Aloysius von Bateaux
Noble | Voice Manipulation
"Well, I...'Shiny Shoes'?" Ally blinked. He couldn't help but check the polish on his boots. "Are they really that shiny?" His brow knitted; he seemed genuinely concerned.
"Ah...Anyway," he coughed. He watched as Thali and her acting skills...
Aloysius von Bateaux
Noble | Voice Manipulation
Ally couldn't help it: He jumped in fright.
His mind flashed back to his childhood, his parents having one of their notorious rows. Him running off somewhere their screams wouldn't reach him.
When he remembered himself, he found that he was...
Aloysius von Bateaux
Noble/Voice Manipulation
So much was happening at once. The others were showing off their powers. A boy ran off, upset by something. A girl popped straight out of the shadows and a boy was ruining the table. Two girls were actually floating. Ally couldn't keep up. Finally...
Aloysius von Bateaux
Noble/Voice Manipulation
Ally frowned. More freedom as time went on? What did that mean? Did Jericho really not know when they could see their families again? Or had he simply dodged the quesion?
He was about to open his mouth and press the issue further, but the girl who...
Aloysius von Bateaux
Noble/Voice Manipulation
"Get up."
The hands that shook him weren't rough, but they weren't exactly gentle, either.
Aloysius von Bateaux groaned as he stirred from his sleep. "Something happening?" he slurred.
He blinked sleep from his eyes and looked up. It was one of...
Tale was not quite sure how to react to being pulled through the crowd by the sleeve of his coat. He had been trying to decipher what the strange young man was trying to tell him through gestures when the aforementioned suddenly seized him and started dragging him along like a new toy...
After he had finished reading the last bit of the announcement, Tale couldn't help but scan the crowd to gauge the response. He was not surprised by the collective reaction: a combination of doubt, confusion and fear. There was also anger and, strangely enough, a scattering of people seemed...
The decorated official finally finished her vocal exercises and stepped forward to address the waiting crowd. She scanned the sea of people, giving a particular scouring glance at the young man who was too close to the scaffold, and cleared her throat. "Today-"
That was as far as she made it...
Elysia -
once a land of magic and wonders beyond imagination, the country is now under the iron grip of an authoritarian military regime. Mages, once gods among men, have been all but eradicated in the name of revolution. The survivors are hunted down like stray dogs by the deadly secret...