Sage - Putting on a Show

**Putting on a Show** Written By: Skabaard The stage was nearly set. The raised, wooden platform that she stood on was separated from the rest of the room by a thin, white canvas that had been stretched taut on its frame like a sail on the...

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A Biased Opinion

**A Biased Opinion** Written By: Skabaard This. This was why she hated dogs. Her new neighbor's pit bull was braying incessantly at a stray that had been roaming the suburbs for more than a week now, and she had been rudely awakened from...

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Valorie - Early Morning

**Early Morning** Written By: Skabaard Valorie sat as quietly as she could manage as she cautiously stoked the little fire she had managed to kindle from the mostly-dead cinders of its brother from the night previous. Its wan glow weakly...

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Hector - Check-Up

**Check-Up** Written By: Skabaard It felt like he was running faster than he ever had, but he still knew it wasn't fast enough. His padded paws met the smooth floors of the Sanctum Arcanum with frantic insistence, and he nimbly darted...

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Dragon's First Concert

**Dragon's First Concert** Written By: Skabaard The air around her was alive. It pulsed against her skin like the heartbeat of a god, and she could focus on little but the spectacle that unfolded around her. She was a single point in a sea...

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Emma - Reunion

**Reunion** Written By: Skabaard Before she could even groggily crack her eyes, Emma registered the familiar warmth of the weight that occupied her arms. Her head ached like a nail had been driven into it, and she grumbled as she squeezed...

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Emma - Welcome

**Welcome** Written By: Skabaard Water pounded down on the sapphire scales that lined her bare front, giving her a full body massage as she laid spread eagle atop the gently sloped roof of the Sanctum Arcanum. Her broad wings were limp and...

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Emma - Homecoming

**Homecoming** Written By: Skabaard Polly walked awkwardly out of the room in the morning, grumbling fiercely, but nothing could hide the satisfied grin plastered over both their faces. Emma lingered a little longer, cleaning herself...

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Emma - Creature Comforts

**Creature Comforts** Written By: Skabaard Though Polly had termed it a "house", the complex of structures that rose up on the horizon would have put to shame no small number of the holdings of Arvandor's nobility. The McClain ranch was nearly...

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Emma - Friendly Faces

**Friendly Faces** Written By: Skabaard Emma's entire body ached, and she groaned as she took an unpleasant breath, filling her lungs with brisk, mercilessly chilly air and cracking her eyes against the sharp, piercing glare of the sunlight that...

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Emma - Survival Instinct

**Survival Instinct** Written By: Skabaard ** ** ** ** ** ** Time passed, sometimes slowly, sometimes too quickly for her liking. Eventually, the gods granted her with a cloudless night, and she was able to use the familiar shapes of the...

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Emma - A Long Walk

**A Long Walk** Written By: Skabaard Emma sat on the frigid, rocky ground, huddled close to the crackling fire she had managed to kindle. The dense, resinous wood of the coniferous evergreens in the little stand of trees that she was...

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