Amdirlain’s PoV - Beneath Wudang Mountain
Rustam rushed through the tunnels after her, his Power reaching out to constrict passages. His first attempts were too slow, and Amdirlain hurriedly dove between closing rock walls. She continued to race along even as he started t...
2024-11-17 21:18:32 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Wudang Mountain - Zixiao Palace
Dark furnishing and decorations were a constant theme as they moved through the palace’s corridors, yet they had a comforting, protective feel rather than being coldly repressive.
They eventually came to an expansi...
2024-11-14 20:35:30 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - West Wind’s Court
Four days later, Amdirlain stood at the midpoint of a narrow valley neck, carved plateaus along its sides accommodating thousands of observers. She counted at least thirty distinct orders from the varying styles of robes spread across...
2024-11-11 04:10:21 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain's PoV - West Wind's Court
When Amdirlain arrived at the library, nearly two scores of curious practitioners followed her. Their broadcast thoughts were awash with even wilder rumours than those she’d heard from their initial guide. A student leaving the library ...
2024-11-08 02:27:46 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - West Wind’s Court
Bai Hu hunted her tirelessly, his blade slicing open flesh at the slightest opportunity. The tricks she used to hound Master Payam and Jinfeng earned barks of laughter from him. Throughout the clash the air buzzed with metal striking ...
2024-11-04 09:54:02 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - West Wind’s Court
The first techniques they found proved problematic, so they moved on through the collection. During the following hours, they discussed and culled dozens more for various reasons. The comfortable conversation and her use of classical ...
2024-11-01 04:59:13 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain's PoV - Northern Tibet - West Wind's Court
The young boy assigned to lead them buzzed excitedly, his eyes roaming over the view from above the city, but he still paid enough attention to direct their route northwards. As they travelled, the rumours circulating ove...
2024-10-28 09:17:42 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain's PoV - Nepal Mountains - Silver Lake
Preparing to leave Silver Lake didn't take long. The biggest delay was Jinfeng fetching Timur from the compound. After they returned to the inn, the group found an isolated spot some distance from the town suitable for a sparr...
2024-10-25 00:09:42 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Material Plane - Space
While Amdirlain and Gilorn planned and caught up, Amdirlain recreated the world she’d just destroyed; this time, she used the planetary songs from the orrery rather than a composition from scratch. Freed from composing on the spo...
2024-10-21 06:58:56 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Deep Space
When Amdirlain arrived, the chain reaction within the sun had the mass shifting through hues towards Gideon’s predicted whitish-blue. She settled in a spot she calculated would be a suitable distance from the fierce sun for an Earth-like pla...
2024-10-17 22:07:01 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Nepal Mountains
With their return to the suite, Klipyl fixed Amdirlain with a worried look. “I updated Ebusuku on what happened. She’s worried about you, so if you’ve got anything I can share with her that would be appreciated?”
“I’m cl...
2024-10-14 19:38:35 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Nepal Mountains
For five days, Amdirlain constantly sang; in her lightning-fast perception, she combated the gnawing pain with music for an agonising eternity. Sarah hadn’t left once but remained standing behind Amdirlain’s floating form with arms wr...
2024-10-10 09:48:40 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Nepal Mountains - White Tiger’s Claw Sky Keep
On the second morning of the junior tier matches, Klipyl sat beside Amdirlain in their section in the upper stands. Jinfeng was below, meeting with other members of the sect she had fought beside years ago....
2024-10-07 01:19:24 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Nepal Mountains - Silver Lake
The morning after the senior students' ranking wrapped up, they divided the arena floor into ten large circles spread out along its length. Their formation was a staggered pattern that allowed each circle to extend past the ...
2024-10-03 21:28:31 +0000 UTC View PostThis time, the changed scene is outwardly more congenial, yet it rings with a thousand malicious tones that scream through my bones and stick their tongues into my ears. As they slime over my eardrums, I clamp my palms to my temples, pressing to keep my brain contained. We’ve arrived on a balco...
2024-10-03 10:51:35 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Nepal Mountains - White Tiger’s Claw Sky Keep
None of the newly passed students were in sight when the afternoon rounds started. The afternoon’s combat still showed minimal Ki use; the most common signs were an incoming blow slowed, a strike hitting ...
2024-09-30 20:52:23 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Nepal Mountains
When Amdirlain and Jinfeng returned to the inn, Sarah spilled the news of the Grandmaster’s plan to include Amdirlain in the tournament.
“Oh, really?” purred Amdirlain. “This should be fun.”
“You’re going to acce...
2024-09-26 21:25:03 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Nepal Mountains
Amdirlain had settled down to relax with her scrolls, but her renewed leisure time was brief. A half-hour had passed when she felt Sarah and Kadaklan returning through the mental link, and Amdirlain unlocked the door without rising from t...
2024-09-23 00:07:20 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - West Wind’s Kingdom
As they moved away from the kingdom’s edge, the villages became more settled towns with well-equipped guards, regular patrols, and sturdy bridges over the broader rivers. When spring had finally rolled around, they were among the ...
2024-09-19 14:11:34 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Northwest India
As they trekked northwards, Amdirlain felt for minds nearby. Beside the buzz of the village thirty kilometres ahead, there were only a few hunters about, with both Human and non-Human minds. Glimpses from their eyes showed scaled bodies b...
2024-09-16 12:10:23 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Barents Sea - North of the Russian plains
With the house packed up, they reappeared on the edge of the ice-covered sea, only to find a blizzard had erupted since their departure. Kadaklan wrapped his arms around himself, clutching his flapping robe about...
2024-09-13 05:22:24 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain's PoV - Vehtë - Norway
The group fell into an easy routine of training and exploration, with a strange absence of White Dragon sightings that Sarah attributed to the change of seasons. Amdirlain allowed the others to handle the monsters they ran into, having alre...
2024-09-09 21:49:16 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Vehtë - Norway
When Amdirlain returned to the river bank where Sarah’s house had settled, she found Sarah clearing a swath of trees towards a rock face. The others were tending to the debris nearby and stopped when she arrived.
“I found a frie...
2024-09-06 11:46:48 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Vehtë - Atlantic Ocean
Amdirlain stood looking over the barren rock beyond the dunes and hummed at the back of her throat. The dragons’ occupancy had probably lasted over a thousand years since they’d driven humanity from the equivalent of Europe an...
2024-09-02 18:16:35 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV
Upon leaving the Lizardfolk village they’d restored, the group bypassed the other settlements on the peninsula and traced a route westward along the sea. Once they passed through the strait into the Atlantic, they followed the coast again until they reac...
2024-08-29 11:01:24 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Mediterranean Sea - Italian peninsula
Amdirlain returned in time to see the first twenty villagers stir; groaning with fatigue, they looked about in confusion. As Dralic moved to reassure them, Klipyl began to revive the next group.
With the group ...
2024-08-25 22:02:30 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain's PoV - Vehtë - Mediterranean
By the time Amdirlain returned from the ruined temple, Kadaklan had finished cleaning the filth from Jinfeng.
"One ruined underground temple complex cleared," said Amdirlain. "Shall we wait here until sunset and cross at night?...
2024-08-22 04:40:28 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Vehtë - Mediterranean Sea
The sea breeze from the Mediterranean brought with it the odour of dung fires from the Lizardfolk town. Its haze wafted across the ruin and mingled with the images her techniques showed her. Clairsentience strained to show the ...
2024-08-18 08:44:50 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Vehtë - Greece
After the drama with Lutu and the gorgons, the next day’s trip along the coast proceeded with a suspenseful quiet. Kadaklan harvesting from bushes to test for alchemical properties made Amdirlain jump in her skin the first time leaves s...
2024-08-15 04:38:27 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Vehtë - Mediterranean Sea
Hours had passed and, with the sunset, Sarah had called it a night to get some rest. The waxing moon was nearly full, illuminating the rough terrain, and Amdirlain sat on the front porch, catching up with Klipyl and Jinfeng. Wh...
2024-08-11 08:50:02 +0000 UTC View Post