The team had been aware going in that there were locations within the city that were more than just empty ruins. A number of trial-goers had reported such locations to the Magic Society and ...
2020-04-20 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Those vampiric monsters were a bit disappointing,” Jason said. “They didn’t seem so much vampiric as hung over. A bit peaky, bloodshot eyes. They didn’t even summon any bats.”
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2020-04-17 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostClive stood up from where he had been crouching to examine one of the empty web sacks. The clearing turned out to only be the beginning, with empty web sacks hanging from trees or fallen to ...
2020-04-16 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostWith a fully-fledged bronze ranker in their number, the team felt more secure as they made their way to the cityÂ’s interior. They progressed more swiftly than any of them had during the Rea...
2020-04-15 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe team congratulated Jason as another of his abilities reached bronze rank during his evening meditation. As they were all perpetually using the party interface, they had shared the notifi...
2020-04-14 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs they anticipated, they reached all twelve towers without encountering the cultists.
“Shouldn’t the pillars be central to what they’re trying to achieve?” Jason asked as they tea...
2020-04-13 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostClive tossed out some glow stones that floated up into the darkness, illuminating the huge figure that occupied the interior of the tower.
“A giant statue?” Neil postulated.
“...
2020-04-10 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe astral space was an island city of ancient stone buildings, reclaimed by jungle. Broad boulevards were covered in vines, grass growing up between displaced pavers. Buildings that were th...
2020-04-09 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostIn their hidden lair in the ruins of the Vane Estate, the leader of the local Builder cult, Zato, was fuming. One of the cultists had used a stone-shaping power to construct rooms in the sub...
2020-04-08 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs EmirÂ’s team came closer to opening the portal, the decision was made to move the team to the site under the lake. JasonÂ’s ongoing availability would be useful for the final push to open...
2020-04-07 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostJason and his team made preparations for their entry into the astral space, with some preparations being more important than others.
“I just can’t make that much crystal wash,” Jory...
2020-04-06 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostJason sat on the roof of his houseboat, cross-legged, with the rest of his team sitting around him. They all had their eyes closed, concentrating on forcefully projecting their auras. His te...
2020-04-03 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostOne of the ways Jason had made positive use of his recovery time was to get himself back into a training pattern. Rufus, Gary and Farrah had worked to instil good habits during his initial t...
2020-04-02 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe ordinary people left in the town werenÂ’t inclined to come out after JasonÂ’s display. From their perspective, the shadowy figure with the monstrous companions was demonstrably more dang...
2020-04-01 22:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe town was little more than a cluster of stone and clay buildings along a single main street. It was not the better for its new residents, with unrepaired signs of essence abilities being ...
2020-03-31 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostElizabeth Silva stirred when she felt something press down on her large, canopy bed. There was a young man in a dark suit sitting on the other side, cross-legged. She opened her mouth to cal...
2020-03-30 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe return of JasonÂ’s familiars went a long way to helping him feel better. With his improved soul sense he could feel their comforting presence within him much more strongly than before, e...
2020-03-27 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostIn the wake of Cole SilvaÂ’s arrest, his organisation fell into chaos as SilvaÂ’s cousins fought to seize control. At first it was restricted to carefully feeling out key people and quietly ...
2020-03-26 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostJason didnÂ’t go straight back to adventuring, instead spending his time in training and recovery. His team spent their days participating in the hunt for Killian Laurent, whose possession a...
2020-03-25 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostCarlos worked with Clive, directing Clive to draw out a ritual circle on the rooftop.
“This is a damage echo ritual,” Carlos explained. “It will let me examine the history of physic...
2020-03-24 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostA group of people made their way along to the marina toward the houseboat. It was led by Danielle Geller, along with Rufus, his mother, Arabelle, plus Clive and Vincent Trenslow, the Adventu...
2020-03-23 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe rest of JasonÂ’s team arrived in the three skimmers, with Clive driving one and a somewhat shaky Jory and Belinda driving the others, both for the first time. Everyone poured off the veh...
2020-03-20 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Where the hell are the bad guys?”
Still hanging from the ceiling, Jason remembered that his torture had come with torturers. They might have seemed inconsequential when he was facin...
2020-03-19 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe pain of the tiny objects digging into his flesh was something Jason could endure well enough. In the last six months he had endured enough suffering, mental and physical that he could ta...
2020-03-18 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostKillian began the elaborate preparations to use the star seed. He started by conjuring up skeletal arms that he used to hammer a spike into the ceiling, which he then hung a pair of manacles...
2020-03-17 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe room was almost entirely bare of features, a dark stone box with no windows. There was a heavy steel door, a recessed glow stone in the ceiling and a metal chain staked into the hard flo...
2020-03-16 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe criminal culture in Greenstone was in a state of extreme flux. The Builder cult purge had turned over every rock in Old City, exposing many criminal enterprises. That the cult had attach...
2020-03-13 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe cloud house had taken the form of a large two-storey building of desert stone. Jason found Clive and Belinda out front, working on the scattered collection of parts that used to be the s...
2020-03-12 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostJason returned to consciousness to find a small face looking down at him.
“GRANDPA!” she yelled at a brain-rattling volume. “He’s awake!”
“He’s also a little delicate,” J...
2020-03-11 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostJason extended his shadow arm to the roof of HiramÂ’s house as his shadow cloak appeared around him. He reduced his weight and retracted the arm, pulling himself lightly onto the roof. He lo...
2020-03-10 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post