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Resistance: Chapter 21
Gertrude VI Gertrude wasn’t much for swimming. With a little witch’s trick or two, she got by. She swam down. It felt unnatural to feel the water’s resistance—it urged her to turn back. But this had to be done. Despite the murky conditions the crimson sword Craven’s Edge shone clear as day. She didn’tContinue reading “Resistance: Chapter 21”
Resistance: Chapter 17
Gertrude V Gertrude strode through the city with Triton-Raven stood silently on her shoulder. The Triton’s Bay folk cast them curious glances and stepped around them wide as if they were afraid that the raven might peck at them for getting too close. Gertrude hadn’t been to Triton’s Bay in ages. The city had aContinue reading “Resistance: Chapter 17”
Resistance: Chapter 15
Yrsa IV Yrsa walked through the woods in search of berries. She meandered and lazed about it because there wasn’t much else to do. As she rolled things around in her head, she put words to her feelings of the last few days. While they fled her home, Flour Town, Yrsa wondered why she wasContinue reading “Resistance: Chapter 15”
Resistance: Chapter 12
Gertrude IV Gertrude woke and first noticed the pain in her face. She had slumped her head down on a rock and now felt like her cheekbones formed a shape around it. She lifted her head and tested her face muscles, wiggling the stiffness out and bringing a hand up to massage her cheek. Blasted,Continue reading “Resistance: Chapter 12”
Resistance: Chapter 8
Gertrude III Gertrude dove toward the scene. The poor band of knights snapped out of shock to clumsily ready their weapons. She gave them credit; they had just watched one of their own fly into the air and explode. It was immediately evident to Gertrude that King Triton had made himself invisible. The knights wereContinue reading “Resistance: Chapter 8”
Resistance: Chapter 6
Gertrude II Gertrude watched the trees below as she passed overhead. It reminded her of flying as the Raven, except there was nothing natural about how she moved now. She flew over the forest too quickly. No wings were flapping, no breeze through her feathers. No sight, smell, or sound; she only saw. Her viewContinue reading “Resistance: Chapter 6”
Resistance: Chapter 2
Gertrude Gertrude knelt in her garden, one of her favorite places to be. She bent over and patted a mound of dirt into shape over a newly planted seed. It was a little late to be planting, but she had a good feeling it would take. She had been sleeping poorly. So instead, she putContinue reading “Resistance: Chapter 2”