Battle Hymn of the Republic

Vrey was feeling snappish. A rush of static was filling her head and distracting her from the conversation and people around her. Her teeth where on edge and it was because someone - or something - thought that the school group could be trapped in this... mana suffused, excuse of a gullet. Gnashing ...

Vrey eyed the high-backed upholstered chair and the plush cushioned couches with a wrinkle of a frown tuning her lips. The bald teen left her gaze on each for a fraction too long - the comfortable pieces of furniture each being veiled with some weightless distrust. Smoothing out her skirt beneath he...

As Joseph carried on in his task, Percival sat in his chair, staring at his hand. The words in his mouth never made it out. Obediently he stood. "It was good meeting you, Mr. Alstad," said Percy, still gathering his bearings, before he turned to carry himself down the hall. His mind spun, ...

"That's your answer then." Joseph's voice once more dropped down into a gruff, dismissive tone. The old man had already leaned back forward and was running his hands along the seams and mechanisms of his puppet. "The way past that bastard is to just talk about the things you wanted, t...

Joseph nodded quietly before he shifted about - the grip of his burnt hands against his arms tightening as he tensed up. "When Riles was five I fought Alexis Valsted in a duel because that is who the two of us are." The puppeteer stopped. There was a distance to the older man as he collect...

"Forget about that." A hint of Joseph's early gruffness returned. The man flipped his screwdriver back up into his hand but instead of going to work on his puppet again the again man just caressed the tip with his flame-scarred thumb. "You need to follow after Riles soon but not with ...

The air around Alexis and the other Riley shimmered with the heat both of them were expelling. The Lord Elementalist nose was broken and his face was mottling towards the colourful as blood drained freely into his beard. The stage magician on the other hand held a hand against her face and was perio...

As half of the tree began to go up in smoke as the other half of it continued to be devoured from existence Vrey jumped from off her perch. As she hit the ground both wisps of smoke and power still clung to the girl as she trotted forward before flickering out of sight. The short teen, her eyes back...

Percy suddenly found himself stumbling forward as one of the Rileys stepped out of his shadow and was shoving the Lord Elementalist backwards. "Get your fucking hands off my brother Alexis ." The words that drifted up from behind the Alchemist were tightly controlled and the named ending i...

Imp pulled the trigger of the pistol as she placed the head of the guard furthest from Arty into the perfect V of her weapon's sights - only for the pistol to fail to discharge. Barking out a bitter laugh - finally allowed to shoot someone herself and the weapon of all things refuses instead - the s...