2020-0701 – Ariyah

[Ariyah – The Elysium – Cargo Section – BoL – A]

“Oh,” Ariyah laughed at the idea of her strutting, “I don’t know how good I’ll be at it, but it almost sounds like fun.”

She eyes wandered around The Elysium, at all the other Kindred going about their business. Then she looked at

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2020-0701 – Daniel Carpenter

[Darien – BoL – Stunning – Boatlysium; Cargo Section – Dangerous Reputation – A ]

Poor thing. he thought to himself, the girl’s general shyness becoming apparent. She really wasn’t extroverted, and that was the final nail in the coffin. While Darien did respect her wishes, giving her a single firm nod to confirm he’d

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2020-0701 – Ariyah

[Ariyah – The Elysium – Cargo Section – BoL – A]

“…modelling isn’t that hard. I’d be happy to teach you a few things, if you like.”

Ariyah immediately waved away the offer, but smiled at Darien’s kindness, “oh no, I’m very uncomfortable in front of a camera, but thank you anyway.”

She tried not

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2020-0701 – Darien Carpenter

[Darien – BoL – Stunning – Boatlysium; Cargo Section – Dangerous Reputation – A ]

Well, she’s starting to relax. Darien muses to himself, glad that the woman is choosing to let down those admittedly flimsy diplomatic walls. She’s not exactly good at it, but she is definitely making the effort. He wonders of the

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2020-0630 – Ariyah

[Ariyah – The Elysium – Cargo Section – BoL – A]

Ariyah blinked in surprise.

“Thank you,” Ariyah tried to not deflect the compliment, as she had a habit of doing. Jasper had told her that accepting people’s compliments was the only way to build one’s self-esteem. She just hadn’t thought her work was that

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2020-0630 – Darien Carpenter

[Darien – BoL – Stunning – Boatlysium; Cargo Section – Dangerous Reputation – A ]

There it was, the name he’d been searching for. He’d seen the name and the features attached to it pop up here and there on the web. Truth be told, she wasn’t half bad. But, although Darien happened to be

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2020-0630 – Ariyah

[Ariyah – The Elysium – Cargo Section – BoL – A]

Ariyah’s attention was captured by Darien’s gaze, his unwavering brown eyes fascinating, if slightly unsettling.
In response, Ariyah’s smile just widen — smile, you’ll be fine

She shifted to perch her weight on one of the “bar stools”, her eyes never leaving Darien’s as

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2020-0630 – Daniel Carpenter

[Darien – BoL – Stunning – Boatlysium; Cargo Section – Dangerous Reputation – A ]

Darien’s distracted trance was broken by the ruffling of clothing next to him. Then, the voice; someone was trying to make conversation. It felt nice, to be approached again. Shifting his weight on his stool, he brings his attention to

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2020-0630 – Ariyah

[Ariyah – From Fremont to The Elysium – BoL – A]

Ariyah had planned for the Lyft to drop her off after crossing the bridge to Harbour Island, but one look out the window at the endless drizzling and she changed her mind.

At the entrance to the cargo bay, Ariyah got out of the

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Letter to the Prince

A letter is delivered to the Prince. The white envelope is lined with a grey, subtly patterned paper on the inside – outline of roses, as is to be expected – and the letter is black ink (written with some kind of nibbed pen) on heavy paper.

To the esteemed Prince of Seattle,

Sir, I

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