As they entered the mead hall, the mood dampened considerably. Their lord was not there, only their master, and the master was far less generous than their lord. “Who amongst you will speak as to your insubordinate behavior?” The farmers looked around, everyone realizing then that Elias was not with them. This sent not-so-hushed whispers across ( Read more... )

"Can you believe it? My little girl, under the bright lights of the Great White Way! Look, she even got her first raving review! 'Leslie Valens, the next big thing!'"

Julianne smiles, taking the newspaper from Officer Valens, who was clearly gushing with pride as she quoted from the article. "Valens plays Joan with such strength and power ( Read more... )

Well, in terms of participating in the Olympics and being successful, I would have to choose something within the sport of archery. No particular contest, just archery in general. Although I suspect if I trained myself how I used to train back when I was an active soldier, I would be quite successful at what they call the 'modern pentathlon'. It ( Read more... )

This is not as simple a question to answer as I thought it would be. I have been around for so long and seen so much, it is hard to pin down even a handful of reasons that I have fought for. I have fought for religion, I have fought for good, I even have to admit that at one point I fought for money. However, considering what I was brought into ( Read more... )

As a Vindicis, our hair was long for a reason. Men and women alike all wore our hair in varying lengths, but they were always to the shoulder. I cannot say I know why, but it was always the case. [Locked to absolutely everyone] Actually, I do know why. It is (was?) our one weak point. By growing out our hair, it was less likely for skin to be shown ( Read more... )

SEVEN RELATIONSHIP QUESTIONS ( Read more... )

Well, I suppose I should start with my name. My name is Michael Hunter, or at the least that is the name I go by as of late. My girlfriend has been pushing me to join this community, saying I need to express myself better, or some such thing. I think I have bigger issues to deal with, and plenty of communicativeness. [Locked from Natasha] In all ( Read more... )

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Her dark curls straightened as his fingers moved through them like a comb, before they found their way to the back of her head where his fingers curled around the base of his hair. Their lips met repeatedly, at times only parting for air as they lost themselves in the other. Occasionally, her eyes would open and ( Read more... )

Respect. It is not something I tended to give much thought to in my ‘youth’. I was always busy with something else. I was fighting, I was healing, I was training… I was doing anything other than thinking about the immediate future for myself and the others like me. Little did I know that I had been fighting for respect all my life up until the ( Read more... )

I do not know why it was so difficult for me to see beyond that mindset. After all, change should be easier when those you see have natural auras about them. I have seen the blackest of auras in the battlefield. The purest white of auras I have only seen in babies and children. Yet shades in-between I saw every day, from the townsfolk to the very ( Read more... )