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    Thread: No One Trustworthy
Post: RE: No One Trustworthy

It was all very strange, being swept along in the flow of vaguely familiar faces in this mostly unfamiliar locale. Tiberius saw as many Umbra guardsmen as not, and wondered at it briefly. Was this the...
Tiberius Umbra Minrathous 11 484 03-25-2025, 10:08 PM
    Thread: Nothing Is Ever Finished
Post: RE: Nothing Is Ever Finished

Winter had been bleak and Tiberius was glad to see it go. He had returned from the countryside only a few days ago, to find Lord Pavus’ invitation waiting. Unexpected but welcome. Much had happened si...
Tiberius Umbra Minrathous 2 77 03-03-2025, 02:07 PM
    Thread: Values
Post: RE: Values

Tiberius watched her make her way across the bedroom, expression remote and unreadable. He listened, very still, head slightly cocked, as she spoke and spoke and spoke. When she touched him, he finall...
Tiberius Umbra IC Archives 10 227 02-26-2025, 01:59 PM
    Thread: Values
Post: RE: Values

“I see.” Tiberius let his hand fall on the back of the armchair, squeezing until the leather complained. There were oh, half a half dozen arguments he could have made. The promise of the throne only a...
Tiberius Umbra IC Archives 10 227 02-25-2025, 02:44 PM
    Thread: Mind Is a Razor Blade
Post: RE: Mind Is a Razor Blade

Tiberius froze as Enzo grabbed his arm, muscles tensed as if he might startle and bolt. He watched, tight lipped, as Enzo read the contents of the letter. Yet, anger could only carry him so far. As En...
Tiberius Umbra IC Archives 34 1,522 02-17-2025, 05:19 PM
    Thread: Cat's Cradle
Post: RE: Cat's Cradle

It was not often that Tiberius found himself taken aback, at a loss for words. He was that now, watching the Archon of Tevinter strut about the office. His throat had gone quite dry and he gulped what...
Tiberius Umbra Minrathous 9 387 02-10-2025, 12:50 PM
    Thread: Values
Post: RE: Values

Content Warning: Brief but explicit violence. He stood in the mouth of the catacombs, staff tucked under his arm. As Bel padded away, the runaway slaves conferred in low voices. What would become ...
Tiberius Umbra IC Archives 10 227 02-09-2025, 09:57 AM
    Thread: An Invitation Most Cordial
Post: RE: An Invitation Most Cordial

Tiberius selected the soup spoon and dipped it, reasonably pleased that Pavus’ kitchen seemed to remember his preferences – at least so far. Sampling the dish, he listened to the others with little de...
Tiberius Umbra Minrathous 13 623 02-05-2025, 02:43 PM
    Thread: Trust, but Verify
Post: RE: Trust, but Verify

Tiberius’ attention shifted slowly from Malachai to Lyric, blinking slowly. She was trying to help, he realized. Something like a distraction – but of course, she did not know Valentius. He’d absorb w...
Tiberius Umbra Minrathous 18 738 02-04-2025, 02:45 PM
    Thread: No One Trustworthy
Post: RE: No One Trustworthy

Tiberius rode in unhappy silence. Bel climbed a few of the same streets they had taken down – though the ascent was markedly shorter. Umbra was an older, altus House even if their standing had suffere...
Tiberius Umbra Minrathous 11 484 02-01-2025, 01:26 PM
    Thread: Cat's Cradle
Post: RE: Cat's Cradle

Dear Tiberius? That was awfully familiar for a man he’d only spoken to a handful of times in his life. Generally, when anyone but Enzo did anything fanciful with his name, well … It was usually an ins...
Tiberius Umbra Minrathous 9 387 01-17-2025, 12:23 PM
    Thread: Infiltration and Extraction
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Tiberius ducked into the cottage with his bags, peering around curiously. Felinus was a relatively minor House, and of their holdings, this was itself a relatively humble example – only within context...
Tiberius Umbra Minrathous 9 468 01-15-2025, 10:41 AM
    Thread: Values
Post: RE: Values

It was not exactly pleasant, this transfer of magical energies. A wave of nausea swept over him and Tiberius held very still until it passed. Blood magic, as ever, was far more suitable for taking tha...
Tiberius Umbra IC Archives 10 227 01-14-2025, 12:47 PM
    Thread: A Pleasent Evening's Dance
Post: RE: A Pleasent Evening's Dance

It was difficult to form an opinion of the young woman’s looks, owing to the mask on her face. If nothing else, the arrangement of her hair was rather interesting – his gaze naturally rested there, pe...
Tiberius Umbra IC Archives 2 227 12-14-2024, 04:33 PM
    Thread: The Price of Magic
Post: RE: The Price of Magic

Satisfied that his guest was not about to flee screaming from a box of mouse bones, Tiberius settled down in the upholstered chair behind the desk and waited. Her story, while new to him, was not surp...
Tiberius Umbra Minrathous 6 347 12-08-2024, 03:59 PM
    Thread: Mind Is a Razor Blade
Post: RE: Mind Is a Razor Blade

Groaning in irritation, Tiberius nevertheless let Enzo pull his arm away, eyes narrowed to slits as the other young man made his apologies. But how could one be sorry for something they couldn’t remem...
Tiberius Umbra IC Archives 34 1,522 11-25-2024, 01:27 PM
    Thread: Values
Post: RE: Values

The sending stone ring was hot on his finger as Tiberius saddled up Bel, half in a daze. He delayed just long enough to order Tacitus to lock down the estate, to rouse every guard from their beds. If ...
Tiberius Umbra IC Archives 10 227 10-26-2024, 02:43 PM
    Thread: Nightshade
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“You were a stranger. And I don’t tell strangers my secrets, as something of a rule.” He had braced for worse. Still, there was something captivating about this, watching Lyric truly grapple with her ...
Tiberius Umbra IC Archives 7 404 10-24-2024, 11:47 AM
    Thread: Mind Is a Razor Blade
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“We did go to the Rose and Pony. Don’t you remember?” Oh, fuck. Tiberius squeezed his eyes shut, packing that particular line of thought away for later. Whatever was wrong with Enzo seemed secondary t...
Tiberius Umbra IC Archives 34 1,522 10-22-2024, 12:51 PM
    Thread: No One Trustworthy
Post: RE: No One Trustworthy

“‘Mess’ is right. Poor kids.” Tiberius blew out a long sigh into Bel’s plush shoulder, then stepped away, toward Adamo. With a flick of his wrist, he encouraged the ice to creep up and around the body...
Tiberius Umbra Minrathous 11 484 10-22-2024, 11:43 AM