undulant \UN-juh-lunt; UN-dyuh-\, adjective:
Resembling waves in form, motion, or occurrence.
Tris sighed as she watched the undulant motion of the waves. For a moment she allowed herself to think back to the time when she had tried to control the tide. Foolish, she knew now. Sometimes, still, she wished to go back to the days when she didn't know. Everything was new and she was younger. It was before Daja had been figuring out her sexuality. Before Briar brought home a different girl every night. Before Sandry had lost the right to brag about her lands in another country.
The weather-witch was growing older and it was getting beyond difficult.
sedition \sih-DISH-un\, noun:
Conduct or language inciting resistance to or rebellion against lawful authority.
Briar laughed in the face of the cop on his tail. Another of his nightly flings had sold him out, apparently. Not sold him out, exactly—just gone to the dogs with large, teary eyes. The boy wondered if the cop had opened her on the spot or was waiting until after the chase.
"Bugger off, filth!" the plant mage growled over his shoulder. The dog was not surprised by the act of sedition coming from the dark-skinned boy. "You'll be doing the same thing in a minute!"
The green-thumbed boy was growing older and it was getting beyond difficult.
jocular \JOK-yuh-luhr\, adjective:
1.
Given to joking or jesting.
2.
Characterized by joking; playful.
Daja smirked as she reached to toy with the young woman's hair.
"I'm not a dog, you know," the other female remarked with a slow smile. All the same, she nuzzled into that soft dark hand and warm brass covering.
"I know; you're a cat," the metal-mage replied seriously. The jocular was their way of life. The two young women laughed, lounging luxuriously against each other. The lighter-skinned female stroked Daja's thigh. Daja knew that if this girl's mother or father caught them, there would be a mighty conflict.
The smith-mage was growing older and it was getting beyond difficult.
arriviste \a-ree-VEEST\, noun:
A person who has recently attained success, wealth, or high status but not general acceptance or respect; an upstart.
Sandry grimaced down upon the stack of paper set so sturdily on her desk. So much work, so little play time. Sandry remembered the days of her childhood, playing about on the roof with her foster-brother and -sisters. She saw them, but they were all children grown now. Adults.
Her work devoured her. She was making good profits and was an arriviste by those she knew, as her reputation from her younger years preceded her at times. Still, she only cared that her foster-siblings and foster-parents cared for her.
The stitch-witch was growing older and it was getting beyond difficult.
