2010 August 28 |
Enter Suraksha
Suraksha selects a fine caravan with which to leave The City by the Bay, and head out into adventure! |
2010 August 30 |
Fearful Symmetry
Suraksha is very pleased at her new companions and profession -- at least until bandits attack. |
2010 September 01 |
Healing Dreams
Suraksha mostly sleeps and heals, then chats with friends. |
2010 November 08 |
Conspiring, Corn Liquor, and Crystals
Little Joe and Suraksha cheerfully plot together to discover the contents of the iron-bound wagon the bandits were after. |
2010 December 26 |
The Show Must Go On
For the first time, to her delight, Suraksha feels truly part of the caravan family -- and then she gets to prove it, when Sabrina is abducted. |
2010 December 27 |
White Queen Checkmate
Corbett and Suraksha stalk their quarry, and find Sabrina fiercely standing off her kidnappers. |
2011 January 03 |
Burn Down the Mission
Sabrina is rescued, but is determined to do something about the violent tendencies of those who manage the brothel. |
2011 January 10 |
Blood Will Tell
The building is successfully emptied, and the girls who wish to leave can now all flee -- but the brothel's owner turns out to be much more dangerous than Suraksha expects. |
2013 May 17 |
Ballad of the Absent Mare
While the caravan is passing through the Great Plains, Suraksha is discovered by the wild, feared Amazons who live there. |
2012 March 05 |
And You Will Keep Me Safe
Suraksha finds her new wagon comes complete with something unexpected -- and curiously ghost-like. |
2010 August 16 |
Enter Dominic
Dominic is unexpectedly swept up -- but ends up in safe hands. |
2010 September 03 |
Enter Chanticleer
Chanticleer enters service with King Roy of Baton Rouge -- and sees the arrival of a magnificent lady. |
2010 September 08 |
Dining With Royalty
Suraksha has a pleasant dinner with King Roy, who mostly manages to keep the velvet gloves on over the iron fists. |
2010 September 09 |
Walking the Gauntlet
Suraksha, Chanticleer, and other companions traverse the sometimes-dangerous pathway from the palace to the caravan, and back again. Surprisingly, they are attacked. |
2010 September 12 |
Speaking of Cyrano
While Suraksha is spending the night, Roy tries the Cyrano gambit on her, through Chanticleer. The two supernaturals turn Roy's intent around, and send a clearer message back to him. |
2010 September 29 |
A Little Birdie Told Me
Sulochana goes shopping, accompanied by Alg, Gramma Marcie, and Chanticleer... but Chanti listens to the warnings of the birds, and the group does not enter a local warehouse. |
2010 October 06 |
Dark Blood
Chanticleer and Sna'thaid surreptitiously enter the warehouse, making disturbing discoveries -- while Alg saves Sulochana's life. |
2010 October 19 |
Assessing the Damage
Chanticleer discovers the mess at the warehouse is uglier than first supposed, and Roy sends the sidhe knight for religious reinforcements. |
2010 October 20 |
Gathering Storm
The group gathers at the warehouse with the assorted clergy, and the curse is contained. The question remains, however: how to dispel it? |
2010 October 27 |
Shedding Skins
The clergy inform King Roy of what is necessary to possibly break the curse on his house: two non-humans he is close to, who will walk with him in the Dreamtime of the warehouse. |