Halcyal

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Libertas - Chapter 13: A Flicker of Flame by Halcyal, literature

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Libertas - Chapter 13: A Flicker of Flame

Chapter 13: A Flicker of Flame Doc leaned in with an avian-tilt as white flashed on black before him, his head and beak inclining this way and that, as if taking in a curatorial view of a portrait. “I look at it and it teases me….” He rose back to full height and turned to Ether. “My dear, point-eared woman, is there nothing you do that does not becharm and de–beguile?” “Master Crow,” Ether said from the side, her voice glinting with a faint chiding lilt, “are you trying to flatter me? Because I’m afraid I’ve been around a bit and am not an easy mark.” Doc chuckled. “A shame, that. A shame, too—I note s-merely in passing—that you haven’t made any pretty patches or stiches like this for anyone else.” “Yes,” Ether said. “Well, that’s because no one else so far has gone and ripped up their dress, now, isn’t it; unless, of course, there’s something you haven’t told me?” To the side, Ara snorted despite himself, and then immediately looked embarrassed. He glanced over at them

Libertas - Chapter 12: As if Crickets Chirped by Halcyal, literature

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Libertas - Chapter 12: As if Crickets Chirped

Chapter 12: As if Crickets Chirped Ether and Ara sat alone in the main fountain square, the remains of their supper lying on the ground about them, metal cans relieved of their lackluster fare. A small cooking device that produced fire by some arcane means still burned with its modest, even flames between them. The lighting of the sky had shifted subtly from a brighter pallor to a duller pallor, the urban colours dimmed and the grey shadows deepened, in what Ether had come to recognize as the tones of a night as good as come for this place. Indeed, in a way, it almost felt like they could be sitting around a campfire, immersed in expectant

Libertas - Chapter 11: A Red Bouquet by Halcyal, literature

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Libertas - Chapter 11: A Red Bouquet

Chapter 11: A Red Bouquet The siren woman and the one-armed, man-boy assassin had returned that morning—or whatever amounted to mornings here—three uneasy, so-called days since their departure, and learning of the incident with the Empress lady had thrown them both into a sharp mood. The two had even gone so far as to make a passable attempt at giving Doc and the others an apology for subjecting them to the dangers of the ordeal. Apparently, if one could believe it, that hadn’t been their intent. Doc rolled his eyes at the thought. Indeed, apparently only they were allowed to loom over him and his present, ramshackle flock

Libertas - Chapter 9: (In) Forming (in) Tensions by Halcyal, literature

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Libertas - Chapter 9: (In) Forming (in) Tensions

Chapter 9: [In] Forming [in] Tensions Ether found Arshan still watching over Ara in the makeshift dinning hall. The boy had curled up upon himself, but still slept. “Preliminary op–reviews leave much to be desired, ghost,” Doc called, fluttering in and landing on a stone bench beside her. Arshan gave him a dubious, quizzical look. “If you were you expecting hot baths and luxury–” Doc jabbed his beak in Ether’s direction, interjecting. “The woman bleeds, and the guests have been impolite.” Arshan’s eyes widened a little, and he looked over at Ether, his quizzicality staining wit

Libertas - Chapter 7: Apparent Fountains by Halcyal, literature

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Libertas - Chapter 7: Apparent Fountains

Chapter 7: Apparent Fountains Now that that Ether was underway towards a destination with other people, a question re-emerged from its former abeyance. What about Bartleby? Should she be included amongst this lot, or should she be left alone. Security and risk: uncertainty haunted both options, and also Ether herself. She had not yet shaken off her specter, that pricking claw of fear that she was somehow carrying the spores of calamity along with her. This young man and woman weren’t exactly what she could yet call safe, either. Still, safety was not the only thing that Bartleby had needed, and now there were other people than just Et

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Love is Like Flowers

Love is like flowers that burst into bloom Love is like leaves that soak in the light Love is like birds that trill with their sound. Love is like bark that weathers the storm Love is like wood that stands through the blight Love is like roots that hold to the ground. (Love is the life that flashes in spring, and love is the choice that endures through the cold; in both is it made true and whole.)

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Libertas - Chapter 13: A Flicker of Flame by Halcyal, literature

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Thoughts on the Moonlight

The stoic moon adrift in nothingness Serenely sails on waters pitch with night, Seducing starlight with her loneliness To wither with the dawn in bluish light. Thus sailing she above the heartless sea, Knowing well that cold sea wants a heart, Rains down dull moonlight like a nepenthe, And colors all my travails with her art. A shipwrecked soul, irreparably rift, Forever stranded between estranged lands, I reach the maiden moon to kiss her hands; And since we sail alone, recluse, adrift, I join her flight, diving into the clear Black waters, heart in hand, and disappear.

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The sun was red the day Slicker died. She watched him fall a hundred levels, to shatter against a fat, reinforced gas pipe, shards of him breaking across archways and supports and cables, plummeting into the foggy void below. His blud drenched a cluster of backup valves. It dripped from the nozzles, thick and syrupy. Slicker was unsticking the gears on the Bigtime, with such focus that he paid no attention to the approach of the Quickhand, making its minute-long journey around the Bigtime's face. He had clamped safety cables to the supports, but was careless. The Quickhand caught a support line, and dragged him off the gears, sending him plu

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Apr 3
Canada
Deviant for 12 years
He / Him

My Bio

Flirting with flight.

Favourite Visual Artist

Miyazaki, Michelangelo and many others who I am too forgetful or ignorant to recall by name.

Favourite Movies

Many; few.

Favourite Books

Few; many.

Favourite Writers

Dickens; Tolkien; Maud Montgomery, et al.

Favourite Games

Those that are fun. Even more those that are compelling.

Favourite Gaming Platform

Earth (...and the old imagination box).

Tools of the Trade

Pen; keyboard; mind.

Other Interests

Varied and sundry. (Generally speaking, interesting things.)

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Halcyal

Jul 3, 2012

Art from Art and Matters of Sight

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Art and art sprung from art; the subjects of creation and trans-creation. The relationship between the two is often a complex matter. I am admittedly a chronic tamperer; I have a deep-seated penchant for fiddling, and tinkering and other such pursuits, and so that relationship is something that I have given great consideration to. Thus (and as I often have at least one foot sunk deep down into the issue), I've decided to reiterate some of my thoughts on the matter. First, I wholeheartedly acknowledge and validate the intimacy between creator and work. It is a thing that I think should be valued and respected (not the least reasons for which

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Halcyal

Dec 5, 2011

Devious Journal Entry

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Playing Skyward Sword at the moment; a beautiful game in many ways. It's put me in something of a Zelda mood, it seems.

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thanks for the watch

Hey, I just wanted to say thank you for the honor of facing you in this tournament, and for the use of your fantastic character. I hope you decide to stick around while the story plays out!

Halcyal

Apr 16, 2013

My thanks to you in turn. Cheers.

Now, onwards, friend. Go off to high places.

Legendaryhero64

Apr 16, 2013

Heh, high places. That's funny because they're going to a space station. But that aside, thank you very much.

Halcyal

Apr 17, 2013

Indeed, or to a top-tier ranking, or to the highest points of writing and story-craft, or up into the air on big black wings (although the use of the last in outer-space may be somewhat confounded). It was a versatile little bit of phrasing. What can I say, I have a penchant for poly-pertinence. It's just so much more efficient, like playing a musical chord. Why pluck all of the notes individually when you can just play them all at once.

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Happy birthday!

Hey. Thanks a bunch!