Crown’s Plank (twenty-one) Headlong Into the Never

by | Aug 24, 2014 | Tobi

Sabra also saw Midnight, doing his job perfectly. What Sabra could never again be for Tobi in this lifetime, Midnight could. What Sabra had given up to keep Tobi safe, Midnight embodied. At the thought of what Midnight’s existence meant, her heart stilled...

Crown’s Plank (twenty-three) Unbridled

by | Sep 11, 2014 | Tobi

“Miss Sella! Are you toying with us? Here we all sit, your audience, waiting for something of substance from you for the first time since you arrived here. Has your time alone taught you nothing?” Tobi locked eyes with Miss Antonina, alarm bells sounding...

Crown’s Plank (twenty-four) Save

by | Oct 4, 2014 | Tobi

Tess saw the flinching of Tobi’s muscles, a flicker of insanity in the seductive green specks of Tobi’s eyes. If only there were some god that she could plead to. She knew she had to think fast. She had seen the fly slam against the rock at Tobi’s...

Crown’s Plank (twenty-five) Empty Watchtower

by | Oct 29, 2014 | Tobi

Before Tobi could further spew forth her madness, a second fly dropped. Then, a third and a fourth until an avalanche of flies poured down where she sat as if she were caught in a sudden November storm. Each individual one, heavy from feasting, peddled its spindly...

Crown’s Plank (twenty-six) Sowing Circles

by | Nov 2, 2014 | Tobi

Tess couldn’t begin to speculate as to how long she had been unconscious. When she awoke, she seemed to still be in the clearing, but the other girls were gone. She found herself naked and alone, floating in a shallow pool of water where the boulder that Tobi...

Tobi’s Story (twenty-seven) Howling Skies

by | Nov 3, 2014 | Tobi

Before Tess could fully examine the strange, new body that she found herself in, she began to feel a vibration. It permeated everything. The air, the liquid bathing her naked body, the ground, and everything that grew from and sat on it. The vibration slowly and...

Crown’s Plank (Twenty-Eight) Cursed Gift

by | Nov 9, 2014 | Tobi

Neem contemplated running.  A whisper of reason told her to stay where she was. The consequences of running would be much worse than what was coming. She knew there was truly nowhere to hide, nowhere safe. What had just taken place before her eyes was a testament to...

Crown’s Plank (twenty-nine) Under Wing

by | Nov 19, 2014 | Tobi

Tobi saw herself lying beside the boulder, Tess’s unconscious form atop her own. Flies covered them both. From the astral plane, she observed the ruckus that the scene had caused for all of those in the clearing. She also saw Neem fall to her hands and knees and...

Crown’s Plank (thirty) Having Mercy

by | Nov 23, 2014 | Tobi

Tobi had never told Vawndila that it was Tobi herself who was responsible for the death of the child’s mother. Each time she looked at the girl, she wondered how long it would be before she got old enough that her curiosity would no longer be satisfied by simple...