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Nollie O'Nell

  • Nathair was sulking in some corner of the room pretending he wasn’t sulking by reading all the labels on the still intact glass tubes.

    He stopped when he heard someone behind him and turned to see Nithel with Leana clinging to him like the trusting innocent she was. What did he want now?

    “I’m sorry…” Nithel said softly. “I shouldn’t h…[Read more]

  • “Daddy?” Leana gasped at Nithel’s tone, looking at him in shock.

    “You don’t know anything about survival…” Nathair whispered, and thoughts raced behind his eyes.

    You don’t know my story. Nithel’s heart pulsed with anger, but at his next thought it turned to pain. But I don’t know yours, either. 

    “Exactly how much do you ‘want what’s best…[Read more]

  • “You speak like your name, Snake!” Nithel shouted, his voice reverberating through the room like a real cry. Alessio couldn’t remember ever hearing him raise his voice, even in the worst parts of their adventures. His gentle manner made it all the more passionate and…terrifying. “True friendship gives without expecting to be given back. It does w…[Read more]

  • BURN

    “Hey! Where’d the monsters go?!”

    Search facepalms. “Please stop drawing attention to yourself.

    I ignore her. “Why is everyone ignoring me?!”

    “Please. Shut. Up.”

    No.

    “Kind Punk! Notice me!” I consider a moment. “But Snake Punk can ignore me.”

    “Wait. If Angry Punk is here, I can punch him.” That would be a good day. I’ve already punched…[Read more]

  • Drowning again? Honestly. This was becoming rather unpleasant.

    His damon arm always acted weird in water. He disliked the feeling. He wouldn’t be escaping with it. How unfortunate. At least he had the enhanced strength to assist him. With the sheath Muramasa, Hades bashed the glass. He didn’t trust the lever, meaning he would not be using it.…[Read more]

  • “Daddy?” Leana gasped, lifting her face and seeing a man kneeling before her. Wrinkles hovered around his eyes, and on his forehead. His golden hair had turned gray around the temples. Scars touched his arms. Are there more beneath your clothes? His muscles were still there, somehow firmer. His eyes… his beautiful eyes were so serious. They’d…[Read more]

  • Whoops, he’d pushed it too far, and this time he hadn’t even meant to. Well. Mostly. Nathair was testing boundaries that was how you figured people out, and figuring out people was how you stayed safe and got what you needed.

    “Thank you. It is.” She stepped back, baring her teeth in a plastered smile. Then shifted to an order, maybe to fluster…[Read more]

  • @this-is-not-an-alien, @ethan-leonard, @rusted-knight, @ragnarok, @kimlikesart

     

    BURN

     

    WHAT IS THIS SCALY THING THAT BROKE ME?!

    Okay. It broke the prison too. And that’s a good thing but still.

    What. Is. It?

    Eventually, I stop rolling – Rolling. Through. Glass. Punk. It. Sucks. – and came to a stop.

    Problems remaining: still don’t know wh…[Read more]

  • Leana feels his arm tense at her question, before he gave a smile… too sweet… and patted her hand. You’re lying to me. (With his smile.) But his answer cuts away whatever distrust started to form, she knew many men who put on false smiles… to hide their pain…

    “Because my parents were very bad and hated me, next question?”

    I’m sorry. [Read more]

  • “Here.” The girl moved forward, getting herself cut in the process, and then she took his arm. Nathair watched her a little like a wary animal, not used to being touched. But she kept her word and gently plied the glass out of his skin. Tears were starting to well in her eyes as she worked.

    “I am Leana daughter of Nithel.” She said, and added w…[Read more]

  • Ugh, everything hurt. It hurts. Where’s Alessio? What is this place? Owowowowowowowowow, Arsene was in pain. Please let something happen that would make him turn humanoid again.

    He was wet. He hated being wet, why was he wet?

    Ow… Just let him sleep… he was tired… he hurt everywhere…

     

    Before Sherlock could rip that fake to pieces, he…[Read more]

  • Leana winced as Nathair stood, and held out her arms to keep him from moving, before pulling them back. “Here.” She stepped forward, wincing as she stepped on glass herself, and took one of his arms gently, avoiding the cuts where she could. She looked at the shards, and felt like her heart was being stung. But she started removing them, carefully…[Read more]

  • The girl smiled tiredly at Nathair, looking at him with a sort of confidence that almost made him uneasy. Complete trust? Not even Alessio had looked at him that way, even at his most trusting, that was just stupid.

    “I…meant your cuts? I don’t know anything about this place-“

    “Ah. Well. That would be nice too.” He said with an ironic smile, fumb…[Read more]

  • BURN

    Okay.

    So.

    I can scream for help.

    I can break the glass. (haha, yeah. Sure. Just magic up some super-strength like Drake. Right.)

    Or … will the switch flip again?

     

    Nope. It’s stuck. Perfect.

     

    Anyway that alarm is off.

    I’m just gonna … keep ignoring the glowing hearts on my arm. Why not?

    I mean, ya’know punk. Why wouldn’t…[Read more]

  • Leana- Leana’s eyes held pain, but hope. She smiled tiredly at the man, trusting him,  for some reason. “I… meant your cuts? I don’t know anything about this place-” This dream.

    She looked at the tanks, but struggled to recognize any of their forms within them. It was like they were purposely blurred. Where’s Alessio? <span style=”font-size:…[Read more]

  • Nathair coughed, in a bloody heap by the broken cage, but thankfully that obnoxious ringing died out. He would’ve had it just fine but for some reason his powers hadn’t worked. Drugged? Sure that would explain an ability damp but there weren’t effective stops for ghouls and besides that he was a wizard.

    He hadn’t felt this helplessness since t…[Read more]

  • Leana gasped and gagged as she fell from her strange cage. She’d found the lever, after the water drained away, after she’d given up on escape… but here she was. Hacking on a stone ground. Trembling with cold, from head to foot. I hate water. Actually, she was never really given the chance to love it.

    She lifted her eyes, still wheezing and saw…[Read more]

  • @this-is-not-an-alien

     

    [Nathair chooses to break the glass.]

    [It trembles with each hit. But the water sloshes around you, slowing each blow, muting each hit.]

    [This won’t do.]

    [You urgently need air.]

    [Play it smart.]

    [Look for a weak point.]

    [You try attacking where the glass meets the base.]

    [In the process, you accidentally hit the s…[Read more]

  • BURN

    [Do I have to be alone right now?]

    [But I guess it’s fitting.]

     

    Isn’t it funny though? When you think about it? My entire life – well, everything I remember about my life – has been spent worrying about number one.

    Yeah.

    This doesn’t change the fact that I am my own worst enemy. It’s me, myself, and I that beats me up. Me, myself, and…[Read more]

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