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Part 26 of Rook on the Seventh Rank - November Drabbles
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Drabble Challenge November 2025
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2025-11-26
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Rook on the Seventh Rank - Amber

Notes:

I'm currently working on a long fic (slow burn) that will tell the story of Asha (my Rook) and Neve. I'm currently working on chapter six and it will be a bit before I'll start posting it. These drabbles are technically happening after that story since it will be snap shots of key moments in their relationship Asha remembers after DAtV (and before the sequel I have ideas for). I don't think there will be any spoilers for the fic ('Rook on the Seventh Rank' will be the title) if you've played the game. I'm not inventing the wheel anew just sharing some new perspective from Asha.

I want to work on these drabbles to help me get to know my Rook better and getting her voice down and sharing some insight into her motivation and reasoning, since the long fic will be mostly (not all of it though) from Neve's PoV.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

Neve didn't see or hear the person sneaking up on her. She was staring at the sea, lost in thought, wind and rain were masking all noises.

Asha saw them though, but just a second too late as blank steel flashed in the dark.

"No!" she shouted as she and her magic surged forward, desperately trying to prevent the hit.

She was somewhat successful, redirecting the blow to a non-lethal one before killing the attacker.

Neve fell, looking up at Rook in wonder.

At the horizon, the sun broke through the clouds and painted everything in a shade of amber.

Notes:

Thanks to my wife, who's always supporting me in my writing endeavors and is cheering me on after I ended a IDK five year hiatus? I couldn't do this without you.

Thank you for all the kudos and comments I got on this series so far. After not writing for a really long time this really means so much to me.