Jennifer Jones
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Tala had finished her tale, and Holly was simply sitting, contemplating. “Is everything alright?” Holly grunted, standing. “Quite, yes.” She hesitated, then pulled a seemingly raw steak out of thin air and tossed it towards Terry. It vanished before reaching the halfway point between them, just a hint of dimensional power giving knowledge of where it had gone. “What was that for?” The older woman paused for another moment, then smiled. “Courtesy never hurt anyone.” Without another…-
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Tala stood across the training ground from the woman that she’d challenged. Aproa had explained that they always began their time by allowing individual challenges, if any were desired, and Tala had immediately issued one. Tala had challenged the Mage hunter, Jean. Terry had used the momentary distraction to immediately flicker over to one side to watch. Jean had only seemed surprised for only an instant before a small smile tugged at her lips. “As you wish, Archon.” She drew the device from her…
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After her second, She felt like she had expelled more than she’d eaten recently and suspected that her body had taken advantage of the exodus to get rid of some things it didn’t precisely want. There was no need to comb through it more than once. Her brush effortlessly left her hair clean and dry with a single stroke, but she felt the She skillfully, deftly rewove her braid and attached Kit to her belt with a quick motion, once again willing her belt to move through the belt-loop on the…
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Tala surveyed the merging room one last time as Boma went to sit on the side in another open space. With quiet solemnity, only mildly spoiled by his happy smile, he placed his hands down on the circles waiting for him there. “As discussed, I will be guiding the process and providing the shell of power, containing the merging. You will be fueling the actual process, however. Ready for that, Bound?” He was grinning. They’d discussed price already, and Tala had paid before they’d begun. Tala…
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Tala and Holly sat in the workroom; a table set up between them with tea. Holly had provided the beverage, and Tala was quite enjoying hers. Terry had declined a portion when offered After only a couple of sips, Holly set her cup to one side. “Now, I don’t have all day, and you have much to do as well, I assume.” “I do.” Tala smiled around another sip of tea. “So?” She set hers down as well. “First, let’s get some easy things out of the way. Is my mage-sight becoming more…
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Hey, My eldest is sick, and I had to go to the hospital with him. (Sorry for the brief explaination.) No chapter, at least for today. Apologies for the lack, and I'll let you know if it effects more than today.…
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Tala grinned as she watched the first, quick bout. Even Terry lifted his head from her shoulder before flickering to his favorite spot on the roof to sun-bask and watch. Adam neatly sidestepped or bent out of the way of Aproa’s attacks before moving in to place the tip of his practice weapon to her throat. The Archon froze, simply staring at the man, before she glanced at Tala. Adam stepped back a few paces. Aproa laughed. “Fair enough.” Her grin was almost hungry as she looked back to Adam.…
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Tala woke early and moved through her standard routine, despite her late bedtime. When she finally exited Kit, she felt relaxed, refreshed, and awake. Ready to face the day. As she climbed out into her room in Lyn’s house, she found herself frowning. That would only become more true as time went on and Kit grew bigger on the inside. She sighed. She tilted her head to the side. Terry flickered to her shoulder, giving her a soft headbutt and pulling her mind back to the present. “Morning…
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Tala took a long couple of minutes to completely come down from the adrenaline released by the butchery she’d just enacted. Terry took that opportunity to devour the traditionally discarded parts of the corpses. He even went so far as to carefully splay open those that she hadn’t already bisected and remove the innards cleanly. To do this, he used a talon almost like a gut hook, the rounded top facing inward to glide across the underlayers as the sharper point and interior laid the creature open. He…
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Tala had had a rough couple of days, and that didn’t even account for her still healing chest. The burns caused by shorting out her Taking everything into account, as the wagons began moving once again, Tala realized that she was mentally and emotionally exhausted. As foreign as it seemed to her, she felt like she should not be training right then. So, going against the habits she’d tried to build over the last couple of months, Tala gave herself a bit of a break that afternoon. She simply relaxed…
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