22.2 Hawthorne By the time I wake, Iridea has already delivered the letters to the mailboy. I rub my eyes to release what sleep remains...

22 Hawthorne I rise from the stiff pillow out of thick oily reveries and swing my feet onto the wooden floor. My boots remain firmly on...

21 Lillian All the strength drains from me the moment I reach Grot. My mission is complete and I can now peacefully give up. My leg...

20.2 Iridea As the sun dips for the third time in our journey, we rise and spiral ever higher along Mount Linea. Each turn brings new...

20.1 Iridea Beneath me, the cart rumbles and rocks my body from side to side with every new rotation of its wheels. At least once every...

“I don’t see why we keep him here. He’s fucking useless,” Iridea curses as I wrap her split arm with cloth from the hem of my skirt.

18.2 Hawthorne It starts tremulously low, barely noticeable, yet it rattles every bone in my body. Before any of us can react, it...

Author's Note: In our last chapter, we met a new character named Lillian who just experienced an event that left her incredibly injured...

Author's Note: We have not seen this character before. But in our last chapter, centered on Stellina, Iridea, and Hawthorne, the group...

Author's Summary: Let's catch you up to speed: the last time we saw Iridea's POV (chapter 13) was just before Stellina's little run-in...

CW// Swearing 15.2 Hawthorne The Star Elf leads me through the woods in the direction of Jemtong. I make sure to fill our journey with...

CW// Violence Author's Note: Hi! It's Hawthorne again! Just in case you've forgotten, because it's been a while, the last time we saw...

CW// Mentions of Death and Murder 14 Stellina The pointless hours spent in the human’s house is excruciating. For the most part, I spend...

13 Iridea Evelena proceeds to fill Stellina in on everything she missed, as best she can. Y’know: geography, a lil sprinkling of history,...

12.2 Stellina Four hundred. Four hundred? And three? That can not be right. That is far too long. Four hundred is half a lifetime. Xada...

12.1 Stellina Everything is so…different. The woods are different. There are no silver trees crowned with glistening leaves any longer....

CW// Swearing 11 Iridea UGHHHHHHHH. I finished all my chores; taking out the compost, weeding the garden, cleaning the dishes, ironing,...

10 Hyxver “We’ve spotted her, my lord. She has returned…” The Xeoserp hovers before the high-backed chair with her message, her accent a...

9.2 Stellina Retracing my steps, going further, and returning to the place my city should be, I find myself swarmed by a forest of moss...

9.1 Stellina Everything is silent. Everything is dark. The air is cold and has a strange wetness to it. Damp; like a cave. The tips of my...