Bealz, Prince Of The SouthSide

Two professors One, handing back a research paper marked angrily with a 'D', tells me to see him later. "This paper was obviously plagiarized,” he accused me. “I'll allow you the opportunity to take an essay test here in my office to prove that you know the material. I re-wrote and re-worded nearly five or so pages from the fifteen page essay I'd originally submitted. He read through it with a frown, said that he was still skeptical that I could write something of that caliber. He was convinced, in fact, that it had been plagiarized, that I had somehow managed some tom-foolery right there in his presence, in his office, under his scrutiny, while taking the test, and that he'd just been unable to locate the source of the original material. Based on this reasoning, he agreed to give me a 'C' for what he admitted was likely an 'A+' paper. Somehow, my 20 year old self, hurt and confused, felt that I really had done somethi...

The Burning Trees of The Great Forest

Monique, The Snake and The Spider

I'm liking the pencil sketch more than the watercolor I think

Prince Askauri Bin Qwana

Monique Felani Kokua-Binti

XLIX Ignoring the beast's boastful words, Jo-Mel hopes that its conceit will keep it too occupied in self-aggrandized banter, keep it from ending both her and Monique with a single stroke. “I think perhaps I'll walk about, take a look around,” the Great Beast says. “This new world is delightful, so intriguing. There's so much to explore, so much to see. They don't even know what they've done.” She can see the spectral frequencies conjoining thousands of devices, forming an intricate web, ensnaring the users in a peculiar sort of enchantment. The air was filled with these signalings. The beginnings of a new plane of reality was forming around these electronic signatures, creating a near infinite, nearly empty cyberspace that connected them all. Oh, the possibilities. These people were advancing much more quickly than she could have imagined when she had first been scattered and driven down into the Earth. They had harne...