Michael Williams
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Siobhan Month 8 Day 14, Saturday 11:45 p.m. Siobhan inclined her head gracefully and walked past Professor Lacer as he held the door open for her. His gaze was fixated on her, and she imagined she could feel it hot on her skin as he examined her. He waved her into his living room, which was surrounded by packed bookcases and sported one lone couch. Only a single lamp was lit, sitting on a small table by one of the couch arms and spilling gentle warm light. It was obviously more of a study than a room…-
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Siobhan Month 8 Day 14, Saturday 9:10 p.m. Siobhan stared at the crumbling stone wall of the gate house. ‘ She examined her shadow for several long minutes, experimenting with moving it around and shaping it as she liked to see if there was any hint of the feedback or resistance she’d gotten from the being when it was present. But there was nothing. The spell was still harder to use than normal, but when she adjusted the Circle over her mouth to include both her hands and said the full chant,…
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Siobhan Month 8 Day 14, Saturday 8:59 p.m. The Red Guard agent screamed, and as if that had been a trigger, a scream burst from Siobhan’s mouth, too. Siobhan’s shadow waited patiently for them to run out of breath, then turned its head to the agent. “You had better take off that glove before it consumes you.” It even sounded like Siobhan, though distant and muffled, as if heard through a wall. Then it turned to her. “Siobhan, leave now. I will take care of things here, child.” Another…
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Siobhan Month 8 Day 14, Saturday 8:55 p.m. Siobhan slid to a stop in front of the Red Guard agent, falling on her bottom and scrambling back to her feet. “There’s no point in running. We’re destined to meet under the rain,” they said, somehow seeming both bored and frustrated. “I commend your ingenuity, but escape is futile without fulfilling the terms of our agreement. Without defeating me, this barrier will not drop. You have ninety seconds left.” They had already retied and latched all of…
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Siobhan Month 8 Day 14, Saturday 8:50 p.m. There was no response to Siobhan’s challenge. As the streetlamp’s light flickered for a painfully long moment, she slid her hands along the spell rod and found the segment for a light spell without looking. She snapped open that array and dropped her barrier spell so as not to give away her ability to dual-cast so early, then cast the light projectile. It was one of a few new spells that she had added to her utility list. A bright sphere shot up and out in…
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Sebastien Month 8 Day 13, Friday 11:00 p.m. Sebastien had to knock for a while before Thomas the doorman and pseudo-butler opened the door for her, sleepy eyed. “Sorry about the late hour. Is Oliver here?” Thomas nodded silently, his eyes flicking up toward Oliver’s study and giving her all the information she needed. She strode toward the stairs without further delay. However, she stopped at the study door, bracing herself to see Oliver in person once more. She did a quick check of her body,…
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Sebastien Month 8 Day 9, Monday 5:15 p.m. Sebastien’s eyes eagerly focused on the first page of Myrddin’s journal. His handwriting was a little messy, somewhat overly looping and decorative, but she could read it with a little extra effort. The first page held a single paragraph. Some of the words were spelled strangely, and some of them were archaic choices that she’d never heard anyone actually use. These, she mentally translated into what she guessed were their contemporary counterparts to more…
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Siobhan Month 7 Day 15, Thursday 12:15 a.m. Siobhan turned the pages of Somewhat famously, Myrddin was said to have been given a quest by a dragon that required him to turn clay to flesh. Siobhan had seen Professor Lacer actually do this in class, with a turtle. Of course, Professor Lacer wasn’t rumored to have created sentience, nor true life out of clay. But if Myrddin had done something similar, it was easy to see where such exaggerated rumors came from. It was even possible that a dragon really…
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Sebastien Month 6 Day 25, Friday 5:15 a.m. On Friday morning, well before classes started, Sebastien left for her apartment, which was both more inviting and better protected than it had been when she moved in. Once again, she dropped by to check the lock box on her way. This time, a letter was waiting for her. With the curtain drawn and a bottle of moonlight sizzle glowing soft and bright, she read Lacer’s latest response. ‘ That really wasn’t any less cryptic, or more revealing, than what she…
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Sebastien Month 5 Day 9, Sunday 7:05 p.m. After an entire weekend of casting through most of her waking hours, Sebastien’s mind still felt like a well-used muscle, weak and on the verge of soreness. But her debts were paid, she had resources left over, and her Will was growing. Sebastien stopped at her apartment to write a return letter for Professor Lacer. She was very aware that once the letter left her possession, it would no longer be protected against divination. She did not want to lie,…
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