Grace Wilson
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The intelligence in the sphere cursed electronically inside what constituted a mind for its kind. Several of the foolish youngsters hadn’t obeyed his directives, and now thanks to their incessant chatter through the radio band they’d been found. The fools, trapped in scouting layouts and lacking the resources to upgrade their shells didn’t have the necessary sensors to detect the movement of the natives on the ground above where they were buried, but the intelligence did. It had long learned to be…-
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The handful of dates they got to go on over the next few days were very nice. They had dinner twice, once in the suite by themselves and once out at a fancy restaurant Eleniah recommended. Both dinners were great and the few other dates they had, including a shopping date and a tour of one of the palace’s art galleries, were wonderful as well. Those stood out to Kay as “dates” because they were specific events they’d planned out ahead of time specifically for the two of them, but everything else…
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The hunt for the eldritch nanomachines spanned several days before Alahna started having people head off the island of Sel to broaden the search. With no known dopplegangers to test the blood Kay gave them with Purify Blood in it the people involved in the hunt were unable to know for sure if it would reveal any fakes. They resorted to the other option of making small cuts into people, which made those that were being investigated unhappy, but the attached healers sealed any injuries caused during…
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“Nanomachines?” “That came across in, uh, what’s your language called? Anglish? No, English. That doesn’t match a word we have. Also what do you mean by ‘gray goo scenario?’ Hasn’t all the goo we’ve seen so far been black?” “Right…” Kay started breaking down the concepts to make sure he go the information across. “’Machine’ obvious translates, right?” “Yes.” “Okay, does ‘nano’?” The two women quickly glanced at each other then shook their…
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“What?” Alahna recoiled from Eleniah’s glare. “I had no idea there would be an attack last night!” “Bullshit!” Eleniah shouted. “You literally mocked that idiot Karmondur about how you knew all about his plans!” Her scowl deepened as she continued to stare down her cousin. “You dragged us here and put Kay in danger for one of your stupid schemes. What was the plan? Use the excuse of the replacements appearing to get Kay to come so you could force Karmondur to launch his play early? No,…
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Cleaning up the literal mess in the ballroom and the figurative mess that stemmed from what happened in the ballroom took well in to the next day. The wounded needed healing, bodies had to be carried out, structural damage had to be patched up, and prisoners were carted off and interrogated. A group of Alahna’s royal guards asked Kay, very politely but very insistently, if he would check everyone they could get their hands on for monstrous replacements. At that point, with multiple people turning into…
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Kay lunged forward, the spearing tip of his halberd lashing out in a line at the woman whose face was reforming from a melted looking black good into false skin. Her face had lost any semblance of expression after Kay had spotted her, even Eleniah’s completely still expression while Alahna had counter-monologued at Karmondur had more life to it than this. The spray of blood Kay had launched at her coated the wall and floor as the unknown eldritch enemy leapt to the side. Kay’s weapon traced a pattern…
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Kay and Eleniah stayed close together for several dances and Kay enjoyed every moment of it. He wasn’t the best dancer but he’d learned to love moving his body in battle and while less bloody this was an exertion that was close enough to be comparable. He’d learned the basics of several dances from Eleniah and a few others over the last few years, just to have them in his repertoire. While Eleniah had been his main teacher, Amanda had been there to help him with several of the more esoteric dances…
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Guests at the dance stopped paying attention to Kay, both those who had been overtly staring and those who had been covertly watching, to pay attention to the arrival of their queen. Two guards in her livery proceeded her and two followed behind her, but every eye was on Alahna as she strode into the ballroom. She was the very picture of a regal queen, with a simple yet elegant presence crown on her brow and silvery jewelry that matched it drawing the eye with each movement. Bangles pooled at her wrists…
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“Oh? Interesting things, you say? What kind of interesting things?” Eleniah shot Kay a look from his side, visibly scolding him for using an adjective that could be misinterpreted, or in this case, interpreted exactly the way Kay meant it. “What I was most interested in was learning about the fascinating bird creatures to your territories.” Immediately replied. He’d already had this line planned out ahead of time. He wasn’t going to lie to the man and tell him he’d heard great things about…
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