Edema Rue

Gavin’s eyes darken, and he turns away. This is why the games are so important. The young need to suffer more. They need to break. Only then will they care.

“Th-th-they’re c-c-cool,” Gavin said. They’re strong. They’re changing. They’re broken, and they’re more powerful for it. Corin grinned and marked it down in his ledger. You’re sick. Better than being weak. Your friends would agree. You said they’d be safe!

“M-m-maybe l-later?” Gavin winced. Storms and stars, I really am bad with people.

I i want to I should I have to work tonight but it’s my last night and I don’t wanna sleep

Gavin blinked. “I—I d-did?”

not exactly no

Gavin blinked. “H-hey,” he said. “D-d-did y-you n-need s-s-something?”

I should go to bed probably

Neatttt well listen to music if you can, if you can’t get lost in your head in the most beautiful of ways

Aw ick what is it? At least you get your phone? And paid?

awww i’m sorry, how long is your shift? I just got back from work (well like an hour ago)

Granted, you won’t be able to eat it. I wish to be short

Ewwwwwwww that’s terrible thats scudding terrible why

Yeah…but tomorrow (tonight) IS MY LAST NIGJT OF WORK!!!

IM LITERALLY AVERAGE well ouch at Dragonsteel literally everyone I met was about a foot taller than me but my hair was epic so it’s ok the two battles I’ve been fighting my entire time on the shard…

Hold up PAUSE are you saying 5’5” is short because if so what the bloody ashes does that make me (5’2” and a half. Basically 5’3”. So actually basically 5’4”, which is basically 5’5”.)

A very large rock

I’m sorry to necro but oh my chasms guys i went to bed at 11am this morning and got up about an hour ago I’ll be up all of tonight then again tomorrow night and then I just have to magically start sleeping at night again Thursday because I have a triathlon early Saturday morning what is this madness

We’ll see what happens next games, for the rest of this one I’ll be ok :))

Holy stars that’s huge our entire cast is 20 people which feels big (plus the band)

“Bets,” Corin murmured again. “Bet, children. Who will live and who will die. Place your bets.” Kill me. Make me. You know I can’t. You’re as weak as they are. Let me go! Please. You’re too weak to do this. I’m not. If it’ll keep them alive, I’ll do it. I told you I’d do anything, and I meant it. And what about Astra? If Corin were in control of himself, he would have stiffened. The girl with the laugh. The girl who’d walked into his home as if it had been built for her, and her alone. A game. They’re murderers, all of them. They deserve to die. Is that so? It wasn’t so, and Corin knew it as well as his faceless captor. Please. Please, I never meant for this to happen. You should have been more careful. ”Place your bets,” Corin’s body continued to say. His lips were curled into a smirk. “You’ll be dead soon enough, so use your last minutes well.” *** ”C-Corin,” an older boy gasped. He shared Corin’s dark hair, but he was all lean muscle. Blood was trickling from the corner of his mouth. A younger Corin knelt next to him, his breaths coming in ragged gasps. “Protect them. N-no one else will. K-k-keep them safe.” *** ”Corin!” The little boy was bubbly and laughing, his eyes glittering with mirth. He had dirty blond hair and a perfect dimple. “Guess what I stole.” Corin chuckled, leaning over and tousling his hair. “Talk quieter,” he said, though he knew the folk in this tavern didn’t care. Quinn was a sort of mascot to them all; they’d never turn him in. Corin led him behind the counter, into a back room. “Okay,” he said, smiling deviously. Quinn opened his cupped hands to reveal a pair of glowing ruby dice. “They’re for you!” Corin’s smile became more genuine. “I’ll treasure them. Always.” *** ”It wasn’t him!” The words fell from Corin’s mouth before he even realized what he’d said. Quinn gaped at him. Protect them. “Look at him,” Corin said, gesturing at the chubby boy. “Does he look like a skilled thief to you? I took it. It’s me you want, and you can let him go.” No one else will. The guard cocked his head. “Then you’re coming with me.” ”No!” Quinn said, his eyes wide and afraid. ”Listen to me,” Corin said, eyes hard and serious, “get out of here. Stay safe, all right?” The guards were pulling at him, and he struggled to meet Quinn’s eyes. “I’ll find a way out. I’ll be back. Just stay safe until then.” *** The gamemaker was outside Corin’s cell, his lips slowly twisting into a careful grin. “Thief,” he murmured thoughtfully. “How would you like to make a bet?” Protect them.

Yeah, hopefully they will. I’ve been doing my best, but a lot of people are pretty inactive because it’s summer, and all the other GM’s disappeared on me (again, lol). And then I’ve just been so busy that it’s been hard to push plot, I’m honestly hoping it’ll be the next week or two but we currently have 8 people left and I think several of them are out of town. I promise we’re trying

Yup.