Amber/Perilous

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## Teen Years

*Perilous* takes place just before Carnival when Amber is 17 and has lived on teen level for 4 years. She is going into her last year before she becomes a proud adult doing vital work for her hive.

For the last four years her corridor group have done almost everything together. She has become especially close to several of the other teens.

Amber recognizes that all of the activities that she has engaged in so far in her teen years has shown to her that she doesn't have any particular talent, at least any talents that will elevate her to the elite levels of the hive. Instead she is starting to fear that her destiny will be very low level.

### Fear of Heights

Her entire corridor group is at the level 50 beach swimming when Forge suggests that she tries the beginner level cliff climb, To try and overcome her fear of heights since she will be in a safety harness. She had every intention of saying no until she looked at his face, instead she said yes. Ever since the first day she saw Forge he has had a weird effect on her. Amber knew that effect wasn't the same as a teen crush, but she couldn't understand why she always wanted to please him.

While on the Cliff climb she becomes scared and attempts to finish the climb with her eyes closed which resulted in her going off course and banging her head against the ceiling and one of the "star" light fixtures. She ends up with a cut that bleeds heavily and freezes. Forge climbs up to help her get down and Amber is taken away to emergency medical treatment.

### Relationships

Atticus, one of the boys in her corridor group asks her to attend Carnival with him. These means they would be attending all of the couples parties instead of the ones that she usually attends with the entire group. She likes Atticus a lot but isn't sure about starting a relationship that would have to be broken off in a year, before they go through lottery. Ultimately, after talking with a senior girl who is distraught over breaking up with the boy she had been dating for several year, Amber and Atticus decide against dating in their last year on teen level but that they would still do things together with the entire group.

Forge, she has a strange fixation on Forge. All he ever has to do is ask her to do something and she is compelled to do it. She recognizes this but is still powerless to tell him no. She also realizes that it isn't a crush or a romantic interest.

Shanna, Amber's best friend among the corridor group and Forge's girlfriend. Shanna latches on to Amber the first day of their move to teen level, she is outgoing and draws Amber into joining the group where as Amber's natural inclination would have been to hold back.

### Power Cut

Blue Zone is without power for a couple of days and with Forge away from their corridor, Atticus the Deputy Safety Warden enlists Amber's help with coordinating the emergency response for their group.

When they are about to join the other teens and go to the park, Reece. one of the boys in their corridor group, attempts to frightens them and one of the girls, Linnette, runs off and away from their corridor. Everyone else in their group had to get to the park, so Amber volunteers to take the long way and try and find Linnette. She does that and also rescues Forge, who had been indulging his need to explore and take risks by climbing through the vent system when the power was lost.

Her deepest concerns though have to do with what level she will be assigned when she goes through lottery in a year and is worried that she will be assigned at a very low level.

## See Also

* Lottery (Hive England)
* Beach (Hive England)
* Blue Zone Power Cut
* Amber's Teen Corridor Group

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Perilous: Hive Mind A Prequel Novella (p. 172). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.

### Bibliography

* Edwards, Janet. *Perilous (Hive Mind 0.5)* (2017). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.