Foldera

"Have you not met a gentleman who deserves you?"

by Foldera

Chapter 5 in Rose+Croix

Anna's eyes flashed in a gentle anger. I took mental note of the expression, as I knew that anything I saw on her face might easily appear on my own. She is my junior by some year and a half but we have always been remarked upon as very much alike. Whilst I am not tall compared t...

I sought out the Association Rose+Croix.

by Foldera

Chapter 5 in Rose+Croix

I brought our conversation to a close

by Foldera

Chapter 4 in Rose+Croix

At the second, or perhaps the third, invocation of some new continental philosopher, the talk began to wear on me to the point of tedium, or at least exhaustion. I was able to keep my eyes open, but I had no desire to hear more on her topics at this time. Not with work the next d...

"Don't you love me, sister?"

by Foldera

Chapter 5 in Rose+Croix

The question must have struck her as odd. Anna hesitated, looking quizzically at me. It's always been odd to see emotions in her eyes, because they are much as my eyes are. Cunning, and sea-green. "Of course I love you," she said, seeming to have decided something. "How do you...

I moved our conversation to affairs of the heart

by Foldera

Chapter 4 in Rose+Croix

Whilst I am sure that her motivations are good, as ever I failed to see what she expected me to do to right all the wrongs of the world. These conversations passed pleasantly enough, but they always seemed so grounded to me. And grounding denies us the higher arts and pleasures....

[[ Grand Plan ]]

by Foldera

Chapter 2 in Rose+Croix

Victor finds the ARC, possibly at the same time as his sister, but either way they both end up being initiated as neophytes. They discover that it is one of several groups across London, but learn that they cannot meet the other groups . They explore the hidden secrets of the wor...

I sought out the Association Rose+Croix.

by Foldera

Chapter 3 in Rose+Croix

The Past Master had told me to look for a group called the _Association Rose+Croix_. It was not, he had hastened to reassure me, French. It just had a French name.

I talked to my sister.

by Foldera

Chapter 3 in Rose+Croix

My sister and I would sit in the living room—we joked by calling it the salon—and talk. Living in such a small space was different to our family home, which could be fairly said to sprawl. We didn't mind it much. I didn't mind because I have no great need of space, beyond a case...

To London I went.

by Foldera

Chapter 2 in Rose+Croix

I found an apartment in a fairly unfashionable district of London—Fencrofts—where I moved in. My sister, Anna, was living with me, as our parents considered that in London she may have a better chance at finding somebody of high status to marry. She wouldn’t have agreed to come i...

Introduction

by Foldera

Chapter 1 in Rose+Croix

Throughout all the trials life has brought me I have maintained an interest in symbols. In my adolescence, my friend Oscar pointed out to me markings on a gravestone, and told me they were the marks of a Mason. He had been told by his father, who was himself quite highly regarded...