Who: Miel, Zero, Ransom
Where: A small clearing in the woods, a mile from Landsdowne, 30 miles from Finaqua
When: January 25th, 12:00 (Please note the backdate)
What: Rescuing Zero

The plan had worked.  Miel was not fool enough to imagine there had been no mistakes.  One could never tell.  But each had played their part very well indeed.
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Who: Cain, Miel, Ransom, Possibly Raw or any guards
Where: Infirmary
When: January 24th, 4 PM
What: Arrival of the ill

It was not long after four o’clock that the castle population increased by sixty six.  Sixty six with twenty of them desperately ill.  The rest were parents, caretakers, three doctors, two nurses and eleven drivers.

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Who: Mielwynn, Gordon Ransom, Gabriel Grey
When: January 22nd, 12:00 pm
Where: Inn of the Golden Suns
What: Plotting

The missive she had sent to Gabriel Grey had been simple enough.

Dearest Brother,

I know our dealings have been few and far between.  However, I find myself in a bit of inconvenient trouble.  I doubt father would be very ( Read more... )

Who:  Jeb, Mielwynn
When: January 18, 12:30 am
Where: Zero's chosen hideout - Mielwynn's room
What:  Healing and more

Mielwynn's room was full of rich, jewel tones (without a hint of red) and some cream and pastel colors as accents.  The furnishings were graceful and seemed to incorporate knotwork.    She directed  the two longcoats to place Jeb on ( Read more... )

Where: Ballroom
When:  a little past 11 pm
Who: Mielwynn, Jeb, Az,  Open
What: Dancing.

Mielwynn had followed behind Zero, stunning the guards to the entrance to the ballroom so they were stuck in a temporary time hiccup.  Seconds were all they needed, and she couldn't afford further drain on her stored between the illusion and the 'extraction'.

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Who: Mielwynn, Gordon, open 
Where: Inn in the Realm of the Unwanted
When: January 15th, morning.

Mielwynn watched Ransom sleep.  She’d exhausted the man.  She’d done things with him not humanly possible.

Pleasure and pain until one became the other in one glorious conglomeration.  And all it cost him was a little blood.

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Who: Mielwynn, Zero (any of Zero’s cronies)
Where: Wherever Zero is
When: January 13 11:am
What: Rubies beyond price

Mielwynn had been waiting a century for someone who could heed her call.  Someone with a dark soul, capable of what she needed, whatever the price.

A century ago she had tried to take her brother’s throne.  He and his ( Read more... )