Ragnarok

Something warm enfolded Leana. Thick. Nice. She sniffled and glanced up to see a face above her. Almost frightened with uncertainty.

Silence stretched, but Leana tried to smile at her in thanks, meeting the woman’s eyes.

But the woman only said, voice tight, “Don’t feel. It will only hurt in the end.”

Leana’s smile faded a bit. True. Memor…[Read more]

Leana slipped into the room, he opened the door for, hoping this wasn’t a trap. Some sick joke. That the other woman was really in here… But also sort of hoping she wasn’t.

Leana froze. Eyes fastened on the bed. An actual bed. Just the legs were almost a foot off the floor. And the actual mattress was a foot above that. The sheets and pillows…[Read more]

@kimlikesart Lol really?

The chaotic energy is strong with this castle!

Oi, uh, I’ve still kept up where everybody’s at right? Con is…following them to the room Arsene got for all the guys, and Arsene’s with Leana and Crorie, guiding them to their room. Hades and Sherlock and Arsene are already in the room waiting for the others.

And…[Read more]

Leana watches as they disapear behind a door. Not sure what to do. She sort of wants to disappear. Go out into the apparent night, and start walking back home. But without any directions… it seemed unlikely she’d get there.

And Alessio had said he knew her father. Had acted like Dad was nearby.

She leaned against the wall, across from the…[Read more]

“I am unaware of how Alessio was handcuffed to me. I don’t enjoy it any more than he does.” Sir Scary said in a low, tense voice. He did not like talking to strangers, duly noted. Of course, Alessio had yet to find something Sir Scary did like but that’s just detail. “Arsene arranged a hotel room and neither of us are going to get a better op…[Read more]

Leana’s eyes softened, ire lessening just as quickly as it had sprung. “I’m sure there’s a way to get them off.” She glances from Alessio, to the other man again. I assume you both want them off. Frankly, the man in all the armour looked like he might know a way… “What is your name?” Leana slid to the side a bit. Wary… but willing to listen. Wh…[Read more]

Heheh, nor his daughter😅✌️

“Wait!” Leana cried after them. “Sir. Stop it!”

Alessio first thought was literally had he done something, but he realized she was staring at Sir Scary, her eyes flashing with indignation. Oh. No wait this actually was a very suspicious set of circumstances with no good explanation available…

“Sir, who are you? Why…[Read more]

Cathy- You’d be right about Nithel not approving. 😄

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The man bound to Alessio put his face in his hand, muttering, “Idiot.”

Leana’s brows lowered, eyes narrowing at that. Frankly, she didn’t know why he’d called him that. And… frankly, she didn’t much care. *many thoughts, both frustrated at NoName, and wondering pity*

But then Ale…[Read more]

Beside him, his would-be assassin gave a slow, suffocating-martyr sigh, and facepalmed. “Idiot.”

Alessio paused and cocked his head at Sir Scary with his biggest, most innocent wide puppy eyes.

“You have eminently superior intelligence and cleverness, I bow before your observational skills. It took you one short day to determine I’m an idiot,…[Read more]

“Thank you. I…That’s…kind of you.” Leana said looking baffled and glancing at everyone crowding around her. Honestly felt like the Disney Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs but Alessio would have to break the Fourth Wall to make that observation 😉

They certainly made the most outlandish group you could think of, now that Alessio was thinking…[Read more]

Leana’s eyes widen when the man playfully shoves some sort of parcel into her hands. It crinkles strangely, a sound she’s never heard before… Like the crunching of locust shells? But… mixed with the song of a living locust? And it felt smooth… few things were this smooth. Maybe the flat of blades, but even that was a different smooth.

“I h…[Read more]

Alessio peeked up again when Arsene tumbled in carrying a strange bag.

What did you just steal?

With an unusually kind smile, he handed the bag to Leana. Alessio stared at it inquisitively. And then blinked because he wasn’t as suspicious of the contents as he should be. What just happened, why isn’t he more wary of Arsene, he’s wary of every…[Read more]

*Whoops! I posted before refreshing the page and I missed your post @ethan-leonard 😅✌️

”How can I help?” The Armor Guy had asked. Alessio eyed him suspiciously, but he didn’t do anything bad so…

Maybe Alessio could help…

Just back off you’re making her uncomfortable!

He bit his lip, suppressing the urge to bite his knuckles. But everything…[Read more]

“Excuse me,” he said, “Sorry for listening in on all that’s going on, but your father it sounds like needs help?”

Are you offering? I assume he does. Our whole country does. Leana nods slowly, despising the tears that roll down her cheeks. But also glad she’s able to cry.

”How can I help?” His voice was so kind. The corners of his eyes crinkled…[Read more]

“He’s alive,” The man stammered, “We were both lost…wherever here is…”

Alive. Leana closed her eyes and her whole body sagged in relief. He’s alive… My father’s alive! 

“I don’t know where he is now. But I’m looking for him too–“

She smiled back at him, eyes sparkling. That is still more than she’d heard for a year. Nithel was alive. Or at…[Read more]

The other guy whipped around toward him, brandishing a hilt. A hilt with no blade. I’m so intimidated. Alessio thought blankly, his hand instinctively sliding to his knife. But the Armer Guy seemed to rethink and removed his helmet.

He did look a little less intimidating when they could see his face. A little less.

But Alessio was busy staring a…[Read more]

@ethan-leonard (Ooh. Cool! Thanks.)

Leana jumped again when Con jerked something from his belt, but… it just looked like the pummel of a sword. It could be dangerous. But when swords were a mite scarce…

Con’s lensed gaze seemed to be surveying Leana and the small clump of others. She felt miniscule, but noticed.

He removed his helmet, then…[Read more]

The girl nearly flinched when Alessio spoke, darting looks back and forth between them. He winced. Couldn’t he just try to be a little more reassuring and it wasn’t even his business he wouldn’t be surprised if she thought he was some sort of creep now! Whatever, as long as he backed off…or was proved to not be a threat.

Alessio just wanted…[Read more]

Oh… Woe. Leana straightens her shoulders, some, and rubs her hands together nervously. She had no idea what most of that meant, but assumed he was important. In some way. Some how. Maybe a prince of his clan?

She cast a quick glance to the second guy, and back to ‘Con’. She searched her brain, for what the name meant. Dad always knows right…[Read more]

The loud smash behind her, made Leana’s eyes widen. She put her back against the wall, not a door, but still looked at the helmeted man. His voice had sounded kind, teasing. But she wished she could see his face, his eyes.

More voices off to the side.

Her hands hovered over the small pouch.

“Hey, is there something you want to say, s…[Read more]