Recent content by Orion

"For a time." Orion so gently tempered her expectations. It was a big enough lapse in his usual defenses to let her stay for even a day; He was not committing to any specific length of time outright. "This place isn't suitable for a young woman, Dragon or not. I won't have you wasting your time...

As much as Orion preached, he supposed he couldn't exactly fault Kaida for not being the demure and mindful type. Despite her appearance, she was a Dragon, not a mere child. Her headstrong mentality came from the might she held beneath the surface; A might that could very well outmatch any...

It was as though that simple question had put a quick and sudden end to Orion's font of knowledge. His lips tightened and his eyes narrowed, slowly lowering his hands back down to the table to rest upon the old and chipped wooden surface between them. Frustration. It was all too familiar, as...

Orion had heard his home described as a great many things. A 'happy accident' was a pointedly new one, and a title that made him twist his brow in a mix of amusement and distaste. Perhaps he would have commented on said distaste had he not been so fascinated with the girl speaking to her. Or...

If he'd listened to himself speak, he would balk at how quickly he seemed to forget his own lapsed sanity at the first chance to return to the guise of an instructor. Orion did not even look up from his food, smiling in that knowing manner of a teacher having expected the very question being...

Questions... Yes, he supposed that if he were to believe the claims she made as to her nature, which he had now seen with his own eyes, there would be questions to be asked. Orion seated himself, somewhat of an amused expression resting on his lips as he watched her dutifully prepare a meal and...

Orion didn't consider himself much of a gourmet, but that he could still make something remotely edible was at least somewhat a testament to his resilience. Gods knew he remembered not the recipes and dishes he once did. Mimicking her, Orion took a tentative bite at his own creation before...

How pathetic it was, that of all the things that she had said to him since her arrival in Trastus, that an offer to end his life should he fall into an inescapable pit of insanity was the kindest thing he'd been told in years. That it was the thing that brought the smallest of smiles to his lips...

Orion followed Wynne with his gaze as she slipped over to the small table to seat herself, but then his eyes traveled further, wandering off in a haphazard path along the wall as his mind drifted, painting chaotic images to match the words she spoke. For as wise as he'd once claimed to be, he'd...

"If my wards fail..." Orion's words came quick, though he could not meet her eyes as he spoke them. "I would rather be put down before I may do any more harm than I already have." Came the grim admission. He did not ask Kaida specifically to carry out such a burdensome task. Such a thing would...

Orion's eyes slid shut as he listened to Wynne's words. How many tales had he heard? How many stories had crossed his ears over the many years he'd been living within these walls? Hundreds, at least. Maybe thousands at this point. Before his mind had began to slip, he'd categorized them all...

Orion winced at the presence of her fingers on his burns, the flesh still stinging with every foreign presence that brushed his charred flesh. It was a pain he'd grown used to, a pain he bore every day. "I lose my ability to tell my own illusions from reality. My magic, left unchecked, drives me...

Orion pulled open the cabinet beside the small furnace built into the wall beside the door they'd entered through. It was difficult to see inside, past the broad-shouldered mage rummaging through it, but the top shelf seemed to be lined with jars and cans, preserved goods that would last far...

"Some." Orion confirmed, turning his head to look back at her as they ascended higher and higher towards the tower's apex. "But they either flee, die, or think better of staying after I confront them." Wynne was not the first to try befriending him, was not the only one who'd earned herself...

It was unlike Orion to offer any such sanctuary to wayward travelers finding their way into Trastus. Even as her hand so gently took his own he questioned his own reasonings for such a choice. Perhaps he felt kindred to Wynne, connected by their shared abilities. More likely, he was simply too...