Sun rose over the Merl territory, its rays timidly peeking over the caldera where they had dug their homes. Viv packed up her meager belongings and enough food to last her a few days, courtesy of her hosts. Tweek sent her off alongside members of his family, including a worried old Merl woman who clung to him the whole time. ...
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2022-02-22 15:21:05 +0000 UTC View Post“You trapped me! You LIED! How could you?” I scream.
I shove Sinead, torn as I am by anger and betrayal. After… after everything! Everything we have done for each other, he traps me?
Too late do I realize that my strength should have caved his chest in, but Sinead merely turns aside to soften the blow and ba...
2022-02-20 11:20:02 +0000 UTC View PostThere was something about walking downhill on a full stomach with a slight wind and the scent of sap in the air. Viv was backed by enough stats to give her an olympic shape. It felt like being alive, especially after that last few weeks. Viv decided to push her vague annoyance at getting sidetracked by luck and her worry for ...
2022-02-15 13:30:47 +0000 UTC View PostPower feeds into the construct from four cardinal points. Sinead and Sivaya stand in the innermost circle where they will stay for three days until the ritual is complete, hands linked in symbolic union. Other fae and powerful mages like Ollie line the middle circle. We will be able to come and go thanks to the ritual’s ext...
2022-02-13 08:53:39 +0000 UTC View PostFarther in the city of the gods, a temple of august appearance stood on a secluded square at the edge of the cloudy abyss. Columns supported i...
2022-02-08 14:20:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe exploratory group walks into the dead world with care but without worry. All of us working together would be enough to topple a small nation, so I am not overly concerned, but it is the truth that our destination hosts strange creatures and that we had fatalities fighting off only a portion of the Last City’s skeleton m...
2022-02-05 16:45:09 +0000 UTC View Post“The passage is near the front wall at the base of a tower because the valley used to be the back, before everything went permonn-shaped. Fifty years ago, we were more scared about some of the weird shit the woods were throwing at us. Like walking trees. I saw one when I was three, you know? Killed my older brother, it did....
2022-02-03 11:58:43 +0000 UTC View Post“What were you thinking? By the Eye Ariane of the Nirari are you out of your mind?”
I sit back and relax, letting Sephare vent. I shall have to endure Constantine’s ire later and would rather preserve my strength.
“You enter Eneru territory secretly. You help fae escape vampires. YOU SINK A RO...
2022-01-30 14:51:08 +0000 UTC View PostKordok brought Viv back to her cage, then he took her cover.
“Compliance leads to peace; resistance leads to pain. Please follow me.”
It would be more annoying to Viv if the man had any emotion in his voice. Instead, the tall asshole was sort of subdued. He proceeded to poke Viv to wake her up every two hours ...
2022-01-27 09:51:44 +0000 UTC View Post“You need to evacuate while I hold them off,” I tell Sinead.
“We’ll rappel down the cliff, walk along the wall. Meet at evacuation site one?”
“You got it.”
“And be careful, poppet. The plan will work without them,” he whispers, “but not without you. You must return.”
“I will. No...
2022-01-24 15:49:23 +0000 UTC View PostViv expected much from the aftermath of the Herald’s death, most of it bad. The village had lost almost one person in five. It was a tragedy, one that should logically lead people to be dicks and blame her for not doing more. It did not happen, however. In fact, the villagers were abjectly grateful and treated her like a co...
2022-01-20 13:52:37 +0000 UTC View PostMy feet land on snow without a sound and I take a deep breath. It smells of cold and of pine sap. The air is crisp with only the lightest wind.
Tonight is a good night. Fluffy clouds cover the sky, not yet heavy with snow yet thick enough to protect our progress from the view of mortals. The forest here is dense and wil...
2022-01-17 18:36:14 +0000 UTC View PostViv’s rage did not evaporate when something heavy smashed through the palissade, but it did take a hit when she saw the culprit.
[Siege Tarantula]
“Holy shit.”
The creature plowing ponderously through the fence was a massive beast with large fluffy legs ringed black and white, and a head apparently des...
2022-01-12 17:11:11 +0000 UTC View PostOctober 1870
“The Council welcomes Ariane of the Nirari. Please check your talismans, thank you.”
The White Cabal council has changed a lot since my first visit. Frost has been replaced by his granddaughter Margaret who has dark hair except for a single white strand near the front. Cornelius, who did not appre...
2022-01-11 02:15:52 +0000 UTC View Post“We’re under attack!” Marruk bellowed from the wall, where Viv had left her.
“Gods dammit.”
The witch ran and swore, pushing aside the last scrambling villagers making their ways to safety. She saw Ardek the young hunter and Romus the veteran shoot arrow after arrow at something out of sight. The alderma...
2022-01-07 03:40:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe Crew clumped around the Gatling gun like ants around jam fallen from a scone. We could hear vulgar laughs from here, though the general noise remained low. They didn’t seem to be in a hurry.
“I bet I could pick off the Gatling servants from up here,” Felicia whispered from the side. The two of us had taken the...
2022-01-04 14:13:19 +0000 UTC View Post“No, out of the question. I’m not here to assist foresters with their pest problems. Spiders happen in the forest. It’s normal.”
“Please, great one, I see you are a mage! Sardanal himself placed you on the path.”
“Solfis, isn’t Neriad the one who rescues people?”
//The god of plenti...
2021-12-17 11:23:12 +0000 UTC View PostAlright so I love writing and I have plenty of projects but I'm feeling fatigue right now, especially since Christmas is coming and I can't see my mom and sis for the second year in a row. I shall depart for two weeks. There will be one more Bob chapter and then I'm out for December. Both the previous Journey chap and the Bob...
2021-12-16 17:13:19 +0000 UTC View Post“You could solve this entire situation in a week,” I remarked.
The blonde woman reclined in her seat, hands together and fingers twined in a demure pose that would fool many a man. She studied me with eyes as blue as a summer sky but infinitely colder.
“I have worked for decades to be able to solve a situati...
2021-12-16 16:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostViv rode on the back of a galloping horse, cursing every moment she had spent thinking pony girls were uncool. If she had learned to ride better, she wouldn’t be feeling like a potato bag strapped to a roller coaster right now. At least, she took solace in the fact that Marruk had it even worse.
“Damn. Stupid. Beast...
2021-12-11 12:39:57 +0000 UTC View PostJust as I reached the end of the circle of light, Ariane’s voice interrupted my mad dash.
“Alexander! Your guns.”
Her glacial voice cooled down my urgency. She was right, of course. I was running blind and unarmed into the maw of danger, and as my father always said, the line between courage and temerity lie...
2021-12-09 12:19:51 +0000 UTC View PostTraveling through the Enorian spring was the closest Viv had felt to being on Earth since landing on this weird planet. Fields of flowers and copses of trees shone a vibrant green on either side of the dirt road. Sometimes, they came across an abandoned field or the ossified remains of a stone building that could have been an...
2021-12-04 09:37:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe establishment known as the Pearl greeted me with a massive room vibrating with the din of conversations even so early in the day. A few steps up led to a central square covered in tables, couches, and chairs where men and their hosts socialized without reserve. A long counter extended to my left with a collection of bottl...
2021-12-01 18:08:16 +0000 UTC View PostHumans were capable of performing an amazing amount of mental gymnastics for the purpose of belonging, whether they were aware of it or not, Viv thought. She was no exception. When Solfis had made his speech on the plaza, the roars of so many throats had carried her away and she had not stopped to think, to criticize. It was ...
2021-11-29 06:35:24 +0000 UTC View PostIn September 1968, my strange mentor oversaw the last of my training to ascertain that it was conducted to her satisfaction. The ever youthful woman’s languid manners changed drastically as soon as the smell of spent powder caressed her dainty nostrils. She became focused and determined, accepting no less than perfection fr...
2021-11-26 15:32:20 +0000 UTC View PostAN: has mistakes because I'm late and tired, sorry. I'll go over it again.
Viv stood in the command tent, idly watching the map in front of her. It was of no use, of course, she could redraw it in her sleep. The strange circumstances had led to a very long, very narrow operation area where the center was as th...
September 1869, near the vampire fortress in Boston.
A blur. I use a thorn root to try and hamper him but the man reacts immediately.
“Magna Arqa.”
His soul weapon splits into two identical axes. Their edges glow an ominous crimson. A wolf-like cloak covers his head, only leaving a braided blond beard vi...
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