tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046Alder's GroveWrite the Darkaldersprig2017-01-31T13:36:10Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1244507Edally Academy Epilogue: The Goat Races2017-01-31T02:57:16Z2017-01-31T13:36:10Zpublic1It seemed that being in the favor of the Emperor, at least for the moment, had a few immediate benefits.<br /><br />One of those was being in charge of the imperial bureaucrats as they searched the Library. Enrie had never been in charge of people before and she found it very educational. She had also not<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/30/epilogue-the-goat-races/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/30/epilogue-the-goat-races/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1244507" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1241683Edally Academy Chapter 59B: The Emperor's Voice2017-01-26T02:00:54Z2017-01-26T18:34:39Zpublic0The guards were in very plain uniforms with no insignia, their colors a non-explanatory mix of red, blue, and green. Their weapons explained enough, however; each of them was visibly carrying a long polearm or a gladius and a firearm. Something about their comportment suggested to Enrie that they <br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/25/chapter-59b-the-emperors-voice/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/25/chapter-59b-the-emperors-voice/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1241683" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1240340Edally Academy Chapter 59A: An Alarming Call2017-01-23T21:14:22Z2017-01-23T21:37:08Zpublic0They'd been back at school for two weeks. Enrie was entirely caught up on all her classes, and Taikie was back into reading ahead by at least a week. Their Instructors had either forgiven them, or, in the case of those more nosy than fretful about academics, had stopped asking what was going o<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/23/chapter-59a-an-alarming-call/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/23/chapter-59a-an-alarming-call/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1240340" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1237769Edally Academy Chapter 58B: The Role and the Name2017-01-20T19:12:52Z2017-01-20T19:14:47Zpublic0It felt strange to be back in school. Their Instructors had all been told — well, something, at least — by House Monitor Libkazaarie — which meant that Instructor Pelnyen looked at them sideways but everyone else seemed to accept their absence with decent grace. <br /><br />There were projects to wrap up<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/20/chapter-58b-the-role-and-the-name/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/20/chapter-58b-the-role-and-the-name/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1237769" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1235593Edally Academy Chapter 58A: The Archive and the Treaty2017-01-18T18:42:24Z2017-01-18T19:05:28Zpublic0Author's note: This section goes before the section posted Monday. Sorry about that!<br /><br />The address Elelakorra had given them turned out to be the floor below the first floor of a four-story stone building just outside the royal quarter. The entrance in the front of the building led to a very att<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/18/chapter-58a-the-archive-and-the-treaty/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/18/chapter-58a-the-archive-and-the-treaty/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1235593" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1231955Edally Academy Chapter 57C: Safe Roads and a Clear Sky2017-01-13T19:00:20Z2017-01-13T19:00:44Zpublic0“You really have had an interesting first year at school so far,” Elelakorra chuckled. <br /><br />“Oh, no, this is nothing. Taikie got hit over the head with a pipe by someone —” Enrie caught herself and coughed “— misusing aether, someone who turned out to be a murderer. For this, all I had to do was... <br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/13/chapter-57c-safe-roads-and-a-clear-sky/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/13/chapter-57c-safe-roads-and-a-clear-sky/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1231955" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1229930Edally Academy Chapter 57B: Old School Friends and New2017-01-11T19:37:38Z2017-01-11T20:18:00Zpublic0Elelakorra’s gaze moved to Libkazaarie and stayed there for a moment. "My protection includes you, of course. It has been a while, hasn't it?"<br /><br />Libkazarrie cleared her throat uncomfortably. "It has. Honored Voice."<br /><br />"None of that, Librie." Elelakorra hopped up to sit on her desk and swung her<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/11/chapter-57b-old-school-friends-and-new/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/11/chapter-57b-old-school-friends-and-new/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1229930" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1228197Edally Academy Chapter 57A: Fear and Protection2017-01-09T20:00:50Z2017-01-10T11:38:23Zpublic0Enrie cleared her throat to give herself a moment to think. Elelakorra had changed directions, tone of voice, and expression in a heartbeat. Now she was gentle-older-cousin again.<br /><br />"I believe, cousin, ah, Elora, you were just finishing up reading the treaty - the copy of the treaty, of c<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/09/chapter-57a-fear-and-protection/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/09/chapter-57a-fear-and-protection/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1228197" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1226089Edally Academy Chapter 56c: Copies2017-01-06T18:24:33Z2017-01-06T18:49:51Zpublic2Lirnilalie stared at Enrie blankly for a minute. “You’re telling me that Ilonilarrona had me chasing after a copy? A modern copy, at that? All of this talk about the Treaty and what it could do, and it’s nothing but a copy? Nobody would believe anything based on this, nobody with a shred of se<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/06/chapter-56c-copies/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/06/chapter-56c-copies/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1226089" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1222888Edally Academy Chapter 56A: 'Til the World Burns2017-01-02T19:56:10Z2017-01-02T20:05:15Zpublic1Lirnilalie shifted her weight, leaning forward over the desk. “You don’t honestly think those guards worry me, do you, cousin? They’re not going to do anything to me.”<br /><br />“I believe your self-confidence is getting in the way of your memory, cousin. The guards have taken you away before, and they <br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/02/chapter-56a-til-the-world-burns/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2017/01/02/chapter-56a-til-the-world-burns/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1222888" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1221836Edally Academy Holiday Story: Tienaabaa's Festival2016-12-31T03:10:27Z2016-12-31T03:58:12Zpublic2Happy Tienaabaa's festival to all! May it find you motivated to creativity and to thought. <br /><br />❄️<br /><br />It was nearly time...<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/30/holiday-story-tienaabaas-festival/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/30/holiday-story-tienaabaas-festival/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1221836" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1218338Edally Academy Chapter 55c: The Diplomatic Body2016-12-27T02:15:55Z2016-12-27T03:12:57Zpublic0Elelakorra watched Lirnilalie with a steady and unflinching gaze, despite the fact that the latter looked as if she was on fire. "I heard a traitor and an embarrassment speak. It would hardly be the first time, Lyirnilalie." Elelakorra's eyes drifted down to the sparking, burning mess of ~<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/26/chapter-55c-the-diplomatic-body/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/26/chapter-55c-the-diplomatic-body/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1218338" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1217464Edally Academy Chapter 55b: Lying2016-12-24T02:23:11Z2016-12-24T03:13:22Zpublic0“Reading the situation?” Lirnilalie raised her eyebrows incredulously. “You think that’s what you’re doing here?”<br /><br />The door behind them opened. Tevordor stood there with four armed guards. Elelakorra waved them in and gestured them to stay where they were. <br /><br />She nodded almost imperceptibly <br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/23/chapter-55b-lying/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/23/chapter-55b-lying/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1217464" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1216213Edally Academy Chapter 55a: "When Words Don't Work"2016-12-22T02:05:03Z2016-12-22T11:29:06Zpublic0Silence reigned in the room for about a heartbeat, and then Lirnilalie laughed. "Ah, but nobody wants the job of sorting through the pile of food, pulling out the stinking pieces and saving the rest for porridge, do they? And it's worse when the parsnips have families and friends, when they're yo<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/21/chapter-55a-when-words-dont-work/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/21/chapter-55a-when-words-dont-work/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1216213" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1214792Edally Academy Chapter 54c: Why Let One Bad Apple...2016-12-19T21:12:13Z2016-12-20T13:27:17Zpublic0Lirnilalie did not seem the least bit upset by Elelakorra’s questions. <br /><br />"Well, because I've been tracking this one’s ridiculous exploits since I first came to Edally Academy. One of my associates had to deal with a problem with one of her children, and while we were in the area, we became awar<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/19/chapter-54c-why-let-one-bad-apple/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/19/chapter-54c-why-let-one-bad-apple/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1214792" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1214195Edally Academy Chapter 54b: Liars2016-12-16T21:22:42Z2016-12-19T13:22:15Zpublic0"I've got the ear of the Emperor, you're right here,” Lirnilalie pointed out. “So listen. To me, an Imperial Princess--"<br /><br />Somewhere behind her, Riensin cleared his throat.<br /><br />Elelakorra chuckled. "Lyirnilalie, I think the entire point is that you have repudiated your title and it has repudi<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/16/chapter-54b-liars/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/16/chapter-54b-liars/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1214195" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1212630Edally Academy Chapter 54a: The Voice Laughs2016-12-14T18:04:37Z2016-12-14T20:25:53Zpublic1Enrie held her breath. There was nothing else she could do; protesting that she wasn't a liar wasn't going to do anything but make her look more guilty. Looking at Libkazaari wasn't going to do anything but say she didn't know what was going on -- which she didn't, of course, but nobody else n<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/14/chapter-54a-the-voice-laughs/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/14/chapter-54a-the-voice-laughs/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1212630" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1211445Edally Academy Chapter 53c: A Matter of Names2016-12-12T23:30:21Z2016-12-14T20:38:01Zpublic1"Honestly, some people..." Elelakorra pulled a dart gun from somewhere in her desk and hopped up onto said desk, nimbly missing the copies of the treaty. She took aim, sighted... and then sighed. "Let her in, Tevordor, and then go get the guard. All of them. Twice."<br /><br />"Ma'am?" Tevordor didn<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/12/chapter-53c-a-matter-of-names/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/12/chapter-53c-a-matter-of-names/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1211445" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1210767Edally Academy Chapter 53b: Where Everyone is Clever2016-12-09T19:27:38Z2016-12-10T16:40:12Zpublic0Enrie did not know her cousin all that well, but she thought the woman sounded faintly amused. <br /><br />Saydrie’s cheeks went red and blotchy and he bowed again, jerky this time. “No, Honored One. If anything,” he cleared his throat and managed a weak smile, “simply pointing out a specifically Bitrani<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/09/chapter-53b-where-everyone-is-clever/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/09/chapter-53b-where-everyone-is-clever/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1210767" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1209938Edally Academy Chapter 53A2016-12-08T01:41:02Z2016-12-08T14:15:03Zpublic0Enrie winced. Her friends were not actually helping her case, as much as they might think they were. <br /><br />"It was..." She cleared her throat. "They did destroy or remove several books, but they were stopped in their efforts by two things: some of the information had embedded aether. It made one f<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/07/chapter-53a/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/07/chapter-53a/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1209938" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1208200Edally Academy Chapter 52c - When our Leaders Wore Red & Were Competent2016-12-05T20:55:10Z2016-12-06T13:39:10Zpublic3Saydrie rescued her. "...we forget that our Emperors' ancestors once had to undergo seven tests to be considered worthy to even be in the succession, and that our Governors and Emperor all were once kalōkāt; war-leaders, leaders who had been proven both in battle and in peace. We forget that we be<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/05/chapter-52c-when-our-leaders-wore-red-were-competent/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/05/chapter-52c-when-our-leaders-wore-red-were-competent/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1208200" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1207310Edally Academy Chapter 52B2016-12-03T02:38:58Z2016-12-04T04:31:04Zpublic0"I hear I have a cousin out here." <br /><br />The voice was smooth, the accent Lannamer, with its long vowels. Enrie looked up, then bowed as elegantly as she could manage. "Voice of the Emperor Elalekorra, cousin." Her cousin had apparently changed not one bit except as fashion shifted since the last<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/02/chapter-52b/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/12/02/chapter-52b/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1207310" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1204298Edally Academy Chapter 51c2016-11-29T02:58:10Z2016-11-29T13:57:46Zpublic1Whatever pursuit there had been had gotten stuck in the dusk and muck or captured by the constabulary. The rest of the group took turns changing into their nicest clothes as Libkazarri and then Korten maneuvered the wagon through the narrow Lannamer streets and around the curves required to get to<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/11/28/chapter-51c/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/11/28/chapter-51c/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1204298" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1202801Edally Academy Chapter 51b: Strangers and Friends2016-11-25T17:05:19Z2016-11-27T02:25:25Zpublic2Enrie turned to look at Gianci. Everyone else, she noticed, was doing the same. <br /><br />He cleared his throat again. He was looking over their heads, not at them. "Sometimes they tell people they can't go back to the enclaves. Banish them. Some people leave on their own, sure, but sometimes... som<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/11/25/chapter-51b-strangers-and-friends/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/11/25/chapter-51b-strangers-and-friends/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1202801" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-01-18:688046:1201823Edally Academy Chapter 51a2016-11-23T23:41:29Z2016-11-24T17:37:30Zpublic0The cart wasn't chasing them anymore. A peek around the edge of the wagon showed it tangled and sideways on the side of the road, their goats all happily eating feed or fighting with the harness, trying to get to the food. Three of the people from the wagon were trying to get the goats loose, p<br /><br />Read on:<br /><a href="http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/11/23/chapter-51a/">http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/11/23/chapter-51a/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=aldersprig&ditemid=1201823" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments