[ Clare seems pretty calm, given she's covered head to toe in a sticky orange substance that could only be pumpkin. But she's not here to talk about the dangers of trying to catch severed heads. I have been lax in my duties of late. New arrivals, if you have not received your welcome muffins, report in. I can also answer any questions you may have ( Read more... )

[ At first it's just voice. ]

I've been thinking about determination. The reasons why we fight.

Perhaps it's time I moved out of Dismas. I should be stronger than I am.

[ Suddenly, Video! There is a full-grown duck pecking at the Forge, which is angled awkwardly towards Clare from the cushions of the couch on which she's sitting. For a moment ( Read more... )

[ Clare looks flushed, her lips red as though bitten and the pupils of her silver eyes huge and dark. When she speaks her voice is higher than usual, with worry and something else. I don't really understand. This feeling... it's as though I am trying not to lose control and go over my limit. But I'm in the undercity, I don't have any yoki at all ( Read more... )

I have heard that people are going missing.

[ Ironic entry is ironic. ]

There do not seem to be many here willing or able to uphold the promise they made to Priscilla. Didn't she once ask for volunteers who would unflinchingly take her head in the event that she Awakened?

[ the Forge switches on: it is on a small table, the feed partially obscured by the cloak-pin and handful of ivories that have obviously been dropped haphazardly onto the table with it. ]

Raki? Raki!

[ Clare appears in the frame. For those who last saw her after Riful's ministrations, the difference is acute: she is healthier and far more agile. ( Read more... )

You are standing in front of a full-length mirror, naked except for the bandages over the stigmata on your torso and around the stump of your left leg. You examine your reflection cooly, eyes drawn back over and over to that jarring gap where a leg should be, like tonguing a missing tooth. One arm is extended elegantly to grasp the frame of the ( Read more... )

I thought perhaps I should use this to mention that I am currently safe and well.

[ Yet her voice has a slight tremor to it still, and she does not turn on the video.Thankyou to everyone involved in my rescue ( Read more... )

A gift last week, and a gift again today.

[oh hey it's Clare! she's nibbling something and it seems to be making her uncharacteristically happy.]

This is good. Thankyou.

[there's a small figure kneeling on the screen of the forge, eyes squeezed shut, obviously fighting an internal battle. lip caught between teeth, fists clenched, but it's no use. even as you watch, her monstrousness is becoming more apparent ( Read more... )