The ash fell from the sky like snow—melting into the soot-stained ground and softening up the red residue dried to the earthen patches. Smoke pillars grew like trees up to the sky, their branches blooming black across the horizon and mimicking clouds. Bodies littered the ground beneath these pillars like crumpled, fallen leaves. A manContinue reading “22.1: The Prince & The Llamamiento!”
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20.2: Prince & Advisor » Death & Diplomacy
Eisburg, Capricorn Olivier Chance had awoken to fussy royal guards and medical Conductors prodding him this way and that with stethoscopes, wooden sticks, and thermometers. In between the ‘how many fingers am I holding up’ and ‘are you sure you feel fine,’ they explained to him that he had fallen into a sudden coma whileContinue reading “20.2: Prince & Advisor » Death & Diplomacy”
17.4: Prince, 1700 No Longer Human
When Olive cracked open his eyes, he was met with gentle, pale rose light. A dimly lit ceiling hung low over his face, and something soft was cushioning the back of his head. It took him a moment to realize his head was resting on Trystan’s lap, and that the light was emitting from aContinue reading “17.4: Prince, 1700 No Longer Human”
17.3: Princes, 1100 Truce
Yuseong Haneul—though he preferred Claire—still remembered the very first assassination attempt on his life. A servant from the Hoshi Clan had disguised themselves as one of his clan’s servants and had not only slipped themselves into the kitchen staff but also sorrowheat into his morning tea. When he’d finally broken out of the fever inducedContinue reading “17.3: Princes, 1100 Truce”
17.2: Royal Guard, 0620 Guidance
Ariesian Royal Guard Trystan Carter had always desired change. From the days when he’d toil away working in the paddy fields governed by the appointed feudal lord to the days when he’d attended school lectures held by passionate, underpaid teachers—change was always on his mind. Perhaps it was because of the passion of those teachersContinue reading “17.2: Royal Guard, 0620 Guidance”
17.1: Prince, 0400 Mandate
In-Transit, Capricorn Ariesian prince Olivier Chance had no idea what was going on. The last two things he remembered before waking up face-first on the cold metal roof of the train were fluttering book pages and Trystan and Marta looking down at him in alarm. Now he was cold, nauseous, had an ELPIS leader ringedContinue reading “17.1: Prince, 0400 Mandate”
15.[]: Peacekeepers, 0700 Verschlimmbesserung
Ariesian knight-turned-Ophiuchian peacekeeper Gabrielle Law felt like she was losing her minions one-by-one. She’d lost her first, oldest, and best to a body-hopping, ancient terrorist. And now she’d lost the newest to—as Elizabeta Wtorek had said back in the Medical Department—‘fatigue’ and ‘exhaustion’ which had led to an ‘unconscious state’ for an ‘indeterminable amount ofContinue reading “15.[]: Peacekeepers, 0700 Verschlimmbesserung”
14.2: Prince & Swindler, 0000 False Ignorance
Die Hauptstadt, Capricorn Ariesian Prince Olivier Chance was onto something. At least, he thought he was onto something. If he wasn’t actually onto something, he figured he might as well leap out the window to make up for the twelve hours he’d just wasted. At the moment Olive resided on the third to highest floorContinue reading “14.2: Prince & Swindler, 0000 False Ignorance”
12.1: A Duet for a Prince & Peacekeeper
Serpens Establishment, Ophiuchus Jericho’s ears rang with the wail of sirens as he picked himself and his suitcase off the white tile floor. It was an odd sensation. He knew where he had landed before he had even taken a survey of his surroundings. And that was because— Jericho turned his head. Olivier Chance staredContinue reading “12.1: A Duet for a Prince & Peacekeeper”
7.1: Olive’s Bravery (Codardia)
Thousand Name City, Sagittarius “Chance, the minutes from last week’s meeting.” This was pointless. “Chance, if we don’t clarify what topics were discussed last week then this meeting and subsequent meetings will be meaningless. We need to understand what every person has been doing and what we will be doing in order to not interfereContinue reading “7.1: Olive’s Bravery (Codardia)”
Six Chances 