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Writing on the Wall CH7Before one of my companions could ask what a sunakake hag actually was, she howled again. It sounded more and more human as she got closer, more like a weeping or cursing. When I'd been a very small child, I had thought that our neighbours were just having a row outside. I hadn't understood why my father had barred the door and boarded the windows.

Then he had left, and I'd found out the reasoning behind a lot of things.

I struggled to stand, first hindered by Noni, then helped. She insisted that I rest, but I turned to her, knowing my eyes were dilating with fear. Old fear made fresh.

"We have to move," I said. "We have to find shel

The Writing on the Wall CH6If anyone had laughed at me then, I would have lashed out and hit him or her, even if Demetrius had tried to stop me. I spun to face him, hands balled into fists. "How long have they been here?!"

He raised his hands in casual surrender, his ruddy face innocent and maddening. "I haven't a clue. If they had come before my father sent me for you, I would have sent you home with them. I promise you that."

I believed him too, blast me. It was all I could do not to weep openly. It was more than I could do not to run for the wide open double doors and tear out past them as fast as I had ever run in my life.

Outside, it was raining. I'd be

The Writing on the Wall CH5It took a remarkably short time to get to the grandmaster's study. With Demetrius leading the way, it seemed almost a straight jump from one hallway to another. Either Noni had been leading me around in circles waiting for me to explain myself and my 'guest' status, or she didn't know her way around half so well as she knew how to appear as though she did.

I had to admit, thinking that it must be the latter gave me a little thrill of humour that I dared not speak aloud. After her tantrum in the garden, I was still a bit wary of her.

Inside the study, though, she fell into a demure lady's silence, her hands clasped delicately in front of

The Writing on the Wall CH4By conditioning and a small stroke of luck, I managed to sleep through dinner. Mostly due to the fact that I was almost literally run off my feet, but it helped that I had exhausted myself trying to find some kind of writing utensil. I'd lost my chalk in the forest, or private park, whatever it was. Chalk was, of course, the best tool for sigil writing. It worked on most surfaces and lasted longer than a pen.

There wasn't so much as an old dusty quill and a scrap of someone's old grocery list. Even the vanity had yielded nothing. An hour after Demetrius had left me to my own devices, and I had searched the whole room over, I would have

The Writing on the Wall CH3"What did you say your name was?"

Of course, I hadn't said my name, but I wouldn't have been surprised to find the butler had. This was the sort of place where one was 'announced', after all. I bobbed another curtsey, a real one this time. "Athena Idony," I said, my voice once again rising treacherously high in pitch.

Grandmaster Trevino continued staring me down a moment longer, then turned on his heel the same way I had seen Demetrius do not so long ago. It was hard not to crack a smile. It helped to remember the position I'd landed in. "I see," was all he said.

It was not enough for me. I folded my arms over my chest, hoping it d

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Airbrushes. Not quick. Coloring it in sections so people will actually look at the real size pictures and I can prove I'm really doing something. I'll try to do it in order, because I'm like that.

To be totally honest, this has kind of lost its appeal. I'll probably feel better when I get to coloring Caleb. Next year.

~Paladin343 Oct 18, 2007 Hobbyist General Artist

*looked at "Oh the Possibilities"* *looks here* *fullviews*

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~Kid-Apocalypse Oct 18, 2007

Thank you.

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~Paladin343 Oct 18, 2007 Hobbyist General Artist

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~Mayaj Oct 18, 2007

I love Harlan's eyes.

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~Kid-Apocalypse Oct 18, 2007

They're squirrel eyes.

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~Mayaj Oct 18, 2007

Seriously? They look lovely!

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~Kid-Apocalypse Oct 18, 2007

Yeah! They looked funky when he had no colors, but now he's all pretty and stuff.

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~Mayaj Oct 18, 2007

Veeeeeer pretty!

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~Kid-Apocalypse Oct 18, 2007

Even though his proportions will always be askew.

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~Mayaj Oct 18, 2007

Still, it's a good look for him.

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