It took a moment for me to settle and try to process what had happened. I now stood on the lower outskirts of the qi-soaked place I’d gone through, feeling the wind howling through the mountains and tousling my hair. My senses were sharper than ...
2020-10-12 19:45:59 +0000 UTC View PostI stayed standing where I’d met that spirit for a few minutes, trying to see if I could still sense him and waiting for something else to happen. Finally, I determined everything was quiet, and started walking again.
I’d been turned arou...
2020-10-09 19:45:59 +0000 UTC View PostIt felt like the world around me had shifted again. I could still sense the mist of qi hanging in the air, but its presence was muted now, almost overwritten by something else. Like a frame holding up something else, another layer of reality.
<... 2020-10-07 19:45:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe view of the mountains was beautiful enough to make me forget about the poison and Mother’s revelation for a moment. It had taken some more time until we could leave, and I didn’t know how long I’d waited in that room before that, but at ...
2020-10-05 19:46:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt took a moment for me to realize what was going on. My mind felt clearer now, more connected, although I was still exhausted. I felt like I’d been ill for a while and only just cleared it, although I doubted it had been more than a few hours.<...
2020-10-02 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI closed my eyes for a moment. When I opened them again, the room had stopped spinning around me, at least. But I still felt sick, and like I was floating around isolated from the world around me.
Focus, I chided myself. I looked at...
2020-09-30 19:46:18 +0000 UTC View PostEDIT: NEW VERSION (30.09.2020)
Of course, I didn’t enjoy the party. Anyone who expected me to probably didn’t know me very well, although I assumed Mother knew that.
It occupied more than just the great hall of the city pa...
2020-09-28 19:46:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs we came closer, I could hear the sea of noise beneath me more closely. I couldn’t make out any individual words, or any other details, but it washed over me with the force of thousands of people. Even if it wasn’t loud yet, I knew I’d be ...
2020-09-25 19:45:59 +0000 UTC View PostI felt like the scent of smoke was permanently stuck in the back of my mouth, etched into my pharynx like a scar of battle and war. A reminder of everything that had happened over the course of this affair, and the destruction and death I’d witn...
2020-09-23 19:53:25 +0000 UTC View PostIt would have been epic, if I hadn’t been in the middle of it. Right now, I could only swallow nervously as I looked out over the battlefield. Instead of epic music, there was the creaking and snapping of equipment, raised voices, and the thud o...
2020-09-21 19:50:24 +0000 UTC View PostI felt like a historical marshal watching their army march along to battle. Although I should probably sit on a horse for that picture, not stand on a flying sword.
I turned and watched the mountains rising up behind the soldiers. This mount...
2020-09-18 19:34:19 +0000 UTC View PostI pressed my sleeve against my face, trying to hold in a sneeze. A group of thousands of people could raise quite a bit of dust, especially on a gravel road. But I wanted to walk along with the army for a while.
It wasn’t the whole army, o...
2020-09-16 19:49:40 +0000 UTC View PostI started awake, sitting up before I realized I was in no danger. Sighing, I ran a hand through my hair. I needed to calm down. Then I took a deep breath and felt at my ribs. Everything was healed.
I looked around, taking note of the soldier...
2020-09-14 19:38:25 +0000 UTC View PostAt first, we moved slowly, carefully. The soldiers had drawn tighter around me and Tenira, and they now all carried weapons. I couldn’t make sense of who wielded what weapon, but they would know what they were doing.
Still, I couldn’t he...
2020-09-11 19:41:52 +0000 UTC View PostI wouldn’t have thought I’d like being on a flying sword, but it was preferable to the litter. I’d definitely gained a new appreciation for the view from up here, the wind playing around my face and the feeling of freedom high up in the air....
2020-09-11 19:40:41 +0000 UTC View Post