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The door to Gaius’ room opens gently and Orryn slips in without a word, letting himself in without permission as usual. The two had grown so accustomed to being each other’s nightly visitors that none of them asked for permission before entry and honestly, they shared most things aside from rooms. Currently,  there was a very blurry line between what was Gaius’ and what was Orryn’s. Everything was pretty much shared between them.   ...

     A particularly important relationship in Chime’s world was the hermit, Mortimer. He had materialized in her life at just the right moment, as if by some stroke of luck. And pulled her from that dark place she'd found herself in all those years ago. Taking her under his wing and teaching her there was more to her than just the vice of her horns.  The lessons that she’d learned from him had become valuable, not only in her crafts but to shape who sh...

“Gaius be careful!! You might slip!” Orryn calls out half laughing, waving his arms at the other while in the safety of a shed. The other man comes running, clutching his hat as he makes his way to Orryn. He slips a little bit as he makes his way there, but Orryn catches him in his arms before he falls. “See, I told you!” he says, shaking his head slightly. They both laugh, straightening themselves up, Gaius removing his hat and setting it down on the small wooden table ...

It was way past curfew at this point and Gaius stiffly fixes the cuffs of his shirt, looking anxious. This was the second night that they were going out for the festivities, the second night of drinks and rides and… generally being away from the safe confines of the church. Of course Gaius had initially suggested the idea of checking out the festivals but little did he know that he had opened a flood gate, for after their first little… ‘excursion’, Orryn had not stopped talking about ...