In Memoriam https://www.penana.com/feed/42647 One would imagine that the God of Memory might remember she ended the world, but Papyrus doesn't even know why she ended up mortal, let alone why she decided to ruin life for everyone else.Papyrus, God Scribe, finds herself in the wastes of a Decopunk nation state that is teetering toward a revolution. Fal en Penana In Memoriam CH6 - PC - The Watcher in the Wood https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/25 I had given the bow to Witalis before the end. It was meant as another bit of insurance, whatever that actually meant. The First Story was another glass-like artifact that filled with life when I touched it. It spoke through me in just the same way the ring did, but it felt more polite, more sympathetic.“What was I so afraid of?” I asked Tue, 01 Oct 2019 03:17:38 +0000 In Memoriam CH6 - PB - The Watcher in the Wood https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/24 I was screaming when Djince slapped me hard in the face. I saw stars. The hand that went to my face was clammy.His eyes weren’t glowing, but they were creased up with worry. The sun was setting behind his head and, ta Tue, 24 Sep 2019 02:03:11 +0000 In Memoriam CH6 - PA - The Watcher in the Wood https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/23 If the pain is too much and no good memory can outweigh the bad… If happiness in the present is eclipsed by the sorrow of the past… Forget.“Why was it wrong to give your Inkmen pieces of your soul?” Djince asked me once we were out on the street once more. It Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:08:52 +0000 In Memoriam CH5 - PD - No More the Order of Indigo https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/22 I paced, gesturing, and lingered before the heater in our little hideaway, speaking low and clear in a tale-spinner’s ageless voice: “The Order of Indigo was my order. I loved my temple and my people. I loved it all… There were books and books and books… You could tr Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:53:55 +0000 In Memoriam CH5 - PC - No More the Order of Indigo https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/21 The town in the bones of a skyscraper was called Lohome. We wandered through a marketplace when the stalls were covered by tarps secured to exposed rebar. When the rain would come, the makeshift umbrellas would get covered in rust colored water running off the old structure. It made the place look dyed in blood.The people were grate Mon, 08 Jul 2019 12:00:49 +0000 In Memoriam CH5 - PB - No More the Order of Indigo https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/20 I dreamed again, but this time it wasn’t about sharks in the water or shadows wearing masks. I dreamed about the time before the end. I dreamed I was back in a bed made of down, the pillows so thick and forgiving, I could have drowned in them. I rolled over and put my hands out. Warmth greeted my reach as fingers Sun, 02 Jun 2019 23:27:19 +0000 In Memoriam CH5 - PA - No More the Order of Indigo https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/19 The past never dies. It informs the present. It inspires the future.Djince stirred around mid-morning. He pushed himself off his bedroll and started rolling it up without wiping the sleep from his eyes. After he had it tucked into its saddle bag, he looked aro Wed, 22 May 2019 12:33:33 +0000 In Memoriam CH4 - PE - The Barren Womb of the World https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/18 Djince fell asleep as soon as his bedroll was laid out. He had positioned himself facedown, one gloved hand gripping his sword hilt, the other hand wrapped around the handgrip of his air pistol. Without so much as a good night, he was out before I could declare I was going to go dig the shitter and get firewood. I was exhausted, but I couldn’t i Thu, 16 May 2019 01:33:27 +0000 In Memoriam CH4 - PD - The Barren Womb of the World https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/17 “Took your time,” Djince whispered as I came upon him at the edges of the tall grasses on the east side of the encampment. In the dark, I could just make out the royal blue messenger bag across his chest. Another belt was wrapped around its body, constricting it to to the courier’s torso so it wouldn’t swing as he Tue, 14 May 2019 00:07:21 +0000 In Memoriam CH4 - PC - The Barren Womb of the World https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/16 She was Chalice, the God Mother, Womb of the World, Guide for Children, and Protector of Widows. She remembered who she was, at least. She told me she was one of the few who could. The others were mad or lost--or worse. I didn’t want to know what met that qualificati Mon, 13 May 2019 01:43:30 +0000 In Memoriam CH4 - PB - The Barren Womb of the World https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/15 The band of Mordis Eyes we were following had made camp. We came upon their stakeout in the night. It was sobering to think of them as men with human needs and wants. They weren’t the white-masked shadow creatures I had seen in my dreams just that morning. They were camped in the middle of a browned, grassy plain. Mon, 13 May 2019 01:32:43 +0000 In Memoriam CH4 - PA - The Barren Womb of the World https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/14 I am not a mad deity, but I remember a world in which I am.“They took it,” Djince said, his voice deadpan. I hadn’t heard him speak in almost twelve hours. We had pushed Ethis into the marsh, then slept. Rather, I slept. Djince paced. When I awoke near mid morning, the campfire Thu, 07 Mar 2019 17:03:36 +0000 In Memoriam Act Two - Family https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/13 How shall we be remembered? They asked of one another.What should we remember? Another asked.Ask Stone. Stone has been here the longest.They came to me and wrote their names upon my face.But I did not know who they were, so they wrote their stories too.I loved their stories.And Sun, 24 Feb 2019 06:35:08 +0000 In Memoriam CH3 - PE - Retzu's Peaks and Valleys https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/12 In the middle of the night, I heard a shout over the rain. I came to consciousness achingly slow. I turned under my tarp and pulled myself into the circle of the camp. When I looked up, I came eye to eye with a mask as white as bone. The eyes behind it were dark, dull. A white gloved finger came up and pressed against the mask’s slit lips. Sun, 24 Feb 2019 06:01:18 +0000 In Memoriam CH3 - PD - Retzu's Peaks and Valleys https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/11 The third day came and went. The shrublands turned into black marsh. The water smelled like brine and we could hear the sounds of buzzards fleeing the trees as we rode past them. I was stiff behind Ethis. I was sick of riding bitch. My ass was sore and my stomach was constantl Thu, 21 Feb 2019 10:26:14 +0000 In Memoriam CH3 - PC - Retzu's Peaks and Valleys https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/10 “They were from Hearthwir,” I said quietly after we had made camp for the night.“She speaks! Thought you were going to brood forever,” Ethis said with a smirk. He was cleaning our guns. My revo Thu, 21 Feb 2019 09:45:20 +0000 In Memoriam CH3 - PB - Retzu's Peaks and Valleys https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/9 I tried to stay awake, but felt Ethis jostling me when morning came. There were circles under everyone’s eyes and we didn’t say much as we saddled up once more and turned toward the east, into the sunrise. Within a couple of hours, the dust and bloody rock of the desert gave way to shrubland and dried river bed. It was so sudden, I wasn’t Sat, 16 Feb 2019 04:02:25 +0000 In Memoriam CH3 - PA - Retzu's Peaks and Valleys https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/8 The belief that the past cannot harm you is a myth. Often the past leaves in you scars that will not fade with time alone… but they can fade. Never forget this.The Kallos brothers were charmers. They had a two-bit-act vibe about them. The more reserved Djince grounded the happy-go-lucky E Sat, 16 Feb 2019 03:53:40 +0000 In Memoriam CH2 - PC - The Kallos Brothers of House Veris https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/7 “Hard to believe a girl like you is supposed to be what’s left of the God of Death,” Ethis said when I returned to the campsite. I meant to correct him, but I was too tired. He proffered me a towel wrapped around what looked like a hard biscuit. With a grateful nod I bit into Sun, 27 Jan 2019 12:21:33 +0000 In Memoriam CH2 - PB - The Kallos Brothers of House Veris https://www.penana.com/story/42647/in-memoriam/issue/6 Clearly I was not very well equipped to deal with this new world, but that would change with time, provided I could learn to stop passing out at the worst possible times.When I came to, I was f Sun, 20 Jan 2019 09:35:58 +0000