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Friendly Concerns Interrupting My Sought-Out Quiet
Silence. Beautiful silence. I come here for the quiet. Or, at least, as close as I can come nowadays. Cities, even most towns, hold their...
J. Joseph
Mar 24, 20238 min read
A Productive Study Session
The study rooms on the first floor of Pembarton hall are so much smaller than they really should be. Or at least, than they feel that...
J. Joseph
Mar 17, 20238 min read
A Strange Town and a Stranger Pair
As Felazo’s Ekzokia begins descending on the docks, Sister Hilan notices Alessari, her ally in this journey, diving silently into the...
J. Joseph
Mar 10, 20238 min read
Justifying Our Actions and Inactions
One should never doubt what, when any normal person is driven too far from their normal world, they are capable of doing. Capable of...
J. Joseph
Mar 3, 20238 min read
To a Crawl
I can see the other car swerving into our lane, right towards us. Mike’s hands start to move the wheel, to try to swerve out of the way....
J. Joseph
Feb 24, 20238 min read
The Busying Matters of Plans and Respect
I begin to stir in the morning, a busy day ahead of me. I do not want to be awake. Every part of me, mind, body, and soul, all yearn for...
J. Joseph
Feb 17, 20238 min read
The Ekzokia Arrives in the Peaceful Fishing Collective
“Alrighty, child of Tiserrea,” Felazo shouts, “We’re in one of the flows, now. Would you mind tightening the mainsail?” His small,...
J. Joseph
Feb 10, 20238 min read
A Winter's Trip across Town
The brisk winter air blows in my face as I set out in the morning. It bites at my forehead, my nose, my ears. My friends and I have a...
J. Joseph
Feb 3, 20238 min read
Remembering What I Could Do
“Give me your wallet.” The voice comes from behind me. “Both of you.” I meekly slide my hands up and turn slowly. Some guy, his face is...
J. Joseph
Jan 27, 20238 min read
A Game of Stones and Questions
Amber & Cedar is around half full, like it normally is this time of the evening. Being Tuesday, I don’t expect it’s going to fill up much...
J. Joseph
Jan 20, 20238 min read
Renalt and Denlo Entering the Peaceful Fishing Collective
Dawn is just on the cusp of breaking, shining its light over the distant horizon, when Renalt and Denlo’s cart rolls past the small fence...
J. Joseph
Jan 13, 20238 min read
A Jaunt through the Everywhen
First I was nowhere, nowhen. I step through a door, then another. And now I will sit here. In this spot, I felt comfortable. The locale...
J. Joseph
Jan 6, 20238 min read
A Kid Tinkering in the Garage
It is all going to work out. It has to, right? That’s all it’s going to come down to. It’s all gonna work out, eventually. I just need to...
J. Joseph
Dec 30, 20228 min read
A Jumbled Memory of Repetitive Vertigo
It’s hard to explain exactly what happened that caused all, well, all of this to go down. I was stressed out about some, well, something...
J. Joseph
Dec 23, 20228 min read
No Matter How Much Ike Wants To
This should be a simple enough conversation, right? I mean, she already knows I’m heading to Europe for the foreseeable future. She’s...
J. Joseph
Dec 16, 20228 min read
Denlo and Renalt's Trek through the Woods
The evening comes later than Denlo expects. Renalt sleeps soundly through the day, but the Elfi’ika is not so lucky. Despite his human...
J. Joseph
Dec 9, 20228 min read
At Home in My Basement
If someone were looking in on my world from the outside, they’d likely think I’m done with my old life. They wouldn’t be entirely wrong....
J. Joseph
Dec 2, 20228 min read
Tiny Flecks of Glittering Light
I wake up in the morning. I’m a little groggy. Maybe it’s because I went out last night, enjoyed myself a bit too hard. Or maybe it’s...
J. Joseph
Nov 25, 20228 min read
A Meeting of the League
My last tutee for the day walks out of the small glass study room in the back of the library. Dixon, not the one in town. I assume it’s...
J. Joseph
Nov 18, 20228 min read
Felazo's Expirementation Seeking Good Help
Felazo finds himself rather surprised. When he picked up the runaway noble and the governmental priest, he’d expected a lot of things....
J. Joseph
Nov 11, 20228 min read
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