“Leeka,” Micah called out, turning away from the glittering river. The orange skinned woman jumped, a guilty look on her face and her cheeks puffed out as she stuffed a piece of fruit into her mouth.
“Wuh ss it?” She tried to r...
2021-12-22 19:08:44 +0000 UTC
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Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Strength, Rending, Emberbreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 3
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Good Air 4, Embers 4, Pressure 3, Current/Flow 3
2021-12-17 18:06:26 +0000 UTC
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“He’s been in there for almost a half hour now,” Leeka observed, nodding toward the squat two-story bar across the street from them. “Do you think he’s stopped by for an after work ale or?”
Micah squinted into the darkness ...
2021-12-15 07:55:56 +0000 UTC
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Micah glanced up at the wooden sign adorning the building before pushing the door open and stepping inside. The business didn’t even have a proper name, just a picture of a pair of dice next to a crude drawing of a glowing sun.
As so...
2021-12-14 06:19:51 +0000 UTC
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The sun was just beginning to set as the barge pulled into Jakint’s empty and mostly silent docks. Outside of the Amelia which stood empty and anchored closer to where the river met the ocean, barely anything moved in the wooden n...
2021-12-13 04:31:03 +0000 UTC
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Grass, half again as tall as Micah swayed gently on either side of the Amghul river. Only by looking over the quickly flowing water could Micah actually make out the light blue of the early afternoon sky.
Jakaw sat on Leeka’s shoulde...
2021-12-12 00:56:56 +0000 UTC
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Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Strength, Rending, Emberbreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Good Air 4, Embers 4, Pressure 3, Current/Flow 3
2021-12-07 16:33:51 +0000 UTC
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Kat stood still on the tarmac. To her right were Bell Donnst, Jasper Haupt, and Ricardo Waggoner, the shareholder that had supported her bid to join GroCorp’s elite. Wind blew through her hair, heralding the eerily silent descent of ...
2021-12-02 18:41:45 +0000 UTC
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The hiss of air escaping was all the signal Kat needed to spring into motion. The heavy steel rolled to the left, barely making it a third of the way across the opening before Kat’s body squirted through the gap and into the room beyond.
2021-12-02 18:41:16 +0000 UTC
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“No your other left Kat,” Whip whispered urgently, pointing with a gloved hand. “The stallesp network has that hallway covered in warnings about failing structural integrity and radiation leaks. I don’t think we want to head in...
2021-12-02 18:40:43 +0000 UTC
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The tank thumped as its main cannon fired. Kat clutched onto the harness strapping her into her seat as the world vibrated around her, the hum of the tank’s antigrav engines picking up into a whine as it compensated for the force of the sh...
2021-11-26 18:36:09 +0000 UTC
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“Are you sure about this Baker?” Kat asked the nondescript silhouette sitting next to her in the dark of the hover tank’s cab. “A lot of your people might die if we do this.”
The end of the white cylinder in Baker’s m...
2021-11-23 19:41:07 +0000 UTC
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Kaleek planted his foot in the chest of a stallesp, kicking the creature with enough force that it went skittering across the galleon’s deck, the maul in its hands flying from its grip. He reached down, scooping his greatsword from the gro...
2021-11-20 22:09:38 +0000 UTC
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The crossbow thumped against Kat’s shoulder, unloading its payload into the furry body of a stallesp. The blot slipped past the creature’s half-donned armor and buried itself in its shoulder. It squealed and stumbled backward, hatc...
2021-11-18 01:10:28 +0000 UTC
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Kat ducked, loading her crossbow as a volley of spiked metal balls flew overhead. Below, a pair of smaller, single-masted sailing ships strained against the wind as the moved past the huge lokkel galleon.
She popped up, taking aim for ...
2021-11-15 19:22:10 +0000 UTC
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“Slow down Miss Kat,” Dorrik said evenly, one of their blades flashing through the air to slap her spare dagger out of her Pseudopod’s grip. “You only have a week or so of experience with the Dancing Blade specialization. Your ...
2021-11-12 00:56:24 +0000 UTC
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GET EVERYONE UNDER COVER, YOUR ENTIRE REGION IS ABOUT TO SUFFER AN ORBITAL STRIKE. JOIN ME IN THE DREAMSCAPE WHEN READY - D the words burned themselves onto Kat’s smartpanel as she was relaxing against a concrete wall, watching the 3445 su...
2021-11-07 02:33:15 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys, gals, and assorted pals,
I'm trying to keep everyone at least sort of updated on my activities so I figured I'd try to write these things at least twice a month. Speaking of months, this is National Novel Writing Month, so th...
2021-11-04 14:20:54 +0000 UTC
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Samazzar could feel Dussok and Takkla’s gazes on his back as the three of them strode toward the feasting pit. Technically Grimmshold and Chief Grolm called it a pavilion. Theoretically the pit had a roof made of crude timber with a ...
2021-11-04 04:54:51 +0000 UTC
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Waves of energy undulated around Micah as he sat cross-legged in the center of a ritual circle. To his left lay the river kraken, barely alive and only sustained by frequent applications of wood magic. To his right was a tree so tall t...
2021-10-26 17:59:37 +0000 UTC
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Sam watched on as Dussok and Takkla sat cross-legged by the fire, a glowing coal cupped in each of their claws. His sister’s face twitched, and the smell of burning meat reached his nostrils.
He winced apologetically. The oils ...
2021-10-22 12:46:25 +0000 UTC
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Dorrik leaned back in their duty station, taking a long sip from their glass of gweerma, before sighing wearily. When the Undaunted had arrived in Earth orbit and fought the Meritorious Industrial Harmony it had seemed like...
2021-10-19 14:29:31 +0000 UTC
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Jakaw chattered at the two of them, its tails swishing quickly back and forth in the humid jungle air. Leeka held up a hand, stopping Micah in his tracks as she squinted at the agitated monkey. She clicked twice at it before pointing i...
2021-10-16 20:52:31 +0000 UTC
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Torch flames crackled from either side of Micah as he sat cross-legged in the center of a large wooden building. On his right sat three small figures, their features obscured by cloaks made of iridescent bird feathers. Behind the...
2021-10-14 16:17:28 +0000 UTC
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I'm thinking of making this a semi-regular thing, but I guess that will depend upon your feedback. First I'd like to apologize for not writing as much as I'd have liked over the course of the Summer. This has been for a couple of reaso...
2021-10-13 17:24:23 +0000 UTC
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“Come on big guy,” Britt called out over her shoulder at Davis, “time’s a wasting. Plus, we’re gonna have to uncrate the suit and get it booted up before you can use it. No time for dilly dallying.”
Despite everything...
2021-10-13 16:42:30 +0000 UTC
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Sam sat on the dirt floor of the poorly thatched hut, squinting to read the poor handwriting of the tome open on his lap. Outside, the hooting and gibbering of goblins was barely audible over the sound of drums as the tribe finished its work...
2021-10-12 17:18:06 +0000 UTC
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“You’re going to have to watch out for more of them turrets,” Baker said, leaning against a wall of the elevator. In the depths of their hood, the end of a cigarette glowed cherry red.
“None of us know where all of them are,”...
2021-10-11 17:41:56 +0000 UTC
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A monkey chittered angrily at Micah, glaring at him as it clung to a branch. He glanced up from the muddy footprint he was inspecting to look at the angry ball of fur. Briefly, Micah considered bringing it down with a spell and actuall...
2021-10-10 21:19:01 +0000 UTC
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Micah was in the water in a flash, only delaying the handful of seconds necessary to slip on the armor. For a second he held his spear, frowning at it before glancing at the endless expanse of choppy waves. He wouldn’t have any way t...
2021-10-08 16:57:16 +0000 UTC
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