Recent content by Rook

The words spilling out of the gremlin gal's grapehole nearly went in one ear and out the other. Poor Rook was still trying to regather his thoughts and sense of reality as he stared at the hare. Her request for him to crush the lost critter did finally click and he just gave her a firm frown...

The man froze up when the green girl mentioned a rabbit was in the house. IN. THE. HOUSE. Rook slowly turned his head to look at Giibi. His expression blank from how dumbfounded he was to hear her tell him this. A rabbit in the house. IN. THE. HOUSE. The Shallows were built upon marshland...

The sound of utter fear crept out from behind a curtain. The goblin was sneaking and on the look out. Rook knew what that and those cryptic words meant.... Also her last comment should be addressed. He had gone nose blind as he sniffed himself after she said them and couldn't find anything...

"Get those barrels unloaded now you slimy urchins!" Rook grunted as he helped heave another barrel of oil up from the bowels of the ship he had called home for months now. Crucial to the nightly activities of Alleria's merchants and scholars alike. The ship, like so many more, had set sail up...

When Lami asked about the oysters, Rook got a little curious what Kivren ate and did out in the seas. Sure there was all the tales of them singing on or near rocks to crash boats into them so they could feast on the sailors and passengers aboard. But what did they do with the stuff? Did they...

The young man floated. Adrift in the sea.... Well more lagoon or coral cove or whatever this kind of spot was called. Rook never did remember all the names the sailors used for things. More interested in the ship and tools rather than all the terms for land and water and air. Should have paid...

The sky looked really pretty right now. All blue with a few big white clouds idly drifting about in the direction of the wind. Not a care or worry around. Which was different from the young man floating on his back looking up. He was ready to die from forgetting something as fundamental as the...

The young man followed her out to the water. While she went in without any hesitation, he took a moment to check the beach out. They were here to gather oysters and coral after all and he wondered if the beach might hold some easy pickings. Certainly there was plenty of shells and bits of coral...

The wood was nearly ready to go. Most of what he had gathered chopped and slit into the right sized chunks for the pit he had made. It wouldn't take that long to finish when Lami suddenly said she was hot and going for a swim. Her voice sounded odd as she did like she was trying to hold...

Rook had brought supplies for them to camp with, but there would be much to do to have it ready for a few days worth of work. Since he was feeling more energetic than he thought he would by this point thanks to Lami's help, he decided to do it all himself. So in preparation for what he already...

Rook watched with awe how Lami navigated them through the extremely dangerous coral and rocks with so much ease. She was a child of the sea but it still remained impressive to him. Perhaps it was because he was a lander so deeply at heart. The thought of an endless sea of grass excited him more...

The young man just gave her a nod when she told him she would think of something. Good. Rook wanted to give her something she actually wanted rather than try in vain to figure it out. Her being happy with things was as important as everything else after all. He pulled the oars up as instructed...

The reply and following question both seemed a bit odd to Rook. Lami usually seemed like a woman who knew what she wanted. Maybe not how to get it but knew what she wanted. Her telling him she didn't know was like Rook saying he didn't want to eat dinner. It could and did happen but was so rare...

Lander ways. Daily life. Both things that Rook certainly didn't want Lami learning from the Shallows. That place was miserable and harsh. Going without the common thread amongst them all. Some were good people who did their best to share with others. Some were thugs and thieves out there looking...

The rowing went about like it always did till they got a ways away from the port. Then the boat got faster. Rook knew it wasn't because of him. Steady and paced for the long haul that was what he had been taught. That was what Rook was doing. So this swiftness must be because of Lami. His eyes...