I wished that I had Grak’s temporal plate, because I wanted time to think, not just about what was going on, but about what I knew. Pinno had said that the entity had acted like Doris until they reasoned with it, and if it was acting like Doris because it was Doris, then that meant she could be reasoned […]
Worth the Candle, Ch 204: Open Veins
As it turned out, Star Doris had been telling the truth, and we weren’t far from where the blood mages had been doing their thing. Any normal member polity of the Empire of Common Cause would have mandated that high-level research and engineering take place far from a center of population, and this wasn’t just […]
Worth the Candle, Ch 203: Where the Streets Run Red
“So what’s the murders per capita in this shithole?” asked Arthur, giving me a goofy grin. “Uh, pretty low,” I said. “If you’re comparing it to real life, it would be staggeringly low.” He frowned at me. “The way it was described to us, it was supposed to be a place where the gutters ran […]
Worth the Candle, Ch 202: Star Pupil
We were given our own room while the Dorises secured us a star mage to teach me. It was bare bones but functional, and Grak had us warded almost as soon as the door was closed. “So,” Amaryllis said to Raven. “Tell us what we’re walking into.” Raven shrugged. “Based on what they said, nothing […]
Worth the Candle, Ch 201: The Aviary
Going into Captain Blue-in-the-Bottle’s exclusion zone was a legal gray zone. Amaryllis and I were dual citizens, with one country being an imperial non-member and the other being a full member in good standing. It wasn’t strictly illegal to cross into the Necrolaborem EZ, but it was illegal to provide aid and comfort, to engage in trade, […]