The Secret is Revealed: Arkoma by Ambyrfire, journal
The Secret is Revealed: Arkoma
Asashi crouched low on the cool sand, peering across the moonlit dunes. She pricked her ears in the direction of the strange distant rattling noise that rode the wind over the desert.
"What do you think it is?" she whispered to her long-limbed companion, shifting her grip on her hunting spear.
"It's nothing like I've ever heard" Daesh murmured back, his ceremonial beads clacking together faintly as he flicked his ears.
"Listen it's closer" she said softly. The rattle was louder, now accompanied by a sharp creaking and heavy chuffing. They crouched lower, pressing themselves into the sand. Asashi looke
Bethiane scurried along the cobblestone alley, then suddenly stopped. She looked around warily to make sure no one was watching, and bent over to examine her appearance in the puddle along the edge of a crumbled cobblestone. Her pale reflection hovered above curling preserved leaves captured by the water. Short, dirty, reddish-brown hair check. But dirty enough?no. She scraped some filth from the edge of the puddle and drew her dirty fingers through her hair. Better. Face - round, smooth, innocent, with wide soft blue-brown eyes. The kind of face that always told the truth. But she needed to look more like she came from the