I have found an oasis in the midst of this chaos and uncertainty. Miss Murray has kindly opened her home to me, and I am, at present, as comfortable as possible ( Read more... )

I need not describe my current circumstances. The whole of Vertere, it seems is afflicted by this latest whim of The Powers That Be.

A mere doll in their hands, I may be, but my life before being spirited away to this place has taught me that even dolls are not bereft of resources.

I have not lost hope.

( Cut for the Filtering )

Someone who keeps aloof from suffering
is not a lover.
I choose your love above all else.
As for wealth,
if that comes, or goes, so be it.
Wealth and love inhabit separate worlds.

But as long as you live here inside me,
I cannot say that I'm sufferingSuch are the bits of poetry and old tales that flit across my mind as of late. Despite my deep ( Read more... )

After making my unplanned arrival in this land of Vertere, I was greeted by a nobleman of the empire, his demonic brother who may or may not be his brother, and an elegant mathematician who seems to fear boredome more than she does death ( Read more... )

I have never seen this place before. Not in books, not in pictures. Not even in my dreams. It is as beautiful the dream worlds of Sheherazade's fanciful tales ( Read more... )