Yrae Chronicles

TITLE Happy Birthday Assili
AUTHOR annarti and drazzi
DISCLAIMER Kanera and Commander Zakaariss are Sallie's, the rest of this mob is mine.
NOTES Actually written at various intervals last year but for some reason I completely forgot to post it when we finally finished it, whoops. ANYWAY. Assili's birthday yaaaay! Clearly this will be a relaxed and completely non-judgemental affair. Yeah no.

Kanera strode as much as his legs would allow him across the balcony. Sahid strode beside him, hitching the front of his sarong up with his free hand as he walked. They had both opted for the traditional attire for this evening’s cocktail hour. Assili loved tradition, and tonight was all about Kanera’s little sister. There was, he had to admit, more class to wearing a sarong than a pair of pants.

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Title~ 25 Moods ~ Empress Shizaaqa
Author~ Annarti
Disclaimer~ All characters and places are mine~ as are the snippets
Notes~ These are the same 25 moods I wrote with Nol a few months ago. In working on Shizaaqa's character, I thought it might be a nice idea to do them for her, too. It was... a challenge, to say the least, but well worth it. I definitely have a much better handle on how the Kazinian Empress operates now, as well as her empire.

Admittedly, some of them are a little flimsy and most degenerate into anger, but it feels to me like a more natural progression. I've tried to show every current aspect of her life and the people she interacts with: each of her four children, her partner, random politicians both Kazinian and foreign and her palace staff. All taken from the very recent past, no more than five years ago, except for Despondent.

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