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  1. Ichika

    Private Tales Clean Up Your Mess

    "It's great to see you too," she said, trying her best to return the hug despite the heavy armor. They were friends even if they'd not gotten to spend much time together since their return to Dornoch. Ichika's mother disliked Khari, believing the girl to be a spy for the Dynast that would be...
  2. Ichika

    Private Tales Clean Up Your Mess

    "Part of being the heir to our house is taking responsibility for your actions," Yuna Tsuri, the matriarch of the clan that had served Dornoch's dynast for generations, walked with several attendants following her. Reviewing documents, signing parchment, then passing one scroll to an attendant...
  3. Ichika

    Fable - Ask There's Something About Nira

    The little boat bobbed on the water and shifted back-and-forth as the group climbed on board with Eiko. "We need to get to Dornoch," Ichika insisted quickly, "time is of the essence." They'd hopefully assume it was to keep the prince safe or for his benefit in some way. Ichika merely wanted...
  4. Ichika

    Fable - Ask There's Something About Nira

    Underneath it all Ichika was fuming. It was one thing to be robbed and another to be robbed by more than what your robbers initially threatened you with! Had Khari not been so short with the red-haired criminal leader of this group Ichika was preparing to give her a piece of her own mind...
  5. Ichika

    Fable - Ask There's Something About Nira

    Ichika’s eyes went a bit more narrow as the situation unfolded. This was still not shaping up how she’d have preferred. This gang of hoodlums was proving to be a bigger nuisance than any other obstacle they’d faced since slaying the daimyo. ”Plenty for you to forget we were here,” Ichika said...
  6. Ichika

    Fable - Ask There's Something About Nira

    Toda was an appropriate name for the toady looking boy they now had to lug around. Luckily, they'd given their captive a few blankets and quilts to carry which concealed the fact that his hands were bound. Ichika had figured they could masquerade as merchants who had come to Nira to trade...
  7. Ichika

    Fable - Ask There's Something About Nira

    She would've been lying if she'd said the posters of Khari hadn't made her nervous. If there were one or two of them she could've dismissed it but nearly everywhere she looked she saw another visage of her friend. Boarded on doors, hung from rafters, attached to the stoneworks at the corners...
  8. Ichika

    Fable - Ask There's Something About Nira

    Ichika practically could've slapped her friend in the moment. Instead, she shot her a bewildered look and let her eyes do the talking before whispering back, "we both need to get to the boat. And if you're concerned about me getting to it, make sure you're on it with me." There was no chance...
  9. Ichika

    Fable - Ask There's Something About Nira

    Ichika considered protesting. The thought of being a burden was something she hated. Ultimately she relented, realizing that Khari was right and she'd simply move too slow without Asuka's aid. He at least could see the look in her eyes and realized it was a choice she wished didn't have to be...
  10. Ichika

    Fable - Ask There's Something About Nira

    Ichika rocked back-and-forth in the little canoe, fishing rod held loosely but ready to grapple with it if she got a bite. Beside her sat Khari, speaking a dialect of some Steppe language she'd heard on her travels but didn't understand, as the two shared a bottle of expensive champagne that...
  11. Ichika

    Fable - Ask There's Something About Nira

    Khari was out like a light but Asuka was quick on the uptake. Securing some parchment and a quill from the nearby desk. He looked down at the tied up man, then at the writing implements, then at an already snoozing Khari, and then up to Ichika. It was like watching a child trying to take in...
  12. Ichika

    Fable - Ask There's Something About Nira

    Despite her likely insistence to the contrary, Khari wasn't doing so good. While time was certainly of the essence they couldn't go on if the demoness was too exhausted to finish her sentences. Especially when Asuka was likely going to be on 'carrying Ichika' duty for the next few hours. But...
  13. Ichika

    Fable - Ask There's Something About Nira

    Oh, so it was half-truths they were spinning. Smart. Ichika wondered precisely when her horned friend had come up with such a plan. Had it been all the way back at the motel? Had it been even earlier? Either way, it was impressive, and Ichika was more than prepared to play along. "That son...
  14. Ichika

    Fable - Ask There's Something About Nira

    Ichika returned her friend's smile but didn't correct her. There wasn't any way to deny that her leg was still a scrambled mess. Even if it was a slowly healing scrambled mess. An eyebrow was raised when Khari mentioned the cesspit of a man being their ticket home. Her eyes narrowed and nose...
  15. Ichika

    Fable - Ask There's Something About Nira

    "I'm great," she replied warmly, "you're quite the healer you know." Ichika hadn't known Khari very long but they'd become fast friends in the week or so they'd known one another. She could tell that the injury she'd caused weighed on her conscious and while, in the moment, she couldn't help...