Arkay

The crowd scattered as haunting words echoed across the courtyard, one that sent chills down the vertebrae of everyone around. “BANIKAN! ROGUE BANIKAN!” The courtyard had mostly been filled with tourists, visiting Temthans who had come to visit the Holy Temple of Kayar and had decided to go sightseeing across the city of Palaestra as … Read more

“Hey, Kinisis, are you busy right now?” Arkadin asked as he peered over the windowsill and into the large, pristine, light pink and lilac kitchen. The Allmaker shrugged. She had just been kneading bread and was now washing the flour off her hands in the sink. Somehow, the only flour around was on the freshly … Read more

Elkay rubbed his eyes as he wearily entered his little apartment, overlooking the city of Palaestra. In the distance were mostly just fields and Ksithan farmhouses, but to the east was the edge of the warehouse district, which provided not just storage but also temporary housing as well. Because, for some reason, everything in Palaestra … Read more

Elkay had reached the location marked by the coordinates given and wasn’t too surprised by what he saw. He was in a very calm, secluded clearing in the middle of a forest filled with mostly leaf-less trees, and the only building nearby was a small shack, which, surprisingly, did actually have proper plumbing in it, … Read more

Kairos slammed down a pile of books and papers on the counter, sending sheets of paper flying everywhere. He then proceeded to smash his wing-hands into the granite worktop, leaving large, draconic dents in it. This series of actions scared the life out of Arkadin, who had been sitting quite calmly on the sofa, a … Read more

“How are you feeling today, Trismit?” Trismit took a deep breath before answering the therapist’s question. Emdee was a small being, chosen for this job due to the fact that he was tiny and non-threatening, even to the most terrified of Rethans. Yet Trismit still felt somewhat nervous in his presence. Not because of Emdee … Read more

“So.” “So.” Elkay remained standing, despite the empty seat in front of him. He watched as Phovos sat behind her desk, shaking bits of paper and sorting things out. Unlike the last time they had met, Phovos wasn’t heavily armoured and was wearing rather casual workwear. Elkay on the other hand was wearing his fanciest … Read more

“You do realise you dragged me out of my own moody self-loathing for this, right?” Arkadin tutted as he sat on a narrow ledge next to a clearly disturbed Rethavok. This Rethavok had uttered a prayer to the Thantophor, practically begging for a calm, peaceful, painless death. Of course, this idiot was about to decide … Read more

Elkay leaped out of bed, immediately grabbing something to cover himself with, then sneaked over to the door. In the time it had taken to do that, Teekay had hardly moved, preferring to turn onto his side and ignore the fact that someone had just knocked on the door of their small hotel suite. Another … Read more

Teekay sighed to himself as he dragged his spoon through a half-melted bowl of ice cream, while a group of teenage Ksithans giggled in the corner, licking up cones of meat-flavoured sorbet. He had been sitting on his own in this tiny ice cream parlour for a couple of hours now, staring blankly at the … Read more

The light flickered wildly for a good few seconds before finally snapping on and illuminating the large, open, dusty space. Aside from a kitchen in one corner and a sealed off bathroom in the other, the whole room was completely empty and lacking in furniture. Along one wall was a long, thick curtain that kept … Read more

“How did it go?” Retvik rubbed his eyes as he entered the waiting room, a wooden door closing behind him. “What are you doing here, Gath?” “I came to see how you are doing!” Gath smiled, scooting over on the tattered, fake leather-wrapped bench so Retvik could sit down. “Do you not have… planning to … Read more