A Chaotic Neutral

Title: Hour of Need
Universe: Tethers
Characters: Sinoun/Easton
Enticements: Sexual Content, Dom/Sub Themes, Vampirism
Rating: M
Description: Sinoun keeps careful watch over this motley crew he’s assembled, so when one of them starts stumbling, he takes it upon himself to make sure their dhampir is very well fed. (companion piece to A Done Deal)

Their dhampir does not look well.

Of course, it would help if their dhampir would actually tell the rest of the party that he is, in fact, a dhampir, and occasionally needs blood to keep himself in tip-top shape. Why he’s kept this secret, Sinoun doesn’t know.

No one in this group is in any position to judge. Or perhaps Easton believes Celeste and Tyrael will immediately turn on him. Sinoun supposes the possibility exists, at least in Tyrael’s case. Bit of a stickler, that one, despite the less than stellar reputation of his patron deity.

Still.

It has affected Easton’s performance and this, Sinoun cannot abide. He has plans. Their party has a quest. They do not need their dhampir misleading them, or missing the mark during battle, or dragging his feet because he hasn’t the energy to keep going.

This is a problem which needs solving, and as is becoming his habit, Sinoun has taken it upon himself to do so. Honestly, would this group get anything done without him?

Sinoun has a plan.

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Title: Two Can Play
Universe: Tethers, Pre-canon
Characters: Rathi of the Cinders/Sinoun
Rated: M
Enticements: Sexual Content
Description: Rathi has more time than she knows what to do with, before she has to take the throne, and she’ll find her entertainment where she can – even if it comes at the hands of a mysterious auburn stranger.


Part Two

Late morning sunlight streams over her eyes, and Rathi groans, turning away from it. Her head pounds. Her mouth tastes like sandpaper. Her abdomen hurts.

"I was wrong," she moans, pulling a pillow over her head. "It wasn't worth it."

An airy chuckle rings through the air. 'But quite amusing to watch.'

Rathi peers out from under the pillow, but her vision is fuzzy, and she can't find a single reflective surface in the room she doesn't much remember paying for. She hopes she paid for it. If not, she'll have to make her apologies and hand over the proper coin.

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Collection Title: Making Friends

Shopping Buddies - Rathi and Dakota
Universe: Tethers
Characters: Rathi of the Cinders, Dakota Sorrel, Other(s)
Rating: K+
Description: After an unfortunate encounter with some lucky bandits, Rathi and Dakota take care of the supply shopping, and learn a little bit about each other along the way.

“We need supplies to make it to Marbaden,” Rathi announces.

She plants her hands on her hips and surveys her eclectic collection of companions.

They’re a sorry lot, is what they are. Celeste and Tempest are both knocked out on one of the beds, snoring in odd tandem, Tempest wrapped in bloody bandages and Celeste’s face and body coated in sweat.

Tyrael sits nearby, divested of his armor and his bloodied clothes, his face a maelstrom of emotion Rathi is not prepared to pick apart right now.

“We can get it tomorrow. They need their rest,” Tyrael says, as though his own face isn’t creased with fatigue and dark circles crowd under his eyes.

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Title: Conversation Starter
Universe: Tethers
Characters: Tempest Teapot, Dakota Sorrel, Rathi of the Cinders, Easton
Rating: Tempest is surrounded by pretty people, but Easton is the newest face, and so it must be up to her to make the first overture.

Easton loitered in the periphery of their camp like a stray animal who couldn't decide if he wanted to be kept or not. He sat on a stump, legs curled lotus beneath him, long white braid tucked over a shoulder, studiously ignoring their entire party.

Tempest couldn't stop staring. He was so pretty. Pretty like women were pretty. She didn't know men could be so pretty. She imagined him painted up like a princess, his hair dripping in jewels, his body draped in fine materials, perhaps a dress to swish around his ankles.

Oh, they’d suit him well. He was pretty enough for it.

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Title: Work in Progress
Universe: Tethers, Pre-Canon
Characters: Celeste Stiel, Tyrael Ashborne
Rated: K+
Desc: Celeste has been searching her entire life, and she’s still not sure what it is she’s trying to find.

She's eleven, knobby-kneed and awkward, her hair a short poof around her head, her face streaked with dirt, her pinky toe broken, and she's missing a tooth.

Auntie and Uncle sit her down, they tell her that if she wants to, now is the time. She should choose a god to serve, or let one choose her. She can wait another year, if she wants, but the longer she waits, the harder it'll be.

"I want to serve Cyrillus," Celeste tells them, with the innocence of a child who has no idea how cruel the gods can be. "Just like Tyrael."

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Title: A Likely Story
Universe: Tethers, Pre-Canon
Characters: Celeste Stiel, Rathi of the Cinders, Tyrael Ashborne, Dakota Sorrel, Tempest Teapot
Rated: K+
Warnings: Fantasy Typical Violence
Description: A single pilfered purse introduces Tyrael and his crew to Dakota and Tempest, inspiring a team up none of them could have expected.

It isn’t the worst tavern they have ever visited, but it’s close.

Celeste, of course, is delighted. Every new town, every new business, is a source of adventure. She soaks up accents and personalities like a sponge, and the rest seems to roll off her back. She’s captured more ease since the journey began, the slit in her overrobe climbing up her thigh, and her cloak often thrown off her shoulders, rather than tucked tight around her body.

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