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Fri 27th Jan 2023 03:51

Not like you.

by Maelie Arsenault

Maelie leaned against a tree, she had just changed out of her Fox gear, stashed it all into the luggage and put on some unremarkable travelling clothes. She re-inventoried her bags and was almost ready to head out, but as she took a few breaths, her racing heart finally calming from the adrenaline rush of the heist, her mind wandered just enough to take it all in.
 
“I did it.”
 
She said the words in soft elven at first, but then she smiled brightly and jumped into the air raising a fist.
 
“I DID IT!!! DID YOU SEE THAT!!!”
 
She gave a shout of joy and then started laughing almost maniacally. She held her sides, laughing until she cried. After a few minutes she wiped her face with her sleeve.
 
“Did you see that? Uncle Mika? The first one, maybe I was lucky, but that one… that one, I really did that.” She leaned back against the tree again.
 
“Did you see that Aunt Kallie?” She asked softly again, looking up at the cloudy winter sky. “I’m doing okay on my own. I’ll be fine.”
 
She stared down at the luggage with the two paintings she’d just stolen by outwitting a small squad of Rooks and hired adventurers. Magic, skill, guile, and charm. All things she’d learned from her adopted family. All things that she felt she’d been born to do.
 
“Did you see that mother?” She says quietly and harshly, the way someone utters a threat. “I’m nothing like you and I never will be.”
 
With one last wicked grin she grabbed her things and headed back towards Novandria.

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  1. The Last Rule
    November 27th, 1882, - Novandria
  2. The Den
  3. Am I losing?
  4. A Close Call
  5. Plans
  6. New Toys
  7. Mistakes were made
  8. Too close to home
  9. Not like you.
  10. This City is Mine.
    February 6th, 1883
  11. Aimless?
    March 5, 1883 - Novandria
  12. The Game Begins
    February 13th, 1883
  13. Too much like You
    March 13, 1883
  14. Safer in Shadows
    April 3, 1883
  15. New Beginnings
    April 7th, 1883
  16. Ready to Run
    April 17th, 1883
  17. Home
    April 25, 1883
  18. Can you steal a heart?
    May 8th, 1883
  19. Trouble
    11th of May, 1883
  20. Heartbreak
    14th of May, 1883
  21. Hunter or Prey?
    16th of May, 1883
  22. Guilt
    19th of May, 1883
  23. Untrustworthy
    21st of May, 1883
  24. Why am I like this?
    25th of May, 1883
  25. Worthy
    8th of June, 1883
  26. The One She Left Behind
    13th June, 1883
  27. Annnd it's back...
    July 1st, 1883
  28. Learning to Fly
    July 4th, 1883
  29. Thrill of the Hunt
    July 29th, 1883
  30. From the Embers
    21st of August, 1883 // 1867
  31. Mother Knows Best
    16th of September, 1883
  32. A Snake, a Star, and a Fox
    25th of September, 1883, Novandria
  33. It wasn't him.
    28th of September, 1883, Novandria
  34. The New Blade
    13th of September, 1883
  35. Something Good
    October 31, 1883 - Novandria
  36. The wound that won't close
    18th of December, 1883 - Novandria
  37. Promise
    25th of December, 1883 - Novandria
  38. Fallen through the cracks
    6th of January, 1884 - Novandria
  39. Day to Night
    7th of January, 1884
  40. What's Left to the Shadows
    22nd of January, 1884, Novandria
  41. The World without Colour
    18th of February, 1884, Bellancourt, Montaigne,
  42. Seventeen Roofs
    26th of February, Novandria, Eisen
  43. Crossing the Board
    4th of March, 1884, Novandria, Eisen
  44. New Freedom
    May 4th, 1884
  45. Saved
    5th of May, 1884/16th of July, 1858