The City of Emillion

Who: Toku Matsudaira & Heron Shaw.
What: New Year’s Day constitutional in the park.
Where: Park in the Commoner's District.
When: Backdated to (Ivalician) NYD (March 21st/Aries 1st).
Rating: Heron hurms at some hungover kids, I guess.
Status: Complete.

( Toku opened his eyes and looked up to see the familiar face of Heron Shaw, a lone man braving the morning of Valendian New Year’s Day. )

Who: Sirs Bram Thornton & Heron Shaw.
What: War breaks out.
Where: Hellwyrm’s dining hall.
When: Backdated to the first day of the attacks.
Rating: PG-13, references to violence.
Status: Complete.

( Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. )

Who: Almalexia Lliryn & Fw Heron Shaw.
What: A sombre conversation amidst the revelry.
Where: A balcony.
When: Backdated hereabouts.
Rating: Tame.
Status: Complete!

( A point comes--you realize, eventually, that growing older always involves making a choice that closes a door or two for good. )

Who: Open!
What: The annual tri-guild battle tournament.
Where: A modified venue in the Theatre District.
When: Friday.
Rating: Expect violence.

( Citizens stood for hours outside the arena building, eager to join in on the excitement... )

Who: (Former) Fw Heron Shaw & Kpl Rictor Cassul.
What: A night out drinking with the mentor, plus bonus father figure feels.
Where: A pub.
When: This week.
Rating: Some language.
Status: Complete!

( There weren’t many people out in the streets tonight, and for good reason. )

WHO: Vera Thornton & Heron Shaw.
WHAT: A wedding, and a funeral.
WHERE: The Grande Cathedral.
WHEN: Eighteen years/three months ago.
RATING: PG.
STATUS: Complete.

( She walked down the aisle and counted faces, bridal veil a milky haze across her vision. )

Who: Heron Shaw & Ofelia Zhou.
What: A random encounter part deux, and an escort for a lost visitor.
When: Earlier this week, pre-sickness symptoms.
Where: Hellwyrm Hall.
Rating: G.
Status: Complete!

( It wasn’t a bad place to haunt, all things considered. )

Who: Peony & Heron
What: A meeting after Peony’s black magic lesson to Heron’s squires.
Where: Hellwyrm Hall
When: Scorpio 12 (November 4)
Rating: G
Status: Complete!

( ‘‘And do not attempt this around any flammable objects until you are very certain of success.’’ )

Who: Almalexia Lliryn and Heron Shaw.
What: A discussion about the future.
Where: Hellwyrm Hall.
When: Today, after Heron's training class.
Rating: G.
Status: Complete!

( And frankly, Ms. Lliryn, I’m more interested in hearing your goals than in talking about my past. )

Who: Heron Shaw & Ofelia Zhou.
What: Waiting room conversations.
Where: A specialist clinic in the city.
When: Yesterday morning (Monday, Libra 22).
Rating: G, I don’t think they even curse.
Status: Complete.

( Before even speaking a word to this stranger, she’d started instinctively compiling a mental dossier on him.  )