Chapter 20: Through a Glass, Darkly
In a little box of a room, under the Courthouse of a certain city…
The terrible voice above him made ‘tsk’ noises. “Daxerris Stoneboro.” The voice was cold — like burning...
2023-07-19 05:16:22 +0000 UTC View Post
In a little box of a room, under the Courthouse of a certain city…
The terrible voice above him made ‘tsk’ noises. “Daxerris Stoneboro.” The voice was cold — like burning...
2023-07-19 05:16:22 +0000 UTC View PostIt was an eerie, uneasy period right after her refusal to play ball with Greizer. She blotted him out, blotted the mirror out, and simply waited, putting all her cards on silence, ambiguity, and he...
2023-07-19 05:14:18 +0000 UTC View Post“What?” Bast looked utterly puzzled and innocent. “Well, I might trace those lines over a little on th-”
“Don’t you ‘trace those lines’ me! Th- th- what the fuck?” ...
2023-07-19 05:12:56 +0000 UTC View PostAbove the goddess Redberry, the dryads tittered, one leaning over to another to whisper in her ear, as yet another called out, “Call her Baby!” which caused a ripple of laughter. Redberry’s h...
2023-07-19 05:11:35 +0000 UTC View PostSammy’s relaxation time and internal musings were interrupted by a ‘ping’ from Estara at the hand mirror. Sammy could already ‘feel’ the realm she was in and its distinct separation like ...
2023-07-19 05:09:02 +0000 UTC View Post
“Yes, Transplant,” Orswyth repeated. “People from another wor-”
“I know, I know, ah, which world? Did he say?”
Orswyth seemed to consider this a moment, nodding vaguely. “...
2023-07-19 05:02:53 +0000 UTC View PostTo the question of the price, the black-armored beast of a man Danomeir shrugged his shoulders. “Half my normal rate, but I thought it would be an easy job.” He looked down at the bloodied corp...
2023-07-19 04:59:32 +0000 UTC View PostTristan Algeros was the founder of the Algeros Oceanic Trading Company, which rose to prominence in an age of sailing and exploration on the world of Oderghaust Merix. He brokered multiple huge...
2023-07-19 04:58:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe sound of some blade, likely an axe — or maybe two of them — splintering wood continued, as Sammy stared through the portal at the man preparing for his last fight, his face that of grim, re...
2023-07-19 04:56:16 +0000 UTC View PostDax and Merril appeared to walk through an alley between buildings of unknown use, all such buildings in the area being very tightly packed together. Dax needed a key to get through some side door ...
2023-07-19 04:53:01 +0000 UTC View PostSammy decided to step down from the throne again for a spell, to have a walk around the platform. The marble disk was quite sizable for the action, which she made full use of by strolling along the...
2023-07-19 04:51:35 +0000 UTC View Post“That’s splendid, my lord,” the servant said to the young man in the most neutral tone to ever exist, nothing at all indicating he had any clue or curiosity what was being referred t...
2023-07-19 04:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt took very little effort to convince the man to come clean, on threat of poorly defined, even worse consequences executed by Dominion agents who ‘were intimately involved’ a...
2023-07-19 04:44:57 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn’t long watching the man shave before Sammy found it distasteful, but she kept it up in case he broke his silence during the act, while also checking on other mirrors nearby.
Soon it...
2023-07-19 04:43:49 +0000 UTC View PostEstara’s mirror was the all-metal hand variety and was slightly scuffed and imperfect. The servant girl was whispering into it, a bedpost and a wall at an angle behind her. The lighting was spars...
2023-07-19 04:36:33 +0000 UTC View PostAt the feast table Sammy was observing, the man who toasted finally sat back down, and no sooner than he did another well-dressed nobleman at the opposite end rose, which drew everyone’s attentio...
2023-07-19 04:31:33 +0000 UTC View PostTaking a deep breath, Sammy knew she needed to respond to the girl immediately, but she wasn’t exactly used to speaking as someone who was majestically projecting from a throne to a potential sub...
2023-07-19 04:29:33 +0000 UTC View PostSammy immediately shot up onto her feet with a yelp from the shattering of the mirror/portal, though no physical harm came to her. Inwardly, it was somehow like a slap in the face to her extended s...
2023-07-19 04:25:12 +0000 UTC View PostHer immediate thoughts to the great mass of insanity that assaulted her was that it was a harrowing nightmare.
I haven’t even smoked anything in days! Did I eat something weird recently...
2023-07-19 04:22:16 +0000 UTC View PostSammy was super pissed because someone had stolen her goddamn tarot deck yet again.
She had no idea who or why, but four times in six months was slapstick insanity. It was a...
2023-07-19 04:17:07 +0000 UTC View Post