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Cambie

"We are both guests here, it seems," he said aloud, likewise tossing his scrappings into the same pile. Standing, he brushed a thin layer of dust off of his clothing.

"If you wish to go your own way, I shall not stop you. If otherwise, I head for the Eastern District. The Old City."

GoblinFae

"If you can bear my presence longer I would enjoy spending more time with you. I do not often have the blessing of another's company, especially not someone quite so enjoyable to be around. Is there something in The Old City that you are looking to see in particular?" she asked moving to stand beside him.
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[O.o]
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"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Cambie

The Stranger gave the bazaar one last look before floating down a narrow alleyway. From any normal viewpoint, nobody would have guessed that this corridor actually led anywhere, much less to the oldest part of Essyrn. But then again, he knew so many secrets of this city. Perhaps too many.

"Suliman's Palace," he replied simply. He didn't have to explain himself, as most everyone who stepped foot in the Jewel of the Desert knew of the landmark. Once the palace of a Shah of long ago, it had since been taken over by the city's slums and overgrown with shanties and hovels of all sorts. The Shah's old Court was now a de facto town center for this poor part of the city, and rumors were abound that, if one looked hard enough, one might even be able to find secret tunnels leading deep into the palace's halls of gold.

Of course, that was just a legend. The locals never reported finding anything of worth in the old ruins. That didn't stop naked street children from scouring every inch of the place in search of Suliman's fabled treasures.

GoblinFae

"The City of Forsaken Dreams," she murmured, the Essryni words falling from her tongue like dew from a petal. Tiraris barely even recognized she had spoke aloud let alone in the land's native tongue.

She spoke in a quiet voice as she followed him. It was almost as if she was afraid that should she speak any louder it would bring a terrible curse down upon her ears. "I have heard tales of this place but never have I laid eyes upon it. The legends I have heard fact or fiction but I never felt it was a place for tourists...even one such as I."
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[O.o]
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"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Cambie

"Foreigners rarely step foot in the Old City anyway, there are so many other, more appealing landmarks," the Stranger explained quietly as they wound through the maze of alleyways, left then right, right then left. Every footstep he took was purposeful, and he rarely glanced around to orient himself as to the correct direction.

"There's nothing remarkable about it, really. The slums have entirely overgrown it. Suliman's Palace is no more than a glorified hovel now."

He stopped for a second and glanced back at her with knowing golden eyes. "But his legacy remains. Secret places. Places of silence and reflection. A good place if one wishes to disappear from the world, for a time. You seem that sort of person."

GoblinFae

She smiled softly, blushing as she refused to meet his gaze. "Thank you for this honor. You need not have taken me with you to a place of such importance. It seems you know me well," Tiraris murmured formally. The assassin meant what she said and was indeed shocked that he had recognized that in her. She wondered if she truly was becoming that easy to read. The thought frightened her, forcing her to lose some of her relaxedness around him in favor of guarding herself from discovery. Essryn was her sanctuary. She was not about to have it torn away from her because she allowed herself too much comfort.

"And are you," she returned easily, switching back to the common tongue, "such a person Kassim?"
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[O.o]
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-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Cambie

It was eerily quiet through their journey, as all of Essyrn rested and waited for the city bells to toll an end to the praying hours. The path through the alleyways became dustier and dirtier the farther they went. The buildings grew more and more dilapidated and old as they finally crossed the threshold into the Old City. From a distance, the sound of hustle and bustle could be heard.

Even in the praying hours, life went on in this district. The poor had no time to pray.

The Stranger glanced back at his companion for a moment before nodding his head. "I am such a person," he said quietly, turning a corner.

"Any small measure of peace is welcome."

A small child ran across their path. He was a skinny looking boy, perhaps no more than six although he looked so malnourished that he could've passed for three. The boy peered at the two of them through a tangle of thick black hair before disappearing down a side street.

GoblinFae

There was no need for words so Tiraris simply nodded her head in agreement. She found that she was much the same way. As they traversed the dusty alleys, the assassin found that as they moved further from organized civilization she relaxed even further. She had known that was even possible given how zen she always felt in Essryn.

The appearance of a small boy made her smile some as she watched him pass. It did lead her into another topic of discussion though. "Do you family Kassim? A wife? Other than me of course," she jested offering him a playful wink.
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[O.o]
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-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Cambie

"No," was the answer she received as they walked past the alleyway into which the young boy had disappeared. The Stranger stopped for a brief moment to glance down the dark path. Despite his best efforts at hiding, the young boy was obviously peeking out from behind a stack of rotted crates piled haphazardly at the side of a dilapidated building.

The boy could have been just another poor starving child like so many in this district. He also could have been one of the wiser youngsters patrolling these parts, small children that played upon the sympathies of passersby in order to pickpocket them. He guessed that it was the latter.

Somehow, an old copper coin appeared in his hand. It wasn't worth much in the Essyrni marketplace, but in the Eastern District, it could buy a week's worth of food. Without flourish, the Stranger threw the coin deep down the alleyway, over the boy's head. It took the youngster all of two seconds to scramble from his hiding place and chase after the coin as it rolled away.

Continuing on their way, the Stranger shook his head and reiterated his answer. "I have none. Perhaps once upon a time, but those times are long gone."

GoblinFae

Her expression became guarded to hear the answer. Mentally, Tiraris was berating herself for such light-hearted foolishness. She did not know this man. It was not her place to try and pry information from him; he was a civilian not an informant. The assassin had to remind herself that she was not on one of her missions and was instead enjoying the ruins of a forgotten city with a stranger. It was nothing more and nothing less.

His display with the coin though caused several very soft gasps and chirps to sound from allies all around them. Tiraris heard them and cocked her head slightly to the side at the sounds. It seemed the ruins were not quite so deserted as she had thought.

Several of the bolder children raced from their hiding places to surrounded the pair begging in their chirping voices for coin of their own. They pressed in close upon the man and woman both as they tugged on sleeves and pantlegs alike, wishing for their own salvation from empty bellies. It was as they begged though that Tiraris felt a sudden lightening about her waist and realized what the little dears were up to. One of them had managed to filch her coinpurse. She tried to listen for the jingling of coins yet heard none. The children were the perfect scam-artists. They had managed to properly distract her and whoever possessed it was steady-handed enough to not jiggle it around with glee. She highly suspected though that the culprit was still there though and hoped to catch him in the act.

"I would give you each something if one of you had not decided to be so greedy. Perhaps you can ask my friend here provided you have not likewise raided his savings." Her keen eyes watched the faces around her, hoping to catch a glimmer of surprise that would indicate the culprit. With so many of them though Tiraris was finding that it was a feat easier said than done.
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[O.o]
/)__)
-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Cambie

The throng of children clamored around them more fervently. Cries for generosity and mercy filled the little alleyway as the two of them swam through the sea of youngsters, each trying to get a handout from these two adults. Some of them were genuine, but most were only looking to pilfer their purse strings. The Stranger shot a glance at his companion; the look on her face said it all.

"If they can find my coin, they certainly deserve it,"
he said both to her and to the children, giving a particularly skinny little boy a gentle pat on the top of the head. That statement only intensified the press of children as they all grabbed at his thick swathe of robes, looking for where the man might hide his money. One of two of them even produced hidden blades to try and surreptitiously cut holes in his fabric to find their treasure.

Some of them were good, and he could not tell if they'd reached into his clothing without him noticing. Others were obviously in the process of honing their pickpocketing talents. The Stranger's hand shot out and grabbed one particular boy whose subtlety was a bit lacking. As soon as his hand grasped around his wrist, the other children scattered, though they remained fairly close by in case the two of them let their guard down.

"If you've lost your coin, I apologize,"
he said quietly to Tiraris, before peering down at the boy struggling in his grip. "It will not have been this one though, I'm afraid."

GoblinFae

She laughed to see and feel them press in more tightly around them. A few continued to search her though most had given up to fight for rights over the man. A quiet gasp from her right though had Tiraris clapping her hand down over her thigh and a small hand that rested atop a hidden blade there. The look she gave the child was telling and he quickly melted back into the throng.

"It is no matter. I know well enough to carry more than one purse for that exact reason. Though I commend the one who succeeded. It has been a long time since someone has been able to get away with that without my knowing."

Looking at the boys around her, she offered a warning look. "Any of you try and reach for this one and it is the last thing you will do, I assure you." She then reached into the front of her blouse and pulled out a small black bag before taking out a coin and offering it to the struggling boy. "Take care to learn better, young one. I doubt you will always be so fortunate to garner such charity again.

She replaced the purse while straightening. "So my friend, has your load been likewise lightened?"
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[O.o]
/)__)
-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Cambie

"Only the one at my side," he admitted, feeling an empty spot right near his hip, where his smaller drawstring purse had once hung. He could also feel the light tear in the fabric of his robes, where the child had cut through his garment to access his coin. It happened every time he came this way. It was almost a ritual of entrance for him now.

The herd of children began thinning out slowly, as they each realized that the two strangers had no more coin to offer them -- at least no more that they could access without facing dire repercussions. They dropped away like flies, one by one, until only the first ragged child remained. He continued to follow them, smiling up at the two of them and gibbering away in some Essyrni street dialect that was almost as difficult to understand as it was difficult on the ears. The Stranger gave the boy a pat on the head anyway.

He whispered something to the boy, who broke out in a brown grin and darted off down a street, followed by his adult companions now. 'Kassim' turned and gestured for Tiraris to follow.

"Suliman's Palace is close by. If you can see past the city of tents and shanties, you may be able to catch a glimpse of the old murals that once blanketed the palace's walls."

GoblinFae

She cast amused yet distracted glances towards the boy. She could not understand a word if what he was saying and wondered if her own companion did. Nevertheless the child's exuberance made her smile warmly. Tiraris felt relaxed despite the oppressive heat and recent loss if coin.

'A lady and a murderer among thieves and this is what you find a relaxing experience Tiraris? You definitely need more of a break!' she mused with a gentle shake of her head.

"What did you say to him? I thought he never would stop to breathe," she giggled. "Not that it was a problem but I could not understand a word of it I am afraid. I am not familiar with the dialect."

Looking out over the land to where he directed her she just barely could see what he was talking about if she squinted. "Would you mind traveling closer? I understand we need not travel together but I would be interested in possibly seeing more if you are likewise willing."
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[O.o]
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-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
[close]

Cambie

"They boy understands Essyrni," he explained softly, giving the lad another pat on the head. The two of them were met with another onset of gibberish. "Unfortunately, his street dialect is beyond even my ears."

"But... he will lead us to the Palace."

And as the boy took off down the street and stopped at its end, looking back expectantly at the two travelers, the Stranger peered over to Tiraris. "We have not stopped yet. The journey will take us a little farther."

GoblinFae

"Ah, forgive me then Kassim. I misunderstood. I very much would like to continue our sojourn. I find your company quite soothing and his quite amusing." Tiraris chuckled and as they close to the child she ruffled his hair before he shot forward again, dancing down the dirt path with glances behind him to ensure they followed.

For a time she walked in silence. Yet, something compelled her to continue to speak though she did not know what to talk of. The assassin knew better than to ask any question she herself would not wish to answer in turn. However she found they were quickly running out of things to say at the present.

"Do you ever pity them?" she found herself asking at last, nodding her head towards the scampering boy.
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[O.o]
/)__)
-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
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Cambie

The Stranger immediately shook his head. "Not for a single moment," he said softly as they followed the lad through the maze of intersecting streets. "They live a full life, even if a short and sometimes brutal one. They live in the moment, and they die without regret."

His mouth remained open, as though he was about to further delve into the subject, but on second thought he quickly shut his mouth and turned away. He measured his life by his regret, after all. The things he did, the things he could have done...

One final turn on a side street led them through a narrow alleyway that ended in a doorway of some ramshackle building. Having no other path left, the three entered the structure and down a set of stairs to another door leading outside to a small balcony.

And upon emerging, they were greeted by the sight of an enormous palace complex stretching out before them. Ancient spires of carved stucco and soaring minarets stretched high up past red sandstone walls, elaborate domes showing their age via multiple holes in the roofs. Much of the palace looked to be in a poor state of disrepair and threatening to crumble at any moment. The only thing still keeping the palace upright might have been the spiderweb of hovels and shanties that had cropped up along virtually every square foot of the compound. It was like the ancient palace had contracted a disease, and the network of slums were the boils.

A beautiful sight.

GoblinFae

Tiraris smiled softly and nodded her head. "I can understand and respect that. I left a life many would kill for in order to live a full one."

'In order to live a life of killing. Twisted world.'

Any further thought was cutoff though as her breath was taken away at the sight before her. "Such...history. I cannot even...forgive me there are no words." She held up her hands in a wordless expression of her inability to grasp the awe of what she was seeing.

"Heart-breaking."
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"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

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Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Cambie

"Heartbreaking?" he said quietly as he stole a sidelong glance to his female companion, noticing the way her eyes had widened at the sight of the temple complex below. He remembered the first time he had stepped foot on this very exact spot, and his reaction had been something quite similar.

Turning to look down the balcony at the sprawling square below them, a soft breath escaped his mouth. These people still had so much hope to their lives. Even now they struggled to survive in the slums of Essyrn, building and rebuilding their little shanties where they could. Real estate was a valuable commodity in these parts.

"Perhaps a little heartbreaking, yes," he finally voiced in agreement, before pointing far below at the teeming mass of life. Even from here the little dots of people milling about the slums was visible, almost like one giant quivering mass of life. "But they do not pity each other. They are happy to be alive, to fight to be alive."

GoblinFae

"Happy to be alive? I am not so sure I agree with that though I doubt they do pity each other. What is there to pity in one whose resources you compete to obtain? No, pity is a wealthy man's luxury."

Tiraris sighed heavily and rubbed her arms in thought as she stared down sadly at the masses that had taken refuge like a sickness in the veins of a long-dead world. "The worst is, the rich do not even realize what they have as they waste it and ridicule the poor for daring to fight for life. Simply ridiculous!"
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"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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