The boys stood around the glowing mushroom cave slightly put off. Despite not wanting to battle, they had prepared quite a bit. Leland even had his blue-fire flare out and ignited.
“I guess that’s that,” he said, canceling the weapon’s magical effect.
Glenny took a few steps toward the cave’s entrance. ...
2023-05-08 05:47:00 +0000 UTC View PostWith the dungeon more or less completed, there really wasn’t much left for the boys to do. They had returned Gelo to her mother, gained plenty of experience, and even some items. Jude and Glenny got the most out of their troubles, each ranking up their Legacy abilities several times, while Jude also received a blessing and ...
2023-05-06 21:52:41 +0000 UTC View PostSitting within a wide cave overflowing with trinkets and magical items, Jude and Glenny snacked on some dried meat while Gelo salivated silently in the corner. Everywhere they looked, enchanted weapons, armor, and plenty of shiny jewelry sat haphazardly on podiums of ice or thrown carelessly to the side.
A chain-whip sw...
2023-05-03 21:24:26 +0000 UTC View PostUnder the guise of a trickster moon, the dungeon transformed into a mystical wonderland. Tall trees stood against the dark night, highlighted from above like performers on a stage. The trees, naturally random as they were, acted as guardian statues protecting the final depths of the boy’s journey.
It was only through ...
2023-05-02 21:13:43 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you mean ‘three kids killed Banks and Ori!?’” the Huntress heard a voice shout.
She shifted slightly at the volume, shuffling into a tighter form to remain hidden. She couldn’t see the speaker, but from the pure booming power oozing from his annoyed tone, she knew him to be quite the opponent...
2023-04-30 21:23:25 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a round of Leland touching the two combatant’s with a green glowing finger, everyone sat and discussed.
“The ice cools me while my rage heats me up,” Jude explained. “The effects are a nice touch, also.”
“’A nice touch?’” Glenny said incredulously. “Your crescent strike pulle...
2023-04-30 05:45:57 +0000 UTC View Post“An… Incarnation?” Jude asked, his throat suddenly raw.
He looked from Gelo to her mother, finding both bears staring at him expectantly. They watched his subtle movements, the younger silently taking in the announcement. The older, however, answered.
“Indeed, a gift worthy of everything so far.”
N...
2023-04-27 20:42:31 +0000 UTC View PostJude’s eyes were the first thing to move. They twitched within their housing, rolling around the insides of their eyelids like they were having a bad dream. They shook and stammered, rotating with horrid vigor until his past traumas fully surfaced.
They came like a wrecking ball, gnawing away all of his security...
2023-04-26 04:18:02 +0000 UTC View PostBlack swirls of ink rotated around Leland’s crow tattoo. It moved through his skin like a worm in soil or a dolphin swimming through a swamp. Fit with bramble and thorns, the new tattoo wrapped itself into the crow’s talons like a wreath, giving the bird a proper place to stand. Still it shifted through different designs,...
2023-04-23 21:38:45 +0000 UTC View PostOpening the chest, Leland and Glenny were met with a pair of items. The first, and least cool-looking as Jude would put it, was a rolled up piece of parchment bound by a leather bow. The second, and more cool-looking, was a chain-link flail. A dark leather grip wrapped around the base hilt and handle, where ...
2023-04-23 05:31:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe cut on Leland’s arm healed before the frostbite did. Like a race, his skin reverted from black, blue, and lacerated to simply pale and smooth. It was a sight to see, one that Leland gawked at like a newborn playing with a new toy. Glenny, from a few steps away, held the same expression.
Most healing spells, or at ...
2023-04-21 20:24:16 +0000 UTC View PostLeland arrived in a veiled overgrowth of plants, trees, and shrubbery. A world of dense shadows and denser foliage greeted him, all of which was covered by the sounds of birds, the chirping of tree frogs, and the cries of small primates. Life was everywhere and anywhere, a scene untapped by man, monster, or time.
A plac...
2023-04-20 04:21:39 +0000 UTC View PostLeland didn’t notice the being until it was upon him.
A sea of furry ice was all he was able to take in before the surrounding silent monsters reacted. Each roared, growled, cackled, or whirled through the stands charging the new threat like their nests were being razed. There was no order, no evidence ...
2023-04-17 20:30:19 +0000 UTC View PostIt started with a single crack, a single breath, a single twitch. It rolled through the arena like a lengthy tide, like a cascading wave, like an unstoppable force.
It absorbed the rage of the battlefield like a dry sponge submerged in a tank of water. It breathed, it raged, it sang. It was, and always will be, a part o...
2023-04-16 05:40:44 +0000 UTC View PostGlenny, still invisible, kicked the floor, spraying the wraith in a sandy attack. The sand passed right through the monster. His eyes turned to slits with a deep growl, taking on the appearance of the Chameleon Lord. Thrust after thrust he battled the wraith with his conjured weapons, moving around at a rapid pace and never l...
2023-04-13 20:48:09 +0000 UTC View PostFollowing Glenny’s plan, the boys and Gelo huddled-up. They muttered between themselves, making sure to occasionally look down the stands and into the area. They would lock eyes with the King one at a time, each time for slightly longer than the last, and smirk.
This enraged the King. All fo...
2023-04-11 18:25:42 +0000 UTC View Post“Uncle?”
The question hung in the air like a confused hawk. The boys tore their gazes from the monster king to Gelo, who then flinched under their scrutiny.
“Err,” she meeked, stepping forward like a squire presenting a House. “These three humans wish to challenge you…”
Ice Castle’s king push...
2023-04-11 18:21:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe Ice Castle’s gates towered over the boys and Gelo but didn’t so much as reach half the height of most of the ice pillars. In a way, all of the snow fields were a moat to the castle. An infinite, worm infested, white void instead of a simple circular trench of water. The perspective shift, while not important,...
2023-04-09 21:03:38 +0000 UTC View PostName: Glenny Red
Legacy: Chameleon Archetype:
Novice of the Chameleon Lord
Overall Rank: 2
Initiate of the Chameleon Lord: Learning combat oriented techniques comes easier to you.
Hidden Passive: Ailment Adaptation.
Novice of the Chameleon Lord: Your fighting style changes slightly to the e...
Without disorienting pain, Glenny woke up not long after he adapted to his concussion. Gone was the Lord of Chameleons, gone was the ever present Sightless King, gone was the foreboding grogginess of not having a proper thought or idea. Now, it was only Glenny in healed mind, along with his thoughts as it should be.<...
2023-04-07 18:43:47 +0000 UTC View PostIt took an entire hour of nonstop spell casting to drain the worm’s soul. After the first fifteen minutes, Leland thought himself to be doing something wrong, but information pouring in from his Legacy told him otherwise. In the end, enough green mist poured out into the circle of purple fire to kill the great beast.
...
2023-04-07 18:41:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe group ran through the ice spires, the remnants of Gelo’s mother’s battle. Staying some distance away from each other, except for Jude pulling Glenny along, they threw caution to the wind and simply ran.
Rushing through the ground-ice like it was nothing more than fog or mist, the worm traced the group...
2023-04-05 18:58:45 +0000 UTC View Post“So where do we go, Gelo?” Jude asked the next morning.
Technically, the sun had never set in the dungeon. It hung high in the sky, never moving yet always shining. Which, while annoying while trying to sleep, was ideal for progressing forward into unknown territory. Sure, although there were situatio...
2023-04-03 21:26:57 +0000 UTC View PostLeland’s breath hitched as he viewed pearly white. He didn’t let himself stare, in fact he spun on his heel the moment his mind finally caught up. Before him was the exit to the dungeon, along with it the green glow of a one minute timer. He glanced to his left, finding Jude and the cub, weapon and claws out and ...
2023-04-02 19:28:10 +0000 UTC View PostGlenny fell, landing with a visible splash. He groaned, his wobbly form for all to see. With the effort of a tired lion, he forced himself to roll onto his back. The shallow pool of water was deep enough for water to tickle his ears, but frankly he didn’t care. He was bleeding too badly for that.
Removing his ring of ...
2023-03-31 20:31:09 +0000 UTC View PostLeland cursed as he reached for Jude. He tried to stop him. He tried to interfere. He tried to crush the rage before it consumed his friend. There was no time to talk about things. There was no time to hear out both sides. There was no time to argue whether to fight or not. There only was. And it was now.
Purple light c...
2023-03-29 21:45:33 +0000 UTC View PostBanks glared at Ori through magically enhanced eyes, bypassing the thick hazard of the swirling blizzard. Wisps of yellow and orange invaded his sight, highlighting edges and shadows in contrasting warmth. It wasn’t perfect vision, but it was enough for simply walking through rough weather. Ori, however, was a different sto...
2023-03-29 03:28:38 +0000 UTC View PostA vein in the Huntress’ temple throbbed like no other. She took her eyes off the boys for less than a week and they’d already gotten themselves into trouble. First a murderous Witch, then a city invaded by cultists. Now a weather mage of some kind on a remote island? She honestly couldn’t believe it. They were ...
2023-03-26 03:44:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe first fleck of this season’s snow fell just past noon on the opening day of the herbalism competition. The boys were wandering around the island, completely oblivious to the single snowflake. It fell silently, drifting through the slight breeze like a dandelion’s seed finding a new location to grow. It landed on the l...
2023-03-26 03:42:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe competitors were led out of the town and towards the cliff face and ocean. They traveled as a single unit, as Ms. Lavender wouldn’t allow anyone to find their own route onto the island. So, they traversed a descending ramp, one that carved through the cliff and down toward the shore. It was then Ms. Lavender explained s...
2023-03-24 21:23:17 +0000 UTC View Post
