Quarrels and Quills

Devrin Olan "You don't understand," Devrin replied. "I do not blame you for that. This is simply more than your limited mortal mind can comprehend. Sellia belongs to me. And I don't mean in the sense you mortals use it - silly declarations of 'eternal' love that will only last your p...

Eve Travers "Ah, yes," the Auror said. "Investigating to make sure you were reporting only the truth. Very prudent." The words were correct. But somehow, they flashed warning lights in Eve's brain. He went on, "I believe such fair and prudent witches as yourselves, then, wi...

The Vessel There was a crackle of static, then a faint, "I think he's talking to us!" in the background. Then a man's slightly accented voice came in more clearly; apparently he had picked up the handset. "Uh. Hello, Lighthouse. Switching to. Uh. Seven-four." There was some sile...

Thompson's Man He lay motionless on the concrete floor, willing himself to sleep - it would be better if he could just get some rest - but the cold of the floor felt like it was leeching all the warmth out of him, and he was so thirsty, and he ached so badly all over. Had there been something he wa...

Marshal Knox and Jameson Bryant "Wakanda?" Marshal asked casually, gesturing to the phone Jameson was slipping back into his pocket. "She said no, right?" He was prepared for that no. He'd been steeling himself for the no, ever since the subject came up. He could accept it. He c...

Jameson Bryant Jameson was elated - and more than a little relieved - that everything had gone so well at S.H.I.E.L.D. and Marshal was a free man. As he should be. But that wasn't enough. The mission was only half complete. Physical freedom was important, but there were other ties that held Marshal...

Visper Averrod-Iresso Visper regarded Dallyn for a moment. Then she said, "This is a very serious mission. Innocent lives are at stake. There will be people counting on us, and if we fail, no one else is coming to their aid in our place. We cannot have any distractions." She met his eyes ...

Marshal Knox Marshal couldn't quite believe how his hearing had turned out. He kept looking over his shoulder, expecting guards to come chasing after him, shouting that there had been some mistake and dragging him back to the detention he'd been locked up in when he first came to S.H.I.E.L.D. It di...

Maureen Finnegan This left Maureen in a rather awkward position. Cait obviously had a good rapport with Sully; that was an understatement. She was clearly a caring and compassionate person. Cait was Marshal's friend. ...But she was also about twelve. And Maureen couldn't just send a dog home with a...

Sellia The vague foreboding that had been haunting Sellia for days had suddenly coalesced around that locked door. She'd been gone for only a few minutes, and Gwindor had been asleep. He would have had no reason to lock her out - nor was it realistic that he had managed to get himself up and across...