Battle Hymn of the Republic

The first battle of the second Elementalia Magicus incursion had raged for only a few minutes, but Ruarc already felt withered. Despite his best efforts, he could feel a raw emptiness in his chest. As he held out his fallen familiar a slight tremble was present in his hands, and it wasn't until the ...

"Marvelous," Caoranach said to Jane, her tone low and drawn out but sounding genuine. "I have been in need of more acquaintances of the female variety." Pouring another drink for herself, the Fey considered Jane's follow up question. With one hand holding the small sake glass, her vacant hand went u...

The song passed with a wide smile on Laoise's face, a spring in her step as she threw in some fun dance moves to go with it, and an exuberance that belied the traumatizing experience she went through not long ago. Once she had finished the last verse and the music wound down, the familiar thrust an ...

"I've been spoiled," a hoarse voice muttered in response. From his kneeling position on the ground, Ruarc stirred and raised his head. His face was set in hard lines and framed by the heavy shadows of his hood; the shade making him hard to read. With ginger movements he undid the necklace Laoise wor...

Laoise's face froze in mild terror as she heard Riley enter off to the side. To her relief, the young woman had enough presence to not mimic Ruarc as she had a penchant for doing recently; that would have been awkward to explain to Kaori. As it turned out, her antics were rather mild tonight, and as...

"It's borderline hysterical, Percival," Caoranach said back to the Welshman, her tone low and dry hinting at a slight annoyance. Then with practiced ease her tone and expression shifted to being perfectly amiable. Adjusting her position, she crossed her legs towards Percy and placed her hands in her...

Seconds passed like ages in Ruarc's mind. Energy was coursing through him. Every move he made felt amplified. A slight twitch felt like it had a charging bull behind it. He felt more powerful than he had ever felt before. He felt invincible. So why was he still in so much pain? His heart ached withi...

As Drysi began to draw , one of the motes of light that had been dancing around on the surface of the spring stopped, and after a few moments flew up and over to watch the show. Once the triclops had posed her question, the mote drew in close to her third eye. Now up close Drysi would see the mote ...

Back at the head of the group, Laoise surveyed the growing numbers. They were still short a couple, but they knew the parlor, and the parlor had their name on the room reservation; so in theory they could head inside without issue. Ruarc was still speaking with Kaori, Jane had arrived, and Caoranach...

Caoranach chuckled at Jane's reaction. As slight as it was, it was what she had been looking for. Relaxing her posture, she shifted her tone to sound light and almost reminiscent. "I cannot speak for Ms. Eryl of course, but after the incident of my last fight against you all, Ruarc has been kind eno...