Pt 11 - The Druid's Preparations
Interspecies marriages weren't uncommon in druid culture. While many places frowned upon humans and elves, or dwarves and gnomes, or those of draconic ancestry, or any of the civilized races mixing with anyone of another civilized race romantically,...
Pt 10 - The Druid's Promise
Unlike many might think, life doesn't end at "Happily Ever After," though it did maintain that mode for Gux and Lily. Lily continued to teach Gux, trying to help him discover his particular form of druidic magic that aided him in his role as the...
Pt 7 - The Druid's Wait
Lily was taken to the council's headquarters, standing before the three that looked at her like a traitor. She knew she wasn't one, but that didn't stop the berating. The probing questions, the slander slung at Gux, the hatred leveled at her... It was...
Pt 6 - The Druid's Heart
Gux's heart beat quickly every time he saw her. He didn't know what this was, but over the months, it had grown. At first, he'd thought something was wrong, but he'd heard Lily say the word a few times, and had a feeling it might be that. "Lily... What...
Pt 5 - The Druid's Lessons
Lily taught Gux. For most, taking on an apprentice was a simple task: they were brought before the council, the council gave them a cursory look, asked them a few questions, and that was that. Either they were given the golden leaf of discovery, or...
Pt 4 - The Druid's Walk
For weeks Gux plodded around the house, carrying the potted plant everywhere. He ate with it, he bathed with it (not in the water, though, as he learned after the first day when he'd gotten warned he'd drown it), he even talked to it when he had time....
Pt 3 - The Druid's Oasis
Lily hummed and skipped as she went through the paths of the forest, a winding, twisting trail that seemed endless and aimless. She moved along happily, never once questioning her choice of direction or aim, even as Gux followed along, getting tangled...
Pt 2 - The Druid's Hut
Gux sat stationary in the hut, watching animals move and play around it. The vines provided a solid roof, and there was a gentle breeze that wafted through it, bringing the delicious smell of those berries around him. He growled a little, his stomach...
Pt 1 - The Druid's Table
A young woman walked through the woods, singing as she did. Her fingers brushed over the ferns, causing them to seem to turn and follow the music with her every motion, not that she paid it any mind. She simply enjoyed the time she spent outside,...
Haiku on the Collapse
Fiddling while rome burns, if a fiddle's all you have, is hardly a sin.
Chapter Twelve
I see a sudden realization cross ian's face as his jade green eyes look sinfully into my soul. "so what did you say in the spirit of competition again?" he inquired, smiling lewdly. "i know where this is going and no," i reply slightly vexed.
041 - The Fool pt.01
-sinful acts ell. too sinful to recount for your innocent christian ears. they joke. -the most egregious of acts in the eyes of god: hand holding. jests amber. -weeeell. ell begins smugly, as she slowly walks on over to the trio.