Kindra stood on the edge of a cliff. The sky was a hazy red. Dust and smoke flowed around her. The smell of it, along with blood, hung thick in the air. Another dream? Kindra looked a...
2024-12-21 23:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostWater dripped from a stone ceiling, falling and splattering into a red, bloody puddle. The smell of stone, metal, blood, and pain filled the cell. Diana breathed it in, enjoying the feel and taste ...
2024-12-19 23:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostKindra reached behind her and pulled, ripping the mana toward her. A sense of wrongness filled the air, and she frowned. What is causing that? She looked at the cave walls. Moisture clung ...
2024-12-17 23:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAika perched on a small stone outcropping. The sound of steps filled the air. She exhaled and held up her spear. Just buy them time. Mana flowed into her, surging with power.
Aika dove behind Kindra and laughed, the soft sound bouncing around the stone walls. Kindra chuckled with her, looking at the charred dwarves. Burns remained in their clothes, and smudges of ash we...
2024-12-14 23:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostKindra looked at the staring dwarves. “That was a soul.”
“And the person next to it?” Gleon asked.
“Death.” Kindra shrugged. “I think he’s a god or something.”
...
2024-12-12 23:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostMachine and flesh bore down on the group, metal feet clanking on stone. Gleon raised his axe and ran forward.
Kindra pulled out her crossbow and shivered. What the hell happened to those ...
2024-12-10 23:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostKindra walked through the illusion. Runes sparkled around her, ribbons of twinkling lights in the curtain of magic. That’s amazing. She paused and memorized for a moment.
“Kindra...
2024-12-08 23:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe group made slow progress, the massive bear carcass slowing their pace.
Weaving through the trees, Kindra looked around. The branches swayed in a soft breeze. The sound of chirping birds f...
2024-12-07 23:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostHazy trees towered around Kindra. An uneasy silence lingered in the air, lurking like the countless creatures that were out there, hidden. Her focus shifted, and she studied the trees. Mana flowed ...
2024-12-05 23:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe sound of rats filled Kindra’s ears. The smell of dirt and plants filled the air, and she sprinted, searching for something to give her an edge. Where’s Aika when I need her?
Vaulting ...
2024-12-03 23:38:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe thing lurched, its extra limbs swaying. Its flesh split open, revealing extra mouths. They all opened.
No more horror levels. Kindra shivered and pulled out her gun. Gleon’s red beard b...
2024-12-01 23:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe buffalo’s eyes glistened with the night, twinkling like little angry stars. Stars that had decided their next target. Oh no. It stared at Kindra, pawed the ground, and lowered its head.
Pain. It raced through the woman, and she hissed, opening her eyes. An ornate table with the most exquisite foods greeted her. Seared meat was piled high. Fruit was piled in decorative piles, and g...
2024-11-28 23:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostKindra grabbed her empty bowl and walked it to the basin. She rinsed it and the spoon. The sound of silverware filled the stone room, and she turned back.
“You ate so little,” Sigrid said...
2024-11-26 23:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostKindra walked into her room. She turned all her focus toward the surrounding magic. It blanketed everything in a soft light. Small runes decorated the space, and she masked her expression, memorizi...
2024-11-24 23:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostOre crunched beneath the hammer. The red stone crumbled, breaking into gravel. Grinding it into dust, she slowly filled a bucket. Walking over, she grabbed charcoal and limestone.
“Going to...
2024-11-23 23:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostKindra studied the runes that decorated a piston. The symbols danced across her vision, a language just out of reach. Why can’t I see it? There has to be some pattern. Some design, right? 2024-11-21 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Forcing one foot after another, Kindra stepped out of the forge and approached Dain. “Dad?” she called. “Mom said she needed—” She turned to the guards and stopped. Breathe. Just brea...
2024-11-19 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostA hazy city stood on the horizon. Smoke billowed in the air, and red scales glistened in the sunlight.
Am I dreaming again? Lizard-like eyes focused on Kindra, and massive wings chur...
2024-11-17 23:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe trio walked along the tunnel. Pock marks lined the walls, and Kindra grew bored. They walked and walked, eventually stumbling on a single item at the end of the tunnel.
Kindra kicked at t...
2024-11-16 00:22:40 +0000 UTC View PostJogging to the crack in the wall of the cavern, Kindra followed Gleon inside. The mana hung thick in the air. She waved her arm through it and tried to will it into herself. It didn’t work. The m...
2024-11-16 00:22:11 +0000 UTC View PostKindra felt time slow. She vaulted into the air and slammed her spear into a bird, sending it smashing into the ground. A bird extended its talons and slammed into her back. The talons hit the dres...
2024-11-16 00:21:16 +0000 UTC View PostGran ran her blade along the scales of the wyvern. The forest chirped around them, the trees casting everything in shadow. “Druid is more sensible.”
“She’s a smith, like Dain,” Gleo...
2024-11-16 00:20:09 +0000 UTC View PostKindra grinned, and Aika flew, fluttering up and stopping in front of her. Aika’s silvery wings flashed as she churned the air. Metal body armor lined every part of her, and a grin spread across ...
2024-11-16 00:19:12 +0000 UTC View PostKindra shoved on the heavy cart, rolling it forward an inch and hitting the stone doorway of the forge. She stared at the small lip of stone that had blocked the wheel. The small jump in elevation ...
2024-11-16 00:18:17 +0000 UTC View PostAika peered into the gloom. Blood droplets lay on the dusty stone floor. Collapsed walls and houses lined the street, and a mountain of stone entombed all of it, leaving it in dark silence.
S...
2024-11-16 00:17:44 +0000 UTC View PostBreathe. Kindra forced the panic away. Grabbing her mana, she let her instincts take over. The runes of the shield blazed through her mind like a fire, and she ignited them.
Transpar...
2024-11-16 00:15:45 +0000 UTC View PostTurning away from the grub, Kindra looked for Stavn, who had fled the area as if the mana was a deadly toxin. It was only two hundred mana or so. She shrugged and looked into the smooth tu...
2024-11-16 00:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostMagic churned around Kindra. Runes flashed like stars, and she felt a burning desire to rip it apart. Studying the runes, she started form the sequence. “Stavn?” she asked, letting her anger sh...
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