The Oracle looked at Maeni and shrugged, "you may have found my predecessors more to your expectations, Maeni. Each of us have chosen different forms when we... I suppose you'd say 'ascend'." He took ...

Kelsey took the arm with a bit of surprise, looking up at the queen. "My ship is a proud thing indeed, my queen. She will take us where we need to go, and she will be swift." Kelsey beamed with pride ...

Kelsey's grin was broad and warm, a humoring smile. "I am sure you will find your sea legs in no time, heels or no. And yes, your trunks are in the large cabin below the helm." She looked puzzled for ...

The Oracle laughed as well, "Things are in place, my queen. Even if we have made little progress as of yet, we will still win through. I have a certainty in this." His smiling mask seemed gentle now, ...

Kelsey sighed deeply, her shoulders sagging. "I am ever at your service, my queen. Two hours should be more than enough time to prepare my crew." She gathered herself, resigned to the fact that she wo...

Kelsey's mouth worked as she stared at the queen, who seemed as nonchalant and in control. The poor Lord-Captain looked as though she were a fish out of water, her cheeks filling with air and her mout...

The morning brought bright light and birdsong, and while there may have been troubling news the night before, the idyllic sunlight of the Warren would not be cowed. The day continued, with preparation...

The figure's shoulders sagged slightly, and the mask's playfulness became reproachful. "Very well my queen, I am, as always, at your disposal." The figure turned and bowed deeply again, before opening...

"I am always happy to be of service, my queen." The figure rises from the chair and gives a grand bow, his air of playful duty unphased, "If you require my services, I can stay a while longer in the c...

The figure shrugged his shoulders, "I cannot say that I know for certain whether or not these new guests will be of use to us, but still. my queen, they are an anomaly, and you may yet have need of th...

The figure followed her gaze, and shrugged. "The portals in Aimsir were already strange. This incursion may have allowed them to be opened from beyond, or perhaps the portals are just snatching waywar...

The figure laughed, and took a seat, "I'm happy to sit with you, my queen," he looked at the glass before shrugging and taking it, swirling the liquid. "I wish I could say that this was a social visit...

It was an easy walk to the castle at the heart of Bastion, and Aynia would find that even though a war was most certainly an oppressive threat, life in the capitol was relatively unchanged for now. Th...

Kelsey grinned as she took the receipt, and sat down at the desk, taking the seat Aynia had taken and began writing her own order. [table] [tr][td] To the Scriptorium's acting master of numbers,...

Kelsey nodded confidently, "consider it done, my queen. We are happy to serve. Especially when it benefits us. We shall teach these foolish upstarts who truly rules the seas." She grinned as she surve...

"We have dealt with the kidnapper and his accomplices," Kelsey said, "they shall not trouble the Warren anymore. The Bosun has assured the Council that he will have one of his guildmasters in Avanroa ...

Kelsey rose from her seat, either not noticing or caring that Aynia was exiting without her disguise. As she rose to her feet, she sheathed the dagger she had produced. She stretched and grinned worki...

Kelsey nodded as she heard both the courtly answer, and the realistic answer. "That is acceptable. We shall endeavor to act in a manner befitting this responsibility." Inwardly she groaned, hearing th...

Kelsey grinned slightly in the compliments, and cocked an eyebrow as she sipped her glass of liquor. "Well, if it is I and my blades you desire, then I shall be happy to oblige." She leaned back as sh...

Kelsey was still shaken, "thank you for understanding, my queen," she said between shaky breaths, and sat across from Aynia gratefully, glad to be off her slightly shaky legs. She grasped the glass ti...