“I’ve always been the solution to many different problems. It’s why I was always the one Zeus called upon every time he needed someone to do what needed to be done and he couldn’t spare to part with Ares. I was the solution to everything” “I missed … Read More
The Campfire
You know… when I was a kid, before everything went wrong, before Fernicus turned the house into a warzone, before the nightmares started and before the world got heavy… there were nights where my mom would take me camping. Just … Read More
Saber Rattling
Saber Rattling. It’s the act of making threats of violence. Most of the time, it’s empty actions, nothing but noise, hollow echoes into the darkness. Just a bunch of men standing in the woods, shaking their swords in hopes of … Read More
The Last Brother
Nero… Before the last breath leaves this war between us, hear me without the static, without the rage, without the rebellion that smothered the man I once called my brother. I remember you as you were. Not the cyberhound. Not … Read More
The Final Curtain
Harold…don’t you love the theatre? Because I do. In fact, I’ve always thought our little story deserved a stage. The lights. The tension. The trembling silence before something terrible happens. That slow inhale the audience takes when they know they’re … Read More
The Last Confession
Father… [Lucien kneels before a crucifix — Nero’s mask resting beside him.] I come before you not as the man I was nor as the mask I hid behind, but as what remains. The one left standing at the edge … Read More
“El Tambor del Liderazgo”
El Mariachi Muerte… hermano… this is not just a match. This is a war for the corazón of the Mariachi. A battle for the Watchers. A fight not over gold, but over leadership. And leadership, mi amigo, is like a … Read More
The Mirror That Lied
Narcissa… Or should I say what you truly are now? Lucifer. Not the devil of fire and pitchforks — no, no. Your hell isn’t built beneath the earth. It’s built in glass. Because you, Narcissa… You are a mirror. You … Read More
Live Love Lost
There are three words that define every life in Arcadia, whether we want them to or not. Three words that shape the way a man becomes who he is. Three words I have spent my entire existence running from, wrestling … Read More