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The Writing on the Wall CH18Out in the natural light of the world, I had to cock a grin. It was like going to another country, but as another person. I was a licensed sigil artist--a courier had brought the license with a dry letter from the king, both of which were in my modest rucksack.

The sheer rush of it, of being outside and official, were enough to flood my emotions. I could obscure from myself the fact that we were already leaving the outside in favour of a dank cave where the walls dripped and the king's men had insisted we would find the Hollow Man.

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The Writing on the Wall CH17To know a thing, my mum had used to say, was to no longer know any fear of it. This had once seemed to me to be the most abject of wisdoms, comparing it to the monsters I knew. The things that rattled and bumped in the night. The fears I knew.

What the Hollow Man did to his victims scared me no less when I had finished the log than it had before. This might have seemed unfair to me had I taken a moment to try and soothe my mind with something so comforting as simple irritation.

I didn't want to talk about it to anyone. They didn't ask, even after I had shut Ser Naderry's dusty old book and covered my eyes. He had been a good writer, i

A Cuckoo Sings Inside Me CH3He looked at her the same way that the rest of them had. Trying not to screw up her face and say something privately unpleasant, Eleuin let her eyes drift about. She could not quite explain why this young person had given her the faint glimmer of hope he had. Possibly it was that he was even dirtier than the people she saw day to day.

Or it was because he was such a vivid piece of the world outside the window. It was not likely that he was the brown-cloaked man she had seen that afternoon, but she had been told that beggars all wore one like it. Eleuin tended to remember what she was told.

They sat there in uncomfortable silence for wh

A Cuckoo Sings Inside Me CH2When an insect sees a weaker insect, all it sees is another bug. When a cousin sees a cousin of lower caste, he may call him 'lesser', but he loves him as his own.

Gremlin sat on the edge of a box and counted his take for the day. It was slim pickings by the docks, but he got less kicks than when he braved the merchant's run. There was enough for bread at least.

Kicking up dirt and grinning, he made a beeline for the bakery, a good indoor shop that he was only allowed into if he wiped his feet before entering. To be sure, he had to dodge the odd swing from a patron who disliked the lack of humble hunch in his youthful shoulders, but tha

A Cuckoo Sings Inside Me CH1There was safety in numbers. This was an axiom with which Eleuin was well-acquainted. She understood it in at least two different contexts, but it did not seem the same in this place.

She leaned on the windowsill, pretending that it was open. The glass was cool against her fingers, but too cold for her face. She pressed the tip of her little nose against it anyway, eyes skyward, as they always were. Beyond the streaks of grease and salt air on the other side of the window, she could see the stars, blinking like electric lights.

Behind her, something broke and someone cursed. Curious as to its meaning, she murmured it to herself, tryin

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I hope this is the right category...

If my handwriting is illegible, then I can re-do it with the text tool instead.

~OkkixChan Dec 12, 2012

I'm interested!

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*Hagge Sep 22, 2010 Professional General Artist

Looks interesting, except that I don't rp.

Prolly never will. But it's a way to get to know the characters better, innit?

~Kid-Apocalypse Sep 22, 2010

None of my online friends RP, so I've been trying different avenues to make new ones. Problem is, I'm really shy.

RPing can be a really good way to get the creativity flowing as well. When I was doing it a lot, I was drawing and writing very often.

*Hagge Sep 22, 2010 Professional General Artist

Cool beans.

Well...it is online...not like you're dealing with people face to face...but I know what you're feeling.

I've been poked about getting on facebook, and I'm still dragging my feet.

I noticed it's in the RP Friend-finder gallery...maybe you'll find what you're looking for there.

~Kid-Apocalypse Sep 22, 2010

True, but I actually do better offline with shyness, some of the time. Meh, Facebook. I don't have one, and I refuse to get one. Twitter is dorky enough, and I only use that for when I have silly thoughts too short for blogging.

Would be nice.

*Hagge Sep 24, 2010 Professional General Artist

Really? Well...if it works for you.

I've taken a look at it, and am still not impressed. I don't know. It may linger on the very fringes, and if it falls off and floats away, I won't miss it.

Good luck.

~Kid-Apocalypse Sep 24, 2010

You could honestly say that about both sites. I know I would.

Looks like it'll pass away to nothing, at any rate. Ah well. I'm not surprised, for what it's worth. But it was fun to draw the head of the original Kid Apocalypse.

I always liked him better than Kid Gravity.

*Hagge Sep 26, 2010 Professional General Artist

Some people make it look like such a joy.

But it feels like it fits, yes?

~Kid-Apocalypse Sep 27, 2010

But then you join the fun and you realise that they are either pretending or silly people.

The name? Yeah, it does. :3 He's an evil shortie pitting himself against a classmate. In space!

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