Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Seventeen
Our intrepid adventurers immerse themselves in the culture of uat'sn, as martin begins to learn about life in the unorthodox faun village and the history of its people. namo shares her struggles with an all-too-common disorder.
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Twelve
Perhaps it was another cultural thing. “i assure you, uh, sir, that the reason why we are offering is simply to help your village and to honor those _we_ have lost.”
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Sixteen
Martin and Namo relayed the information they had been charged with delivering, as well as their own history and justification behind why they were the ones delivering the news instead of residents of Benuun. The chief, the woman by the name...
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Seven
Still shaken though he was from his encounter behind City Hall, Martin nevertheless composed himself enough to retrace his steps back to the Central District and, from there, find his way to the herbalist thanks to directions provided by one of the...
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Eighteen
Perhaps part of what he had initially found irritating about her was that she was so earnestly _passionate_ about so many things—plants, music, culture, and more besides—that he was envious that she had a drive he had lacked.
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Twenty-two
A sensation of being suspended beneath water greeted Martin as he came to. His head swam and muffled sounds washed toward him in ebbing and flowing waves. Martin lifted his head as he heard a thump, a yell, and then pain—his own pain, throbbing pain as...
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Twenty-nine
If the experience was novel to him, he could only imagine how the additional culture shock affected the faun. the man put a reassuring hand on the unsuspecting botanist’s shoulder as she twitched, but eventually leaned into, his comforting touch.
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_(the above was inspired by, of all things, what was basically small talk between two characters in a story on another site, 'ebony and fire' by __rauhnee ranshanka and todd mccall, where a discussion on cultural differences brought up how a displaced
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Fourteen
“t-that was different. you were more desperate then than you are now. you’ve come a long way.” she sounded as if she were trying to justify it to herself as much as she was to him.
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Fifteen
She bore an expression of cautious interest on her predatory, but not unattractive, features, as if she recognized under slightly different circumstances she would take the man’s life without hesitation.
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Twenty-three
How she kept the different herbs and other plant products straight amidst the disorganized chaos of her pack was itself a marvel to the human.
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Twenty-four
Namo’s left-field question caught Martin on the back foot, and the rogue felt the foundation of the courage he had built up crumble beneath him like wet mud amidst a rushing stream. “No… no it’s not about English. It’s about you and me, err, more like,...