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    Assailant -- Year 226

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    "But the dream, the echo, slips from him as quickly as he had found it and as consciousness comes to him (a slap and not the gentle waves of oceanic tides), it dissolves entirely. His muscles relax as the cold claims him again, as the numbness sets in, and when his grey eyes open, there’s nothing but the faint after burn of a dream often trod and never remembered." --Brigade, written by Laura


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        Thread: skin to bone, steel to rust.
    Post: RE: skin to bone, steel to rust.

    In the beginning, I had only dared show my head above the water. Only my head, and only just high enough to see the shoreline. The first time I saw something move, I ducked beneath the water. I did...
    Orieta The Chamber 6 183 05-05-2024, 06:06 PM
        Thread: skin to bone, steel to rust.
    Post: RE: skin to bone, steel to rust.

    In my dream I am running. I have four strong legs, and though the way they move beneath me feels just like swimming, I know that it is better. Even in a dream, the four beat pace feels right. So r...
    Orieta The Chamber 6 183 05-03-2024, 10:52 PM
        Thread: embrace the deep and leave everything
    Post: RE: embrace the deep and leave everything

    She rises higher, swimming upward until her head and neck break the surface of the smooth bay. The water laps at her scaled shoulders. and the sun overhead is bright and warm. The air smells fresh and...
    Orieta River 2 995 09-10-2023, 08:18 PM
        Thread: come and kiss me, salt water
    Post: come and kiss me, salt water

    In the beginning, she had only dared show her head above the water. Only her head, wide-eyed and curious, and only just high enough to see the shoreline. The first time she saw something move, she ...
    Orieta River 0 456 07-09-2023, 08:08 AM
        Thread: embrace the deep and leave everything
    Post: embrace the deep and leave everything

    I won’t be back till sunset, her mother tells her. Stay here in the kelp forest, and don’t let anyone see you. Orieta nodded solemnly, giving the adult nereid no reason to doubt her. Orieta is not a t...
    Orieta River 2 995 06-03-2023, 04:32 PM