The Keep, Ebon Askavi, Kaeleer, Just Before Sundown (Kaeleeran Time)

[glacial_witch]

Karla tried not to look nervous as the great doors to the Dark Altar opened in front of her. Inside, Opal witchlights danced in sconces, forming a path for her to follow, rather than illuminating what was within. This was very different than her Birthright Ceremony, where she'd had the company of her parents and several other children, where a

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[endsthegame]

It was only right to come here, considering the circumstances - if he and Ben were to be stuck at Fandom on the wrong weekend, they might as well do something worth doing.

He smiled at Karla as she went, but he hadn't bothered to approach: she had made it clear it wasn't entirely welcome, and this was hardly his time.

"Well," he said, as the doors closed. "This'll be interesting."

[endsthegame]

"I'm not arguing that you want or should want to rule," Ender said gently.

He looked back towards those heavy doors. "'Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them'."

[changeable_eyes]

"Can any of us give greatness back?" Jaenelle asked with an impish smile. "I don't need it. It would be novel just being me for a change."