Indigo series, Indigo & GrimyahyarrowenJuly 7 2014, 01:55:00 UTC
The Anchor
They were three days out, and the Pride of Simhara was already settling into an easy rhythm: pitch and rise, pitch and rise, on a glittering sea. The routine of the ship was likewise settling; Macce's crew, plucked from their waterfront lairs were as professional as could be, and all were eager to be going home. Home, in their case, was out there beyond the prow with its anchor, net and trident figurehead; out there on the wide ocean
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Re: Indigo series, Indigo & GrimyahyarrowenJuly 7 2014, 01:55:56 UTC
It was in the second winter of Grimya's exile from her own kind. She'd been skulking around a camp of the horse-folk - any company was better than none - and listening to the singing around the camp-fire. There had been music too, and she lay, a little beyond the firelight, head on paws and listening as the notes and voices formed a bright braid in her mind. I wish, she thought, I wish that I could join them. But I do not dare.
So she dozed for a while, senses still alert for any danger, as they were always alert, and it seemed that she dreamed; or so she termed the pictures that came while she slept, from the scraps of conversation that her questing mind had gleaned while she lay at the fringes of human camps. But she was not asleep, not quite.
And yet, there sat before her a creature that had not been there before. It shone bright, for all that its fur was the colour of earth; and its eyes were golden, the colour of Grimya's own as she had seen them in this forest pool or that.
Re: Indigo series, Indigo & GrimyahyarrowenJuly 7 2014, 01:56:45 UTC
Grimya was alone. The camp of humans had gone. Much time had passed. The trees around her were clothed in a green as bright as those ferns had appeared, when bathed in that golden glow. Spring was here
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Re: Indigo series, Indigo & Grimyalost_spookJuly 7 2014, 16:31:12 UTC
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This is lovely. The tone of the fic is pitch perfect for the series, the explanation behind one of Grimya's abilities is clever and touching... and awwww, basically. It's easy to believe, because Grimya just is that true a friend. I'm so glad you wrote it - thank you!!!
Re: Indigo series, Indigo & GrimyahyarrowenJuly 8 2014, 09:56:59 UTC
Thank you - I'm so glad you like it! I certainly can't plot like Louise Cooper, but it seemed to me that they might get some quiet moments from time to time just to exchange reminiscences; and it also seemed that the Earth Mother's emissary would be just as likely to appear as a wolf as a human.
Thank you as well for reminding me of the series - I've enjoyed the re-read so far!
Re: Indigo series, Indigo & GrimyahyarrowenJuly 9 2014, 00:52:35 UTC
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Wow, thank-you again! And the hunt is on for the rest of the books; I remember the end but not how they got to it in much detail, so I'm looking forward to that.
They were three days out, and the Pride of Simhara was already settling into an easy rhythm: pitch and rise, pitch and rise, on a glittering sea. The routine of the ship was likewise settling; Macce's crew, plucked from their waterfront lairs were as professional as could be, and all were eager to be going home. Home, in their case, was out there beyond the prow with its anchor, net and trident figurehead; out there on the wide ocean ( ... )
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So she dozed for a while, senses still alert for any danger, as they were always alert, and it seemed that she dreamed; or so she termed the pictures that came while she slept, from the scraps of conversation that her questing mind had gleaned while she lay at the fringes of human camps. But she was not asleep, not quite.
And yet, there sat before her a creature that had not been there before. It shone bright, for all that its fur was the colour of earth; and its eyes were golden, the colour of Grimya's own as she had seen them in this forest pool or that.
Little sister.Grimya gave a soft yelp of ( ... )
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This is lovely. The tone of the fic is pitch perfect for the series, the explanation behind one of Grimya's abilities is clever and touching... and awwww, basically. It's easy to believe, because Grimya just is that true a friend. I'm so glad you wrote it - thank you!!!
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Thank you as well for reminding me of the series - I've enjoyed the re-read so far!
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Hope you continue to enjoy the re-read!!
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Wow, thank-you again! And the hunt is on for the rest of the books; I remember the end but not how they got to it in much detail, so I'm looking forward to that.
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