Friday, November 13, 2015

Desolation

I'm working hard. Writing fast. Deadline's looming. But while I work, other people have been working too, such as the awesome folks responsible for the covers...

And so, without further ado...


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Dugglyn Carzainia said...

((How be yous and yous eyes??))

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(My eyes be good, as bes mes. You?)

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

((No! I must check! Can you post the link?))

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

((I'm good! We're going to get our Christmas tree!
And me eyes be slowly melting and drowning in refried beans but overall good!))

Alastair Cruciatus said...

So was that a joke, or are you some creature more like the rest of us than I thought? *he has returned the cat to her home by now*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(This one and this one.)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Christmas tree! Christmas is coming!)

Adra Cruciatus said...

*The Crucible gives him a piercing glare- full of hatred*

*Turns towards she who attempts to access his memories* They are stored elsewhere, you will have no avail.

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

*quickly retreats from the Crucible's mind*
S-sorry

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

((Getting our tree in the pouring rain. It's so wet!))

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*takes a step closer, peering at the Crucible* Now you're feeling something. The question is what exactly brought that out of you.

Inky Flame said...

I have arrived to punish the naughty children.

Adra Cruciatus said...

*Eyes him levelly* *They then look like doppelgängers to one another* nothing that you will discover. At least, yet.


*He peers at the odd thing* Hm.

Noelle said...

*is naughty*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*blinks, not sure what's going on, but moves closer to Noelle*

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

*slinks back a bit, hoping she will not be noticed again*
*though hmm...*
*what if she accessed the other man's memories?*
*she'd fin out more about him and possibly the Crucible, they seemed to know each other*
*she enters Alastair's mind even more carefully than she did with the Crucible*

Inky Flame said...

Are you not being harsh on yourself?

Noelle said...

*Is Adra*

I mean the other kind of naughty

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(*watches*
*well.. watches as best I can with a cat on my face*)

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*Alastair won't do anything to stop her, but the moment she reached his mind she'd be bombarded by screams and tens of voices all talking at once* *it's more than enough to drive most humans mad*

Adra Cruciatus said...

*The Crucible then eyes Adra, then FMN, the Krampus, and away, disinterested*

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

((XD oh dear. Cats 😆
Both my cats were on my bed this morning, one on either side of my head. It was pretty great!))

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(@dug had you seen the posts?)

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

*stumbles backwards, eyes wide, leaving as quickly as possible*
*a thin trickle of blood seeps out of her nose*
*she should really learn not to just dive into anyone's head*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

Oh, I see. Apologies for mixing that up.

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*glances over at Forget Me Not* What did you want to accomplish by searching through my mind?

Inky Flame said...

It is my job to punish children who misbehave and who refuse to believe.
What type of naughty as you?

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

*leans against a tree, trying to clear her mind*
*-weakly-*
Well... normally people have no resistance and..
*wipes her nose with a tissues*
And well, I was curious.

Alastair Cruciatus said...

I see. If you were interested, I didn't resist you- that is simply what my mind is always like.

*turns his attention back to Krampus* Who refuse to believe in what?

Inky Flame said...

Why, St Nicholas of course

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Duggggggy?)

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

You didn't?
Wow.
*looks around realizing the Cruicble left*
Where'd he go?

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

((Soy!!
Yep! Saw it and commented!!)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Okay.)

Alastair Cruciatus said...

What are we meant to believe about Nicholas?

Inky Flame said...

That he exists.

Noelle said...

...
The kind that pleases my husband

Adra Cruciatus said...

I haven't; I am here

Inky Flame said...

I don't punish that kind of naughty.

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*shrugs* I have no argument against the existence of a historical figure.

*slides an arm around his Adra's waist, and kisses her hair*

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

((Sorry, misread that!))
*her eyes focus and she realizes he never actually left*
Oops..


((*huggles Jai*
Soy it took so long to read it!))

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

((Aaannnrdd I have to go to Irish. Bye!))

Noelle said...

*blushes* That's okay: my husband can.

Adra Cruciatus said...

And who will punish the Krampus when he is grumpy

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(*offers Noelle a hug*)

Alastair Cruciatus said...

((Goodbye, Forget Me Not.))

*kisses her lightly* Anytime you like, my darling.

*looks between the Crucible and Krampus* What are the two of you?

Adra Cruciatus said...

*The Crucible kicks a piece of rock* Nothing alike. I haven't a clue who this man is.

Noelle said...

*Good* *She like shaving him at her beck and call*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

You know his name.

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*of course* *he is always at her beck and call*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...
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Adra Cruciatus said...

Of course. It's right there on the screen.

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*stretches just barely outside of the story* *the farthest he will ever get* I do love when we break the wall.

Adra Cruciatus said...

We? You mean you?

Alastair Cruciatus said...

I mean anyone who wasn't created outside of a story.

Adra Cruciatus said...

How limited a perception.

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*shrugs* I'm sentimental. And I don't much care anymore how limited my perception is.

Noelle said...
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Adra Cruciatus said...

And weak you are

Alastair Cruciatus said...

That is true, also.

Adra Cruciatus said...

*He grins* Yes...

Alastair Cruciatus said...

Do you feel better now because of that?

Adra Cruciatus said...

No- and I never felt less than fantastic. Especially knowing that I know.

Alastair Cruciatus said...

I can't say I understand what you mean, but I'm sure that's all the more fantastic, isn't it? *sighs, and moves back inside the fourth wall, to hold Adra*

Noelle said...

*Adra isn't there anymore*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*then he reaches out to her, through their link, to see where she is*

Adra Cruciatus said...

His link would come up blank- she is not dead, but she also is not within seeing range* *Her name, too, is bound*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*seeing range should, theoretically, be endless* *though it would get a bit fuzzy between dimensions* Have you done something to her?

Adra Cruciatus said...

Me? Why would you think that?

Alastair Cruciatus said...

Perhaps it was the other one. *his eyes turn black as he searches for Krampus' name*

Adra Cruciatus said...

*He shrugs, and goes back to his phone*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*that takes too long, so he just looks for Adra's name, and for traces of where it's been recently*

Adra Cruciatus said...

*He would appear to see her right beside him*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*reaches out to where she should be standing, and attempts to project his thoughts to her* Darling, where are you?

Adra Cruciatus said...

*No answer* *Nothing*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*takes a breath, and then begins to try to read her name, to see what happened to her* *it's difficult, but doable if he can manage to concentrate, since it would be rather recent*

Star Inkbright said...

((*watching with interest*
*not really here*
*drawing, and sleeping soon*))

Adra Cruciatus said...

*There would be two names- one in their home, the other in Moscow*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*splits in two, and one teleports to each location*

Adra Cruciatus said...

*There are two Adras, each doing normal day things*

*the Crucible disappears*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*fristrating* *returns, then, and just moves time back to the point where he left the story*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*frustrating

Adra Cruciatus said...

*Very well then* *The Crucible plays a game on his phone, and disappears*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*waits for himself to disappear, and then goes to meet Adra*

Noelle said...

*Adra(s) are in their respective places; both are, noncoincidentally, drinking coffee*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*but she was there before* *goes back farther*

Noelle said...

*Then she would have been in a hotel, sitting in her room*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*teleports there, and takes her hand* Hello, love.

Noelle said...

*She looks up, startled, and smiles* Hello! Couldn't wait long, hmm?

Alastair Cruciatus said...

I just wanted to make sure you were alright.

Noelle said...

Ah, I see.. *Touches his face* Did something happen?

Alastair Cruciatus said...

...I believe so. It appears, in the future, as though you're in three places at once... So I came back to look after you. *leans closer and kisses her forehead*

Noelle said...

How very sweet of you. *Appreciates the thought*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

Are you alright so far, my darling?

Noelle said...

*Nods again* I am. I have our connection to work by. *She shoos him off* Go along now; I'll be alright

Alastair Cruciatus said...

But I couldn't feel you through that... *takes both of her hands, and kisses them* Please, may I stay with you?

Noelle said...

*Gives him a weary look* *Then* Alright, you may stay.

Alastair Cruciatus said...

Thank you, my darling. *hugs her gently*

Noelle said...

(Fades out)

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*fades out with her, then*

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

O.O

Noelle said...

I hate this planet

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Star Inkbright said...

@Noelle: It won't let me on. Possibly because I don't have Facebook.

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Me neither, but golly, what a large link you have there . .
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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Bums

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Here, try this:

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

It'll do.

Also, he'a blushing, not French.

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...
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Chione Asahina said...

(Hello. Not really here cause i'm knackered.
Frank came over for my birthday but because of the floods in england he couldn't get a coach or train home tonight so he's staying at keiron's I really hope he gets home tomorrow but i also don't cause i want to spend more time with him :(

Adra Cruciatus said...

*Holds the woman in the chair before him by her shoulders- she's fading fast* Stay with me. Where are they? You said you knew.

*Her eyes roll back a little- she's going to pass out again*

*Gently grasps her face in his hand* Hey, listen to me. Listen to me. You have information. That I need. Tell me where the boy is.

*Her eyes meet his for the briefest second, and then are closed*

*Curses, hitting the leg of the chair with his foot* *The leg breaks, and the chair collapses, spilling the woman onto the floor* *He briskly struts off, moving the sunglasses from his masked face to see his phone* *He disappears*

Noelle said...

*She feels herself slowly being drained of her energy and her magic- the Crucible appears to have intense knowledge of sigils- knowledge that is nearly equal, if not greater, than hers* *Moves her wrists, but finds them no less loose from the chair breaking* *One food is free, though* *Tries to pull the chair apart, but the rope digs deep into her skin*

*Coughs, and a puff of yellow dust rises around her* *Holds what breath she had,c so she does not breathe it in* *She has breathed enough* *The yellow dust is on her eyelashes, on her hair*

*Her body is beginning to be sore* *She needs her energy back*


*How has he managed to bind an entire city*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

((Could you give me context for this?))

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Adraaa :-(

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

😮

Inky Flame said...
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Adra Cruciatus said...

What would there be?
You are in Russia.

Alastair Cruciatus said...

Well, sure, but how did she get there? Is this the point where I can only faintly feel her name?

Adra Cruciatus said...

You forget that there are multiples of her.
There were still multiples.

Alastair Cruciatus said...

What have you done to her?

Adra Cruciatus said...

*Tilts his head* I haven't done anything to her.

Alastair Cruciatus said...

Are you certain of that? It seems to me that I just read you doing something to her.

Noelle said...
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Inky Flame said...

(Hello ^,^)

Adra Cruciatus said...



No, not I. Her magic is just bound.

Alastair Cruciatus said...

Hello.

Then who bound it?

Adra Cruciatus said...

...Me

Alastair Cruciatus said...

For what purpose?

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Herrow Inkles, chums.

Adra Cruciatus said...

.
information

Inky Flame said...

(Twip! How art thou?

How art everyone?)

Alastair Cruciatus said...

Hello.

Where is she?

Adra Cruciatus said...

(:/

'twip')

*He pauses again* Pripyat.

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

(I'm in tip top form, yourself?)

(*hugs Adwa*)

Noelle said...

:/

*No longer special*

Inky Flame said...

(I is tired but I must persevere
I have a mock to revise for -_-


Sorry...)

Alastair Cruciatus said...

((*hugs Noelle*))

*splits in two, one attempting to teleport there* *assuming that the whole city is bound, he'll teleport as close as he can, and then go in on foot, searching for her name, feeling through their connection*

What information did you want from her?

Noelle said...

*She will be inside the factory, on the top floor*

Adra Cruciatus said...

*His eyes narrow* Nothing that concerns you


(Apologies, my idiotic scribe has to go soon until 3)

John said...

(*Crawls desperately away from responsibilities*

Hi peoples.)

Inky Flame said...

(Hi John ^.^)

Alastair Cruciatus said...

((Don't insult her. She is the best person I've ever known, and she's kind enough to give you a voice. In fact, I think perhaps she is one of the only people who would ever think of you as a person. You should be grateful to know her, and even more grateful to be as close to her as you are.))

*once he gets to the factory, he'll try to get in to run up the stairs*

She is my wife, and the only woman I've ever loved. I'm sure it concerns me.

Anonymous said...

(?ouy era woh ih )

Inky Flame said...

(Hey k ^.^)

Anonymous said...

( how's you? )

Inky Flame said...

(Tired, stressed... You?)

Anonymous said...

(ditto running about this morning getting Frank back to England.... )

Adra Cruciatus said...

*He would be able to, but the stairs would crumble from years of exposure*

*He sighs* No, I assure you, it does not. *He turns away, to go*

Inky Flame said...

(I see
We weren't really effected down here but I saw what the storm did to some places)

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*looks for any more stable part of the staircase, then* *also looks to see how far up he actually has to go, and what the walls are made of*

*follows him* Where are you going now?

Anonymous said...

( Carlisle was the main problem with the flooding... :/ at least he's on his way now should be at Birmingham I think by now )

Inky Flame said...

(I sees ^.^

Omg now isn't the time to get obsessed with a new anime))

John said...

(It is always the time to get obsessed with a new anime!)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(*has a "naw" moment and nods, agreeing with Alastairs defence of Noelle*)

Inky Flame said...

(Hi Jai!


Have you seen assassination classroom?
A big octopus like creature destroys part of the moon
It comes to earth and says it'll do the same to it in a years time
In the meanwhile he wants to train a class to be assassins and they must try and assassinate him before graduation )

John said...

(I've heard of it but never watched it, seemed a bit too out there for even my standards.)

Adra Cruciatus said...

*The walls are made of concrete, though soiled by radiation*

*The Crucible shrugs, and then, vanishes*

Adra Cruciatus said...
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Alastair Cruciatus said...

*he goes back outside, then, and looks at the outside of the building*

Adra Cruciatus said...

*The building itself is all but trembling under the force of the radiation*

Inky Flame said...

(I like it ^.^)

John said...

(I'll have to check it out sometime, then.)

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*that looks bad* *the copy he left teleports outside the city, and shifts into a very large bird* *large enough to carry a person* *it flies into the city, then, looking for an open window that could be large enough*

Adra Cruciatus said...

*Many of the windows are broken, though on the top floor, most are just portlets*

Chione Asahina said...

(Hello)

Alastair Cruciatus said...

((Hello.))

*flies in through the highest window he can fit through, then, and flies up the staircase*

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Oh....not sure if I should stay.

Blah stupid nose.

Adra Cruciatus said...

(Noelle Nods her head)

*Adra will be laying on the floor still, coughing a bit from the radiation that's seeping into her*

Noelle said...

(My babydoll must have died!
Both of them..)

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*he'll fly into the room, and nudge her gently* *is she still attached to the chair?*

Noelle said...

*Is not attached to the chair* *Is on the floor, quasi-conscious*

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Hello.

Alastair Cruciatus said...

((Hello.))

*nudges her again, then, trying to nudge her into his back*

Noelle said...

*He would have to do a little more than nudge* *She can't see him, nor tell* *She doesn't understand that her husband is a bird*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*nudges more, then, and slides his wing under her, trying to push her up*

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Well dinner was good. It felt weird to eat at home. Tech week we eat at school for dinner because we stay until 7-8pm depending. Then Friday I didn't eat home nor Saturday and Sunday nobody sat together because we were at varying stages of exhaustion.

I mean the show was fun, and the elementary kids performance went so well, the kids were so excited.

Feraaaa32 said...

AAAAAANNNNDDD back from gemma's birthday :P

Chione Asahina said...

(Finally! i was so worried about you btw omg.)

Feraaaa32 said...

awwwwww *hugs* night night ^_^

Noelle said...

*The only indication of her being alive is the shallow breath* *If he can manage to carry her with his claws or something- cool- but she isn't moving*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*backs away a little, then, and takes hold of her gently with his talons, then takes off again to fly them down the stairs* *she'll probably get scratched a bit, but only lightly*

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

*glances at the Alice/Adra thing going on*

Don't die, Alastair. I may finally have grown to like you and not want to strangle you until you let Nic back out.

Oh and say hello to Ari for me.

And you don't die either, Noelle. I have been reading even if I was performing all weekend, intermission was a gift.


*poofs off to sleep*

Noelle said...

*then so it shall be* *She hands limply by his claws*


(:/ fiancée..)

Alastair Cruciatus said...

((I appreciate the sentiment.))

*flies out as quickly as he can, the other following as close behind as he can*

Noelle said...

((No, not you, silly! Niccolo! He's my fiancee ^.^))
-
*Very well* *Though they may feel weaker, due to the close proximity to the reactor blowout core*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

((Naturally. I was only addressing Zafira. But you are lovely, my pet.))
-
*he will* *and the human one will feel worse, since he kept one illness*
*the bird just flies faster, so he can set her down and heal her sooner*

Noelle said...

(Oh! Okay ^.^)
-
*Depending on how fast he flies, it may take a few minutes more- the city is large, and is not particularly on the fallout zone*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*he'll go until he's out of the bound area* *since he's such a large bird, he'd be faster than most birds, but it still might take two or three minutes*

Noelle said...

*Very well* *Once from the area, there will still be radiation- just not as potent*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*he'll land, then, and shift back into himself, bringing her into his arms* *he begins by fixing mutated cells from radiation, and looks for other damage* *brushes his fingers over her face* Adra, darling, stay with me...

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

...

Are there any milkshakes in the vicinity?

...

Was that a bad joke?

If so, sorry.

*goes back to reading and studying for final tomorrow*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

((I appreciate the reference, Effie.))

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

((Thank you. *bows*))

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(Sorry for being away for so long.)

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(Good morning!)

Noelle said...

(I do too!)

*He would have to reverse the organ failure that had begun to already take place-- her liver, kidneys, left lung, a few others*

Chione Asahina said...

Happy Birthday Kassy!

Inky Flame said...

(PENBLWYDD HAPUS A TI)

Alastair Cruciatus said...

((Happy birthday.))

*he can do that* *it just takes a bit* *glances around her neck for her philosopher's stone as he heals her* *runs his fingers through her hair* Please, keep breathing, love...

Inky Flame said...

(I is here)

Noelle said...

(Happy birthday!)
-
*The stone itself is missing- it has been pulled off*

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