I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 4

You've survived your first run-in with the alius." the room was deathly silent, most on the verge of tears again, though some shot daggers at blair with their eyes. "i know some of y'all are feeling angry. hurt. betrayed, even.

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I Dreamt Of Wasps - Chapter 5

I didn't drown this time, but my alius is a bastard, though." "why? what happened?" they made a humorless chuckle. "i woke up in middle of a small room, wearing virtually nothing, standing in front of those draagen.

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I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 10

Something to take our mind off the trials of our bouts with the alius." part of max wanted to go. if it was anything like the rare traveling troupe that passed through his village, it could be a lot of fun. "you can go, i don't know that i want to go."

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I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 3

# Chapter 3 Max began to feel lightheaded. He blinked, fighting the odd sensation that he was floating up to the ceiling. He looked at the floor, confirming that he hadn't moved an inch, despite what he was feeling. He turned to say something to Alva,...

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I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 1

As chief of initiates, it is my job to supervise you on your journey to finding your alius. i'mma be frank, not all y'all are gonna make it to the end. some of you will give up, and i can't say i'd blame you.

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I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 12

# Chapter 12 Max slept better that night, if only from bodily exhaustion as much as from any other benefits of the Balance. He was at least thankful for it to stretch out sore muscles after the session. He did notice that, having done it, the crawling...

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I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 11

# Chapter 11 Max found himself again in the featureless stone room. Remembering what the stranger had promised him last time, he looked up at the ceiling just in time to see the first wasp nest fall through the trap door. Then another. And another,...

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I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 9

# Chapter 9 When Max awoke again, he found himself not in the small cage that he was used to, but in a featureless stone room bathed in the warm glow of one of the Academy's strange round lights in the ceiling. He looked around himself, finding that...

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I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 8

# Chapter 8 Unfortunately, the training sessions didn't get better. The next four sessions were the same nightmare, with small variations he presumed was to keep it scary for him. The worst was when they threw bunches of rotten fruit and vegetables at...

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I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 6

# Chapter 6 The next morning, Max awoke before dawn as he usually did, though he wanted to go back to sleep again. It had taken him an hour to go back to sleep after Alva's screaming woke him up. Though he wanted more sleep, he knew that he would...

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A Prideful Fall - Chapter 2

"next over there is alius.", dekkon then said, gesturing towards a brown bull that barely seemed to acknowledge them. "we call him awl. just because he's into pikes. not the kind backer's into either.", he said, to a round of laughter from around.

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