The Virian Chronicler

Rachel was relieved to find that she wasn’t alone after all. Although Apollo sat rather glumly in the back of the truck, staring out the window. Absently, Rachel scratched at her neck, where the collar had sat before Lord Vedat had removed it. Apparently kind or not, Rachel wasn’t planning on being his slave for very long. Instead of focusing on what Vedat was saying, Rachel touched Apollo’s mind with her own. “Penny for your thoughts?” she transmitted to him. “We’re trapped.” “Not necessarily,” she sent back to him. “Just because I can’t put him to sleep doesn’t mean that he won’t fall asleep on his own at some point. And when he does, I’ll be ready for him. He took off the collars, which means we’ll be free to go search for that little girl and get out of here.” “If only it were that simple,” Apollo replied. “What if we’re caught?” “What’s the worst he can do to us? I plan on breaking out tonight,” she told him. Apollo closed his eyes briefly. “We’re his...

Under cover of an invisibility spell, Maas Lowenstern sneaked into the Punishment Block.   He cringed at the sound of the loud screaming, knowing that it belonged to the Voldinian prisoner.   He sighed, wishing that the woman had exercised more caution and been prepared to wait. He opened one of the inspection panels and tugged at a few cables, pulling them loose from their connections.   Using a small amount of power, he focused a narrow energy beam at the main control circuit, making it look as though it had burned out.   He also scorched the loose cables and the inside of the inspection cover. He moved along and repeated the procedure for the next machine, taking great satisfaction from sabotaging the equipment.   The official name for such machinery was “ Behaviour Adjustment and Correction Terminal ” but most guards and interns referred to it as a torture machine or torture engine.   It had been designed to send electrical pulses into th...

“I don’t like the look of this area” Elaine remarked, keeping her hand on her dagger as she looked around at the dilapidated houses and boarded up shops.   “It reminds me of some of the poor districts in Vordelle where Elsa and I would hide after we’d stolen something”. Anwyn pointed towards the next street.   “Elsa’s trail be getting stronger now.   She can’t be far away”. The two women walked along in silence.   Elaine worried about what state Elsa might be in and whether her baby had been harmed.   Anwyn used her crystal senses to scan each of the big old houses for Elsa’s mind signature. “In there”.   Anwyn stopped outside one of the larger houses.   “She ain’t alone though.   There be at least four others with her.   None of them have powers but we still need to be careful”. “What do you suggest?” Elaine asked, inspecting the house for the easiest way in. “I can’t translocate us in there as I don’t know the int...