1st of Vhalar 719

Zuny had studied her face from line to line, all through his childhood and into adolescence and adulthood. She'd always seen him as a little brother, or perhaps just another Orphan to arrive out of the Lust's Fallacy, albeit honored with the acceptance of the ladies that lived...

12th of Ashan 697

In the days since his brithday in Cylus, Geneva had been more aloof than ordinary. Often absorbed in what she called 'her work' and the continuously ailing health of Minerva, she had little time left to care for poor Zunylanih. The other mothers were barely to be seen, and even...

23 Cylus 697

Warmth beckoned Omesintihlih through a jimmied window into a storage room. The girl went to a corner behind the boxes, and settled to listen to the voices muffled beyond the walls of the establishment. It'd been twenty trials since she left home, and she hadn't gone back yet. Lair...

3 Cylus 697
The window gave easily. A simple clasp unhooked, while her siblings slept, and Omesintihlih slipped onto the second-floor ledge of their small Shanty house. She tiptoed along until she reached the nearest bloodlight post. The girl spun down the black iron, and landed with a flourish of...

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6th of Cylus 719

It'd been ninety-nine trials since Rakvald had made overtures toward resolving the dispute between himself and that cavernous sow, Ildred. He thought that perhaps their earlier coupling would have softened her disposition, but events occurring...

Some trial in Ashan, Arc 717

Candlelight flickered against the shadows. Huddled in a corner of the torture chamber, next to the work table, Zarik squinted to make sense of the small letters of the book on his lap. He held the candle closer to the pages, and ignored the hot wax that dripped over...

Ashan 50 719

No.

Ye can't be serious!

Y' heard our Cap'n!

It's wrong an' ya know it! Those 're people down there?!

You don't think I know that? The captain spat coldly. Just do as I say and make ready to sail! As she demanded this of her crew, Frederick however didn't seem too happy...

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70th Ashan 719

The Flutterbus to Ne'haer took Rakvald as far out as half a mile from the coast of Quacia. There, it hovered, while Rakvald negotiated with the pilot.

I need down here. He said in his broken common. Quacia.

We don't fly there, we'll have to dump...

72 Ashan 719

Previous Thread

The walk from the tea parlor to the shops along the Gleam had gone quickly, but quietly. Zarik didn’t say much. Though he didn’t hold onto the rope as a leash for the slave girl, Oceta, anymore, and instead held her hand, he didn’t respond to anything she said on...

77 Zi'da, Arc 715

It’d been over two seasons since Tomé . A lot had changed. Zarik and his father had finally settled into their new home: a decent-sized house on the edge of a Quacian sector known as the Gleam, bordered along the residences of Shanty. It was larger than the townhome they’d come...

61st of Ashan 719, ~1PM

Alright, Dosan, the Solghannon echoed as they crawled across the floor, dragging their thick hide through the dirt and sand of Kephallonias rainforest-like jungle. A few trials have passed since Alistair and ourselves attacked the last village and news has no doubt...

48th of Ashan 719, ~07:00

The trial had just begun, and Fridgar had instructed both their initiates to meet them on the beach. Earlier that trial, they had discussed with Alistair their plans for taking Kephallonia, but that was before the sun came up. Now though, the pale-skinned giant was...

38th of Ashan 719

Steadily, the great, pale Sohr Khal Came to perch upon a rise in the thick rainforest that surrounded the spiked, wooden walls of Hadrana, the island's capital. The climate was hot, humid and heavy. Breathing was hard for those who weren't accustomed to the weather. From the...

Late Morning, 52 Ashan, Arc 719

O n the island of Tyros, in the small city of Miletos, the late Ashan morning proved warmer than if they’d still been in Quacia. Zarik sneaked away, from his studies and obligations, to indulge in the villa that served as their new home. Temporary though the...

“I am a cage, in search of a bird.” – Franz Kafka

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Zarik heard the thunderous bells ring across snow-covered Quacia, echoing a call for The Gleam to wake and serve those who would dare venture into the cold for bits and baubles. He was, of...

㊝ Ashan 33rd, 719 ㊝
㊝ Mood: Confused
㊝ Company: Himself
㊝ Current Thought: Where the hell am I?
㊝ Current Theme: Sohei
㊝ Attire: Common Clothes
Common Speech
Vahanic Speech
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㊝ The viper stirred from his sleep, stretching his body, expecting to...

57 Ashan, Arc 719

“Wh-what do you mean she ran away?” asked Zarik, his voice raising to a shout. “Where to?!”

“I’m not sure, Lord Venora,” answered the headmistress of the orphanage. “The gateworkers saw her and a couple other of the children head northwest.”

Northwest meant the far coast, the...

72 Ashan 719

The Market in Lair wasn’t like the Market in Shanty or the Market in Gleam. Yet the market in Lair had the most to offer than any other in Quacia. Housed inside the stone architecture of a den, it kept out the elements of rain and wind, but it also kept out those who might...

☵ Ashan 65th, 719 ☵
☵ Mood: Calm, Alert
☵ Company: Himself, Lothar, Group
☵ Current Thought: these Idiots
☵ Current Theme:
☵ Attire: Crimson Devil
Common Speech
Vahanic Speech
〖 Black Snake 〗【 White Snake 】

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Screams of death and agony echoed as Dosan, Argo, and...

㊝ Cylus 9th, 718 ㊝
㊝ Company: Himself
㊝ Current Thought: Look what I found
㊝ Current Theme: Oni
㊝ Attire: Common Clothes
Common Speech
Vahanic Speech
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㊝ A request, well more so a job had come from Duke Detlev in that he had suspicions of a...

72 Ashan 719

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The first stop on their errands was a parlor in the Gleam. Zarik led the girl inside, but once they were in, he handed the rope to Oceta so she would hold her own leash. He had no need to keep hold while they were off the street and away from the crowds. The biqaj...

☵ Ashan 65th, 719 ☵
☵ Mood: Calm, Alert
☵ Company: Himself, Jumper, Lothar, Group
☵ Current Thought: Perfect
☵ Current Theme: Skiki no Uta
☵ Attire: Crimson Devil
Common Speech
Vahanic Speech
〖 Black Snake 〗【 White Snake 】

T he clearing was lit by the sun of the morning, and Dosan...