New 'verse, new stuff. I expect this one to be mainly
runaway_tales bits, though. I do need to write something to figure these guys out.
The 'verse shares the general setting and some characters with the
Lore 101 'verse, but for now I try to keep the two mainly separate.
Dragon Fruit
1.
if you play the opening wrong, the game is already lost2.
there has to be an answer3. I thought for sure I'd never have to pay
4.
you think there will be no one to stop you5.
tell me, where is evil bred, in the heart or in the head?6.
what would they do with their freedom?7.
I guess it doesn't matter now8.
before I remember you're dead9.
everything seems like good news10. falling for our own trick
11.
adventure is just one mistake away12. we can afford no more distractions
13. one of you is lying
14.
we are only human15.
at the end of the day we are alone16.
did I bring this on myself?17. any sufficiently complex system is hackable
18.
if I live through this, I'm never going to tell anyone19. judge all you want because everyone dies
20. I aimed for the fresh bruises this time
21. waiting for someone to wrong me
22. never in the same room as myself
23. (s)he told me I was the best mistake
24.
we had to forget our old lives25. nothing lasts forever
26.
I spoke with her voice27. I know all sorts of things that I don't believe
28. I played to win
29.
one last desperate hope30. a bittersweet victory
Chronological Order
The Cruelty of AdrianLovely Little Lies Dragon MotherSmall StepsLittle Book of HappinessThe Magic of RaspberryThe Truth of CassandraAwake AgainA Question of Dubious VirtueOne Cold AfternoonReason to FightEat Or Be EatenTears in the ShadowsChristmas UnEventfulWater Beast Flames of War *
Asleep and Awake (touches several points of the timeline)