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June 10, 2021
LMM 250: Sorted
Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in this series of vignettes because the Amaranthine Saga is mine. (Which means I should probably behave myself since anything I say or do could be taken as canon.) Indulge the lot of us, especially the exceptionally generous one.
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Sorted
Sentinel stepped into the office, and Isla offered her palms. “Sensei placed me here for the year. I’m in your care.”
“Very generous of Twineshaft,” Sentinel gruffly repli...
Sinder Stuff
Thinking of You. When Fox and I were working on the “Summer Friends” illustration for Mikoto and the Reaver Village, I needed to throw something on Sinder’s T-shirt. So I made that something up. On the spot. And was so entirely pleased with it, we’ve now added Sinder’s “Thinking of You” design to the Twinkle Press shops >>
June 9, 2021
LMM 249: Head of Security
Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in this series of vignettes because the Amaranthine Saga is mine. (Which means I should probably behave myself since anything I say or do could be taken as canon.) Indulge the lot of us, especially the one with comely eyes.
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Head of Security
“What are you …?” muttered the baffled administrator, whose gaze snapped to a point outside the window.
Jacques turned in time to see Sentinel Skybellow step lightly o...
June 8, 2021
LMM 248: Equipped
Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in this series of vignettes because the Amaranthine Saga is mine. (Which means I should probably behave myself since anything I say or do could be taken as canon.) Indulge the lot of us, especially the one with good influences.
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Equipped
Jacques could have verbally dismantled the administrator, but to what end? These days, his authority had nothing to do with the lords in his ancestry… and everything to do wi...
June 7, 2021
ART: June
Taking Pride. It’s always nice when readers care about a character I’m fond of. Jacques Smythe of the Uppington Smythes has come a long way since Bk1. (And he has a long way to go, too! ::eyebrow waggle::)
June | art by FoxOfTwilight
LMM 247: Superiority Complex
Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in this series of vignettes because the Amaranthine Saga is mine. (Which means I should probably behave myself since anything I say or do could be taken as canon.) Indulge the lot of us, especially the one who’s actually a father.
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Superiority Complex
“We are done waiting,” Jacques announced. It was a very royal we. “Find Isla’s classroom assignment.”
“Ridiculous. You’re no reaver.”
“I’m not a lot of th...
June 6, 2021
LMM 246: Prima Donna
Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in this series of vignettes because the Amaranthine Saga is mine. (Which means I should probably behave myself since anything I say or do could be taken as canon.) Indulge the lot of us, especially the entitled one.
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Prima Donna
Patting Isla’s shoulder Jacques said, “My inheritance is far less auspicious than the ones you received, but it might just do.”
“What do you intend to do?”
“My mother is a prima...
June 5, 2021
LMM 245: Death Knell
Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in this series of vignettes because the Amaranthine Saga is mine. (Which means I should probably behave myself since anything I say or do could be taken as canon.) Indulge the lot of us, especially with the one who usually sticks to proper channels.
245
Death Knell
“Someone will be with you shortly.”
They were shut into a small waiting area, where Isla fidgeted upon the edge of her chair. When bells chimed th...
June 4, 2021
LMM 244: Skipping Forms
Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in this series of vignettes because the Amaranthine Saga is mine. (Which means I should probably behave myself since anything I say or do could be taken as canon.) Indulge the lot of us, especially the one who’s trying to be polite.
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Skipping Forms
“This is a high school.”
Jacques countered, “Isla may have skipped a few forms, but this is where she belongs.”
“If you’ll simply check,” urged Isla. “You’ll...
June 3, 2021
LMM 243: Pride and Joy
Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in this series of vignettes because the Amaranthine Saga is mine. (Which means I should probably behave myself since anything I say or do could be taken as canon.) Indulge the lot of us, especially for the underestimated one.
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Pride and Joy
While Valor stepped back to frame the photo, Jacques fixed the angle of Isla’s beret. “Are you disappointed? That none of your family could come?”
Rolling her eyes, Isl...
