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September 10, 2020
Chapter 15 – Dysphoria
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DamienMonth 10, Day 29, Thursday 11:00 a.m.“He’s not even listening, Ana!” a high-pitched voice declared.“Damien,” Anastasia said, the slight twitch of one eyebrow belying the soft, ladylike smile on her face.Damien only then realized that he had been in a daze, looking toward the University rankings board that would soon be updated with the scores of all incoming first-term students. “Oh, sorry, Natalia,” he said to the young girl scowling up at him.Unlik...
DamienMonth 10, Day 29, Thursday 11:00 a.m.“He’s not even listening, Ana!” a high-pitched voice declared.“Damien,” Anastasia said, the slight twitch of one eyebrow belying the soft, ladylike smile on her face.Damien only then realized that he had been in a daze, looking toward the University rankings board that would soon be updated with the scores of all incoming first-term students. “Oh, sorry, Natalia,” he said to the young girl scowling up at him.Unlik...
September 3, 2020
Chapter 14 – Simple Wards & Foreign Ideas
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Sebastien Month 10, Day 25, Sunday 9:00 a.m. Over a week later, Siobhan found herself once again in her female form, doing something illegal. Having said that, she was doing it in broad daylight, accompanied by helpers and bodyguards, and none of the curious citizens who passed seemed to hold the slightest fear toward her, so it didn’t feel quite the same. Katerin had taken her into one of the back rooms of the inn and used the alchemy set-up there to turn...
Sebastien Month 10, Day 25, Sunday 9:00 a.m. Over a week later, Siobhan found herself once again in her female form, doing something illegal. Having said that, she was doing it in broad daylight, accompanied by helpers and bodyguards, and none of the curious citizens who passed seemed to hold the slightest fear toward her, so it didn’t feel quite the same. Katerin had taken her into one of the back rooms of the inn and used the alchemy set-up there to turn...
August 27, 2020
Chapter 13 – Objects in Mirror
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SebastienMonth 10, Day 16, Friday 1:00 p.m.Instead of escorting her off University premises, the proctor the bearded professor had called helped her to her feet and out of the only other door in the room. No students waited on the other side, only another proctor standing behind a desk, who handed Sebastien a partial map of the University. “Go to the library. Administration is to the right once you walk in the main doors.”She stumbled her way there, pausin...
SebastienMonth 10, Day 16, Friday 1:00 p.m.Instead of escorting her off University premises, the proctor the bearded professor had called helped her to her feet and out of the only other door in the room. No students waited on the other side, only another proctor standing behind a desk, who handed Sebastien a partial map of the University. “Go to the library. Administration is to the right once you walk in the main doors.”She stumbled her way there, pausin...
August 20, 2020
Chapter 12 – Oral Examination
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SebastienMonth 10, Day 13, Tuesday 2:00 p.m.When Sebastien passed through the door at the end of the hall, another proctor took her test and replaced her previous wooden token with a new one dated three days in the future. “Come back for the oral examination at the stated time. Don’t lose your token,” the man said in a bored monotone.As she left, Sebastien passed a reception area where other prospective students, who she assumed had passed the written test...
SebastienMonth 10, Day 13, Tuesday 2:00 p.m.When Sebastien passed through the door at the end of the hall, another proctor took her test and replaced her previous wooden token with a new one dated three days in the future. “Come back for the oral examination at the stated time. Don’t lose your token,” the man said in a bored monotone.As she left, Sebastien passed a reception area where other prospective students, who she assumed had passed the written test...
August 13, 2020
Chapter 11 – Written Examination
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SebastienMonth 10, Day 13, Tuesday 6:00 a.m.After the raven-assisted conversation with her father, Siobhan went straight to the guest room Dryden had given her. Faintly trembling with exhaustion, she wrote down the Lino-Wharton messenger spell in as much detail as she could remember it, for later study. Her own grimoire, the place where she kept notes on all the magic she’d learned since childhood, was not as well-protected as the book her fath…as the book...
SebastienMonth 10, Day 13, Tuesday 6:00 a.m.After the raven-assisted conversation with her father, Siobhan went straight to the guest room Dryden had given her. Faintly trembling with exhaustion, she wrote down the Lino-Wharton messenger spell in as much detail as she could remember it, for later study. Her own grimoire, the place where she kept notes on all the magic she’d learned since childhood, was not as well-protected as the book her fath…as the book...
August 6, 2020
Chapter 10 – Playing Detective
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DamienMonth 10, Day 1, Thursday 1:00 p.m.Damien brushed dust and cobwebs out of his hair as he slipped through the secret passageway behind the family study, where his older brother was currently receiving a report from the investigator assigned to the recent theft from the University. Damien’s hair, which he had painstakingly styled that morning, would be ruined, and he shuddered at the idea of spiders crawling under the collar of his shirt, but it was wo...
DamienMonth 10, Day 1, Thursday 1:00 p.m.Damien brushed dust and cobwebs out of his hair as he slipped through the secret passageway behind the family study, where his older brother was currently receiving a report from the investigator assigned to the recent theft from the University. Damien’s hair, which he had painstakingly styled that morning, would be ruined, and he shuddered at the idea of spiders crawling under the collar of his shirt, but it was wo...
July 30, 2020
Chapter 9 – Crossing the Threshold of Disillusionment
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SiobhanMonth 9, Day 30, Wednesday 1:00 a.m.It was well into the night by the time they left Liza’s home, Siobhan carrying the messenger raven in a cage, which Liza had indeed given her for free.When they reached the street she was surprised—and a little embarrassed—to realize she didn’t actually know where the jail was located. ‘I’m navigating the city surprisingly well for someone who arrived only days before,’ she consoled herself, motioning for Dryden t...
SiobhanMonth 9, Day 30, Wednesday 1:00 a.m.It was well into the night by the time they left Liza’s home, Siobhan carrying the messenger raven in a cage, which Liza had indeed given her for free.When they reached the street she was surprised—and a little embarrassed—to realize she didn’t actually know where the jail was located. ‘I’m navigating the city surprisingly well for someone who arrived only days before,’ she consoled herself, motioning for Dryden t...
July 24, 2020
Chapter 8 – Lino-Wharton Messenger
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SiobhanMonth 9, Day 29, Tuesday 9:00 p.m.Siobhan changed back into her female form and her old clothes, which had been the nicest ones she owned, but now sported the stains and rips of her harried flight from the coppers.Dryden took one look at her and insisted she update her wardrobe before he was seen with her in public. When she protested, he reminded her that her wanted poster showed her wearing a ratty hooded cloak, with wild hair and a crazed look in...
SiobhanMonth 9, Day 29, Tuesday 9:00 p.m.Siobhan changed back into her female form and her old clothes, which had been the nicest ones she owned, but now sported the stains and rips of her harried flight from the coppers.Dryden took one look at her and insisted she update her wardrobe before he was seen with her in public. When she protested, he reminded her that her wanted poster showed her wearing a ratty hooded cloak, with wild hair and a crazed look in...
Chapter 7 – Filial Anxiety
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SebastienMonth 9, Day 28, Monday 6:00 p.m.She filled out the forms the woman handed her with Sebastien Siverling’s information. She still had trouble thinking of it as her own.When Sebastien finished writing, the woman handed her a wooden token engraved with a date and time a couple weeks in the future and a few scrolls. She took a deep breath and began what seemed like a well-rehearsed spiel. “Return with the token at the stated time. Do not lose it, as y...
SebastienMonth 9, Day 28, Monday 6:00 p.m.She filled out the forms the woman handed her with Sebastien Siverling’s information. She still had trouble thinking of it as her own.When Sebastien finished writing, the woman handed her a wooden token engraved with a date and time a couple weeks in the future and a few scrolls. She took a deep breath and began what seemed like a well-rehearsed spiel. “Return with the token at the stated time. Do not lose it, as y...
July 21, 2020
Chapter 6 – The Danger of too Little Information
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Oliver Month 9, Day 28, Monday 4:00 p.m. Oliver watched the young man—really an intriguing young woman—walk away in one of his suits. It was too big for her, but she wore that air of unselfconscious confidence that thaumaturges sometimes absorbed. He theorized it had something to do with knowing deep down that one could enforce their will on the world and the world would bow. He wondered if any studies had been done on it. Was the confidence from experienc...
Oliver Month 9, Day 28, Monday 4:00 p.m. Oliver watched the young man—really an intriguing young woman—walk away in one of his suits. It was too big for her, but she wore that air of unselfconscious confidence that thaumaturges sometimes absorbed. He theorized it had something to do with knowing deep down that one could enforce their will on the world and the world would bow. He wondered if any studies had been done on it. Was the confidence from experienc...
