Cathy

Leana did squeak as the table flipped. As she saw the dark dust around the guy’s hand. Zounds. Eyes wide as the pans, she pressed her back against the upturned top. What do I do?

The idea to again run and hide, overtook her. The idea this was just a strange dream. Wondering who she could turn to. Why these guys were acting like little boys,…[Read more]

Leana gaped as the fight broke out. She’d been in frisky fights before, with her family. Be it apples, hay, dung, water, or pebbles. But she wasn’t in the mood for it, and honestly would much rather go outside and start toward home. If home still existed.

But even if she did feel like a food fight, such a thing, in such a beautiful setting, with…[Read more]

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@kimlikesart
Hey look, it’s your squad!

@this-is-not-an-alien

LOL That is really cool, although… Con would actually be in “Guys, we need to find food, shelter, and good water!”

Caleb shrugged when the Hussar continued to drink.

“Suit yourself.”

Slipping over to the general store, he went over his list. First he needed to find a way home. Simple enough. A tall woman was at the counter reading a catalog.

“Excuse me ma’am.”

She looked up at him.

“Could you tell me if any ships are heading to Koral?”

She smiled…[Read more]

“Pardon me Ma’am, but are you hungry?”

Leana’s eyes widened, and she looked up to see one of the men. The one who’d given her the bag, and the chocolate. She wanted to scoot back, but Leana already leaned against a wall. “I-” I am.

I don’t trust you. I don’t know what’s happening? I want to wake up. How can this be real? But who do you say all t…[Read more]

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(I thought it was Sasa Lele. 😄)

Leana would have thought it was Sasa Lele, shyly, like Alessio. If… she could read. 🙁
She might be inclined to think they’re just ugly curly-cues… that… might have been supposed to be pretty?

Leana honestly had no idea where to run, after getting down the stairs. Go back to Crorie? No. No. She ran the other way, darting around a man with strange clothes, and into a giant room.

Her jaw dropped and she looked up at the painted ceiling. Three or four houses tall. A giant thing hung from the middle of it, hundreds and hundreds of jewels…[Read more]

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

She took another step back at the absolute chaos in the room. At Alessio’s apology. At the arrow. At the two guys trying to wrestle the others to the ground.

Run? She bit her lips and whispered, “It’s morning.” One of the suns had just started to flicker through the drapes, at the end of the hall. Finally.

The man growled as the other tackle…[Read more]

Leana gaped and took a step back, before she thought better of it. Don’t let these geezers think you’re afraid of them. She pulled her shoulders back, and waved at the frumpy man, with a fake smile, “Hi?”

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(Aw. <3)

Val:

I glance back as the wall behind me suddenly creaks, rolling forward with a grinding screech.  “The room’s shrinking!” someone yells.  I stumble, yanking Calix forward as the crowd surges around us.  The walls in front roll back, parting as we flee the room.  It’s so much darker in this new room.  I shrink back as people bump into me, brus…[Read more]

Leana bounced on her heels, outside the door. She glanced both ways, down the hall, Am I waking them up? She knocked softly, again, and decided she wouldn’t knock a third time.

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After Leana and Crorie finally laid down to go to sleep, Leana found herself staring at the ceiling. She wished it was sky, above, so she could see the stars. Leana could name almost all of the glowing embers. At least the closest ones. Papa said he didn’t know the fainter ones, as well. And more or less guessed their names, from the reaches of…[Read more]