Battle Hymn of the Republic

A shiver ran up Ruarc’s spine before he heard or saw anything. One moment he and Miyuki were playing charades with the spriggans, and the next a jolt ran subconsciously between him and Laoise. She had been perched on his shoulder, but then something spooked her and she took flight. The druid was sti...

Ruarc was stoic as he walked along. The initial fight simply upon entering this realm had taken a toll on the party, and one could reason that it would get more demanding as they came up against Percy's other familiars. As such, the druid focused himself on the path ahead, rather than on the myriad ...

Scanning back over the other members of the group, and his attention was drawn once more to the leftovers from the fight. Like Jane, he wasn't partial to using tools manufactured by the enemy; even if they had once been allies. The only inclination he had for what the relics could do was what had be...

Ruarc and Kaori's conversation quieted when they saw Jane approach the front. The Irishman was curious about what she would sing, secretly betting money to himself on the outcome; meanwhile Kaori anxiously waited for what the Western woman would sing for different reasons. Caoranach held a half smil...

Cormac wasn't sure how long he had been out of it. In the back of his mind he knew little time had passed between the marines formulating their infiltration plan and beginning the move to the drain tunnels; but his head felt as though he were smothered in cotton, or like he was trying to look and li...

Ruarc sat pensively in the shade of a maple tree as the sounds of nature mingled and blended around him. Patiently he waited for his students to complete their scavenger hunt and find him. In the meantime he found himself dozing, lulled by the cadence of an afternoon breeze winding its way through ...

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...