Tag "Culture Shock" - Works and Original stories

Lanternfall was a strange time to start over, but Sophie-Anne had no choice. A catastrophic Threadfall failure had ruined her prospects, chasing her from everything familiar. At her friend Inam’s suggestion, she traveled for weeks to Willowmere—a quiet town on the edge of the Lumenwild. There, among gentle Loomborn, she might finally find rest, warmth, and a way to mend what was broken.

Finally it had ended. Their long journey of escaping the persecution perpetrated by the government; it had finally come to an end in Illyria. Then, out of the blue, a girl appears, sent by Lorrick Himself to help them. While the Wukong family struggles to accept the help, Blake and Yang wish to bring them into the fold and help them feel accepted and comfortable in their new home. Unfortunately, the gulf dividing the Hasaeonite expats and Illyrian natives extends far longer than they can see.

She really shouldn’t have been there. Fae were no longer welcome on Remnant. But Blake had always founds parts of the human world to be relaxing and interesting, as long as they were in the wilds. An awry encounter turns into a fateful one as she meets runaway Weiss Schnee, trying to escape her betrothal…

Vale. The land of plenty, the land of prosperity. But how can it feel so much worse than Atlas…? Anguish grips Winter’s mind, alone and isolated, with new family straining to welcome her. Will clinging shadows lead to her downfall? Or can guiding lights free her from darkness? Sequel to Anywhere

Weiss had known this day was coming, the day she was to meet her betrothed. Despite all the mental preparation, she remains hesitant and uncertain about how to approach this strange, foreign mermaid whose manners seem so rude to her...

While recovering from Arcane Burn, Winter's familiar drags her out into the middle of the whisperthorn forest before dawn one day. What she doesn't expect is to find a man that has no real knowledge of Nytheris outside of the small, secluded community he grew up in. All she wants is to recover from her Arcane Burn, but fate apparently has other plants for her...

His parents were always so unreasonable… Demanding him to marry? How could they? He was getting to that age, but seriously? Well, there’s only one person he can ask and his parents are not going to be happy about it…

How could this have happened? Her parents were supposed to protect her! An arranged marriage…? And to a human? There had never been a human on the throne of Chiole before and they expected her to take on a human as her significant other? But if she doesn’t…the entire country will be put at risk due to lack of supplies. What is she supposed to do…?

Escaped. She had finally escaped that horrible place. Now, she may get a chance to breathe, a chance to heal. The world was peaceful, so peaceful unlike her own. Now she must adapt to such a large change, and try to embrace her current place.

The Stormcall Festival. Her first time out of the castle without any sort of supervision...against her parents' wishes. They don't know she's out here. In her wanderings, she meets a young man named Sun from the nation of Uln Dareth who seems kind and willing to help her .Maybe, just maybe, she's made her first true friend...