Please read the glossary (bottom of post) for information on vocabulary/terms. My writing is nutorious for being absolutely perplexing.
➊ Mirror, Mirror
- - Ivylyn's fingers felt frozen. They were dark blue with ugly purple splotches and swollen to the thickness of a baby carrot. The girl bit her lip, trying to keep from whimpering from pain. She pressed a hand to them, eyes flitting around the street. Waiting.
- Ivylyn Janil Oritz crouched on 12th Boulevard and felt her insides shrivel up from guilt. She felt like an absolute criminal, even though it was only an apple she'd taken. But you never know, in Cilver; even taking a rock from someone's front lawn would land you in Teroer, the torture prison.
- She fingered the smooth skin of her prize: her fingers slipped over it as if it were butter. The apple was far from shiny, as she’d heard apples described as by Heathen, the grocery shop owner, but it was food, nonetheless. Ivylyn looked up, teeth chattering. Her hands went completely numb; the apple tumbled from them, rolling into the underbrush as if in a hurry to escape being eaten. Ivylyn didn’t spare it a glance – she was watching the sky, now. Odd, how quickly attention shifts when you're nervous.
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Glossary
Ivylyn Janil Ortiz is the main character. She is female, and 15 years old. Her birthday is on December 5. She has been living in the Onyx Realm all her life.
12th Boulevard is a street in Ivylyn's town. She lives three blocks away, so she comes here often, to steal apples from the market, somedays, and others to simply lay in the bushes and stare at the sky.
Cilver (pronounced sil-ver) is Ivylyn's home town. Her family can trace back to the distant first Counselor.
The Counselor He rules Cilver. Currently, the Councelor is Roy Silveskin, another (distant) relative of Ivylyn's.
Teroer (pronounced ter-er) lies just beyond the Hall of Counselors. It is the torture prison of Cilver; depending on your crime, you either get:
Ivylyn Janil Ortiz is the main character. She is female, and 15 years old. Her birthday is on December 5. She has been living in the Onyx Realm all her life.
12th Boulevard is a street in Ivylyn's town. She lives three blocks away, so she comes here often, to steal apples from the market, somedays, and others to simply lay in the bushes and stare at the sky.
Cilver (pronounced sil-ver) is Ivylyn's home town. Her family can trace back to the distant first Counselor.
The Counselor He rules Cilver. Currently, the Councelor is Roy Silveskin, another (distant) relative of Ivylyn's.
Teroer (pronounced ter-er) lies just beyond the Hall of Counselors. It is the torture prison of Cilver; depending on your crime, you either get:
- ⓐ Burnt (usually hands, but sometimes, if you're unlucky, all your limbs, or even full body)
ⓑ Kissed by the Devil (this refers to them dropping you into an arena with a tiger – you aren't provided with a weapon of any sort, either)
ⓒ Prayers from Peers (each and every person you know will give you 5 whiplashes on the chest each – poor social butterflies)