1. Gruki

    Private Of Smoke and Silence

    'A night of the living dead?' Maybe Noa's idea of fun differed to hers. Even so, she could not help but imagine it: Dawn and Dusk back-to-back against the restless horde, swirling and slashing, fighting on until the bitter end. On second thought, maybe not. 'Would make for an interesting story,'...
  2. Gruki

    Private Of Smoke and Silence

    'One often leads to the other,' the orkin replied, brushing the ignition rune on the bottom of the lantern with her fingers, the gemstone within brightening as the ambient light dimmed further in. 'Death breeds misery. I imagine the experience is none too pleasant either.' There was dying and...
  3. Gruki

    Private Of Smoke and Silence

    'Of course! Snappy is good. Like dancing.' The wind whispered its agreement, coming in over the jagged crest guarding their approach, the path narrowing slightly, the stone beneath their soles slick with meltwater. The ealdorman had warned them of the mountain's treachery - the secrets it held...
  4. Gruki

    Open Choose to be Chosen

    'What do we say to the nice squire?' Gruki smiled warmly as the girl reached for the chocolate, both arms outstretched, chubby fingers kneading the air. Gimmegimmegimme! Too young to give proper thanks; the delighted look upon her face was enough for Gruki. Ulrika seemed to agree. 'Have some...
  5. Gruki

    Private Of Smoke and Silence

    'I like listening to you, Noa.' Nod-nodding along the beaten path, Gruki swung a smile towards the Dusker, though, of course, she didn't see it. But you could hear a smile. And that's what matters, she mused, angling her gaze up the mountain, to where the white snows raged and the ghosts of...
  6. Gruki

    Open Choose to be Chosen

    Lou answers Ulrika's question before Gruki gets the chance to, words accompanied by the creaking of ropes drawn taut and the distant cawing of the black-feathered mob. Bandits did this? Gruki wondered as they rode past, she herself unable to look away, eyes glued to the grizzly sight laid before...
  7. Gruki

    Private A Little Something to Take the Edge Off

    Early evening in the Knoll and the place was packed with knights, squires and those select guests admitted into the monastery by those set to guard it. Reed and Albert had arrived together, one dressed to the nines, the other comfortably. Gruki had welcomed them both just the same, exchanging...
  8. Gruki

    Open Choose to be Chosen

    Gruki's face, on the other hand, was the mirror image of serenity. 'I much prefer their canoodling to your brooding, Syr,' she interjected lightly, in between puffs of smoke and sullen stares, the latter of which Valborast directed at the road, as if personally affronted by the way it meandered...
  9. Gruki

    Private A Little Something to Take the Edge Off

    Two wardrobes and not a single inkling of what she was going to wear. Gruki almost felt dismayed by the number of dresses Saskia owned; the silks and brocades and the cute, frilly little numbers that probably weren't suitable to wear in public, let alone the Knoll. 'Exactly, Sas, exactly!' The...
  10. Gruki

    Private A Little Something to Take the Edge Off

    'A week? Why not make it two?' The cleansing of body and soul. A tricky subject, and one that Gruki felt she was not qualified to handle. Well, not wholly, at least. 'I do like the green,' she said, rubbing her chin in thought. 'Can't go far wrong with red and gold, though.' The she-ork smiled...
  11. Gruki

    Private A Little Something to Take the Edge Off

    Tears, tears, and more tears. Catharsis in its purest form. Everyone needed a good cry from time to time, to help soothe the heart and soul. Gruki likened it to a hot bath, as if by letting the tears escape, Saskia was allowing her spirit to cleanse itself of all the nastiness that had...
  12. Gruki

    Private A Little Something to Take the Edge Off

    Hate. Fear. Two emotions that did not twine with what Gruki knew of Saskia. The brethren were a mixed bunch united by a common cause, true. They did not think or feel or act in any particular way. Even so, the she-ork could not see them harbouring any such feelings towards Saskia, despite the...
  13. Gruki

    Private A Little Something to Take the Edge Off

    'Me? Say something? Don't be absurd!' Gruki struggled to keep the grin from her face as she waved goodbye to the boys. 'See you guys later,' she called over her shoulder, linking arms with Saskia, though the Dusk Knight needed no prompting. 'Not if we see you first!' Pyp shouted back, earning...
  14. Gruki

    Private A Little Something to Take the Edge Off

    'As well as a token of our gratitude, y'mean?' Jasper asked, wise to the dusker's ways. 'Don't go sayin' that!' Pyp's heightened pitch spooked the robins nesting in the nearby trees. 'She'll wield yer own words against ya,' he warned, 'an' I ain't got the coin t' go paying her tithes!' His gaze...
  15. Gruki

    Private A Little Something to Take the Edge Off

    'Now, let's not get ahead of ourselves, Sassy! We might not get anything yet.' Thanks were enough, most of the time. Even so, Gruki found herself hoping for something, on her friend's behalf. Not that Pyp and Jasper and the others owe me anything, she thought to herself, footsteps...
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