Recent content by Elouise Libelle

Elouise’s face twitched, her composed expression creasing but a millimeter into agitation. Were there more moths in here than there had been a second ago? “I ‘forget’ nothing.” Elouise held a thousand secrets behind her milky eyes. She could, at this very moment, see the great sand seas and...

Elouise had made it through about a third of her own meal by the time Emryc had finished his, and she did not pause at his answer, though it did peak her interest. What did Emryc believe he was doing here? He hadn't been told much... how much did he even know about the surface Vel Anir? How much...

Elouise had not expected his answer to be quite so... direct. Still, a step in the right direction if she were keeping track. "That have meat," she put a hand to her chin, considering the various offerings of the meager cart. It was food far below the standards of many of her compatriots, but...

Elouise‘s composure did not waver during her conversation with Tarkas. The mindset of the guard was certainly different from the academy, but this made sense when all the variables were considered. The guard was full of, as he put it, “pawns.” Ordinary men, brave and exemplary of course, but...

Elouise was glad that Emryc was able to be fitted with gear that suited him, and she thanked the smith and paid him for the items received before the pair of them stepped back into the waning sunlight. The butterflies were not needed for shade now, so they dispersed as glittering stars to the...

Elouise smiled. The image of a man as imposing as Tarkas ballroom dancing was not easy to conjure. She took another sip of her tea while a small white moth alighted on the cup's lip. She could taste and smell just fine on her own, but it did so amplify the experience to place her sentries close...

"The blue team is moving together while the red has spread out some. Calgrave, Eleanor, and Aliana have left their teammates trailing. Castomir and Ebersol appear to be taking the lead." She took the tea with a small nod of thanks while her milky eyes continued to stare far into the invisible...

Elouise kept her classic, pleasant expression, although her smile did perk up briefly as Emryc spoke. It was perhaps the most words she'd heard him use at one time, and she assumed he must at least like the sword if he was willing to talk about it. She made no reply to Emryc's glance, only...

Elouise turned her head in roughly Tarkas' direction, though her milky eyes did not quite line up with his. She could see his features quite clearly through the various insects around the room, though her attention was a bit divided at the moment what with the number of eyes she had to keep on...

Emryc's silence would make it difficult to get to know one another as they should, but Elouise had not expected this to go quickly. She found comparing him to an animal to be distasteful, but she had to admit there were some parallels. Any creature, man or beast, would be reserved and...

Both teams were off with enthusiasm, so it would seem. Elouise expected them to make good time initially, but the closer they grew to the center the more hazardous it would become. The Red Team, for instance, was headed through an processing neighborhood that had utilized quite a few golem...

Elouise sat at the front of the shop and appeared to all the world to simply be admiring the fine bolts of cloth and well cut articles. In actuality she eyed the entire store and everyone in it, most of all her newest companion. He was certainly built to the standards she had expected from the...

Vel Kurez. The city had been a ghost since the revolution. While the main battle had raged in Vel Anir, splinter forces of the revolution had sought the weapons stored in this academic bastion. Some such weapons, however, were volatile. Now the buildings crumbled and the arches hung bare and...

Emryc may have been accustomed to humiliation but Elouise had left that behind at the academy. She had been honed through brutality. She had been beaten by proctors and peers, stripped bare and left in icy woodlands, and once they had starved her for a week before throwing her into a pit with a...

Elouise stood back as the two discussed specifics. She wore little of the stuff herself as she was rarely on a battlefield, at least the front of one. Her place was in the back, surveying from above, giving strategic advice and support alongside the other seers, wargs, and clairvoyants that Vel...