Waurpel

36. Stone floors

I woke up face down against the cold floor. My whole body ached as I tried to raise myself from the ground. My memories were blurry.

Where was I exactly? 

As I slowly opened my eye...

35. Speaking up

Why? She asked…

It didn’t sound like a question, more like a statement of confusion, anger, happiness… A melting pot of emotions that couldn’t be expressed in words.

“It’s�...

34. Of Kin and Mann

“What do you mean you can’t say?” I lashed out at the garrison captain.

“My apologies, Baron Ashbrook, I cannot currently deny or confirm that this was a garrison intervention. This g...

33. Spring Bloom Festival

“C-C-Can I…. C-C-Can I have t-t-two…” I struggled to get the words out while the woman at the stall patiently waited with a crisped smile for me to finish my order. 

She was a ne...

32. The call of the void (Part 4)

The carriage took me through the narrow streets of the lower district. It was the second time in two days that I subjected myself to the rough treatment of their cobblestone roads, as I stared at t...

31. The call of the void (Part 3)

I sat at my desk, wrestling with my thoughts as I watched the sun set. My visit to the church this morning had left me with much to think about. 

My encounter with the girl, Silika, had ...

30. The call of the void (Part 2)

The carriage was making its way to the Septenary Church. 

The poorly maintained cobblestones make the ride bumpy and uncomfortable. It was in no way the most glamorous Cathedral in the c...

29. The call of the void (Part 1)

Nothing. 

The void. 

Death. 

The gift mann received from Solomon. 

In the tight embrace of the perhaps fictitious ruins of the immaterium, we return from...

28. Ushering of a new day

-I hate this…- I complained as I tugged on the stiff dress the church attendants were forced to wear. 

The fabric was rough and itchy as I shuffled from foot to foot, trying to find a ...

27. The preparations

The memories of the incident at the market slowly faded as spring came into full swing.

In those last couple of months, I had become intimately acquainted with the world outside the orphanage...

26. Spring Market

-Silika, help me with this!- Jade signed to me. 

-Yes, just a second!- I signed back.

We traded hand signals back and forth, almost as fluidly as words. Over the cold months, Jade ...

25. Our house

[One, two, three, four stains on the wall, and nothing at all…] I hummed to myself as I hung my head upside down from the edge of the windowsill, looking at the opposite side of the room.

I...

24. The life of a director

The wind blew through me, stinging my eyes, as I sludged along the narrow streets of the lower south-west quarters of Evergreen, or as it was commonly called, Woodrick Mews. Despite being known for...

23. One Step at a time

And here we were… The dumb purple-haired boy and I... Sitting in the classroom while the others were celebrating downstairs. 

What a G R E A T baptism day! 

And that idiot c...

22. Celebration

After the baptism, I sat in the prayer room, admiring my newly acquired Scorn insignia. 

It looked beautiful with a raven holding a sharp-pointed diagonal cross. The same shape as Scorn�...

21. Scorn

As the girl’s shape dissipated, I lingered. I stood there, admiring the vestige of the immaterium that used to be home to us all. 

I chuckled to myself. It was no loss. The collapse of...

20. The Goddess

The voice sliced through the silence of the mind like a blade of glass. 

It isn’t my imagination, is it?

“Are you alright, young kin?” The voice called out again inquisitivel...

19. Baptism

Back in the dormitory, Jade helped me put on the baptism dress she had picked out. The other kids who were around my age, about 8 of them, were also getting prepared. It seems they had already pick...

18. Choices to come

I dragged my feet as we walked down the corridor. It had been a couple of days since the incident, but even now, I dreaded having to spend time with anyone other than Jade or Hare…

Most of ...

17. Hare and Jade

I was shaken awake. 

It was Jade. The nickname I’d given the golden-haired girl with the shiny green eyes.

At first, she tried to correct me and get me to say her real name, but ...

16. Colours of the world

The play came to an abrupt end as the boy playing whom I assumed to be ‘Diid’, toppled over ‘Seeir’ and ‘Fey’, creating a pile at the front of the stage.

The room entire room expl...

15. Story: Root

Once upon a time, before kingdoms, before wars, before even time itself…

There was only light.

It was not a warm light, nor a cold light. It was not a gentle light, nor a harsh light....

14. Bed Hair

The next morning, I was forcefully woken up. 

After weeks of sleeping on the road, I had hoped to enjoy the comfort of a real bed and a proper blanket for a little longer...

Still ...

13. New life

The white haired man led me inside the building by the hand. As we crossed the threshold, I saw two kids run out of a door and another pop up behind them. They turned toward us for a second while g...

12. Shades of winter

The journey was a long one, and I didn’t know our destination. I had seen a map of the world once in a book, but the memory was blurry, and my sense of direction wasn’t very sharp. All I knew w...

11. The Escape

I did it. 

I stood up to Mother and made her flee, but at what cost? The darkness had swallowed me once more and I couldn’t start to imagine what I would wake up to. 

Will t...

10. The Black Maid (Part 3)

“And so, Silika’s condition is…?”

“Stable, Marquess”

Every two weeks, I gave a report to Marquess Everest regarding Silika’s condition. Contrary to his wife, Alfred Everes...

9. The Black Maid (Part 2)

As Silika healed, she became more active.

Not to say that she was now a perfect little angel. Silika had always been a problem child and very temperamental…

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8. The Black Maid (Part 1)

My name is Jace Miller. The ‘Black Maid’ of the Everest Household.

I have been at the service of the family for almost 15 years, and during that time, I was always kept away from the scru...

7. Purgatory

I was locked in my room as soon as I arrived at the estate. 

Later that day, servants came back and stripped everything from my room. They removed the blanket, the toys, the furnitures�...