Previously: Obsidian: Crystal Heart – Chapter 7

Well that’s just not fair!

It’s a spell, a silly, meanie spell! No Radu anywhere! Just some silly lady who wants to talk to her.

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Previously: Obsidian: Crystal Heart – Chapter 6

It’s a blustery and changeable day, with lots of clouds and showers broken by a gusty wind into brief bits of sunlight. Cold, too, of course, but with some thick, cosy blankets and a plate of sandwiches and a pot of hot tea curtesy of the house, Arthur is comfortably ensconced in his new tree house. 

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Previously: Obsidian: Crystal Heart – Chapter 5

How the hell can Darcy be a napping mess? Quincy could bounce out the coach! And it’s barely an hour until the new century. A whole new century of possibilities and new inventions that might become luxuries, and he actually believes he’ll see most, maybe all, of it! The ball has him buzzing with eager energy and the thought of, yes, winning against the Divine, making it into the century well-dressed, with an affair rather than just a stray, and maybe most surprisingly, a friend, has him terribly tempted to run up to the roof just to flip the heavens off before he does anything else.

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Previously: Obsidian: Crystal Heart – Chapter 4

The tower only gets more amazing as they get closer- Arthur sees stained-glass pictures in the windows, which are set in beautifully arched and carved wooden frames, and the sparkles in the walls turn out to be gemstones embedded in the rock. The door is a blue that he’s pretty sure matches the shingles of the roof and contrasts nicely with the paler stone of the walls at the bottom in which it is set.

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Previously: Obsidian: Crystal Heart – Chapter 3

Arthur doesn’t know what he thinks about being a ‘bad man’ for not liking children according to Darcy. And he supposes he’s figured out what he feels about what happened the day before. So he snuggles in between the two of them, against Quincy and covered in half of Darcy, and sighs. “If we have an opportunity, I’ll help get Lucy Jr back, of course. But yes, in the meantime… I prefer the puppies and the rats and all.” He tilts his head to look up at Quincy. “You’re going to find someone for John to marry?”

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Previously: Obsidian: Crystal Heart – Chapter 2

 Eh? Wha…? 

Me? For real? 

Did he just…? Uh?

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Previously: Obsidian: Crystal Heart – Chapter 1

Fuck! Why is Quincy still in the library? Why isn’t he through and over to his mother already?! At least Arthur’s there, too. It’s good to see he’s unharmed, and he can pack a magical punch, too, so better to have their firepower all in one room.

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Previously: The Rose of Whitby – Coda

25 Dec 1899

Alright, finally, he got her away from everybody! Really now, he can’t work like this, not with, ugh, father figures speckled all over and making her behave like a little kid. Idiots, the lot of them, blind idiots! But now he has Cycy right here with him, her hand in his, outside, just in case this gets explosive- drac-splosive? Is that a word? Well, it should be one… and he should learn how to have one so he can have it at Cobb the next time he tries to put a chain on him.

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