You haven’t gone to college, have you?

Tagging some old people

Oh my gracious. XD

What Elishavet said and also:

From the perspective of someone who’s both attended college, is attending college, and has worked in college admissions offices…Remember, colleges want students. Colleges need students. They will be looking for reasons to make you pick them, not reasons to…[Read more]

I pronounced that Moth-er and that is somehow quite fitting.

Ari

The tension in his shoulders eased slightly. He nodded and pushed away from the table.

“Come on then.”

Students still meandered around the courtyard. Clumps of them stood followed various instructors like swarms of bees. Ari headed straight for the…[Read more]

I tried typing Moth and it autocorrected to Mother and I almost started laughing very loudly to myself in public

*Snort laughs in a very public but very empty hallway*

Ari

He slowly nodded. Linguistics wasn’t for another three hours–not till after lunch, and of course Choir this evening. The school had tried to saddle him…[Read more]

I like Lucian.

I honestly don’t know who would

Ari

He looked back at moth, curious, but let that remark pass. Could whistling be heard in the void?

“What were you two up to before you decided to come and ruin my swords practice?” Not that he liked swords. The interruption was almost welcome…but he’d definitely not say that outloud.

Thank you Whaley, I am now concerned for Ellis and Lucien.

Ari

“I don’t know. What makes you think they would?” Frustration boiled up, clenching his nails into his skin as Moth continued to stare at him. “They’re my half-brothers. Some fighting is normal, but inheritence isn’t determined by a few scuffles. Maybe they…[Read more]

Moth: *Wants to protect Ari*

Ari: *Is practically twice his height, and is older and tougher*

XD

He needs it, Moth. He needs it.

Ari

In competition? That seemed to light a word.

“Me? No.” He looked down as he pulled off the padded sparring gloves. “My father has four sons older than my brother and me. And besides, what with his brothers gone, there’s plenty of land and titles to go round.”

Don’t be an idiot. He slapped the gloves against the…[Read more]

Ari

His attention snapped back to Moth.

“Just…wondering. Family traits tend to run strong with us.” Black hair, dark eyes, murder. Yes, family traits.

Ari

Moth would be keeping watch as well. But what exactly did a fairy mean by watching?

It didn’t make much of a difference. Ari pushed away from the table.

“If you like. I was going to head to the archery targets once I was done here…” His voice trailed off as his gaze turned to wards where Jasper was still gadding…[Read more]

Ari

He nodded. He wasn’t sure what a mood was or why it would be damapened, but he had heard about visions. Just none within the last two centuries.

Brother’s or no, tonight was going to be an… adventure. If this kid was telling the truth.

“Good, good.” His spreading smile kindled the light in his eyes. “Finally…[Read more]

Sure, he needed it to live and all, yet he could not have himself loudly beeping around medieval royalty.

BRYCE NO. What are you doing??? XD

Joshua, Everett, and Raynen all sound cool (my phone tried to “correct” Raynen into ramen…*dies*). As a short slightly chaotic individual myself, I kind of lean towards Raynen, but toss…[Read more]

O_O

Ari

He absently ran the end of his tongue over the seaping cut in his lip.

“Thoughtful of you to tell me.” This could be interesting. “You saw this? Where, and what exactly did you see?”

His bedchamber. Well, perhaps he might just have to stage an ambush of his own. Anticipation pooled in his stomach.

Who would try…[Read more]

Y’all I just got out of class and there’s a weather front coming in that just made the temperature outside drop to 78° and cloudy. This is beautiful.

Ari

Stillness crept down his spine. He watched Moth’s friend, wary. I need to warn you. Even his own patchy social record said those weren’t the usual first words out of s…[Read more]

My brain feels like the Energizer bunny and Eeyore are in an argument about tamales.

Let me go find it. XD

Ari

Pale Moonlight and Tread the Dawn …and Anywhere… (Gray Havens)

Constellations (Oh Hello’s)

Wolves of the Revolution and A Benediction (Arcadian Wild)

May It Be (Enya — Lord of the Rings Soundtrack)

Light in the Dark (Violin Sky) Instramental

Troubadour (George Winston) Instramental… except my p…[Read more]

Ari

“Ah, right.”

He leaned against the weapon table and folded his arms. After a moment of studying the fuzzy golden fairy, he looked over at the boy beside Moth.

“And I thought humans were strange.”

Poor Remi. He’s a magnet for trouble.

Or maybe a generator.

“Ari. He tries to spook people with his eyes. Ignore that.”

*Snorts* XD

Ari

The best thing about training with Sir. Drimel was his near silence. What the man did say was never more than a few words at a time and purely for instruction.

Neither of them had time for anything else.

Blood thrummed in his veins. Breath cam…[Read more]

Oh. Oh my.

XD

This could be fun.

Oh chocolate gravy, the poor boy could have been caramel glazed by now.

I believe we left it at LeQoi waiting for Callum to wake up. Let’s say he’s currently standing to one side of the main kitchen tasting a fresh pannatone bread.

Which is actually one reason Ari likes him.

Oi, what book is this darling from? I’ve read a book titled Glitch but I’m assuming this isn’t the same book (which I could be wrong but this doesn’t look like a middle-grade sci-fi/time travel book).

Remember the dance. Steel met steel. Blades in parley. Feet flit over sand. Sweat began to bead and trickle in the morning sun.

The dance of a swordsman.

Every step reflected years of focus. Each attack and defense discipline and training. Years upon years of his life had been–and were yet to be–dedicated to the mastery of this…[Read more]

*Nods* Sounds good.

Right now Ari is working out much needed irritation in the form of violent therapy. Moth can take his time making friends who are actually…friendly…

*Squints at my character*

This Bryce fellow sounds interesting. Go ahead and throw him in somewhere and we’ll see who’s available/in his way to interact with. Most everyone is at the school gymnasium for morning exercise (or croquet [or conniving]) so that’s where I’d head.

My character, Ari, is currently training with a fighting instructor inside the…[Read more]

You know, looking at their chart, Lucian and Ari might actually get along pretty well if standing at the edge of the same room and watching people can be termed getting along. That or they’d quietly distrust each other. XD

Also, your drawings of Lucian and Ellis are adorable.

Wow, I step off to read a book and people start talking. XD

Ari

Jasper hadn’t drawn Remington far enough away for an Eldar’s ears to not mark their exchange. Not that he’d understood more than a phrase at a time.

Not that he listened.

Of course, if Remington’s hushed exchange had been…[Read more]

Alas, KP locked me out yesterday, so I did not see these memeses until today. They are beautiful. I highly approve. I cannot choose between them. I was cackling.

Thank you. *deep curtsey*

Ari

He watched Jasper search methodically through the yard. The prince might be a royal pain, but he wasn’t a complete idiot. Ari closed his eyes.

“He’ll find who he’s looking for,” his voice was just barely loud enough for the purple huddle in the bush behind him to hear. “If he stays where it is. But then, not sure where LaCeux…[Read more]

He needs help.

Yes, he means emotionally…although he also means by age a little bit too since he’s used to a different age scale. But he also doesn’t think of that as a bad thing.

I’m fact, he’s more likely to put up with/like Remington simply because he sees him as younger.

Ari

“LeCeux?” He let the irritation of the morning melt into cold amusement. “You mean the befloured child king with a obvious preference for fine clothes?”

He watched the sparks flicker in Jasper’s eyes, another Prince with too obvious infatuation with finery though of a different sort. Remington certainly hadn’t been in the midst…[Read more]

Somewhere near enough to the Gymnasium for use in jousting lessons but not directly next to the gym.

Yup. XD

Ari

He returned the poisoned smile with one of his own made entirely of ice.

“Been some time since I last saw you, Juniper. Our last discussion was most… cathartic.”

He tilted his head enough to let his unerving gaze follow the prince into the courtyard.

“Envéla méne.” We meet again.

The more Ari lets slip about his brothers, the more concerned Moth will be.

As he should be. *Nod nod*

Also, I just got one basic outline option done! Now to finish the second (because I can’t choose between two story directions).

Ari

Jasper, the refined Prince of Poise, didn’t appear to have noticed him yet. For a moment Ari…[Read more]

So you don’t know much about Jasper, but Ari is supposed to know something about him. Oops. XD

XD An awkward position, yes.

This is the first time Ari has seen this prince since last year, since the new year just started.

Sounds good!

Oh my word, Ari, please get some help

Uh so, basically the relationship between Berard (second o…[Read more]

*Immediately hunts for paper*

Honestly, I’ve sort of been feeling the entire time Ari was here that his habits of busting bullie’s noses is as much why he has zero friends as his abrasive attitudes. He’s always on someone’s hit list, and people know it, but he’s also quite dangerous. Like genuinely has can turn fey and deadly.

So like, he has protected kids be…[Read more]

I just had a thought. What if it was Jasper’s arm that Ari broke on his second day at school?

*Concerned noises*

Ari

He had just stepped outside when Remington darted past him and all but tumbled under a bush. Odd behavior even for this odd buck.

Ari paused to lean against the doorpost as if surveying the pells. Besides, what was…[Read more]

*Cracks knuckles*

actually not sure how he’s going to respond yet.

Ari

He rolled his eyes. He’d warned the kid enough. If he waited much longer the other students would start to question the validity of his threats. And Ari never gave empty threats.

Besides, this morning was testing his patience already. He would feel better…[Read more]