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The Guild – Chapter 72 – Hitomi 2

    I touch the ink filled fude (brush) to the paper and carefully draw the first stroke of kaze (wind). I sometimes find peace is practicing shuji (calligraphy). The focus it requires to write the kanji (characters) in a balanced fashion is soothing.     I dip the fude into the sumi (ink) and …

The Guild – Chapter 71 – Andrei

    I wake up rolling over into Kaede with a groan. I don’t even have time to recoil before he’s swearing at me. I get my bearings as Kaede’s reaction seems to wake up everyone else in the small hut. I see Caroline sitting next to Nik, Kat’s propped up on the cot and …

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The Guild – Chapter 70 – Caroline

    “I can help you with that you know,” I huff after Nik has finished explaining how he’ll take Andrei to the elders in another hut. “I’ve learned how to heal.”     “It's alright. Stay with her. I am unsure if leaving her alone is a wise idea.”     “I can hear …

The Guild – Elemental Chart – Appendix 1

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The Guild – Chapter 69 – Kaitlyn

    “Kat!” a voice cuts through the dark. I know that voice. My head snaps up, my fingers untangle from my hair. Please be wrong…     He runs toward me, hazel eyes wide, long hair bouncing with the motion. My chest fills with ice. This is another trick. This isn’t real… Is it? …

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The Guild – Chapter 68 – Andrei

    Kaede pulls up a map on his phone and tells the cab to take us towards a Native American reservation. He drops us off just outside the reserve, saying we’ll have to walk the rest of the way in. We thank him and head on our way.     The forest here is …

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The Guild – Chapter 67 – Hitomi

Note, I am studying Japanese, so I wanted to write a character who is culturally Japanese. For chapter one I wrote the Japanese and had a friend edit it. I may or may not continue to do so, though this takes a long time. Please enjoy learning about Japan through this character! (Both of these …

The Guild – Chapter 66 – Andrei

    I wake up with a stiff ache in my neck. How in the world did Kaede ever put up with sleeping on the couch? I wipe the sleep from my eyes, rubbing my neck to ease the cramp as I sit up. I look at the second bed they had brought in for …

The Guild – Chapter 65 – Kaitlyn

    Where am I? I wonder. Everything is white. I can't make out where the floor ends and the ceiling begins. Ceiling, or sky? I'm not sure. How did I get here?     “Hello, child,” a raspy voice sends a chill down my spine. “I've found you,” he sings in a horrible croaking …

The Guild – Chapter 64 – Andrei

    Kaede eyes the box of tissues I’ve begun to carry around with me. Caroline pinches him when he goes to make a comment and I silently thank her for it. I don’t feel much in the mood for his jests, not yet.     For two days, Caroline has been helping me to …

The Guild – Chapter 63 – Caroline

    I hear his door click shut and I listen carefully to his footsteps retreating down the hall. I wait five minutes, just to be safe, then I slip out into the hall and slide silently into Andrei’s room.     The space is spotless, as it was the last time I saw him …

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The Guild – Chapter 62 – Samantha

    I find myself in my room. It's dark, and not because the curtains cover the windows, but from the amount of void energy, I see swirling above me.     That… witch of a girl had me convinced every bone in my body was broken and it hurt like hell. It’s a lingering …

The Guild – Chapter 61 – Selene

    Days drag on in this place. Nothing changes, except the people. I pass the time by practicing my gifts, learning everything I can from Markus. He may be old, stubborn, and incorporeal, but his knowledge is enviable. Cliff joins me at every opportunity and insists I learn to fight. I don’t know how …

The Guild – Chapter 60 – Andrei

    I find myself alone. I’m breathing heavily, and it takes me a few moments before I’ve gained control of my breathing. My back is sore and I roll over onto my stomach, propping myself up on my elbows only to realize I’ve slept on the floor of the crypt. There are no windows …