But who, O, who had seen the mobled queen… Run barefoot up and down, threatening the flames With bisson rheum; a clout upon that head Where late the diadem stood, and for a robe, About her lank and all o’er-teemed loins, A blanket, in the alarm of fear caught up; Who this had seen, with tongue in venom steep’d, ‘Gainst Fortune’s state would treason have pronounced: But if the gods themselves did see her then When she saw Pyrrhus make malicious sport In mincing with his sword her husband’s limbs, The instant burst of clamour that she made, Unless things mortal move them not at all, Would have made milch the burning eyes of heaven, And passion in the gods.
Description: As the ritual began in the Castle of the Crystal, the Scientist at least knew what was coming. But miles away, in the calm of the Valley, the Alchemist had little warning.
Notes: Basically what happened with urTih during skekTek’s punishment. Was originally going to do it as an illustration, but then I realized that would require drawing four creatures with six limbs each and I nope’d the heck out of that idea. Soooo… here it is as a fic!
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His tools lay out before him in a meticulous array. Whenever one had completed its purpose, he would set it in the exact spot it had been before, and thus not one tool could be lost.
Yet urTih found himself staring over them as though unfamiliar with his own layout. He wasfamiliar with it, of course—he’d only been using the same tools for the past three hundred trine or so—and yet something felt off. He had gathered together a handful of feathers from the nest of a rare bird (it would not miss them, surely), fully intent on studying them to determine their properties, and yet his mind had gone blank upon entering his cave. He should be able to do this easily, and yet… he could not concentrate.
They fought the dark and won before. They would win again.
And my final trick for this year’s @grishaversebigbang: Nina, possessed, from @zemenipearls’ spooky Where Demons Roam. It’s a beautiful, harrowing, and clever fic, and I sincerely hope you all check it out!
Love as always to our Corporalki @darklesmychuckles and please be sure to peruse and enjoy the absolute masterminds in our Materialki collection:
Hah, guess who keeps forgetting to post things?? I’m as mentally scattered as I’ve ever been lately. I’m having trouble keeping my wits about me in general, and current events are making it more difficult. Still trying to do some art, though!
Dragon is Sycamore, #40448391. I have so many dragons yet I just keep drawing this one.
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