[[Rue isn't at all happy. Instead of waking up in the forest, like she did every morning, and was supposed to do every morning, she'd woken up somewhere entirely different. This was bad enough, and she could have been angry about that and left it at there.

However, whatever entity that had caused her to wake up in a very dark place had apparently ( Read more... )

[[Another Fakir has just climbed out of the lake, sopping wet and pushing his damp, loose hair aside. He adjusts his bandana, fingering the piece-of-eight that hangs from the inside ( Read more... )

[As the sun sets on Halloween, a faint noise begins to come from one of the large ballrooms. With the festive changes that have already taken place, it's not surprising to find this room has been decorated as well ( Read more... )

[[In the early hours of the morning-does everything happen at that time nowadays?-a rather small black she-wolf pads silently through the castle. She peers around corners warily before turning them, often stopping in her tracks to listen attentively.

This is far from where she needs to be, but she doesn’t remember where exactly that place is. It’s ( Read more... )

[The castle remains quiet in the night, save for any noises made by its occupants. The residents have long turned in for the night. It seems to be the bridge between two regular days for this strange palace ( Read more... )

[[Somewhere near the border of the woods, someone sleeps.

A dark-haired young woman is lying underneath a cool and shady tree, curled into a loose fetal position. She appears in her mid-twenties, though maybe a little younger, since she’s made haggard with dust and dirt and who-knows-what else. The only thing she’s wearing is a grey-blue t-shirt ( Read more... )