The puppetmaster's web

50th Zi'da, 717
________________________ There was always a fuzzy warmth to slowly waking up on a lazy day, the mind only half-awake like a smouldering fire. He rolled over to his side, noticing the heaviness of his limbs as he chose to remain in the comfortable embrace...

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TBD: Arc 714/715
”I do not feel it.” The words were flat and unbreaking, absolute in both meaning and inflection. It was unlike her to speak without first being spoken to, but the girl was alone in the small inn room, the window closed and muffling...

Vhalar 112, 717
It struggled.

Keegan was crouched deeply under the cover of the trees, standing flat-footed and leaning. Eager. Curious. And stick in hand. The cricket struggled again, flicking it’s legs in protest, attempting to flee it’s pursuers on weak front legs while the stronger, jumping...

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Saun 17, 717

Public perception was important for any performance. If the audience saw one character constantly helping others, or giving his things away in a charitable fashion, then they were more likely to see that character as exclusively...

The 30th of Saun 718

Continued from here

No matter their flimsy structure, windows were more of an obstacle than one would think.

The average burglar was no stranger to picking locks and clambering up to an open window to get inside a building. However, if all were closed, getting inside...

the 30th of Saun 718

Previously

Oberan took a few moments to rest, letting his breathing return to normal, and allowing his heart to slow down its rhythm. A careful peak around the trunk revealed that he hadn’t been spotted –though his hearing had told him that as well, since there had been...

The 30th of Saun 718

Debt, huh? Oberan mused.

To be honest he’d never imagined he’d ever be manipulated by someone claiming he owed the a large sum of money. Yet here he was, doing their bidding because he didn’t have that amount of coin.

In front of him loomed a rather impressive mansion,...

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PH for Vel

Placehold.

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45th of Zi'Da, Arc 711
Outer Perimeter, South Side

Trial five, and Max was still too stubborn to drag herself back to the harsh embrace of the Etzori orphanage. The nine year old was never a thief. Ironically enough, she thought rather lowly of the type. Desperate times had called for desperate...

17 Cylus 718

That specific trial was a trial of celebration for many reason or at least that was how F'mos chose to spread the word of the famous new restaurant in Etzos. A different dish each trial by its proprietor, a man who has traveled all over Idalos for all it would offer- culinarily of...

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42nd Trial, Ymiden, Arc 718
Outer Perimeter, South Side
15th Bell

Continued from here

If he was honest (which he often was, despite himself), this was the part he'd been looking forwards to the most. Because it was more a part of him than even the blades he carried or the reputation he...

42nd Trial, Ymiden, Arc 718
Outer Perimeter, South Side
13th Bell

Continued from here

He was dripping sweat and his arms were throbbing, but the chainmail was bloody well staying on . When he was out about his trade, he wore the metal vest. So when he put into practice what he'd learned,...

the 91st of Ymiden 718

Oberan had been giving the Registering function of the orb quite a bit of thought. During his experiments he’d had more than enough time to contemplate the activation of the different functions, as well as their correlation. His experiments had given him some understanding...

the 91st of Ymiden 718

Oberan’s progress with Graeslin’s Orb had been stagnating for about fifteen or sixteen trials now. That many trials back, he’d successfully managed to figure out how to open a portal to a specific location –which happened to be his house. Why there of all places?...

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13th of Cylus 718
There were so many interesting places in the caverns, but the most peculiar had to be a room she had yet to trespass. Navyri tried to be a good girl when not working, but it was so hard ....

/gallery/image.php?album_id=2&image_id=12022 10th Trial, Cylus, Arc 718
Etzos Underground, Outer Perimeter
18th break

It couldn't have made any difference where he was going, but he still waited until nightfall, and knew that when he arrived, the atmosphere would be as he needed it. So far...

14th Ymiden, 718 That's enough Ryder ordered, the cart finally arriving by the side of the museum, Noth yet to be seen. The plan had been a simple one, Ryder and a few trusted Al'Angyryl grunts would have the cart brought to the area in the dark night, then Noth would arrive a few bits later. After...

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Oh but darling
What if you fly? 48th of Vhalar, 717

The most common lock used on homes was the pin tumbler lock. Navyri knew that from an old diagram in a book she saw years before. Essentially it was a chunk of metal...