Pantoum



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    "How much did you pay for these?" he asks.

    Ah, just expenses? "Not much," Olruggio says, stepping around the counter to lean against Qifrey's side, arm wrapping around his waist comfortably. "I got a good deal."

    Qifrey relaxes some. He turns his face to nuzzle against Olruggio's neck and he leans his head back in response, giving more room for Qifrey to press against his pulse.

    "Oh dear," Qifrey sighs, turning his face to rub his cheek against Olruggio's cloak. "I'm afraid I have a secret to tell you."

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    10 Jun 2026

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    Olruggio has a headache. Because he has a headache, he isn't paying enough attention to the girl's primer spells.

    This has consequences.

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    Agott yelps as he throws himself over her, but there’s no time to be gentle, there’s no time to get to both girls. There’s only protecting the one closest and begging, pleading, that Riche is fast enough to do what he cannot.

    “RICHE, CLOSE YOUR CIRCLE!” He screams.

    Please, please, let her still be on the right page, please--

    The thought leaves him with a hiss, not through mouth but through skin, the high-pitched screech of boiling water meeting flesh, followed by his own wail as his arm erupts in pain.

    And Olruggio of the Torch burns.

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    09 Jun 2026

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    “We’re rich?” Tetia exclaimed. She had been sitting with this information for approximately thirty seconds, which was about her limit. “We’ve been rich?” She pushed back from the table. “Master Olly.” She pointed at him, scandalized. “Last month, when I asked if I could have that embroidered skirt from the market in Kalhn, you said—”

    “I said you didn’t need any new clothes. Which is true.”

    “You said we had a budget.”

    “We do have a budget. A budget is just—” But he had already lost control of the conversation.

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    Olruggio never made a big deal about the money his specialized commissions got him. They got what they needed, and some extra at that. To the others, however, it is quite a revelation.

    OR: everyone gets a shopping episode to themselves <3

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    08 Jun 2026

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    It's common for Witches to form pack bonds with their apprentices. Witch pups are so young when they typically join an atelier, and their journey to independence is long. Being away from one's birth pack for too long requires a surrogate pack before a pup's mental health begins to decline.
    Coco knows this, but she still cannot help feeling torn between the longing to belong in Master Qifrey's pack with a yearning so strong it sets her teeth on edge, and fear of what this desire means for her bond with her mother, sleeping in stone for who knows how long.
    She's so worried, in fact, that she can't see what she already has. Qifrey is more than happy to set her straight.

    ft Olruggio showing up late to the party and getting bullied by his daughters at 4am

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    07 Jun 2026

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    Qifrey doesn’t look at him either as he speaks. He only answers as much as he is asked, mechanically recounting the day’s events, being as curt as possible. Nothing about the dishes he’s prepared, or the kids’ achievements, or something funny that might’ve happened during his lessons. Oruggio doesn’t push again, his throat suddenly too tight to get any words out. He just wants to get back into his room and occupy himself with some kind of contraption and not think about the suffocating atmosphere in the atelier.

    They had a fight. It was nearly a week ago.

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    05 Jun 2026