Calista fell in behind Lefty and Narene as they entered the passageway. Behind them, they could hear the knight yelling through the doorway as he tried to force it open. Then the wall closed behind...
2023-07-26 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs it turned out, Narene had a pair of mana potions tucked in her robe, neither of which she minded parting with when they told her they weren’t going to hurt her.
Calista was glad the medu...
2023-07-25 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostCalista was stunned. The deception of the past few months was hitting her now as each scene began to play back in her mind. He had first told her about the move over dinner at a fancy restaurant. S...
2023-07-24 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostBehind them, another blast of fire lit up the fog as they marched the medusa down the hallway. Calista kept the point of her sword firmly up against her prisoner’s back as the medusa’s golden e...
2023-07-21 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostBehind her, she heard a hiss. By the name of the Goddess, we’re screwed. She had hoped the medusa would be too involved in her ritual to fight, but now, through the corner of her eye, sh...
2023-07-20 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostOnly the tiny room they had left wasn’t tiny anymore but was now a large circular chamber littered with tattered clothes and old bones. We got lucky. He changed it up again. As she lande...
2023-07-19 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostOne hand held the feather while the other held hands with the mage and Calista watched the cave floor get closer and closer until they landed softly in cold, waist deep water. She waded through the...
2023-07-18 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostLefty slammed the door behind them and the sound of the wind and the battle died to a low roar. Calista heard the mage flip and slide the locks into place as she looked around. They were in a stora...
2023-07-17 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe jar shattered against the wall. As the glass fell to the floor, a burst of air shot out and quickly enveloped the room in a maelstrom. It started with a howling wind that picked up
dirt, ...
2023-07-14 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLefty then mumbled a few words and aimed a finger through his cage. A second later, a thick, black oil was oozing all over Calista’s hands and forearms. Because her manacles were secured to a cha...
2023-07-13 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHer head throbbing and her vision blurred, she began to come to. The world was a buzzing, shifting mass of different shades of green and yellow. She tried shaking her head, but that only made her d...
2023-07-12 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe devil laughed as the cage door swung open. “You’re in for a hot time tonight, little delver. This will teach you not to steal from the wrong dungeon.”
Then the room door opened as t...
2023-07-11 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, what now? The floor was uneven and though her hands were bound behind her back, she managed to roll over and sit up. I still can’t believe I’m in this situation. I don’t ha...
2023-07-10 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostEver since she had first heard Smith and Smithey talking, she had been wondering as to their true nature and now she couldn’t help herself. What on earth were these two men doing. “So if you gu...
2023-07-09 17:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe trolls turned up a stairwell, Smithy and his torch leading the way. Calista went limp as she bounced against Smith’s lumbering bulk. Her head was full of cobwebs. However, not wanting to dist...
2023-07-09 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe wall slid open, revealing a darkened staircase leading up. Calista sent a sly smile back to her companion, “I guess we’ve found our way out.”
Two big blue eyes looked up at the stai...
2023-07-09 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Wait.”
Calista turned around to look at Nylvani.
The young Gothic woman had a vulnerable and worried look on her face. Behind the tangled black hair and the dark mascara stains, tw...
2023-07-07 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Do you know where you’re going?” Nylvani asked.
“Yeah, forward,” Calista replied.
“From there, I mean,” Nylvani said.
“Uhm … no, but that’s kinda the point of...
2023-07-06 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostThere was again a flutter of movement in the corner. She stepped around the blood as she wiped her blade off and tapped her pen light on again. The gloom still covered the far corner, yet Calista c...
2023-07-06 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe stones were finally quiet and all was silence. She checked her health bar. Calista was all healed up. So she pulled herself to her feet and tried to listen. Wait. What’s that smell? ...
2023-07-06 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostCalista fell into black nothingness until she landed with a bone shattering crunch. That’s it. I’m dead. However, as she watched and waited her death screen did not appear. For a long ...
2023-07-05 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe torchlight now allowed her to track the dragon and so when she saw the beast had turned its back to her, she crept away from the rock to duck behind a crowd of stalagmites. The rocks were tight...
2023-07-03 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostShe dusted herself off and turned around to see her Voorlock flopping and struggling in the corner. Its leg was broken, its right wing shattered, and its neck was bent at a funny angle. She knelt n...
2023-06-30 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“You know, I get it, you’re seduced. You don’t have to play along quite so hard, okay?”
The mage, however, not only didn’t respond but didn’t even seem to have heard her. Moving o...
2023-06-28 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostTogether, they traveled down the dimly lit corridor as it veered left and ended at a single wooden door. After checking for traps, Calista easily picked the lock. Inside was a torchlit room with tw...
2023-06-26 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostShenza din’Hooba, aka: “Lefty”
Human Wizard, Level 34
Wisdom: 16
Cultures: 22
Survival: 16<...
2023-06-25 01:14:08 +0000 UTC View Post“I didn’t know we had stumbled into someone’s personal fantasy land,” Calista said.
Lefty shrugged, “They say that the new neural jack is really something. I’ve heard it’s almos...
2023-06-23 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe next room was five sided with a high ceiling. Through the torchlight, Calista could see red markings carved into the floor. As she led Lefty into the room, she leaned down to read the carved ru...
2023-06-21 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostJust as the old woman had said, the key chain held a big brass key that opened the door. As the hidden door slid closed behind them, they stepped into the dark. Calista lit her pen light again, and...
2023-06-19 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostCalista: Delver (level 89)
Wisdom: 11
Survival: 17
Survival (forest): 23
Survival (mountain): 23<...
2023-06-16 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post