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[Note: These events take place approximately one week after the events in Penelope Strathearn's blog, "Showdown at the CocoaJava Cafe".]

"I believe we're going to require a bit of assistance with this. So, what do you think of Mr. Wexhome?" My Lady took another sip of her tea.

I considered my answer carefully. "It would certainly seem to fit in with his abilities and...possibly with his prior experience." The… Continue

The dark hours, second hour past midnight. I slipped silently from the shadows of the Palisade wall, keeping to the narrow ribbon of darkness between the bridge from the tracks to the tower. I heard a distant clank behind me, and froze, turning my head to follow it to its source. A Smashington Guard, up on the higher ground. It was facing away from me. I pressed my body closer to a bridge support and waited until it clanked back in the direction from whence it had come.

I heard a babble in the… Continue

This new turn of events is quite alarming. With the Aethership Tower currently under enemy occupation, My Lady and I find ourselves cut off from our surest form of escape should the unthinkable happen. The danger gathers around us like a thick fog now; I can sense the malicious intent focused upon My Lady, but even now I cannot track down its source. My Talent has been blunted here--some strange effect of this dimension, I fear--and I can only hope that if I must encounter Forsythe face to face,… Continue

((Drat it, Miss Ceejay, this is your fault! You got iambic pentameter stuck in my brain, and now I can't get it out of my system. But don't expect all of my blog entries to be in blank verse from now on! *rolling eyes*))

I stand at guard and watch My Lady sleep
While waiting for the slow-awakening dawn,
The silent herald of another day
Spent wondering if this shall be the one,
The fateful morn or evening when he comes.
Will I be vigilant enough to ward
My Lady from his foul attack… Continue

Lady Penelope managed to twist my arm into accompanying her out tonight. Our first stop was to see how His Lordship's work is progressing:

Afterwards, we took a leisurely flight down via a strange carpet I picked up in Baghdad, and came to a landing outside t… Continue