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NaNoWriMo - a Snippet and an Update! - week two. by kaelci

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NaNoWriMo - a Snippet and an Update! - week two.
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<CENTER><h1>The Snippet</h1></CENTER>
The world stopped as Alexandria’s instincts took over. The cursed magic she had suppressed since childhood burst free and overpowered all thoughts and feelings, the energies rose up and interwove with the pain that poured from the gaping wound and fed upon the agony, each throb filling her with an unknown confidence and control, and emotionlessly, she stared into her mother’s fearful eyes and flung out the same arm, unleashing an invisible wave that flung the woman away from her and across the room with the strength of a dozen men.

Calmly returning to her feet, she peered down at the gouge and gaped.

“Oh no.”

Blood ran down her skin in thick crimson rivulets. Blood. Her cursed blood. Her eyes darted about the room, her heart racing as she simultaneously watched her mother moan and watched for an entire army of horsemen to appear in a flash of lightning, certain that they had now sensed her in the ominous depths of their distant sky fortress. They were coming for her. They were coming!

“Oh no!”

Her mother crawled upright and tried to steady herself, and Alexandria raised a hand, allowing her energy to wrap itself around the woman and hold her still.

“Don’t move,” she shrieked.

Unable to move or to speak, her bedraggled mother began to sweat. Her fear cast a black aura that swept through the room, an aura Alexandria subconsciously drank into herself to increase her power, and unaware of the golden sheen that glimmered from her emerald eyes she lightly touched her mangled limb with glowing fingertips.

“It’ll be okay, it’ll be okay,” Alexandria murmured, encouraging the blood to slow and the separated flesh to become whole. “By the Three, please. It needs to be okay.”

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<CENTER><h1>The Update</h1></CENTER>
Before I babble -- if you're partaking in #NaNoWriMo, join us at the  @freewritehouse for some...
<CENTER><h2> ⭐❤️<a href="https://steempeak.com/freewritehouse/@freewritehouse/week-2-nanowrimo-2019-update-post-come-get-encouragement-upvotes-and-sbi">NaNoWriMo Encouragement, Upvotes, and SBI!</a>❤️⭐</h2></CENTER>

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So, I was wrong! In my <a href="https://steempeak.com/@kaelci/nanowrimo-a-snippet-and-an-update">last update</a>, I hoped that this one would be more favourable... but alas, it was not meant to be. Done about 2000 whole words. Which brings my count up to 5000ish, which is 5000 that I didn't have before! But still disheartening.

It's mostly because I haven't slept in a week. I've been sitting on my couch like a lump, staring into space, melting in 36-Celsius heat, worrying about the bushfires surrounding my town that are thankfully contained, not really feeling awake until the afternoon and by then I have other things I'm dealing with. Like a Crazed Child stomping his giant feet around a new kitten and I'm hyper-alert keeping an eye on them as well as cleaning, doing dinner, being a responsible adult, etc.

At this rate I'm just happy to have any words down at all. I'm hoping when @steemydave gets back from Vanuatu tomorrow I'll be back in the right state of mind for this - well rested, with down time.

Obligatory kitten photo; my couch cuddler, the guy who keeps me up all night, Charlie --also known as "Little Buddy".
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Until next time. ❤️
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@kaelci ·
Thank you! :) :) 
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@owasco ·
There is no cuter kitten, never has been a cuter kitten, never will be either. I just want to smoosh my face into his belly (before he develops the skills to use his hind legs as killing machines). 
The story is great! I love how her mother's fear is a source of power for her. That is going to come in very handy, others' fear strengthens her. Do any intense feelings do this for her? Do the others feel less, so that was her mother benefitted by this? . 
It's all good. 
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@kaelci ·
He is a ball of fluff with hidden razors! I tickle his belly  all the time and then immediately regret it, haha.

The magic in the world is mostly the same for everyone - barring slightly different abilities based on which Gods happen to be in their bloodline. Alexandria has something else in her bloodline, something that the world hasn't seen in millennia. <em>(and is the basis of Lyria's story, Book 2, which watches as this past event unfolds so Alexandria can understand herself better)</em>

For example, there are the Three gods - Joh, Xandur, and Esra'elle - Joh is the God of Divination, whose blood brings about a type of holy fire amongst those born with it, Xandur the God of Empathy and Compassion's blood allows healing and telepathy, and Esra'elle the Creator is the God who happened to create everything, and his blood is to blame for Necromancy.

Alexandria's blood is of a Demon's instead of a God's. 😱 And is marked by her red hair. <em>(In the story's instance, a Demon is basically a creature created by Esra'elle who should still be in the heavens but has found itself trapped in the mortal realm, not an evil thing from the depths of Hell. But backstory marks the red hair as cursed.)</em>

She should've been killed at birth, but wasn't. Her mother has slowly been driven insane over the years. And when she's finally discovered <em>(after this snippet's scene)</em> the Magister's don't know what to do, except the High Magister... whose family line has a history of worshipping Demons.

Uh oh. 😁

Sorry. Babbling too much. It's good to babble though! Keeps it all fresh so I know what the heck I'm writing, LOL.
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@owasco ·
oh no I'm so happy you did! I can not catch up on all the NaNo writers' stories, so it's very helpful to have this info. Thank you! 
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