Shady

Aleth looked Ky over carefully. She was put-together as carefully as he expected. He had her lift her arms to prove that her binder wouldn't be visible through the tunic ...

Sounds perfect!! I'm gonna be busy the rest of the afternoon so if you wanna go back to Tarr feel free :) I have no more plans for Aleth before ...

(We could skip to Pratik returning to Ash? Or we could flip back to Aleth/Tarr? I don’t particularly have more to add for Pratik rn tbh, I feel like he’s ...

(If you want to! I was thinking this would be a good spot to have some more Gaius development if you want, with Sera/Sara and receiving the letter and such ...

"Bless," Rana muttered, reaching forward to grab a wine glass from the platter of a passing server. "I've had enough of today."

Jerica was bored. And sore, from practice. But she was fairly used to that, at this point. The conditioning was nothing but an ego match, and unfortunately, her ego was ...

Rana groaned and rubbed her face. "Why do you give me hope, only to yank it away?"

"No, I meant you? ," Rana muttered, carefully resisting the urge to look around as Kris scanned the room. It'd look suspicious if they were both looking around. "As in ...

Rana felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around, instinctively plastering a smile on her face as she wrapped her hand around his back -- her --? "Oh gods ...

She passed from senator to senator -- some of them giving her scraps, others giving her nothing at all. But she had her wallet nearly packed with vouchers by the ...

(night!) Pratik gratefully followed the servant to a small bedroom that was warm and well-furnished. He loosened his sword -- which he still wasn't sure why he'd been allowed to ...

She'd found two warehouses. Two. Surely, that was enough. She'd earned taking the rest of the night off. To go back home and not deal with these tiresome senators and ...

"Yes." Pratik worked on folding the message intricately -- yet another of his marks that he supposed he should tell Ash about eventually -- and then rolled it up and ...

"Thank you." He pulled out a sheet and lifted the quill, contemplating what he wanted to say after he'd been left alone. 5 pods, officers neutralized. 6th got messy, now ...

"I appreciate that." Pratik forced another smile, not really sure if he did or not. If it was well-intentioned then he supposed it was thoughtful. But, also, he didn't like ...