Recent content by Nisreen Saladeen

So he was going east. Wonderful. Nisreen clapped her hands together, fingers undulating back and forth and the card trapped in them seeming to dance. "An excellent choice." A funny word, choice, for to see the Great Tapestry in all its glory would be to challenge any notion thereof. But this...

"Mind the parasol, darling," Nisreen teased. Sure, she had said it after-the-fact, Qiven already having hunched his towering form over some to keep from acquiring a large and stylish new hat, but that just underscored the playful facetiousness, did it not? "And lovely to meet you as well." He'd...

And there it was, the last member at the table deciding to take the route Nisreen and Qiven had taken. Only Callum had proven to be of a dubious mind. Ah, but such as it is—Callum was always going to decline, and Qiven and Harun were always going to accept, weren't they? As simple a matter as...

Nisreen set her mug down and twirled her hands in Qiven's direction, as if presenting him for his part coming up on center stage. "And there! We have another. Isn't today grand? You might even say pristine, and you, darling, would be right." For all things were pristine in the unbroken design of...

A lovely day in beautiful Maraan. For many the city was the Jewel of Amol-Kalit, the Heart of Trade, or the Gateway to the Empire. For Nisreen, this particular morning, it was a place to get an exquisite cup of coffee. Maraan, as always, had been a lucrative locale to ply her trade. And why...

Shall soon be discovered. What more appealing a notion could there be? If ever there was an unquenchable fire in the beating hearts of men and women the world over, it was the quiet and constant crackle of curiosity. As fate would have it... Nisreen beamed at this. Of course she did. Why, such...

The same way you have just now. Nisreen gasped the second Tharraleos delightfully defied her expectations by proving, yes, he did have a voice, and yes, he was more than a mere beast. Her mistake! And pristine, for all was as it should be! Everything was woven into the Great Tapestry. Favor and...

"CHARLATAN!" Well. That certainly put a damper on the mystique Nisreen had cultivated among the small crowd. The five Allirians comprising said crowd all turned to look at the accusatory newcomer advancing into their little circle, eyebrows climbing (and none climbing higher than Nisreen's own...