Zero’s Awakening
Xalogan ran through the underground complex with hasty desperation as TALOS pursued him through the desolate hallways, the pounding of his heart and lungs matched by the rumbling strides of the massive Automaton. Xalogan glanced over his shoulder and...
Always
**"But Mom doesn't believe me..."** I whined as I laid down on the floor of my bedroom, which contained my seashell cover bed, a blue dresser and bookcase, filled with children's books. My room itself was sky blue, save the creamy white carpet, and...
16th Star of Sorrow
Soft sobbing could be heard in the darkness of a small room, where the only source of illumination streamed through a window, the curtain slightly drawn to give a small glimpse of the darkening neighbourhood outside where the streetlights lit up one by...
16th Crescent Past Sadness
**_"I hate you!"_** **_"She's gone, and she's never coming back!"_** **_"Who do you even think you are!?!?"_** ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Those words echoed through my head that day. Repeating over and over, like someone...
Part 9: Just Live
_'And you ended up becoming a knight after all.'_ Bloodies smirked. 'Sure, but you wanted to know my origin story rather than what I do for a living nowadays,' he replied. _'Of course. Did you ever take Sir Simon up on his offer, though?'_ Bloodies...
Part 8: Our Tribe
_'First assaulting a priest of Akatosh, and then "actually" throwing younglings into the arena? By the Divines, that's... That's madness!'_ Bloodies said nothing for a little while and finished what was left in his goblet before pouring more wine....
Part 7: The Grand Melee
_'The Emperor had a priest of Akatosh beaten close to death? That's... Unthinkable!'_ Bloodies put his cutlery together on his polished-off plate and set it aside. 'I thought so too, especially when we had been taught that we must "serve and obey the...
Part 6: The Longhouse Emperor
'_Astounding--oh, thank you.'_ Two plates of Colovian roast turkey were set down by a server, who excused herself and left the room. '_So, the Face of Akavir was a Dragon Knight?'_ Bloodies had already started eating and swallowed his first bite...
Part 5: The Face of Akavir
'The Face of Akavir trained Fleet and myself,' Bloodies explained as he paced with goblet in hand, 'first in how to use a blade without hurting ourselves, then actual swordplay and stances. The next night, we would stow away a training sword to teach...
It's Not So Cold in Coldharbour
Stops-His-Heart was pallid, very much so for an Argonian. Though he shied away from the light, sitting as still as the dead against the wall, it was evident his scales were a cold white-purple- a far cry from his original shimmering black. His pale...
Part 4: Meeting Your Hero
_'They sold you as slaves to the Imperial Arena?'_Bloodies-His-Face nodded and refilled his goblet with wine. _'What was that like?'_ 'It was scary at first. We were only young--myself probably only three years of age--and we were scared of Gaius,'...
Dear Lover
Dear Lover, I am sorry to impose, But I write to you now with the utmost regret. I must confess to you my cardinal crime: I have masqueraded as something I am not. You think the world of me, Never a day goes by where you don't sing my...