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aldersprigFor rix_scaedu's prompt. Facets of Dusk has a landing page here.
The Door was hard to push, this time; Alexa held the doorknob open while she, Cole, and Xenia shoved it until it opened enough to let them through.
Once through, it was easy enough to see what had happened: rubble had fallen on the other side, obstructing the door. Most of the building had fallen, actually, leaving a single wall, braced and supported with scrap wood.
"Ruins?" Josie picked up a stone, and frowned. "No..."
"No." Peter's instruments were beeping. "No, this is fresh damage. Nothing here has been sitting for more than a couple years."
"Put that away." Cole dropped his gun in a side pocket and pulled out a knife instead. "Xen..."
"Got it. What's up?"
In the center of this, Alexa and Aerich shared a look. The team did this, sometimes. They would wait until their skills were needed.
"How do you know you're in a cyberpunk world?"
"Too much tech. Like that place with the blond you liked..."
"That's real specific."
"The one with the implants."
"Yes, exactly."
"There's no tech here." The lean really-not-an-assassin, really, looked around. Alexa had already made the connection. She grabbed her cloak out of her pack and nudged Aerich to do the same.
"Exactly. And how do you know when you're in a sword and sorcery universe?"
"Cole, I'm not a goddamned student."
"No tech." Alexa stepped forward. "Dragon-claw marks on the stone. No wires anywhere. And that's a castle in the distance."
"What does that make us, then?" Josie, noting Alexa's cloak, was doning her own.
They didn't need to see Aerich's face to know he was smiling. It showed in his voice. "Well, I do believe we're the adventuring party of mysterious strangers."
rix_scaedu's prompt. Facets of Dusk has a landing page here.The Door was hard to push, this time; Alexa held the doorknob open while she, Cole, and Xenia shoved it until it opened enough to let them through.
Once through, it was easy enough to see what had happened: rubble had fallen on the other side, obstructing the door. Most of the building had fallen, actually, leaving a single wall, braced and supported with scrap wood.
"Ruins?" Josie picked up a stone, and frowned. "No..."
"No." Peter's instruments were beeping. "No, this is fresh damage. Nothing here has been sitting for more than a couple years."
"Put that away." Cole dropped his gun in a side pocket and pulled out a knife instead. "Xen..."
"Got it. What's up?"
In the center of this, Alexa and Aerich shared a look. The team did this, sometimes. They would wait until their skills were needed.
"How do you know you're in a cyberpunk world?"
"Too much tech. Like that place with the blond you liked..."
"That's real specific."
"The one with the implants."
"Yes, exactly."
"There's no tech here." The lean really-not-an-assassin, really, looked around. Alexa had already made the connection. She grabbed her cloak out of her pack and nudged Aerich to do the same.
"Exactly. And how do you know when you're in a sword and sorcery universe?"
"Cole, I'm not a goddamned student."
"No tech." Alexa stepped forward. "Dragon-claw marks on the stone. No wires anywhere. And that's a castle in the distance."
"What does that make us, then?" Josie, noting Alexa's cloak, was doning her own.
They didn't need to see Aerich's face to know he was smiling. It showed in his voice. "Well, I do believe we're the adventuring party of mysterious strangers."
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Date: 2013-03-26 12:27 pm (UTC)He's a magus, actually. A grumpy magus.
Oh, boy!
Date: 2013-03-26 07:26 pm (UTC)The universe is Steven K.Z. Brust's Dragaera books, in two series -- the Vlad Taltos books, starting with Jhereg, and the Paarfi romances, a trilogy in five volumes, plus the non-series bookBrokedown Palace.
Aerich is one of the major characters in the Paarfi series. He is a member of the House of the Lyorn, and therefore is truthful in speech, upright in morals, proper in behavior, and thorough in deed. Lyorn are often archivists and record-keepers (although Aerich is not); that is why the Dragaera fan wiki on wikia.com is called The Lyorn Records.
In this comment, the hyperlink for Aerich is to a page in The Lyorn Records. All the others are to pages in Cracks and Shards, my fansite, which the editors of The Lyorn Records do me the honor of calling "excellent".
And Loiosh, my familiar (see icon), reminds me to point you to the part of Cracks and Shards that's about him.
Re: Oh, boy!
Date: 2013-03-26 07:30 pm (UTC)You make me want to read more.
Re: Oh, boy!
Date: 2013-03-27 05:54 pm (UTC)Re: Oh, boy!
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