Tales of Blue Rose: Quartet of Thieves
A young woman travels far from home to deliver an important letter but must band together with a boy thief¸ his rhy-fox companion¸ and a caravan guard to steal it back when it gets taken by a criminal organization. About Clio Yun-su Davis Clio Yun-su Davis is a Korean American game designer and writer who splits her time between Arlington¸ Virginia and Austin¸ Texas. She studied interactive storytelling in the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts¸ where she became involved in writing and producing immersive theater pieces. In 2017¸ her fairytale "Flowers for the Moon" was published in the June issue of Luna Station Quarterly¸ and her science fiction short "Half a Mile and Six Years Between Us" earned an honorable mention from Sci-Fest L.A.'s Roswell Award. Her K-pop themed freeform game The Long Drive Back from Busan won the 2017 Golden Cobra Challenge award for Best Game That Incorporates Meaningful¸ Non-Romantic Relationships. When not writing or creating games¸ she can usually be found living one of a thousand possible lives in a LARP. What Inspired You To Write This Story? 'I've always enjoyed stories in which characters who really shouldn't be working together join forces out of desperation¸ especially when everyone is out of their depth. As an adult¸ having to work with a troublemaking adolescent can feel like a nightmare babysitting assignment¸ and when you're an adolescent¸ being stuck with an adult can feel like you're constantly being slowed down and judged. Heists can go wrong in so many ways¸ so it felt like the perfect adventure to throw these poor characters into. Lysana's Crossing is a liminal space¸ as most people who find themselves there are on their way to or from Veran Marsh. Lido and Fayn are both stuck here due to life circumstances¸ Savania works for a caravan and is accustomed to never being in one place for long¸ and then we have Arissa who has never been this far from home before. I identify with all four of them¸ somehow¸ and I wanted to explore how each of them has a different relationship to the environment. As for the reason why this heist is happening in the first place¸ that single item that Arissa is so determined to retrieve ‐ I have collection of letters from the American Civil War¸ including the final letters written to my 3rd great aunt by her husband before he died. I'm a bit of a hopeless romantic¸ and understand the significance of a person's last words to a loved one." Note: This digital edition includes PDF¸ ePub¸ and Mobi (Kindle) versions of the story.