#zaraj

[aewenaiyana]

That post I just posted about women suppressing their talents, manipulated into giving up their dreams-

Happened on Gem but with men. How much art, inventions, they missed out on because men were suppressed, enslaved, weren't allowed to hone their talents or pursue their dreams. (Probably happened with some women too but not particularly because they were women {as with men on our world})

And my characters perhaps have talents that were suppressed... Zaraj and Kelari...

Things they are perhaps able to pursue now that the world is broken open and the Marches arrive...

But not without resistance of course.

[amerraka]

Tashi tracks a hero of the rebellion who disappeared not long after victory. She discovers he may have been enslaved again, and vows to rescue him if she can. (set two weeks after Justice Lost)

A rustling behind her. Kirashu stood against the waning light.

"You can hold your own, I'll give you that," said Kirashu. "But you're inexperienced. You don't know how to properly use your power. And, needless to say, you're not ruthless enough. You shoulda killed us when you had the chance. You had an advantage—and didn't take it. We, on the other hand, will always have an advantage over you, and so we have the luxury of toying with you, not killing you unless we feel like it." Kirashu crouched down in front of Tashi, shedding the last of the rope from her wrists. "Death is too good for you, my dear." She slid her fingers over Tashi's cheek.

Tashi jerked away from the cold touch. She wished Kirashu and her friends were far away from her.

Kirashu laughed and grabbed Tashi's chin. "You are beautiful, in a sort of unconventional way. Something exotic about you…without being blatantly half-bred. Probably how I'd have looked, if I'd been full Karijan." She squeezed, fingernails digging into Tashi's chin.

Tashi jerked away again. Her head punished her with throbbing stabs.

[amerraka]

Tashi tracks a hero of the rebellion who disappeared not long after victory. She discovers he may have been enslaved again, and vows to rescue him if she can. - set between Justice Lost (on amazon) and the sequel I'm intending to write.

She walked past the blond man and stopped in front of the Fed. He was smaller, about Tashi’s height, and instead of exuding boldness and good humor, he looked afraid. His eyes did not meet hers. He held his hands crossed in front of him, almost a protective gesture. And scars laced his chest.

“Do they mistreat you?”

“N-no, mistress,” he said, in a barely audible voice. “They are very good to me here.”

His response hardly reassured her. She whirled to face Ran. “Do you mistreat your men?”

“No, no, they’re very good, very obedient. We only punish them as a last resort. Don’t want to scar them up.”

“What about this?” She touched the Fed’s arm, near a hash of scar slashes. He flinched, but did not pull away.

“He came with those. It’s a trademark of all Fed slaves—they don’t exactly serve us willingly.”

[amerraka]

“This looks broken.” Tashi pointed to Kelari’s leg.

“Yes….they did break it. In the…prison.” His voice broke.

“Did they do anything for it?”

“Not there. Here they gave me a splint….”

“Let me see.” She crouched and lifted his ragged pant leg. Sure enough, there was a crude splint, bound with strips of cloth. The area looked red and swollen. She wondered if his leg was salvageable, and she longed for a medpatch. And for Jet to return and shower her with his miracles. Had he even been there at all, or had the flying boy been a figment of her delirious imagination? She wasn’t so sure…although her healed bone attested to the fact that something incredible had happened. Without the medpatches, she would still have been on crutches, perhaps bedridden, and definitely wouldn’t have been able to come on this journey. Maybe she would have been crippled for life. Her leg might never be the same again, and she might have to live with pain, but at least she could walk.

[amerraka]

2400 words today!

Why is it I am writing faster in my background sketches, not actual stories?

[amerraka]

Tagged by @boy-king-stories      thank you! ♡

Rule: Post the last sentence you wrote and then tag as many people as there are words.

From my character background sketch I wrote part of today.

He kissed her back.

Tagging: @doctorbluesmanreturns @theodyssian @hiddlespinebatch @stealingmyplaceinthesun

[amerraka]

1500 words today!

Wrote a sketch from the past of a character. If I write a bunch of stuff from POVs of different characters and in different settings, it will help me see the future more clearly, and know the characters and settings more deeply, so I can write my next actual novel better. I hope. That's the idea, anyway. I always learn much more real usable details about characters and settings when I write scenes for them anyway. I see what they see, feel what they feel, and they are not just one dimensional theoretical people on a document, they become real. And we have yet more writing that will never be published.... but it is all good practice I suppose.

[twinnysuperlatives]

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