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hermia_sophia wrote in estdeus_innobis Jan 25, 2014 14:32

We knew it would come.

For four years, ever since the dream of the red city and the blue, we knew it would come. For three months, ever since the dream of Nanshe telling me what we must do.

And yet we always thought we would have more time before we had to be ready.

We very nearly were ready, that night that the earth shook ( Read more... )

marbas, chester, hermia, syl, hope, mab

the morning after

hermia_sophia wrote in estdeus_innobis Jan 04, 2014 09:50

[The morning after the dream of Nanshe]

Dear Ms. Thorn ( Read more... )

hermia, syl

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hermia_sophia wrote in estdeus_innobis Nov 21, 2013 17:03

One week laterOur life has become a happy haze of the sort that I had nearly forgotten ( Read more... )

nanshe, hermia

but then there was a star danced, and under that I was born

hermia_sophia wrote in estdeus_innobis Nov 18, 2013 19:04

Everyone says that it is easier the second time around. And it is, I suppose, for I already know what to expect. And it was briefer, for which I am grateful to all the gods!

And safe and healthy, for Nu was watching over me. Her calm voice, her soothing ripple of words, her kind hands - and, of course, the magical aid that she gave. I knew more ( Read more... )

valmont, hermia

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hermia_sophia wrote in estdeus_innobis Aug 29, 2013 16:21

Thursday, June 14
Valmont and Hermia's Garden

Well. This is going to be awkward.

But a bit of awkwardness is well worth the trouble, and worth the greater good if we can turn Mab aside from the path that she is on. If we can win her back to the path that I know she wants to follow, but has gone astray. This person who delights in violence and ( Read more... )

valmont, hermia, mab

The lesson is but plain, and once made perfect, never lost again

hermia_sophia wrote in estdeus_innobis Jul 22, 2013 21:12

Monday, June 4
Hermia's StudyThis is the hour that Alice and I have claimed for ourselves, in the middle of our busy days. Our work is both over for the day, and Valmont has Luc for his father-son time before the Whitechapel becomes busy ( Read more... )

chester, alice, hermia

for present comfort and for future good

hermia_sophia wrote in estdeus_innobis Jul 07, 2013 15:34

Friday, June 1
Day 1461
The garden behind the WhitechapelI think that today I will stay in the garden. The sun is shining, and I can sit on the chaise longue with my shoes off and my feet up, and I have all of the books that I need with me - and the notebook for my project with Alice, too. I shall have to speak with her about that when she returns ( Read more... )

wanda, rose, valmont, hermia

"The beast inside me is caged by frail and fragile bars."

shards_of_alice wrote in estdeus_innobis Jun 19, 2013 14:00

[Saturday, September 20th (day 482 ( Read more... )

alice, hermia

I have been troubled in my sleep this night, But dawning day new comfort hath inspired.

hermia_sophia wrote in estdeus_innobis Jun 12, 2013 21:47

Friday, September 19
Hermia and Valmont's apartmentThe sun rose, and it was over ( Read more... )

valmont, hermia

This is where dreams - dreams, do you understand - come to life, come real. Not daydreams: dreams.

glass_beddau wrote in estdeus_innobis Mar 23, 2013 12:37

[Wednesday 17th 479Thursday, September 18th (day 480)]
[The Abbey]
[In a late strange time]The air is cool, and still, and waiting to burn ( Read more... )

nanshe, valmont, hermia, wanda, chester, lucien, glass, damien