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Thread: leaving the ones we've crossed
Post: RE: leaving the ones we've crossed
| Your past doesn’t really matter to me.
Bastien’s eyes tore from the sky harshly enough to tatter the dark veil, introducing a drizzle that would have been light were it not lashing about in the wil... |
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Bastien |
Sussex
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05-03-2024, 09:34 AM |
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Thread: Savages
Post: RE: Savages
| Was that a grin shrouded by the shadows of her featureless face? It was hard to detect any changes in her facial expressions if he wasn't focusing on one of the many scars. Whether that was the case o... |
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Bastien |
Perth
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126 |
05-01-2024, 08:05 AM |
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Thread: leaving the ones we've crossed
Post: RE: leaving the ones we've crossed
| There it was. What he’d sensed prickling beneath the cool façade came to the surface in a blistering invitation for him to air out what was fueling his own fury, but before he could even say a word, N... |
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Bastien |
Sussex
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4 |
97 |
04-25-2024, 06:59 PM |
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Thread: leaving the ones we've crossed
Post: leaving the ones we've crossed
| Shifting sands and a violent harmony from the raging tide did little to drown the discord deafening his senses. Like walking through endless fog, there was only one beacon guiding both his steps and h... |
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Bastien |
Sussex
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4 |
97 |
04-25-2024, 01:00 PM |
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Thread: when the crows come knocking
Post: RE: when the crows come knocking
| {{“Nor do I recall making a scene outside your office to demand your attention,”}} came the equally heated rebuttal, black lips rippling in a snarl. These hot flames refused to be tempered, knowing th... |
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Bastien |
Sussex
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195 |
04-25-2024, 11:43 AM |
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Thread: when the crows come knocking
Post: RE: when the crows come knocking
| How much electricity could revive a dead heart? Whatever coursed between them, a current completing its circuit when their bodies came together, brought every destroyed nerve in Bastien’s chest, shoul... |
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Bastien |
Sussex
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9 |
195 |
04-23-2024, 06:57 PM |
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Thread: only fangs and sweet beguiling
Post: RE: only fangs and sweet beguiling
| The whimsical words of warning served only to evoke the dormant fantasies that their last tryst illuminated, scenes that Bastien could imagine skipping through his lover’s mind like an old film. He co... |
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Bastien |
Maiden's Braid
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04-23-2024, 04:17 PM |
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Thread: Savages
Post: RE: Savages
| His satisfaction, against all odds, soared to even greater heights when she retaliated with some quick wit of her own. {{"Aye, well, I can show ya how I snare 'em,"}} Bastien rounded off the snarky so... |
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Bastien |
Perth
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126 |
04-23-2024, 03:30 PM |
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Thread: when the crows come knocking
Post: RE: when the crows come knocking
| His efforts earned him the slightest of smirks, curling across those lips his eyes refused to leave, and that was reward enough for the amorous beast... for the time being. Amoux proceeded to divulge ... |
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Bastien |
Sussex
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9 |
195 |
04-19-2024, 01:01 PM |
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Thread: when the crows come knocking
Post: RE: when the crows come knocking
| {{"And where shall I sit?"}} Ever the rake, Bastien had more wanton remarks than self-control—but there was something in the air he didn't like. He could smell it beneath the cigar smoke and sandalwoo... |
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Bastien |
Sussex
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195 |
04-19-2024, 09:20 AM |
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Thread: Savages
Post: RE: Savages
| -> set after rue and bast's match in the raid channel
Back-to-back defeats would infuriate another man. In Bastien's opinion, an ego that didn't need to be knocked down a few pegs was an ego not la... |
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Bastien |
Perth
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6 |
126 |
04-19-2024, 07:32 AM |
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Thread: last call for sin
Post: RE: last call for sin
| Valerian seemed too preoccupied by the stand-off he was engaging Fish in to heed the helpful warnings being offered. Though only one of them had a toothy advantage, judging by the fatigue in the minis... |
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Bastien |
Inverness
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4 |
166 |
04-19-2024, 02:58 AM |
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Thread: how the mighty fall
Post: how the mighty fall
| Suffering a brutal loss for his debut in the secret underground fight club was not what Bastien, under the alias Crow, had planned, even less prepared for that loss to be doled out by someone a quarte... |
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Bastien |
Perth
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49 |
03-30-2024, 06:07 PM |
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Thread: broken me and broken you
Post: RE: broken me and broken you
| I saw him. He did not ask who. He only watched, still with that same somber stare, and listened from the shore, grounded only by the licks of water against his feet. This fucking lagoon and its… trick... |
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Bastien |
Naiad's Lagoon
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111 |
03-30-2024, 09:52 AM |
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Thread: the crooked are smiling
Post: RE: the crooked are smiling
| The political split had its perks, to be sure, but there were numerous downsides that Bastien hadn’t accounted for. Namely, handling business without being detected. Hopping the border was not an irks... |
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Bastien |
Drunken Seagull
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67 |
03-30-2024, 09:22 AM |
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Thread: paid in halves
Post: RE: paid in halves
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Bastien |
Post Logs
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238 |
03-29-2024, 02:50 PM |
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Thread: play your card, be who you are
Post: RE: play your card, be who you are
| I want you. All that you have to give. Bastien let the admission wash over him like healing rain. As likely as it was to assuage the heaviness he was carrying by offering another shoulder for the burd... |
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Bastien |
Naiad's Lagoon
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310 |
03-10-2024, 11:31 AM |
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Thread: In the Blind
Post: RE: In the Blind
| Far be it from Bastien to disregard the amusing imagery his companion's remark evoked. He was just amused enough that the unsavory implication did not infuriate him–and mischievous enough to remain se... |
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Bastien |
Rionna
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233 |
03-09-2024, 02:53 PM |
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Thread: repay what you invest
Post: RE: repay what you invest
| Ah, this. This, Bastien considered more satisfying than just an appreciative gaze. He felt Amoux's desire before the man so carelessly handled him, his body going slack in response, a more than willin... |
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Bastien |
Drunken Seagull
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222 |
03-01-2024, 10:32 AM |
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Thread: play your card, be who you are
Post: RE: play your card, be who you are
| So his lover was disillusioned with the proffered nickname. Bastien could not offer him an explanation that would not expose his hand, in that he had to liken his paramour to an unbefitting caricature... |
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Bastien |
Naiad's Lagoon
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310 |
02-29-2024, 09:40 PM |
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Thread: repay what you invest
Post: RE: repay what you invest
| Bastien made a convincing show of sifting through the obnoxiously organized assortment of documents that were present on the desk. It did him little good when his reading skills were limited to what c... |
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Bastien |
Drunken Seagull
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222 |
02-27-2024, 07:57 PM |
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Thread: In the Blind
Post: RE: In the Blind
| Bastien could blame his rashness on the trill of adrenaline still in his veins infusing with his overt desire to antagonize Savard at the first opportunity.
Fortunately, it didn't appear he would ... |
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Bastien |
Rionna
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233 |
02-27-2024, 06:57 PM |
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Thread: play your card, be who you are
Post: RE: play your card, be who you are
| While another might be averse to being ignored, Bastien treated it, as he did most things, like a game. And with Nicharion was becoming his favorite bone to chew on, a battle of wills was the perfect ... |
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Bastien |
Naiad's Lagoon
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02-27-2024, 06:34 PM |
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Thread: only fangs and sweet beguiling
Post: RE: only fangs and sweet beguiling
| Bastien's displeasure could not sustain the mischief in that smile, and with the accompaniment of a weight against his chest, it soon gave way to pleasure that was signified by the sound that crooned ... |
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Bastien |
Maiden's Braid
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02-27-2024, 05:28 PM |
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Thread: last call for sin
Post: RE: last call for sin
| Bastien followed Valerian's attention to the creature nestled beside him, casting a glance at the bewildered performer. He shrugged off the comment about his chosen pet; it was a fair assessment, and ... |
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Bastien |
Inverness
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166 |
02-26-2024, 06:45 AM |
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Thread: broken me and broken you
Post: broken me and broken you
| He nudged the door open with his nose. Instead of a wooden interior and crackling hearth, a vast clearing unfurled beyond it. Bastien crept in with less certainty than he did the last time the fae tra... |
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Bastien |
Naiad's Lagoon
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111 |
02-25-2024, 04:01 PM |
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Thread: repay what you invest
Post: RE: repay what you invest
| Were there many things as gratifying as the insatiable rake of eyes across one's form? If there were, they paled in the light of Amoux's firelit gaze. Delighting in the heat of it, Bastien loosed one ... |
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Bastien |
Drunken Seagull
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222 |
02-22-2024, 06:22 PM |
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Thread: amber is the color of your energy
Post: RE: amber is the color of your energy
| Poking at the surly polar bear-wolf proved to be easy entertainment for the delirious man. He anticipated that his invitation wouldn't be well received, but what else was there to do until the doctor ... |
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Bastien |
Melrose
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02-22-2024, 05:34 PM |
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Thread: In the Blind
Post: RE: In the Blind
| There was never an inopportune time to put on a show. And there was an added note of exhilaration in the idea of an audience, especially one whose approval dangled its own bounty like a carrot on the ... |
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Bastien |
Rionna
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233 |
02-13-2024, 08:45 AM |
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Thread: play your card, be who you are
Post: RE: play your card, be who you are
| No, the mist was not kind enough to offer a boozy balm, but there was another gift that it did contain.
As the forest around him warped, grew hazy, then disappeared altogether to introduce a new sc... |
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Bastien |
Naiad's Lagoon
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310 |
02-13-2024, 04:43 AM |
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Thread: repay what you invest
Post: repay what you invest
| The summons arrived unexpectantly on ebony feathers. He half expected the urgent flapping to be Fish but discarded the thought – besides being left to babysit Lorelei whilst he attended to the busines... |
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Bastien |
Drunken Seagull
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222 |
01-28-2024, 09:08 AM |
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Thread: last call for sin
Post: last call for sin
| Nothing was quite out of the ordinary. A dazzling onstage performance was drawing to its conclusion and snaring the attention of the patrons that weren’t presently occupied by the other forms of enter... |
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Bastien |
Inverness
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166 |
01-28-2024, 09:06 AM |
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Thread: only fangs and sweet beguiling
Post: RE: only fangs and sweet beguiling
| His brows weren’t the only things raising to commend the clever wordplay. Another electric reaction shimmied down his spine, dispersed through his body, and culminated in a sensation his body was beco... |
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Bastien |
Maiden's Braid
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01-15-2024, 12:19 PM |
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Thread: only fangs and sweet beguiling
Post: RE: only fangs and sweet beguiling
| With each coincidence that brought them together, the collar around his neck pulled incrementally tighter. For the moment it was still loose enough that Bastien could deny its presence unless he put t... |
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Bastien |
Maiden's Braid
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01-14-2024, 10:41 AM |
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Thread: only fangs and sweet beguiling
Post: RE: only fangs and sweet beguiling
| Having stunned the soldier momentarily was already rewarding Bastien for the unnecessary risk he was taking just to come here. His injuries were far from fully recovered from, but looking down from hi... |
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Bastien |
Maiden's Braid
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01-12-2024, 07:02 PM |
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Thread: the woods are lovely, dark and deep
Post: RE: the woods are lovely, dark and deep
| Sure, he could resist the pressure in an attempt to see how far Nicharion was willing to go to make him submit, but there was an equal beauty to be found in relinquishing all control that made him ins... |
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Bastien |
Yorkshire
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01-12-2024, 02:32 PM |
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Thread: only fangs and sweet beguiling
Post: RE: only fangs and sweet beguiling
| It shouldn't have come as a surprise when reports came that a fortress positioned near the braid was taken and repurposed into an office for the local border control the country's division necessitate... |
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Bastien |
Maiden's Braid
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01-12-2024, 01:54 PM |
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Thread: amber is the color of your energy
Post: RE: amber is the color of your energy
| As the soldier turned to lead on, he muttered something almost unintelligible that made Bastien's ears flick to catch the heavy weight of judgment in it. No matter. They could remain enemies as was ne... |
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Bastien |
Melrose
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01-12-2024, 11:36 AM |
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Thread: between the devil and the deep blue sea
Post: RE: between the devil and the deep blue sea
| He was one great white paw out the door when Savard called out a name that brought to mind an encounter that still burned hot under his skin. The heat was more potent than the alcohol he'd been indulg... |
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Bastien |
Sussex
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1,476 |
01-12-2024, 10:57 AM |
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Thread: paid in halves
Post: RE: dishonorable
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Bastien |
Post Logs
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238 |
01-01-2024, 02:00 PM |
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Thread: paid in halves
Post: RE: dishonorable
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Bastien |
Post Logs
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238 |
01-01-2024, 01:59 PM |
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Thread: paid in halves
Post: paid in halves
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Bastien |
Post Logs
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238 |
01-01-2024, 01:43 PM |
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Thread: amber is the color of your energy
Post: RE: amber is the color of your energy
| A better man indeed. Bastien stifled his gratitude, not so reformed as to show it to an enemy soldier, and instead sneered at him. {{"It's hard not to get involved in one when alla youse crown-kissers... |
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Bastien |
Melrose
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414 |
12-26-2023, 01:44 PM |
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Thread: the woods are lovely, dark and deep
Post: RE: the woods are lovely, dark and deep
| He felt the strings between them, as if connected. A subtle head tilt drew him closer; a grunt into his ear summoned him further up. Though his muzzle offered touches and kisses always at the edge of ... |
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Bastien |
Yorkshire
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712 |
12-16-2023, 04:38 PM |
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Thread: the woods are lovely, dark and deep
Post: RE: the woods are lovely, dark and deep
| What a pleasant night this was turning into. Nicharion's body flush against his own, Bastien could feel every minute movement the crimson charmer made, enjoying the way his muscles flexed and relaxed,... |
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Bastien |
Yorkshire
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12-10-2023, 07:18 PM |
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Thread: Arctic Storm, clear me a path
Post: RE: Arctic Storm, clear me a path
| {{"Mm, you may be right. Although... let's hope whoever we come across doesn't find me quite as loveable as my friend did."}} He rolled his shoulders. They were still stiff and sore, aching with the ... |
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Bastien |
Sussex
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12-10-2023, 04:23 PM |
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Thread: on the road again
Post: RE: on the road again
| Clumsy, she cursed him. Daydreamer. If her annoyance bothered him at all, he didn’t show it. Though brief, their time together allowed him to intuit whether her fury had substance… or if a well-timed ... |
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Bastien |
Maiden's Braid
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12-10-2023, 04:10 PM |
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Thread: between the devil and the deep blue sea
Post: RE: between the devil and the deep blue sea
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His companion's notable neutrality waned, betraying enough of his skepticism that rage rippled across Bastien’s face. Was this the reward for his honesty... or the cost of it? Dark lines cut throug... |
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Bastien |
Sussex
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1,476 |
12-10-2023, 03:34 PM |
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Thread: amber is the color of your energy
Post: RE: amber is the color of your energy
| Recognition became indistinguishable from surprise in the soldier's single eye. Bastien noted this with no small amount of amusement. They had been equally prepared to never see each other again after... |
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Bastien |
Melrose
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414 |
12-04-2023, 06:49 PM |
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Thread: between the devil and the deep blue sea
Post: RE: between the devil and the deep blue sea
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Could there be honor among thieves? Bastien had no choice but to trust that there could.
Savard's oath came with an unflinching stare of his own. Within it were no obvious signs of deceit, though... |
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Bastien |
Sussex
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12-04-2023, 06:14 PM |
