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  1. Public Bookmark 7

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    Spring, the season of new beginnings and fairs. Lots and lots of fairs. This was a charity one like all the others, and Lae’zel had found herself pacing up and down the grassy bank watching strangers buy cupcakes for the greater good.

    The spring sun had a different quality to the winter one. The light was dappled through the newborn leaves, the sun higher than last season’s.

    “Fifteen points to win a teddy bear!”

    The girl manning the games stall was speaking to her. Green eyes on a pale face. Lae’zel gave a half nod, mind preoccupied with all the chattering sounds around her.

    “Three darts, prizes guaranteed!” She flashed a brilliant grin, and Lae’zel refocussed.

    Pretty.

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    Another modern take on Shadowzel with ambling plot and a strange focus on the weather.

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    24 Feb 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 22

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    Sharran ballerina Shadowheart is finding it more and more difficult to hide the toll dancing takes on her. Lae'zel, her bitterest rival, can always see through her.

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    23 Dec 2023

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    “I…have known nothing in my life but battle.” The words are stilted, brusque; it is her way. “All my knowledge of…children…is of constant testing, unending bloodshed. I do not know what a healthy creche looks like. I do not know what a healthy githyanki childhood looks like. That knowledge has been stolen from us. I do not—” She grits her teeth. “I dislike embarking on such an important mission with no information. Too much is at stake.”

    Tearing such vulnerability from between her ribs has never come naturally. But watching the still-wet hatchling examine its own toes, watching her lover brush eggshell from its arms, against her will Lae’zel softens. They have been through too much together not to respond such. Back-to-back, as ever, there is surely no challenge so great that they cannot—

    “Well, don’t look at me,” says Shadowheart. “I was raised in a cult, remember?”

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    23 Dec 2023

  4. Public Bookmark 60

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    A Gith Shadowheart doesn't recognize appears in their camp.

    One with long brown hair, yellows eyes, and... wait a minute.

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    23 Dec 2023