“There it is!” came the shout of an accented voice, ringing from between the trees. “Warriors to the front! Quickly, now, boys! Don’t langor!” Shadows of the night stretched and bowed around KoGuRai, heavy with the feeling of many people hidden among the forest trees. His senses were blurry. It was difficult to remain aware, [...]
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“Quick! This way!” SoYa grabbed AsaHi’s hand as a second Esgyll swooped down towards them, out of the flashing battle skies above. The girl gave a soft sound as he led her towards a nearby grove of trees, just on the fringe of the Compound. “Zento!” she cried, looking back over her shoulder at the [...]
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Lucci’s breath rasped within his ears as he raced down the grassy hills outside of the Compound. The weight of the scythe was heavier within his hands the longer he ran. A trail of shimmering silver mists followed his path as he sped forward, mind reaching and searching for any trace of Master TsuYa. Though [...]
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“SoYa? Are you back?” AsaHi called, wiping her hands on a rag as she walked out towards the dining area. The plates that Lucci had taken with him were sitting on the long table, though one plate already had a number of sandwiches missing. I swore I heard his voice! He’s always late for lunch… [...]
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“Is there anything I can do to help, Morh-AsaHi?” Lucci’s silver eyes peered down at her hopefully. She turned to smile at him from where she was placing the last few fixings on one of the lunch plates. The fact that she was standing up on a step stool to reach across the counter and [...]
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TsuYa stormed through the curtain of leaves like a tempest, the branches swaying away as he pressed through them. The weight of the stone was slight in his balled fist. Almost non-existent. What’s wrong..? You wouldn’t know, would you, SoYa! His feet carried him away from the calls of his brother and father, eventually past [...]
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Zento could hear the hollow sound of his breath expanding and contracting around him in the narrow corridor. No matter what he did, he couldn’t make the sound any less nervous. No matter how firm his footsteps sounded as he strode toward the lit archway, he couldn’t ease the thundering of his heart. I must [...]
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They broke from the shadows of the forest – two winged harbingers of doom! Zento landed lightly on his toes, shrugging the last of the moss from his shoulders. In the future he would choose his ambush spots better, away from dangling moss, spider webs and ant hills. Caught within the jaws of a two-pronged [...]
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“SoYa…” AsaHi was folding and unfolding her hands in her lap. “I’m really worried.” The Apprentice was taking his turn at the afternoon meal, cooking small slabs of meat on a wide, flat platter. The color had begun to return to his face after being allowed another night of rest. The morning had found him [...]
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It was raining down on the Mainland. SoYa found this fact puzzling because he had not expected it. It hadn’t been raining earlier in Ceiswyr. Then again, it probably never rains up there. It must be one advantage of living in a city above the clouds. Coming back to the ground was a strange sensation. [...]
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