A chill wind rose from the Veil, the barrier separating the plane of Rumiga from the endless Chaos outside. It swept past the mountains, cutting into the three-tiered city eponymously named Rumiga City. The Radiant Sun rose, casting its powerful light across the land, banishing the trace amounts ...
2021-05-10 14:01:32 +0000 UTC View PostLukas didn’t know what to expect when Aengus led him away from 28 Quartz. He certainly didn’t expect to be brought back down to the Lower Ring, into a tavern’s backroom and have a sack thrown over his head.
“You can’t betray what you don’t know,” Aengus whispered in his ear. 2021-05-10 13:46:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Jiro Finley Segawa, Legate of the Legion Vagaris, groaned as he got out of bed. The Season of Air had started and his bones didn’t appreciate the chill. That or he had been woken up just five minutes from his schedule by incessant knocking on the door.
For a moment, he wondered where in t...
2021-05-10 13:30:59 +0000 UTC View PostLightning struck the exposed metal tines in the chamber, arcing between each metal rod rather than travelling down to the earth. The chamber was dark, illuminated only by the ebb and flow of the lightning. At the centre of the contraption that drew in power from the Chaos flows above, a glimmerin...
2021-05-10 13:16:00 +0000 UTC View Post“I think it’ll be easier if I just wear this thing instead of carrying it piecemeal!” Amiri protested while Virgil and the others divided the articulated plate mail pieces and secured them on their backpacks.
“It’s not safe,” Virgil said firmly. “Not all artefacts are benign. ...
2021-05-10 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostDisappointingly, the next few rooms were some kind of barracks instead of more armouries. Virgil supposed that it made some sort of sense. Having the barracks near the weapons locker was a common enough arrangement. He wondered what kind of defensive gear they used though. The armoury had no armo...
2021-05-03 14:04:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe fields were on fire. Acrid smoke rose from the hornets’ bodies, rising straight up until it pooled just underneath the dome. Some of the trees had caught fire, too, their sap boiled and burst the bark, aiding in the combustion.
Amiri revelled in the flames. It called to her, caressed ...
2021-05-03 13:43:02 +0000 UTC View PostYuriko barely kept herself awake during History class. It was with the rest of the first-year students of Sharom so there were about one hundred thirteen-year-old boys and girls in a single lecture room with the lone professor whose voice, unforutnately, droned monotonously.
Half of their f...
2021-05-03 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostVirgil's jaw dropped when he saw what Amiri and Balliol brought back from their scouting trip. His own scouting trip with Sarra had been uneventful; they’d only managed to mark more stone hallways that curved gently enough that he barely noticed when they walked out of sight.
Balliol and ...
2021-05-03 13:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostEmyr Kinnock approached Yuriko just as she was about to get up and head out for lunch. He stopped about a pace away from the desk, glanced at Ella-Mai and gave her a friendly nod before he faced Yuriko and gave a small bow of greeting.
“Miss Davar, I understand you are acquainted with my ...
2021-05-03 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostYuriko slept late that night, reading the ‘Treatise’ in her room. She got halfway through the first chapter which was essentially Amafi rambling about his thoughts, his childhood, and his time growing up, while avoiding any mention of the subject of Animus and ambient Chaos. Still, she was up...
2021-04-26 14:04:11 +0000 UTC View PostLukas woke earlier than usual the next morning, his eyes bleary and a foul taste in his mouth. A quick check when he envisioned his Anima showed his core to be full save for the amount taken up by his Facet, of course. He immediately shoved his hand underneath his pillow, releasing a sigh of reli...
2021-04-26 13:49:06 +0000 UTC View PostThat afternoon, Yuriko and the other Elite class students were led to a small lecture room labelled Jade 101, by their class advisor, the cat-eyed woman. There were ten of them in all, six nervous-looking boys and four equally nervous girls. For the first time, Yuriko wasn’t the tallest in clas...
2021-04-26 13:31:15 +0000 UTC View PostToday was the 1st Day of the Season of Air and the beginning of Yuriko’s first term in Sharom Academy. The past couple of weeks were relatively uneventful aside from her efforts to adjust to her new living conditions.
She didn’t have a roommate assigned yet so she had the entire suite t...
2021-04-26 13:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostAmiri Senaka Cypher tapped her foot impatiently while the boys and Sarra debated on whether they should enter the ominous-looking passageway or not. Balliol wanted to just get it over with, Sarra wanted to remain cautious, while Virgil stared at the wall, lost in thought.
That’s always th...
2021-04-26 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe first time Lukas attended a...meeting, Lukas didn’t know what to think. They went to a tavern in the Lower Ring, in the more prosperous part of town. Lukas dropped off Kiruna’s share of food first then headed over to the 23 Pence Alehouse.
Most of the people inside were workers with...
2021-04-19 14:12:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe cold would have been infinitely worse if there had been a breeze. As it was, the lack of moving air was disquieting. Virgil sat in front of the campfire, the heat was the only thing causing the air to shift. If he hadn’t studied the Ennoia he didn’t think he would have noticed, but given ...
2021-04-19 13:53:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day was Enrollment Day. Yuriko woke up at her usual time. Unfortunately, she couldn’t make use of the Steps of Torment in her regimen by virtue of the fact that it was across the Gap and more than a league away from the Inn. She did manage to drag Krystal, Mikel, and the twins for the ...
2021-04-19 13:31:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, Yuriko’s training regimen had changed from building up strength and stamina to merely maintaining her current physique. She sprinted most of the route--an entire league--as fast as she could, followed by the flexibility training scheduled she scheduled for the day. The sword d...
2021-04-19 13:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostKrystal stretched her arms up high as soon as she alighted from the Commuter Tram. Her eyes were gritty and her teeth felt gunky from forcing herself to sleep or read through the annoyingly long trip from Faron’s Crossing to Rumiga City.
Sure, it had been exciting at first, but only for t...
2021-04-19 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Where are we supposed to go?” Yuriko asked a minute later after they got out of the crowd of disappointed teenagers. A couple were sobbing quietly into their hands while a few were leaping about in joy.
Yuriko noticed that only a couple of kids in Gwendith’s posse looked happy and th...
2021-04-12 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostFor some time now, Yuriko felt vaguely dissatisfied with her training regimen. She got up before dawn, alternated sprinting and jogging for at least a league, then proceeded with either body weight, flexibility, or agility training. Afterwards, she would practice her sword dances with five differ...
2021-04-12 13:45:01 +0000 UTC View PostLukas had a lot on his mind after he returned home from the Northern Quay. Aengus’ words echoed in his ear. They had finished their work early enough that he had time to visit the cartridge shop and sell his Animus, though he only got a paltry four copper pennies for his trouble. Still, that wa...
2021-04-12 13:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostAlmost as soon as Yuriko returned to the Shepherd’s Cross after her morning jog, the concierge called for her as she walked past the common room. She looked at the current attendant, a young man barely older than she was, who had a shy smile and a freckled nose.
“Yes?”
“Miss D...
2021-04-12 13:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostCharlene Dezu Antiga tapped her fingers on the long, u-shaped table while she waited for her colleagues to arrive. She was seated at the lower left side of the U-shape, while her fellow Agazan instructor, Silus Gethen, sat beside her around the corner. The Sharom instructors would be seated on th...
2021-04-12 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe Rose’s Thorn broke past the Chaos waves and stopped just close enough to the barrier for Virgil and the others to get a good look at it. The expanse in front of them was solid, almost too solid. A typical plane’s barrier was still somewhat porous, allowing some of the Chaos into the plane...
2021-04-05 13:59:19 +0000 UTC View PostLukas yawned in the early morning light, trying to keep his jaw from dislocating. He’d been up late last night and had a scant few hours of sleep. Now, just before dawn, he was already on his way to Mazer’s Emporium.
He’d left his sister still sleeping at home with a loaf of bread and...
2021-04-05 13:45:01 +0000 UTC View PostVirgil, Balliol, and Sarra didn’t have to ride the whirlwind to return to the Rose’s Thorn. The Waypoint dissolved on its own. It started from the edges though only Virgil could see it. The barrier between the place and the Chaos beyond slowly dissolved.
The Chaos streams outside forced...
2021-04-05 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post“You didn’t do well?” Kato asked when Yuriko and Orrin arrived at Shepherd’s Cross. He was sitting in one of the lounges for afternoon tea. A platter full of bite-sized snacks, tea sandwiches, mini-pastries, and scones was in front of him.
“Worse,” Orrin snickered. “She thinks...
2021-04-05 13:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Remember, you have two hours. Finish as much as you can,” the cat-eyed proctor said with a smirk. The sheaf of exam papers was an inch thick. Yuriko thought that there was no way to finish all of it even if they were using a regular pen instead of trying to write with their Animus.
Yur...
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