, since people had a lot more time in their busy schedules to watch something new, but it also has a lot to do with social media, specifically Tiktok. Tiktok used to be just a music app where people can sing and dance and sometimes make funny skits on, a bit like vine, but it has grown tremendously since then. Because so many people had time to actually explore new things, a lot of old and new fans of anime began to make edits and drawings of their favorite animes which then exploded on Tiktok. There has always been amvs or anime music videos, on Youtube with popular songs used as the background to show the amazing scenes and fights, but it's grown on tiktok since popular sounds have anime edits with them and when looking at those sounds, these videos pop up and people become interested. Since the start of the pandemic to now, anime has grown tremendously and it definitely has to do with Tiktok. There are a lot more companies noticing that it is a big thing in pop culture and are trying to get their hands on the rights to sell it. Just by walking around at the mall, it's noticeable how big it has gotten. Of course Hot Topic and Spencers are going to have anime merchandise since they have always had it, but now Zumiez carries anime merchandise as well as Box Lunch and even Target has started to carry some anime merchandise and anime shirts. More and more tokyo themed stores are opening up at the mall as well and now at the Santa Anita mall there is a store that just has anime figures on display. Anime figures! That's literally the whole store. Of course there are for sale, but the fact that these figures are on display for anyone to see is huge. It's crazy how much social media influences pop culture and how big something can get because of it.
By Jay Dee Quimera2 years ago in Futurism
Covid-19: The After Symptoms
When Covid was first mentioned, nobody really knew what it was. We knew it was a virus and that it was bad, but the what extent, it was unclear. And then the pandemic happened. It was chaos, people tried their best to not get sick and those who did ended up dying. Hospitals were at capacity, and some were even over capacity. Nobody knew what to do honestly and so many people lost a lot. The whole world had to go on lock-down just to control the virus from going crazy, yet some countries couldn't control the way people reacted and ended up causing more cases than ever. Those who were fortunate enough to just get sick and survive the virus, were never the same after. I can attest, since I got sick from Covid. When I first found out about the virus, I was scared, like any normal human was. I followed protocol and bought lots of masks and sanitizers and stayed home when I was told too. I always be careful when going on outings, but even those outings were limited and few. I did my best to be safe from Covid, and yet I still managed to get it back in November. Of course the symptoms for each person is completely different so I just wanted to talk about my symptoms specifically and hopefully it helps someone feel a little better about their symptoms if they have any. The main thing that tipped me off that I had Covid was that I had a headache for three days. It wasn't a normal headache though, it was one of those lingering headaches that you get when it's the day after having a migraine. It didn't hurt a lot, but it did hurt, and it lasted three days, even taking medicine or sleeping didn't help. After three days of a headache, I started to have shortness of breath. I couldn't shower with the water on hot because the steam made it difficult to breathe. Then my energy was just nonexistent. I could barely get out of bed, I had no strength to do anything and I was always tired and sleeping. I did not have a cough or get a fever or have body aches, which I considered lucky, but I did have the worst stomach pain ever. If I did not take stomach medicine, my stomach would be cramping to the point where I had to lay in fetal position. I also had the worse diarrhea as well. I couldn't push anything out, I had to wait for it to come out on it's own and when I did use the restroom, I felt as if my own energy was being drained as I was going to the restroom. At one point I almost passed out from the lack of energy. It lasted two weeks. After weeks I began to feel a bit normal. Not as normal as before, but my stomach wasn't hurting as much and I didn't have much diarrhea. It wasn't until two more weeks after that I started to notice the changes in my body. I had trouble breathing a lot, when before everything was fine with my breathing. I started to get random headaches, a lot more than before. And I realized that I could no longer eat certain foods. Because of Covid, I could no longer eat fried foods or raw fish. So no sushi, no fries, no poke, none of that. If I did eat that, I would get the covid symptoms all over again. They would last for a few days and then the symptoms would go away. If I didn't eat those types of food then everything was fine, but if I ate too much, I would be in pain. It's been 6 months since then and the symptoms are still here. No matter what I take, I still cannot eat those types of food. I tested it out multiple times and the results are still the same. Of course doctors and scientists are noticing that the symptoms are lasting for a long while for other survivors as well. Some say they last to at least a year max, 9 months minimum. Of course others have had worse symptoms and are struggling to live with the after effects. It is not an easy thing to have. Who knew the impact a virus would have. Always cover up and be safe out there.
By Jay Dee Quimera3 years ago in Humans
