reintroduction and character interviews from tcobs

Oct 15, 2021 4:21 pm

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Character interview! Get to know the TCOBS crew from their own mouths! An interview done with some banter, flirting, and awkward moments.

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WIP: Prequel TCOBS

Here's a fun little snippet that I've been working on recently for the prequel stories for The Curse of Broken Shadows.

Even as the wind and sand picked up and pressed closer, distracting them from the near invisible paths of crystal points flying at them, a pattern revealed itself to Brela. She grinned, planted her feet, and launched into the whirlwind.

She could have sworn the desert sucked in a breath as she hit something solid.

Brela tumbled with the suddenly formed glass body, fighting the long fingers that tried to dig into her skin and disarm her. The sprite was strong and better prepared for the sand underneath them, but she’d clearly taken it by surprise. With a few moves, she dug her knee into a chest and arm, the point of her dagger at the glass throat.

Black, swirling eyes full of sand widened, but something about the gesture didn’t quite look like fear.

“Axaczi, ov raokir,” the sprite said, his voice running like sandpaper over her ears. He tried and failed to kick her off of him.

“Stop squirming. I’m not here to hurt you,” Brela snapped.

His eyes darted to the dagger at his throat. “Pointy objects under my chin suggest otherwise.”

“You started it.”

A wide grin spread over the glass features of the sand sprite, revealing fangs that she could have sworn elongated as he snapped his teeth at her.

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Laura Winter

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