Zuxius | July 8, 2009
What a week! Here we go with our latest work from Montalve. The piece is called Life in Korvosa. There is something grim to be had here. Harsh realities of suffering and being forced to go about it indirectly. Find out why!
Montalve | July 8, 2009
Natalia Crow by Lylla
The pain was unbearable.
An agonizing wait filled the space between each new drop falling – my face became a burning sea, each new drop a wave of fire. Held in eternity, I waited for the next wave, dreading that fire, but it never came. Instead, scared and angry screams replaced the laughter to which I had become far too accustomed.
The soft familiar sound of leather boots became too slowly distant and the clamor of steel followed. A metal arm grabbed at me. I made myself small; I tried to move away. But the arm grabbed me anyway. Then I heard the voice and stopped struggling. “By the Vault’s Perfect Key, what did those animals do to you?”
The hard soil was gone; instead arms of icy steel cradled me.
The pain was unbearable, but that was good… it meant I would live. (more…)
