#earthrunes

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Siv gapes at the art work put up, "Gods above. " the painting is of a sickly white horse and a bowman dancing on the disco floor, the bowman looks feverish, and all look in awe of him as the disco ball rises triumphant and returned. "he's done Pestilence like John Travolta"

Earl has been inspired of late, and some are comical, others are... well, frightening, some are both.

Plague doctors with raven masks in dark robes and waving long rods trying to form a circle about a demon made of illness itself, as if trying to ward the creature, using the bones of it's first victims to form a pentacle.

A shudder.

"I guess if I were a lady sluagh I'd like him too, but really I..." She sees one where a cat sucks the air from the lungs of the old lady stroking it. As if the cat itself were the illness. "Seriously? You're going to slander cats now?"

"Mroop?" Curiosity seems to agree.

"Hey, Curiosity. Seen Mackerel?"

She picks up the cat and craddles her, "Don't look at it, little one. Lies, terrible lies"

Curiosity bats gently at Siv's horns.

""Wait till you see a satyr"

Purrrr

She strokes and pets the cat, "Don't tell Mackerel about ths okay?"

Blink. Surely she won't1

"Good." A pet and stroke.

Mackerel explores the hallway and peeks int othe art gallery

Then sees the betrayal.

Her tail flashes.

Siv turns, "oh shoot. Mackerel, baby. I can explain."

Head turn, no eye contact allowed, the traitorous troll trollop is shunned

"I have plenty of love to share" She says "You can't blame me for spending time with others" Siv says

Meanwhile , further in the hallways, boggans overhearing exchange looks

And.. hop!

Off Curiosity goes, doing Important Cat Business and leaving Siv alone!

Now Siv is catless... for Mackerel still isn't talking to her.

Siv sighs

..........

Elsewhere, Shalimar is laughing at a lap top.

Or more accurately, at what's on the lap top.

A new Webcomic called 'Quaren-Teens'

Vashti leans over "Though art only worshipping me every five minutes"

"Ah, well, love, you and I have the same job and thus both must look about for material" He points out

"Yes I.. mmm" She looks at it, and raises an antennae brow rises. The web comic seems to be of two teenage girls... one a pale introvert librarian who might be a touch of an intellectual snob. The other a crimson haired party girl of high society, who is rather clueless at times, stuck together by cruel chance and plague.

Hilarity ensues.

Vashti is sure she's seen these characters somewhere before, but .. no, the specifics elude her.

Shalimar however seems to think it's hilarious.

and it is getting Patreon support

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There is little more dangerous than bored wilders, unless it's bored childlings.

Once more, there are challenges being issued.

"just steal one book.... we'll return it"

"No way, she's probably in there"

"We wait until she's gone..."

Is... is the air under the door just a bit icy?

"I don't think she's gone.." A swallow

No lights within...

a camera is put up against the crack at the door.

something with TOO MANY LEGS crowds the lens

"I'm out..."

"you cowards.."