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The next time the portal activated, bringing yet another form into the waiting room, its light revealed a woman, dark-haired and all dressed in blue and gray. Her arms were folded, and a lengthy spear rested in the crook of one. As the rings faded, she blinked once then took in the room at a glance....

Part 10 -Denouement Wyn eal gedreas! The Hideout. She’d been away a short time, right? Why did it feel as though things should have changed within when she got there? She didn’t enter. She sat against the side of a nearby building, watching the people who walked, considering her next action, trying...

Part 9 – Memento Mori Forþon ic geþencan ne mæg / geond þas woruld / for hwan modsefa / min ne gesweorce / þonne ic eorla lif Senna pressed the attack on the shadowy stalker, using her longer reach and greater speed to good effect. However, what did you do with a creature built of shadows? There wa...

Part 8 – Vignette Wyrd bið ful aræd! ~*+-+*~ ~*+-+*~ ~*+-+*~ ~*+-+*~ She wished there were stars. Lying on her back on top of one of the buildings in Carmina Gatelica, she thought it would round out the experience. Of course, given the situation, she probably should have been more hesitant about wi...

Part 7 – Negative Capability Se þonne þisne wealsteal / wise geþohte / ond þis deorce lif / deope geondþenceð / frod in ferðe / feor oft gemon / wælsleahta worn Shadow side Carmina Gatelica remained as cold and silent as the first time she’d arrived. The streets were clear of movement, and the buil...

Part 6 – Synaethesia Yþde swa þisne eardgeard / ælda scyppend / oþþæt burgwara / breahtma lease / eald enta geweorc / idlu stodon. Getting to the street from the roof of the building was the work of maybe five minutes, mostly because once you actually got into them, the buildings contained a surpri...

Part 5 - Eiron Beorn sceal gebidan / þonne he beot spriceð / oþþæt collenferð / cunne gearwe / ahwider hreþra gehygd / hweorfan wille. The Chaos Gate was no longer there, but apparently the ability to use it remained. The transportation system warped them out of the city and onto a field which look...

Part 4 – Chiasmus Woriað þa winsalo / waldend licgað / dreame bidrorene / duguþ eal gecrong / wlonc bi wealle. Weekends at college consisted of alternating flurries of activity and periods of complete lethargy. It was during these lethargic moments that most of the “hanging out” that college studen...

*waves a belated back-again in more ways than one*

Part 3 – Sturm und Drang ðonne sorg ond slæð / somod ætgædre / earmne anhogan / oft gebindað. /.þinceð him on mode / þæt he his mondryhten / clyppe ond cysse, / ond on cneo lecge / honda ond heafod / swa he hwilum ær / ain geardagum / giefstolas breac It was dark, dark and cold and damp as the base...

Part 2 - Monody Oft him anhaga / are gebideð, / metudes miltse / peah pe he modcearig / geond lagulade / longe sceolde / hreran mid hondum / hrimcealde sæ / wadan wræclastas. / Wyrd bið ful aræd! Angel had been right – once she decided to leave the third hub, the way out was easy, without any obsta...

Part 1 - Ubi Sunt Ic to sope wat/ pæt bip in eorle / indryhten peaw / pæt he his ferðlocan / fæste binde, / healde his hordcofan / hycge swa he wille. Ne mæg werig mod / wyrde wiðstondan / ne se hreo hyge / helpe gefremman. Forðon domgeorne / dreorigne oft / in hyra breostcofan / bindað fæste; / sw...

What was she doing here? It was a hard question to answer – growing harder every passing hour. Was she here because this was where she wanted to be? Or was it because she felt some sort of obligation? Or was it her own laziness – latching on to this group because it was would be too hard to go her o...

I'll be outta here Nov. 8-18ish. I *may* get a chance to check in/post on the 15th or 16th, but I may not. (Or, given that I'll be in the Carribbean, I may not want to >.< )

Volunteering for things was always, always, ALWAYS a mistake, and the moment she made her offer, Senna regretted it. Thankfully, at least someone else volunteered to go along with her – Zhao, whom she didn’t know very well as yet but who seemed trustworthy and at least a little more level-headed tha...