Category: The Calamity

Of the many things Vincent had imagined the Necropolis to be, not having breathable air was not high on the list. The moment he crossed over through the portal the air immediately assaulted him like smoke from a cigarette. It reached into his lungs and throttled them like they needed to pay protection money.

The four Zodiac were gathered in their tent staring at one another. Virgo was sitting on the bed while Cancer and Gemini were pacing back and forth in tandem. Scorpio stood near the entrance her arms folded and face a mask as she looked down.

Across the city Ryza, Orion and Ryze gathered on one of the walls. They had their backs to the rising sun, looking toward the empty expanse of space that would take them to Noria. Orion looked at the pair of necromancers and from the back, arms folded like they were, and saw the resemblance.

The sun was finally starting to rise, a half circle on the horizon. The air was already starting to warm up and the breeze that rolled across his shoulders was cool. The guard rotation was going to be coming through soon. They were used to him being here in the early mornings and usually ignored […]

Rolling aside in bed Vincent’s eyes opened for the fourth time that morning. It was very early, he knew that much just from a hunch. Weird sleep schedules were no stranger to him but even in this moment, he couldn’t get comfortable even with Alison home. A fourth failure told him it was time to […]

The stars in the sky were magnificent. Cascading across a velvet blanket with bright white prisms scattered at random. Except they weren’t truly at random. Every star above was placed expertly by a hand whose power dwarfed understanding. A hand that Scorpio couldn’t even comprehend but a hand that had pushed her forward every day […]

“So let me get this right. You guys are these weird Zodiac things,” Vincent said pointing at the trio across the table from him. “It’s not weird,” Gemini said first reaching across the table and picking up the bowl of mashed potatoes. Getting a heaping helping for himself his brother took it from him but […]

Blaze stamped the sand as the gate was pulled up. It had been a long time since Blaze had been home and he missed home, Vincent specifically. Alison stroked his neck slowly and he just chuffed in response.

Vincent stood in front of the mounds of overturned sand. It was rare for people to die inside the Free City. Most of the time they died on missions and not often were they able to come back home. Rather than be buried in a foreign field they were burned and their ashes spread within […]

Vayne always found it odd how few people lived to the north. There were those that lived in the cities. Those who lived in the center of the desert and those that lived in the south near the mountains that separated this country and the next. But something about the north and its coldness and […]