Shirley Meier's Blog, page 74

315 - 1010.02 Subsection 1

The palanquin made the ritual circuit of the square and up the Temple steps, safely letting Chevenga's feet on the top step, nowhere near the ground.  Skorsas, the Chamberlain again, rather than that Yeoli who had no idea what kind of style the Marble Palace should have, and Kallijas, in his full red armour, lifted the Imperial robe off his shoulders, spreading it back over the palanquin seat

314 - That Horrible Boy

Linasika Shae-Ara stopped at a kias, one of the street vendors in Arko who had an alcohol burner grill for his sausages.  "Tisha, do you want a sausage? Or some latas cakes?"
"No, no, can you just get me some juice?"
"Certainly, love. I'll be right back."
Tisha sat down in the front row of the Fire-Fountains, the one row that was never obscured by fog, and pinched the bridge of her nose with

Apologies

Chere Readers,
My apologies for missing my Thursday post... I believed I had much more done on it... and hoped I would find time to finish it before midnight...
But it was not to be.  As you can see it is an hour and a half or so past midnight and the post is not finished.
My hapless characters must wait for this Canadian long weekend...[with visitors from the States... hi Cat, Blue and RavenRux!

313 - An Eclipsed Sun

From where we were, half way across the Square, I could see his black, curly head and the dark shirt he wore, his face a white smudge.  I could imagine it though. At the dinner I had finally been able to shake the memory of that horrible night when I looked at him, but seeing him on the Presentation Balcony, in the Marble Palace, reminded me.  My guts knotted. I looked down at the toes of my

312 - He's Going to Do It Again

I was surprised that the Yeoli vote to bring Chevenga back was so even, fifty five percent for it, forty five against, but then they were voting sister against brother so perhaps that accounted for it.
"They are being very even-handed," Sera Eren said quietly as everyone stilled to hear the count in  Arko.  She opened her lace sun shade and people all around shuffled a bit to accommodate her.

311 - Results of the Vodai

Dear Elder Brother,
I have found out that our missing relative might be in Arko... perhaps even the city itself.  I will renew my search there and report to the family shortly.
My journey from Haiu Menshir was somewhat delayed by storm, a minor illness and pirates, however I shall be posting this letter from Anoseth as soon as the ship docks.
In duty,Joras Enkasas, fessas
2nd Amitzas crumpled

310 - Voting and the Hunt for Minis

The chalk spreads on the stone smoothly, making tiny squeaking noises as I draw.  The Sereniteers look like black and white donkeys chasing Dyers with big butterfly nets and the Dyers flying away like birds.
The whole dry-wash will be full of my drawing until the next washing day seven days from now. The line of an ass's grin, big flat white teeth... The Dyers' flapping away.  The iridescent

309 - Anti-Shefen-kas Rallies

Anti-Shefen-kas Rallies Paid For!
The Pages headline screamed.  The story made it clear.  An Aitzas lord who actually liked things  the way they were, had been quietly funding the near  riotous rallies against the former Imperator coming back into power.
The Marble Palace declines to release the name but will say that the caste of the 'person of intrest' is, indeed, Aitzas.
**
The pro

308 - Academy of the Illumination of Young Minds

The school seemed nice enough from the outside. It was on Wash-River Street, very close by.  If we were going to be in the city for a few moons, Ili should get the advantage of more education. 
It was easy walking distance, one reason I chose to inquire about it to see if I wished to enrol my little brother for a time. It had boys in the yard, shrieking and yelling and running around, though it

307 - A Madwoman likes Doggerel

"Yes, young man?" An elderly woman apparently sitting on the bench around the trunk of the tree… where I'd poured my heart out to Chevenga about Ilian so long ago.
"I am Sereniteer-Curias Ritaithas, Sera, Marble Palace.  Did you see a young man skate past here? We just wish to question him about some things he said near the University, possibly seditious things."
"Oh, Honoured Sereniteer," she