We moved through the prison together, with our party of four at the front. Fallatehr walked in the midst of his quote associates unquote, who formed a tight ring around him. Behind him, the nonanima was being pulled along by the brass manacles around her wrists and the collar wrapping her throat. My eyes kept […]
Worth the Candle, Ch 61: Animus
We didn’t have another major fight, but we did have skirmishes, four of them as we went through the prison trying to find the gymnasium, or failing that, the cell where Fallatehr was kept. Three of those were against the brass creatures, which we mostly dealt with from as far a distance as possible. If […]
Worth the Candle, Ch 60: Aggressive Negotiations
When we came out of the wards, Fenn was standing with her arm around the dirt golem. “Productive conversation?” she asked. “We’ll be staying around here for a little bit,” said Amaryllis, speaking more to the golem than to Fenn. The golem slumped slightly to the side, and Fenn moved away from it. “Unanimous?” asked […]
Worth the Candle, Ch 59: All the Myriad Ways
Moving through the prison following the dirt golem was nerve-wracking. We saw more dirt golems as we walked, usually from a distance, but there were an awful lot of them, and I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to handle them as effectively up close, if they trapped us in a hallway. Our golem […]
Worth the Candle, Ch 58: Panopticon
I tried to think about it in terms of tactics. Solace had been versatile, able to switch between control, utility, and being a heavy hitter basically at will. When we’d fought against Larkspur, she’d taken out the majority of men on her own. She had been able to provide healing that far surpassed what I […]