LiliBurke
Land of the Long White Cloud

Land of the Long White Cloud

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Riley and Will have been together for years and are happy together in their little apartment in their little college town with their cat, Nebula,Right? Five weeks before a research trip Riley and Will were to go on with their colleagues, Will breaks his leg and has to stay home or risk life altering complications.As tensions rise in their relationship, Riley finds herself on a 20 hour plane ride with a glaringly empty seat next to her, headed out on the adventure of a lifetime. They were doomed anyway right? It's okay she went on her own?That's what she tells herself at least.Dev and Mira have been off and on for three years. Dev isn't really sure it's going to work out, since they've been long distance almost the whole time on top of that.That's what Dev tells Riley at least when she finds herself alone with him one perfect Autumn evening, wandering the streets of a foreign town.…

Southbend

Southbend

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Along the banks of the braided Hornewood River lies Southbend, a small town home to river and forest folk alike. Well, maybe village is a better word? I don't know, I just live here. And right now I have more to worry about than being pedantic. My father sits and stares out the window all day, ill with his grief, my brothers run around harassing the people in town all day, I am perpetually covered in mud and paint, and Amand keeps pulling me up the mountain--into the woods--on his crazy day adventures. I wouldn't mind it if I didn't know what he was really after.The spirits and creatures of the wood and river can be beautiful, ethereal, magical. They twinkle and dance and sing as they ride on the wind or play in the trees. Others--the ones I know he's REALLY after--are not so friendly. At least, that's what the elders say and what the whispers around town are saying. Why can't he just hunt rabbits, like a normal Lightfoot?…