In the (K)Night

J. Joseph

1 day ago8 min read

Isaac Drinking Before the Holiday Season

I finish cleaning up the dining slash living area of my apartment. Keeping it clean, that will be a bit of work, but I only need to do...

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J. Joseph

Nov 158 min read

Alina Working to Find Her Thesis Topic

Sitting in my office, I open up my oldest book to the Enhancement’s section. I could relax, sure. Jase had mentioned some kind of early...

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J. Joseph

Oct 189 min read

Gregory Attends a Party with his Fellow Classmates

As we silently sit around finishing our Strategies of Conflict midterm exam. I place my pen down, flip over my test, and crack my neck....

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J. Joseph

Sep 208 min read

Magister Sobol Teaching Mystical Theory 101

While I wait for class to start and the students to file in, I set up the slides. Mystical Theory 101. I got the assignment for that as...

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J. Joseph

Aug 169 min read

Introducing Herself to the New Freshmen Advisees

“But the meeting, it went well?” Will asks me. As I walk, cutting a path through the winds and feeling the eyes of the I look out at the...

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J. Joseph

Jul 198 min read

Ike's Introduction to the Principle Mysticists Convention

I could be doing something productive. Or useful. But instead I’m here. I mean, Ali asked, and she’s right. People tend to like me more....

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J. Joseph

Jun 218 min read

The Drives to and from the Airport

“Are you getting a move on or what?” I ask Ali as she’s slowly making her way through the apartment. “I’m moving, I’m moving. Why you’re...

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J. Joseph

May 318 min read

A Hunt, Planned and Executed

It’s oddly chilly today, especially for the beginning of summer. That should be good for the hunt, though it doesn’t matter much for...

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J. Joseph

May 178 min read

Therese and Her Advisees

The library is not the usual place for these advisor meetings. But I found it comforting. A reminder of the past. And the classrooms my...

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J. Joseph

Apr 198 min read

An Important Conversation in a Smoky Room

I thought it wouldn’t be important. But after last week, I decided otherwise. Fortunately, by now I’ve already found a place. A nice,...

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J. Joseph

Mar 158 min read

Jase's Conversations with Friends

Waking up, my eyes, half asleep and slightly glazed over, slide around the room. It’s my room, in my apartment. My room is bigger than...

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J. Joseph

Feb 168 min read

Watching a Friday Afternoon Pass By

I smile. Teaching. Not exactly what I excel at. But that’s not to say I don’t enjoy it from time to time. Just the whole everyday thing...

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J. Joseph

Jan 198 min read

Magister Paredes Checks in with Her Advisees

In an odd change in our normal schedules, I wake up in the morning to leave before Jase. Nat and I have a bunch of advisee meetings today...

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J. Joseph

Dec 29, 20238 min read

Watching Patiently

Fire. Fire has defined much of my life. The first thing I really remember is fire. Don’t know exactly how old I am at the time, but it is...

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J. Joseph

Dec 15, 20238 min read

A Balance between Deflections and Honesty

As the test period finishes for the day, I head back through town to my apartment. On the one hand, I have some grading I should do...

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J. Joseph

Nov 17, 20238 min read

A Day for Observing

As I walk through the city streets in the hours just before dawn, away from the safe, constantly watched blocks containing the Villa out...

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J. Joseph

Oct 20, 20239 min read

Ali's Early Morning Office Hours

The drive from our apartment to our campus library shouldn’t take nearly as long as it regularly does. Traffic is truly a terrible...

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J. Joseph

Sep 29, 20238 min read

Maneuvering in Preparation for the Next Game

Richard sits calmly across from Alexios. “Thou canst always give in,” the younger of the two offers his old friend. Well, friend is a...

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J. Joseph

Sep 15, 20238 min read

In the Halls of the Basilica

As I enter the massive halls of the Basilica Magistrorum, I can’t help but pull back my hoodie’s hood and marvel. Like I always do,...

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J. Joseph

Aug 18, 20238 min read

Ike Settling into His Swiss Apartment

With the school year, and the arrival of the Prospectives, fast approaching, my sort of boss, Maestro Amadeus Glas, helped find me a...

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