Quarrels and Quills

Fira-Nar If argonians could blush, Fira would have been bright red. She held out the book, brought it back close to herself, opened it, closed it, moved it between hands, gestured with it, and finally tucked it under her armpit as she folded her arms across her chest. Likewise, she ducked her head,...

Cait McIvor Watching Marshal with Aidan brought a strange feeling of pride on her. Strange because she felt pride for Marshal - a sort of "by proxy" pride. The way he met Aidan where he was, understood it from a deep visceral place that didn't overwhelm him to access, and then guided the ...

The Agent A message flashed in the corner of the datpad and I nearly ignored it but for the point of origin. SCORPIO? Unusual. Stranger still was that the message was not her usual single-sentence summons. It was a link to a Republic news cast, along with the words 'Unimpressed with the Republic's ...

Padawan Dallyn As much as Master Visper's opening statement shamed him, he was unable to look away from her gaze. It was as though she could see right through him. Just like his Master. That knowing , he realized, was part of the problem. "She would, yes." he said, forgetting that the sit...

Rhiannon, Ewan, Charis and 'Sully' The dog sniffed Annie's hand, licked it, then sneezed. He flipped over onto his belly as though propelled by the sneeze itself, looking up at Annie, Charis and Ewan in turn, his tongue lolling out. The tongue was abruptly pulled in as he abruptly sat up in respons...

Nairn Tuckamore The pivot had been worthwhile. Summerset had eventually given up its books on the world's own magic and Nairn had collected them to herself as a hen gathered her chicks. They sat in piles around her at the long table she'd claimed. Before her, pages filled with precise lines in her ...

Cait McIvor She'd given the book an intense sniff when Jameson suggested a more nefarious origin than she'd originally imagined. Jameson's scent was on it, but there was someone else, too. An older scent, but nothing remarkable about it. At least, not at the moment. She filed the information away i...

Riff He breathed a sigh of relief when the vampires said they were willing to work together instead of keeping to themselves. The smile on his face was perhaps larger than most people were used to seeing, but it was offered so naturally that hopefully they'd see how genuine the feeling was. "O...

Rosemary Bain She took Lucie in her hand, whispering words over her as the bird lay on her back cradled by Rosemary's fingers. When offered a droplet of water, the jackdaw drank it down greedily. The witch slowly gave the bird additional droplets until she turned her bill away. She flipped over ont...

Nairn Tuckamore She thought Ulga was giving up a little too quickly - at least, she had once spent weeks researching a single topic in the bowels of the Priory's 'secret' library, so the fact that the woman was declaring defeat after less than a day seemed hasty. At first. Nairn soon realized that ...