718 Vhalar 55, continued from here ...

They moved through the streets, the three of them, one after the other after the other. It wasn’t difficult for each to follow their mark – after all, so many who wandered alleys of Lair were directionless at best. Though lost for a moment behind a twist or a...

718 Ymiden 25...

When Graciana had informed him he would be heading down into the depths of Plenty, she hadn't been very clear as to what it was he would be doing. In the recent seasons, he'd been handling more and more of the mundane requests people sent her; glorified babysitting, cleaning...

715 Cylus 2...

Quill in hand, the scritching scratching sounds of its sharp end filling the relative silence of the study with a steady beat, Mads carefully stared down at his work. He was much better at writing and reading in foreign languages; speaking and listening were far more taxing and, by...

704 Ashan 23...

“Ah-peel.”

A trill passed. “Apple.”

“Eh-peel.”

Two trills and a very gentle sigh. “Apple.”

“Eh-pool.”

Madame Graciana Moreno lightly pressed her fingers against her temples, let her eyes close for a brief moment, and sighed. Picking up their conversation in Vahanic once more,...

718 Vhalar 55...

Silence filled the bloody shadows of the alley, as if it, and only it, had been the only thing to ever exist there. It didn’t hang in the air, like some passing wanderer, rather it was a force, a presence , thick and heavy and commanding. It existed; it was .

And it had wrapped...

65th Trial of Ymiden, Arc 515

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“So what happens now?” Big asked.

His tongue speak was improving marginally.

Quiet shrugged. He wasn’t sure, in all honesty.

The sun had risen and set only once since he was chosen for Reception, and since he was the...

40 Saun 718

The Devils of Stone, the affectionate name for the courtyard of the Celestial Enclave. It was a massive, expansive courtyard, with a garden in the center and paved paths around, with places to sit and chat or admire nature. It was a serene place, even in the chaos of the Enclave,...

39th of Saun, 718

Her eyes gleamed with an honest vibrance which Quiet hadn’t yet seen in this town.

Her hands, marked by an unknown influencer so that the tips of her fingers and the veins up to her elbows tinted a sort of deep, energetic purple, were shaking with a greed of potential.

One...

716 Ashan 20

There were a lot of rocks in Quacia. There were jagged shards of quartz, soft rounds of pumice, faded and smoothed stones of marble and granite, and many, many more. Mostly, though, there was the nameless, grey Qucian “rock”. It coloured the city, the streets, the interiors and...

716 Cylus 11

H is foot still itched. It felt as though his very skin was crawling, and while he’d been able to ignore the sensation as a minor annoyance for the most part, it had steadily grown more and more prominent until it became the only thing he could think about. Reaching down, he...

3rd Trial of Season, Arc 718

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The weather had not shifted since Quiet's arrival.

Gray.

Overcast.

Featureless, barren, gray.

Quiet's discovery of Quacia was met with mixed emotions, which had not faded in the 16 or so hours he had spent on its...

/gallery/image/15108/medium Ymiden 2nd
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Theme: ㊮ In for the Kill ㊮

Within the Lair one could find all sorts of pleasures, among vice & fetishes, and be content. It was a den to many interesting and odd individuals, and yet was wrapped in an aura of personal freedom. One could come and be...

68th Trial of Ymiden, Arc 715

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White knuckles struggled to keep firm grip of the wooden staff, sweat and anticipation loosening his grasp of the tool under the meat of his fingers, anxiety loosening his clutch.

The wind moved with him. It delicately...

716 Ashan 31...

Sweat dripped from the tip of his nose, trailed down the sides of his face, and had long since stained a blossom of darkened patches around his chest and under his arms. The linen of his shirt clung to his irriguous skin, itching uncomfortably. Heat from the sun’s light beat down...

716 Cylus 10, continued from here ...

With a roar, pale hands stretched up above her head, the thin fingers like claws in vague illumination of the few, scattered, dying bloodlights that had been tossed into the ally by passersby long since departed. The first sphere was joined by another,...

716 Cylus 10...

Quacia was never, truly dark. Blood kept the city lit; it coursed through the streets, those winding veins and arteries. There was a pulse to be felt in the air, in the silent emptiness and the steady beat of feet against the cold stone paths. There was even an odd warmth – the...

709 Ymiden 22...

Dark blue extended out in every direction. Light had no place there, neither above nor below the endless lake. The sky, if it were sky at all, was empty – no stars, no moon, nothing but darkness. The surface of the water was barely discernable, a thin line of a bluer black, a...

706 Ashan 51...

Mads, darling, take a seat.

In the two odd arcs he'd spent under the Madam Graciana Moreno's care, Mads had learned three very important lessons. The first was when the Madam asked him to do something, whether it was a direct command or suggestion, she expected him to do so. The...

715 Zi'da 32

Are you ready, Mads? Graciana stood beside him, a thick grey cloak wrapped about her shoulders as she eyed him with an appraising raise of her brow.

As I ever will be. The exercise was simple in theory: create and maintain an abrogation field. He understood the concepts behind it...

1st Trial of Vhalar, Arc 710

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His back ached from how many times he had attempted the maneuver. His feet ached from slamming against the hard ground, scratching against the hard bark of the tree trunk. His forehead, damp with sweat. The ground...

70th Trial of Ymiden, Arc 715

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Like the dawn, you broke the dark, and my whole earth shook.

As if the first look upon new light was the first I ever took.

Breathe. Patient signed.

Quiet was new. He was newer than new. To say he knew...

9th of Saun, 713

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The quick pitter patter of feet, light on the brush of the forest floor, disrupted the otherwise tranquil nature of the forest that covered Outside Island.

This was a common exercise for Quiet. One he had practiced since he was a...