The sun's gone down. The food's been replenished.

So has the booze.

A bonfire's been set up, and is burning.

There are people relaxing , here and there, enjoying the warmth of the fire.

There are others, outside the ring of light, enjoying the darkness.

Don't go inside yet.

The night is young.

Raguel's at the bar. He looks surprisingly... rested. He might even have shaved.

Be wary, patrons.

Out of all the decorations -- wreath behind the piano, spotlights, fairy lights twinkling -- and preparation, Sallie forgot a microphone.

Shouldn't be a problem.

"Hello everyone," Sallie stands in front of the piano. She directs herself far more to the people in the chairs for the immediate audience, but also to passersby who might be interested ( Read more... )

Herald-Mage Vanyel Ashkevron and his Companion Yfandes, having dealt with a small group of rogue wizards near the Rethwellan border, have decided to stop at an inn on their way back to Haven.

Unfortunately, as Yfandes notices as soon as she steps through the inn's stable doors, ::Vanyel! That's not a normal door, it's a portal!:: She freezes, two ( Read more... )

[ OOM: Megwyn goes to visit her fellow Companion of Valdemar, Kalira, and they talk of home, current things, and a little of the future.]

Outside, just out of the stables, Kalira wanders. her mind is in chaos and her eyes are glazed. Every day she gets a little stronger, but nothing makes her mind or her heart feel stronger. She closes her eyes and sees and feels the snap, like a twig, and yet so much more precious, so much more powerful, and so much more of a loss. She feels the ( Read more... )

The weather outside may be on the wet and mucky end of things, but Jah-lila does not much care. She's just come from Quenching in her world- the fire-ceremony that ends the time of winter. There will be births soon, and much need of the midwife, but for now she has the freedom to roam ( Read more... )

In the stables, in an open stall, with the door open, a horse slowly rises. Only she isn't a horse, exactly. She is a Companion of Valdemar. Right now, she is mostly, however, tired and sick, and very hungry ( Read more... )

Pre-Milliways that is actually Post-Milliways by fifteen years

*She Opened as the magic spiraled down the key shaped as a yoyo, carved by a beloved friend many, many years before.

When she Opened her eyes, Ingress, now an 21 year old Herald of Valdemar, finds herself in Milliways.*

Bloody hells...

Kitty enters, reading. Think Belle from Beauty of the Beast, not looking up. Except she doesn't really bother with the walking around people or things bit. Just through them, til she orders a cup of coffee and settles at a booth.