The Nexus

[After Class] Turned away from him as Aiko is, Kol won't be able to see what's happening on Aiko's face... but her ragged breathing and uncharacteristic trembling tell him everything he's going to want to know. At least until she speaks again. "...They can all go straight to hell." She ra...

Spellman Sisters' Bookshoppe "It's, uh, [phone number]." Sekhmet recites falteringly, unsure of whether she's correct. "Or, uh, the people at GLoG can contact me in other ways. Or, uh, if you have the time to travel, you can find me at [address]." The address in question is out ...

Parent Things

"Well yes, but it's my responsibility to help her get what she needs while I am still around. Doing otherwise is just irresponsible."
Zebes snickers, but over what even Jace isn't sure.

A Desire for Blue Jace uses the stepping stone path to check out the pond as Zebes flutters off to glance through the window. If the window isn’t one they can pass through there’s no other visible exit and no unicorn in sight. Which would be a little distressing since this is the last path in the p...

Port Valdez - Cave Henry does not in fact like glowing predators charging straight at him, and he opens his mouth to scream but his lungs don't have any air in them because his gills are currently being used. If the glowing fish has the misfortune to swim directly into Henry's mouth it would be los...

The Elkthorn House - Emily Rowan makes a rather high-pitched excited noise before calming down. "Well, I'm glad it worked out. I guess it's not quite as practical as just having a magical cleric. Or like...medication. But I guess the calories are a decent trade for medicine's side effects.&quo...

The Elkthorn House - Emily

"It's supposed to help you perform difficult tasks and be more precise in your movements. Did it kick in right away or did it take a while to start feeling it?"
Rowan fetches a notebook and starts writing things down.

The Elkthorn House - Simon Ratticus stares impassively with those beady eyes of his. "Well, if you want to stick around longer and you do actually find him hot for some reason make sure you tell him. Kid's got a stupid complex about his looks as you probably noticed even after he made me look ...

"I'll wear it as long as you want me to." Aran says with a nod. He seems surprised Rein is even addressing him. "Aran LaRouge. I'm Ukry's warlock, yes." he responds, otherwise letting the two discuss things. He assumes Ukry will leave with Rein. He doesn't want to third-wheel th...

[After Classes] "Y...yeah, I hear you." Aikobaz sniffs, grabbing a few tissues and dabbing at the edges of her watering eyes. "...This is really bad, actually, I should... I should probably go -" The ex-empress blushes as her voice audibly cracks, turning away to hide the expres...

Parent Things "Of course it matters. If Khannie is immortal it means she'll outlive me before she even looks as old as I am. And she'll outlive any of the siblings that she ends up having when me and Veronica get around to that. There's a lot of psychological needs that I'd have to make sure s...

Spiritual Matters About the same time the next day, Isaac returns (still in his loxodon shape and robe for the sake of formality) holding a large, honestly rather heavy brick that is tied to the ghost of the Grandmaster of Elephant Rock. The ghostly loxodon appears as a heavyset old monk in a well-...

The Elkthorn House - Emily It takes a while (which is to say, the normal amount of time to make a pumpkin pie) but eventually Rowan deposits a pie on the counter for Emily. Perhaps the most infuriating thing about his cooking is...it all seems very normal? Other than using his large magic-staff-cak...

Springtime Sirius audibly groans as he clamps a claw on the back of Khannie's costume and tries to slip the end of his tail as close to Mary's hand as he can get. Not having hands is rough for these kinds of tasks. " Khannie you have magical shadow powers and can conjure basically anything at ...

The Elkthorn House - Emily "Well, I don't know those bars but I can start with one of the pies. But you'll have to sit around for a while. My magic doesn't make them bake any faster." "Yet." But it's a comfortable enough place to sit so Emily shouldn't have any trouble finding a...

Aran nods his head carefully.
”Yes, Ukry. You’re right. I have no right to talk to my patron that way. I’ll make it up to you. Talk about it later?” He glances at the Rein entering. He feels like he should let the two of them have their space.

"Buddy, I've spent the last year as a gnoll. But if you think this form is great, I'm sure Ukry could hook you up with a few hundred pounds of your very own." Aran says, incredulous at Rein's outburst. "And Ukry, the two forms you made for me are a bear so fat his belly almost drags ...

The Elkthorn House - Simon "Well you two play nice for a minute. I have to use the dragon's room." Rowan bumbles his way down the stairs to his section of the place. Ratticus glares at Simon, paws crossed. "It's my job to keep that idiot safe. So you break his heart and I rip yours o...

”I mean it isn’t a date right now. We met up by happenstance.” Aran is clearly embarrassed by Ukry’s accusation. ”No, I also use the dragon shape when delicate work needs doing. And that one is much more sensitive, right?” Potentially not. The gnoll and the dragon shapes were both made by Aran. The...

Spiritual Matters

"Fair enough. I know these things aren't always an exact science. Um. Same time tomorrow, then?"
He's certainly not going all the way to Underside and back in one day, that's for sure. To say nothing of a detour to Elephant Rock to get a...rock.

Parent Things "Yeah, it's my hope that of all the things Khannie keeps tripping into a title that binds her forever isn't one of them. She'd never be able to sit still long enough for it." Even if it was a very nice domain to be forever bound to, like Eudaemonia's. "On the plus side,...

The Elkthorn House - Simon Ratticus sniffs indignantly. "You bet your snakey ass I am." He blinks, glancing between the two dragons. "So, you brought him for anything specific, or...?" "He just needs a place to stay since he's a Nexus newbie." "And the fact that h...

A Desire for Blue Jace takes the items with a smile. Khannie might get a kick out of the quill and ruler. He frowns at the papers with distaste, though. So this person must have died while hunting the unicorn for its body. Nasty business, that. There's probably unicorns that aren't quite the noble ...

The Elkthorn House - Emily "He's still totally a witch though. He gets one." "No, witches get one when they're short-sighted and want to get sued because there's no way to properly get away with it anyway." "Bah! It would be funny!" Rowan waves him off and starts prepp...

Town

Gala just orders tea and a sfinge which no her player did not have to look up how to spell.
"So Ber'ri, what do you do? Do you work at your family farm? I guess I'm looking for a new career myself given the whole magic thing." Gala asks while swirling the tea.

"I've been doing pretty well. Working on our engines now that I have magic, got a raise, I even got a bigger place." He morosely lifts his prodigious belly. "Maybe not quite big enough... But I admit I haven't been able to make any breakthroughs with the Weaves. I-" He turns to ...

Aran decides to stick to his good streak and stay mostly quiet. ”It’s okay.” he responds quietly to Ukry’s admission. Especially since he can feel that “you deserved better” does not translate to “you can stop being a bear.” He fetches a seat sturdy enough for him at least. ”Seats aren’t the most co...

Riftline ”Well, don’t jinx it. But yeah, I’d say you’re a lot better off than it sounds like you were before.” Rowan glances out the window. ”Oh! You’ve never been to Inside before. Expect anything, stay out of parks, and be careful around fairies. Don’t respond if someone calls you Buttercup. Inte...

If it helps, Aran can already feel that he’s quite unable to show Rein any of his other forms. The invisible hand of Ukry’s will stifles his connection to his power as assuredly as it slaps him into the tremendous form of the storm-bear. The roughly humanoid one at least. Which may actually be an is...

”Well yeah but your masks are…” Aran drifts off again, taking the hint. Ukry is opening a can of worms here. Aran isn’t a complete idiot. He knows to teach him Masks Ukry has some. And it is suspicious of Ukry and their servants never being in the same room. But he’s always just played along and di...