Snow was falling thickly enough outside that her parents had not suggested that she go and play the day away. If Yeul had been the type of person to be surprised, she might have been, but she wasn't. Instead, Yeul, who knew that they preferred that she stay out of their way, pressed her nose to the window sill and watched the snow fall ( Read more... )

If asked, Yeul would be honest about the fact that, out of all the eons she had to sort through and to pick and choose from, the times between her most recent death and her next birth were… soothing ( Read more... )

Really, it was her own fault for even having entertained the hope that Caius's suppositions were correct ( Read more... )

Yeul smiled wryly as she walked with Liara through the park nearest to Liara's apartment. It was late afternoon, her portals had gone smoothly, and now she was back on Thessia with nowhere else to be until her classes next week ( Read more... )

"This," Yeul said, as they stared out at the sprawling metropolis, "is Academia. It is the capital city of Gran Pulse and more people live here than in the rest of the world."

Because monsters ruled most of the world, in case her guests hadn't figured that out by now.

Academia was a tangled warren of streets and automatic paths that were marked ( Read more... )

Today their destination was not ruins, but rather a rough village built of rusting metal and wood. In the distance large monsters could be seen flyingThe village was surrounded by lush plains with tall grass that whipped in the wind and concealed dips in the ground, while rivers made for natural boundaries with few bridges having been built to ( Read more... )

Rather than remain in New Bodhum for the day, though they would return there for the night, Caius teleported them all to the ruins of a village. The buildings were made of metal (heavily rusted) and wood, which had held up surprisingly well under the ravages of time. Inside the buildings, personal things could be found: combs left on dressers, a ( Read more... )

In deference to the fact that her friends knew very little about the world of Gran Pulse, Yeul had decided against dropping them in the middle of ruins on the first day.

Instead, she had settled on the seaside town of New Bodhum. Half of the town was built over the sea and the crystallized Cocoon could be seen in the distanceWhen night fell, New ( Read more... )

Because newbies! And because I haven't done one of these in a good while due to lazy.

( 'I am one of many Yeuls.' )

While other students were undoubtedly annoyed at their accommodations, Yeul had adjusted without really thinking about anything except for the fact that Evan being assigned to the same… bouncy castle was an interesting coincidence given that he'd been a puppy for two weeks now and she'd been looking after him and Ozzy ( Read more... )