Shadow of Okeaous by W. M. Martin

Author:W. M. Martin [Martin, W. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-09T18:30:00+00:00

*

Maggie leaned over toward Lucy and asked her, “So, where would you like to go first?”

Lucy looked at Maggie with a vacant stare and rubbed her eyes vigorously. Maggie had noticed Lucy doing that earlier in their dorm room.

“Hey, are you okay?” Maggie asked.

Lucy turned around without saying a word and walked away, disappearing into the bustling and crowded market.

“Well, I guess she's back to normal, Elliot,” Maggie grumbled.

Alice, who had stepped away for a moment to look over a vendor’s stall that was laden with fruits and pies, returned and walked up to Maggie before cheerily asking, “So, are you prepared to be delighted by my little town?”

Maggie nodded and replied, “Definitely! Where should we go?”

Alice gave a sly grin and said, “The Blue Whale Ale House, of course!”

“Ale House? As in a bar?” Maggie asked.

Alice simply gave a lilted giggle in response to Maggie’s query.

Maggie looked askance at her friend and said, “We’re not old enough. Also, if Nancy, I mean Ms. Decker, catches me inside of a bar, she’ll kill me.”

Alice laughed jovially at Maggie and playfully admonished her by saying with only the slightest hint of mischief, “Don't be ridiculous, Maggie! We’re not going on a pub crawl! Yes, there is proper ale at The Blue Whale. No, we couldn't have any even if we wanted to, but there are plenty of other wonderful treats there that we can have! My favorite dish is called the Secarn Skewers, and it's absolutely lovely with a cold mug of Kindred cocoa! Come on, let’s go!”

The pair walked around a huddled mass of locals who were watching, with great interest, a play being narrated by a thin man with a loud voice and an odd mustache that wiggled when he spoke. The charismatic performer had introduced himself as Sapka Strato.

“Ugh, he's talking about those nasty Fallen,” Maggie groused.

“Nasty? What makes you say that they're nasty?” asked Alice.

Maggie answered, “I've seen one before. I saw it on the night of our Appointment of Clans. Ms. Decker’s friend, Edgar, was coming to bring me to the academy, and one followed him through his omniport. It had black, greasy looking armor, but it was no match for Edgar though.”

Alice chuckled, “That old guy who visits Ms. Decker at the academy to deliver messages and who doubles as some sort of fry cook? He defeated a Fallen? I don't believe it.”

Maggie stated proudly to her best friend just before walking into the Blue Whale Ale, “Believe it, Alice. I saw it for myself.”

*

Lester and Thomas had decided to go with Jax to the Plimpkins version of a pet supply shop, Tasty Totem Treats. Thomas was busy playing around in the minimart, touching everything in sight like a small child and squealing with glee while Jax and Lester were talking with one another.

“You're brother is crazy, Les,” Jax laughed as Thomas rode by them on a shopping cart while doing an ear-bleeding rendition of Beautiful Dreamer with his totem, Talia the pigeon, singing backup.

“He’s something alright,” Lester quipped while petting his own totem, the pigeon, Connie.

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