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Miniarc-Meet the Parents-12 (Remmings)

Remmings was putting the final touches on his gift, as one didn’t show up to a stranger’s home empty-handed for dinner if they wanted to leave a good impression, when the hotel’s messenger bo...

Miniarc-Meet the Parents-11 (Remmings)

Baron Ethan Remmings stared at his reflection in the tall, ornate mirror with a critical eye. As one who worked with the mind, he understood more than most the power of appearance. Clothing could b...

Miniarc-Meet the Parents-10

It’s easy to forget but the Hall isn’t just a school. It’s a gathering place of the talented, in all fields. The best and the innovative. While most of the floating rock is dedicated to caste...

Miniarc-Meet the Parents-09

“My lady. The acolytes wish to search the carriage.”

I raise my head from between Talia’s chest and still my hand. Beneath me, the normally expressionless flower is flushed, breathing l...

Miniarc-Meet the Parents-08

Being a noble comes with certain expectations. Power and wealth are the big ones, both inheriting it and pursuing it. Responsibility is a distant third, for most. There are the odd counts and baron...

Miniarc-Meet the Parents-07

I don’t know much about elven culture.

Not that I’m not curious. I’ve dabbled in the language, though I’m far from fluent. I’ve embraced the elven aesthetic when decorating. Kierra ...

Miniarc-Meet the Parents-06

Like the rest of the house, the bedroom has signs of Talia’s meddling. Notably, the change in covers on the bed. White and blue silk sheets that are just a touch cooler than Talia’s skin. Sprin...

Miniarc-Meet the Parents-05

While the people of Quest might find it hard to believe, I’m not invincible.

Since the day of my divine transformation, I’ve discovered a few limitations to my new body. Firstly, while I ...

Miniarc-Meet the Parents-04

In the wake of the nasty business in the city, everyone in my little clan has found ways to keep busy. Earl and Anna maintain the estate, keeping the floors polished and the windows clear. In the a...

Miniarc-Meet the Parents-03

It doesn’t take much to swallow my disgust with the marquis. Who knows what who knows? All I have are assumptions. Even if they’re true, it’s no surprise. People selfishly pursuing their desi...

Miniarc-Meet the Parents-02

“Lady Lou.”

I stop at the adorable call, a ghost of a smile gracing my lips as I watch Anna run at me full speed, four balls of fluff trailing her. In one hand is a stack of paper. In the...

Miniarc-Meet the Parents-01

It’s interesting that there are no opposites to the saints.

I don’t question the kingdom’s religion often. Don’t care enough to. Though as a child, I used to question the definition o...

ARC 7-Cursed Fates-157-Orum

“This land is intolerable.”

“Stop grouching. It makes a long journey longer.”

Orum suppressed the urge to growl. He was not happy when Morgene invited herself along when he anno...

ARC 7-Cursed Fates-156-Dunwayne

When he was an earnest boy named Dunn, the Harvest Hero wanted to grow up, both in body and spirit. A child couldn’t stand up to the bullies in the slums where he grew up. A child couldn’t earn...

ARC 7-Cursed Fates-155-Marcella

The Guiness family was without question the wealthiest family in the kingdom. The marquis was the pillar that held up Harvest’s economy. He could bend and twist the market at will. He had moved b...

ARC 7-Cursed Fates-154-Lane

Lane stumbled through the camp, fighting to keep his drooping eyes open. It had been a long day in a series of long days. He was proud that the Hall had intervened to help the refugees of the city,...

ARC 7-Cursed Fates-153

“You…want me to change?”

I don’t think my confusion is out of place. I know very well that my lovers, well, love my body. Which is precisely the point of it. I crafted my form to be <...

ARC 7-Cursed Fates-152

So, that’s it.

The March is as good as done. As soon as Geneva finishes tracking down the last of this Authority, we will divvy up the treasure and send Victory’s due north. That’s boun...

ARC 7-Cursed Fates-151-Alana

Under the watchful gaze of a full moon, Alana swung her sword. She was drenched in sweat, her clothes clinging to her hot skin. After they returned from the camp, which Yulia had made a nuisance of...

ARC 7-Cursed Fates-150

“You!”

We don’t take three steps into what Miss Alyssa calls the field hospital, which is the biggest tent in the camp by far, before someone accosts us. A harried looking man who looks...

ARC 7-Cursed Fates-149

There’s the perception that people soften in their sleep, reveal their true selves, but that’s an old wives’ tale. There’s some basis of truth to it, as it usually is with these things. Ala...

ARC 7-Cursed Fates-148

“…this place is a dump,” I remark as I stand outside the camp created by the Hall. And it is. Craning my neck back and forth outside of the entrance, I see congestion. Too many people moving ...

ARC 7-Cursed Fates-147

I expected something wild, and maybe a bit sexual, when Talia fetched me to come to bed in the early afternoon. Knowing my wife, it’d be weird to expect anything else. But it was something else. ...

ARC 7-Cursed Fates-146 (Geneva)

It was incredibly simple to stop a mental caster from divining one’s secrets. Even one as powerful as Geneva.

Despite her well-developed core, the expenditures that came with spellcasting c...

ARC 7-Cursed Fates-145 (Geneva)

Rarely were Geneva’s tasks as amusing as a literal treasure hunt.

Once again, she lamented her lack of resources within the city. It was a bit of a blunder, though not one she faulted herse...

ARC 7-Cursed Fates-144

The Teppin daughters do not take the news of their parents’ new duties well.

I didn’t expect them to. Aside from the fact that they’re family, and family is incredibly precious in times...

ARC 7-Cursed Fates-143

“What do you know about any secret stashes of the guilds?”

After an enjoyable meal, Geneva and I take the lord to his office. Or more accurately, my office. I’m the one seated in the bi...

ARC 7-Cursed Fates-142

The night before my assault on the city, I tasked Geneva with tracking down the Teppin family. They aren’t too important in the grand scheme of things. They certainly aren’t a threat. I doubt t...

ARC 7-Cursed Fates-141

Whimsy is a terrible motivation for becoming a guardian. However, I don’t think being whimsical makes me a bad person. That day, on the King’s Road, I did a good thing when I offered those band...

ARC 7-Cursed Fates-140 (Alyssa)

“Ancestors…”

Alyssa knew death. She knew destruction on a grand scale. There wasn’t much to destroy beyond the Peaks, but she’d seen a titan’s magic take out chunks of the mountai...