"Why do you have to be in the limelight?"Wasn't sure how to answer that. She's aware of how Roland's been pariahed out of the "larger game"... and that it's a tactic that's encouraged by a certain style of player ( Read more... )

The scarlet-clad man glanced between the two missives in his hand.

Dominus and Archon ( Read more... )

Matilda wondered why Roland had walked outside, smiling... until she saw the computer.

Evening All ( Read more... )

Roland le Moissonneur. Serein. Philosopher. Harvester. Crone. So was he known, by many. Known, and feared, and loathed, and reviled, for daring to walk the borders between the Circle, and the Ordo.

A step in the Danse Macabre that still caused ripples, to this very night.

Can't stop what's coming...
Can't stop what is on it's way.
A glance, not ( Read more... )

"Mathilda?"

The charming young woman turned and looked at the one calling her, habitual smile never leaving her face.

"Come here. I wish for you to see this."

Tilting her head, she approached him, taking a place on a nearby chair, and began to read...

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"The Code Duello has been abolished in the Low Countries because we know it for what it is ( Read more... )

The tilt of a head.

Desire. Hunger.

A scarlet-clad glove touched a delicate orchid brooch, luminescent in the eyes of those gifted to detect the delicate flows of arcana.

Curiosity. Frustration. The iron core which declared them kin.

A quiet smile, in the moonlight.

Grief. Then, the deliberate application of thought.It was not important that ( Read more... )

The Serein Bloodline, Application #USA-NW-LA-0601-52042, first obtained Global Approval in March of 2006. The mechanics of the Bloodline were changed, and they were re-approved by Global in April of 2007. On Friday, the Bloodline passed the Global Review process unchanged, making it the third time that the MST and assorted staff have approved it ( Read more... )

"Do you remember what the question was, Robert?"

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"Kissing me goodbye, little sister?"
"Hardly. Only a welcoming to doing exactly as you please and think is best."

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“Now, being this, the world makes sense."

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"If you come to harm, the city will burn."

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"Is that what happens to us? A life of conflict with no time for friends... so ( Read more... )

When it comes to Roland and House Wax last week?


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Mercury flowed across the empty field, red on green, the blood and the leaf, as the scarlet-clad man took his stance.

Pivot. Sidestep, Overhand sweep. Each one to a name.

Alita. Parry. Giselle. Block. Mary. Dodge. Marie. Slice. Maria. Leap. Elena. Charge. Julia. Feint. Judith. Slay. Alitagisellemarymariemariaelenajuliajudithalita...A blur. The ( Read more... )