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-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) Regret

by | Aug 21, 2014 | Tobi

Sabra raged. Seeing Tobi hurt was worse than any torture she had suffered at the hands of the Umlakka. Unspeakable horrors that she would never divulge were mild discomforts compared to how her heart suffered now. From her hiding place, she saw everything.  She saw...

Crown’s Plank (nineteen) Impotent Eyes

by | Aug 16, 2014 | Tobi

And so it began.  Tobi felt the all too familiar rushing of blood behind her eyes, the dizziness that came before the attention was turned squarely on her.  It was techno music and space needles and metronomes.  Her chest heaved. Then, he caught her eye.  How could he...

Crown’s Plank (seventeen) Those Scars and the Filth

by | Jul 29, 2014 | Tobi

Those scars… they were the barbed hooks that had snickered at Tess’s armor as they bore their way inside her the instant she had seen Tobi. Tobi hadn’t been escorted in by Miss Antonina. It was better that way.  She had been in no state to handle the...

Crown’s Plank (sixteen) Dark Decoration

by | Jul 11, 2014 | Tobi

The other girls were preoccupied with Miss Antonina and her peculiar interaction with the mysterious, strapping goat that had emerged from the woods.  Tess, however, only pretended to be as enthralled.  All the while, she peeked at Tobi from the corner of her eye....

Crown’s Plank (fifteen) From Tess

by | Jul 6, 2014 | Tobi

Tess couldn’t help herself, Tobi’s pull was simply too strong to resist. From the moment she had laid eyes on her, Tess knew she was in love with Tobi.  She couldn’t explain it. She had never felt anything like it. Tobi consumed her thoughts, clouded...

Crown’s Plank (fourteen) Saunter and Hair

by | Jun 17, 2014 | Tobi

Tobi sat still on the boulder as the other girls took various places around the base of the Nephormed.  Miss Antonina sauntered from the woods behind them.  Fatigue and anxiety draped the atmosphere around the group. The Mistress reveled in their discomfort, knowing...