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Story snippets from the Talan chronicles
By: WhistlewindWolf Date: May 15, 2016, 1:32 am
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Exactly what it says on the tin
Stories will be unordered, but will be labeled to whichever arc
it takes place in.
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Re: Story snippets from the Talan chronicles
By: WhistlewindWolf Date: May 16, 2016, 12:09 am
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Don't Say Goodbye - York and Carolina - The Emperor's Wrath
The evacuation plans were nearly complete.
"York, I need you to take Allie with you and go with everyone
else."
York heaved the last of the food crates onto the waiting wagon
and looked at Carolina. "And what are you going to do?" She
didn't answer, only turning to look at the Emperor that could be
seen on the horizon. He followed her gaze and said, "Carolina,
no--"
"The Leaders and the rest of the clan need to be protected on
the way out," she said. "I'm trusting you to be able to take
care of all of them."
He protested, "There aren't enough of us for it. Lightning,
Kain, Suryako, and Lorica are great, but Allison and I won't
make much of a difference. The clan is too big now. We need
you."
It was true that the evacuation party needed a bigger guard. But
the soldiers who stayed behind to delay the Emperor needed a
leader. And she needed to keep what was left of her family safe.
If that meant facing the Emperor, she would do it without a
second thought.
"York, I can't--"
"Damn it 'Lina, I can't lose you again!" Carolina paused and
York continued, "Please...not again. It was hard enough thinking
I'd lost you the first time. I don't want to actually lose you
this time." She stood there thinking, and he desperately hoped
that she would leave with them, that it wouldn't be a repeat of
the destruction of their last clan, that she wouldn't be left to
die alone again.
"I need to make sure that my family is safe," she started. The
pain in her eyes was one that he recognized and felt tearing him
apart. "And that includes my team. I have to stay. I'm sorry."
Defeated, he sighed. "Will you promise me something?"
"Anything."
"Promise me that with every choice you make, you'll think of
Allie and me." He took off his necklace, holding it out for her.
She took off her own and they traded with a nod. His gold
pendant glittered against her feathers, and her jade one laid
smooth against his. Something to remember each other by. "I love
you," he said. "Stay safe."
"I love you too." She flashed him an exasperated but fond smile.
"And don't worry," she said. "You'll see me again." And she was
gone, off to join the other soldiers.
York felt his heart freeze and his blood turn to ice. He'd heard
those words before, he knew where they came from. They haunted
Carolina for years. They were the last words Carolina's mother
said to her. And hearing them from her only meant one thing.
Carolina didn't plan on coming back.
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I bought them because I wanted them to have a happier ending
than in canon but I'm slating her for death and I never meant
for it to be this way
ALL I DID WAS SWITCH WHO DIED THIS WASN'T MY INTENTION ;-;
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Re: Story snippets from the Talan chronicles
By: WhistlewindWolf Date: July 28, 2016, 6:59 pm
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The Binding - Althea - The Emperor's Wrath
"Althea, are you sure about this? To bind it to your pearl...to
your soul... There has to be another way."
She shook her head. "There is no other way. If I don't do this,
then the sacrifices of everyone we lost will be for nothing. As
a spirit walker, I am the only one who can do this."
Iolite sighed resignedly. "All right then. Are you ready?"
"It was my idea," Althea answered.
"Begin the ritual."
"Remember me."
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Re: Story snippets from the Talan chronicles
By: WhistlewindWolf Date: November 22, 2016, 12:47 pm
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Reunion - York, Mahal, Carolina - The Arcane Exodus
The recruits groaned as York made them run through their drills
again. After the news of Carolina's death, he changed
drastically. He became harsher, angrier, demanding more and more
of himself and his trainees. The only ones he showed any care to
were Allison and young Bellatora. Losing Carolina a second time
broke something within him, and nobody thought the hurt would
ever be healed. They understood, though. None of them were
strangers to loss and York loved Carolina so deeply that their
relationship was one of the most admired in the clan.
York watched the recruits run through their drills when he heard
someone calling his name and fast approaching. Turning, he saw
Mahal flying toward him, yelling, "York! York! You have to see
this!"
He wearily asked, "What is it, Mahal? I'm in the middle of
training."
Mahal started speaking so quickly he couldn't make out half of
what she said, but in the middle of it he clearly made out a
"Carolina" and--no. It couldn't be possible.
"What?" He turned fully to face Mahal, his good Lightning eye
staring intensely into hers. The recruits forgotten, he growled,
"What did you just say about Carolina?"
She breathlessly replied, "Lorica and the sentries came in, and
they had her! It was her, York! She's in the infirmary--"
A flicker of hope he thought he would never feel again bloomed
in his chest. He took off without another word, leaving behind
Mahal with a squad of confused recruits. She went after him a
moment later.
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York landed outside the new infirmary, where someone led him to
her. He couldn't believe his eyes. It was her. It was really
her. She kept her promise. She came back. She was alive, and she
was here. York started to laugh, short and disbelieving. Then as
he took in her condition, the tears came. Unconscious, with
splinted bones and bandaged wounds, magical burns and singed
scales. It was bad, and the thought that she had come this far
only to die here came unbidden. The spark of hope sputtered, but
stayed alive, and he stayed next to her, waiting. Carolina was
too strong to die here. And he was going to be with her until
she woke up.
York heard someone enter behind him. Mahal. "York..."
"I'm not leaving her, Mahal. Not again."
It was another week until Carolina opened her eyes.
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What the **** I meant for Carolina to have a speaking part, this
was supposed to be happy, how did this happen why is there angst
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