#wip: taerxyu

[thewriteflame]

Find the Word

Thank you @druidx for the tags! I'm combining two of them. ^^

Words: Rack, Vehicle, Trust, Scan Courage, Communication (or comms), Consequence, Community

Tagging: @rychillacases @emelkae @theprissythumbelina @the-finch-address and open tag for the words walk, wear, reach, red, and illuminate

Most will be from The Revenged.

Rack

Once inside, Shuntala ran to the window and looked out but the ship wasn't viewable from the cabin. She waited, breathless, as a shout rang out. As quietly as possible she went back to the door and slowly cracked it open, trying to hear what was being said. She placed an eye to the crack to see but the mizzenmast and several of the crew blocked her view. Blocked the path to her, she realized. Nahuel laughed and she released the breath she had been holding. He wouldn't laugh like that if he felt anyone was in immediate danger.

Vehicle

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Trust(ed)

Lady Talyna shook her head vigorously. “No, no. Faeries wanted to keep [dragon's] powers to themselves so they made up lies. Humans had nothing to do with the dragons dying out or migrating.” “You know this, how?” Shuntala asked. She looked about for Badyrn and noticed he was deep in conversation with a man she wasn’t acquainted with yet. “It’s common knowledge among certain people.” Lady Talyna replied, rolling her eyes. “You are too new to the society to understand. Faeries can not be trusted.”

Scan

Shuntala stopped just inside the hall to scan the scene. Four large tables piled with food were placed with almost enough room between them for the elite to mill around as they picked which delectable to place on their little plates. She joined the crowd and picked up a plate. She passed by the table of cooked and brined meats then the table of braised vegetables. Then she hurried into an opening to secure some fresh strawberries and salmonberries before moving on to the most popular table. She swallowed a groan when she noticed Aludra standing by the little passionfruit rolls. “Shuntala!” She called as Shuntala tried to retreat. “You have to tell me who you were dancing with! He is quite handsome.” She continued when Shuntala got close enough.

Courage (this is from Taerxyu written in 2015... Eggshell, soon to be named Taerxyu, is the size of a moyen poodle. Dragons in my world grow to around the size of a shire horse or clydesdale.)

"Anyone tries to slay me, I'll eat them." Eggshell bared his teeth. "The humans who try to slay dragons have way too much muscle to be eaten," A clear voice rang from behind Fraeysor. Eggshell spun, knowing the dragon's tricks. "Try anything and I'll tear you apart!" Waex laughed, the sun glinting off his pale red scales. "You can go ahead and try, little human slayer." "Waex, don't encourage him. He has enough spirit for ten dragons."

Communication

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Consequence

Shuntala huffed. “I don’t want to go back home. What if while you’re away my mother forces me to marry Lord Mythel?” Nahuel dropped her hands. “Are you using me to get out of your date, Lady Shuntala?” “What? No!” “Well, you are going on that date,” Nahuel pointed at her, the edges of his lips inching up. “And you are facing the consequences of your lie.” A laugh escaped him.

Community

“I was just telling Shuntala how much you remind me of my late husband,” She replied. “Oh?” Athanian glanced at Shuntala. “Elreym was his name, am I correct?” Divya sighed, a wistful smile on her face. “Yes, clear blue eyes, dashingly handsome, and a charm that could convince a faery to give up its wings.” She looked up at the sky. “Oh, how every girl in my little city tried their best to take his attention away from me.” She returned her attention to Athanian. “It was his love for children— even those born to poor parents in Sete— that convinced me that he would be worth moving from my family and country for.” “Shuntala has told me a lot about him, how he loved caring for Zhara from within the community.” Athanian said with a soft smile. “You must be very proud of his legacy.”

[thewriteflame]

Introducing the Writer Tag Game

Thank you @iloveyou-writers for making this little game! And thank you @violets-in-her-arms-writes for tagging me!

Rules: fill in the blanks with as much or little detail as you would like and tag some writer friends to play too.

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Hello, there. My name is Kayla. I'm a writer of mainly fantasy and YA genres but I have dabbled in sci-fi, mystery, and poetry. I love to write about found family, friends to lovers, subverting stereotypes/tropes, and dealing with trauma.

I am mostly sfw but write abuse/violence, some SA, suicide/depression, grief, trauma, and a healthy dose of murder, so just be aware of that. Tropes you will never find in my writing include anything smut related and I'm drawing a blank on every trope I know so forgive me for not listing more.

In my humble opinion, my best work I've posted is... I've mostly just posted snippets of my WIPs but there's How to Get Lost (posted to Facebook years ago) because it stars 6 year old Jayme who is the cutest little bean. At some point in the story he says "I haven't eaten myself but I don't think I'd taste very good" and proudly shows off a slug that got stuck to his arm to his mom. My all-time favorite characters I've made are Jayme, Takashti, Shuntala, Kaira, Taerxyu, Zim, Alex, Sofia, Cris, Nim, Ka'il, Kulon, Athanian, Nahuel, Djamila, Nkiru, Aten, and Kualu. The majority of my OCs are my babies but those are the ones that have an extra special place in my heart.

Something I'd love for you to know about my writing that isn't listed in this game is: I have a lot of disabled and/or outcast characters and I'm aiming to be as diverse as I can. Also I love Jane Austen for her wit so I like to add at least a dash of humor into my writing even during some serious moments.

Thank you for reading and now I challenge the following people to fill this out: @blue-kyber @megarywrites @j-1173 @jamieanovels @samfoxheartwrites @natalieironside @emelkae @nilorenn

I'm sorry if you've already done one, please let me know if you have so I can find it on your blog! Also leaving open tag so feel free to get in on this. ^^

[thewriteflame]

OC Name Meanings Tag Game

@druidx thank you for tagging me!

Rules: Put down an OC or more and tell what their name means.

Open tag but also tagging: @blue-kyber @megarywrites @emelkae @kjscottwrites @pinespittinink @ofbloodandflowers @silvertalonwritblr

I think I will focus on the main characters of my current WIPs.

Jayme

Upon research on behindthename, Jayme/Jamie is a variant of Jacob which means "holder of the heel" or "supplanter." He just popped into my head one day like "Hey I'm Jayme!" so I never gave any thought to it's meaning.

Takashti

His name I pieced together from an old rpg elf name site. Ta- fox; kash- fate; ti- eye, sight I thought about just leaving it at Takash but it didn't flow right so when thinking of his name I disregard the last syllable giving him the meaning of "fox's fate." Or we can say it means "sight of the fox's fate." Honestly I put way more thought into his name than the other key characters in Thylore/And They Were Roommates.

Ka'ilmus

Used the same site as I did for Takashti. Ka- dragon; il- gift, giver; mus- ally, companion Yes his name meaning is foreshadowing for The Revenged/The Scarlett's Song.

Shuntala

I knew I took a name and changed it so I had to go looking for it. Shakuntala, means "bird" in Sanskrit. No reason for her to be named bird. Although in my favorite dragon series (The Dragon Chronicles by Susan Fletcher), dragons are kyn to birds so that can be a cool little nod to it.

Taerxyu

I can't remember what both of the elements (aer and xyu?) I used to come up with his name mean but it basically means "air" (because he's full of it).

[thewriteflame]

@isherwoodj thank you for the tag! ^^

RULES: Share the first sentence of your last ten stories. If you haven’t written ten stories, share as many first sentences as you have.

Tagging: @jamieanovels @moonscribbler @druidx @emelkae @oh-no-another-idea and open tag!

There were some years where my writing was sporadic if at all so I can't remember exactly what my last ten stories are but here are the ones from my four current WIPs with a few extra for fun...

Home: Ka'il's Story

Sometimes the farronroot grew with the spiny leaves of brackinshade.

And They Were Roommates

The moment he met Jayme Matthews, Takashti knew the administration had completely disregarded his dorm application.

Taerxyu

Centuries ago dragons roamed free.

The Revenged

The silence, save for the sounds of their knives and forks, hung heavy in the air of the dinning hall as Shuntala and her mother ate their evening meal.

From my first attempt at The Revenged, then just simply called Shuntala. I think I wrote it in 2016 or 2015.

Lady Shuntala hurried along through the crowd, intent on beating her mother home.

Another Charge, a short story I wrote that introduces Kulon that will likely be referenced when I reach that scene in The Scarlet's Song. Last save for the file was in 2017.

Debris littered the sea, bits and pieces blackened and torn, floating about and bumping The Revenged like some grisly soup.

From a very short story (more of a drabble) I wrote in 2016 that has 4 of the 6 Chaos Crew from ATWR in it called Drunken Beetle:

Takashti wasn't thrilled to have all three stooges in his dorm, especially now that they were bickering about something.

How To Get Lost is perhaps the cutest story I have written that stars 6 year old Jayme (he's so precious). I wrote it in 2014 or 15. Maybe I'll rewrite it but it's pretty good as is.

As far as drows went, Jayme was by far the sweetest (and cutest).