Chapter 7: Eve
The Hidden Blossom technically never closed, but all the patrons had left about an hour ago, being respectful of Eve’s time and worsening condition. Eve sat in her “office,” a…
đź“‚ Characters
Izel and the Captain – scene
The hold of the Requiem was Dusan’s sanctuary of order and decay. Here, the chaos of the biomass was harnessed, the jagged shards of corrupted Spectrocite humming with a malevolent,…
Mar’is Escape
The Final Memory: The Day the Mountain Wept Fire It happened during the Nuku Hiva festival. The twin moons, Terrenis and Triluna, were full and glorious, bathing the island in a soft,…
The Charter and the Ghost Ship
Act I: The Charter and the Ghost Ship Beat 1: The Offer The air in the Gilded Compass was thick with the competing smells of hot metal, expensive cigar smoke,…
Protected: Airship Crew Bios
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Sarka and Mar’i Exploration
The airship’s galley was a cramped, steaming sanctuary, a pocket of warmth against the high-altitude chill that seeped through the hull. Sarka stood at the small stove, her movements economical…
Lena’s Capture
The air in the port of Gideon’s Drift was thick with the smell of fried dough, ozone, and too many bodies crammed into too little space. It was a chaotic,…
Izel and the Captain – Bedroom
The door to his private chambers slid open with a pneumatic hiss, the sound grating on Dusan’s already frayed nerves. The bridge had been a symphony of minor crises—a failing…
Lena at the Hidden Blosom
The Hidden Blossom was a warm, humming cocoon of sound and light, but Lena felt like a stone at the bottom of a fast-moving river. The crew’s laughter and easy…
Mei-Ling and Sarka 1
The engine room of the Angel’s Breath was Mei-Ling’s cathedral. It was a space of organized chaos, a symphony of hissing steam, humming power crystals, and the soft, almost subliminal…