As the song swelled and my mana became stronger and easier to manipulate I began trying to wrap it around the massive knot in the world before me. Even with the power I couldn't encompass all of it...
2023-04-06 03:20:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe waystation girl had left us to go and gather the other workers here. There were only six in total, all of which were aware of the gate, for now though we needed to look at all the assets ...
2023-04-01 01:21:37 +0000 UTC View PostAs the whole village sat down and looked at our elder I couldn't help but sigh. It was clear that her news was bad from her expression alone, the only thing we were to find out was how bad.
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2023-03-29 23:09:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe hills blurred by us as Ulanion ran. We left the giant spacial distortion floating there, and the hole in the bedrock that was slowly draining the local water sources down into... wherever it we...
2023-03-28 20:25:45 +0000 UTC View PostThings began, as they often do, so easily. At my mark the portals flipped on and the projectile was released. This was all according to plan, all exactly as I suspected it should be.&nb...
2023-03-24 22:20:42 +0000 UTC View PostAs Elaya prepped to leave most of the village met. She didn't travel much, nobody really did, so it was a huge occasion. Well wishes were given and the gear of the party going out checked and refre...
2023-03-24 03:07:19 +0000 UTC View Post"For the record, you are Mary and Sloan, yes?" I opened with.
"That's quite so," the woman said for them.
"Excellent, you may call me Jenna. I'm here to look for issues with...
2023-03-22 23:13:20 +0000 UTC View PostI was still a bit pink faced when Ulanion left the lake, strolling out like he was in a superhero movie.
"So... how deep is it?" I asked, covering my face.
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I was forced to spend the next few days playing with the girls. While I knew mother had been told of the reason, she pretended not to notice since I was taking my aunt's punishment in stride. It wa...
2023-03-16 19:49:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning I met up with Ulanion; he'd been put in the room beside my own since he was a guard, but he joined me for a very quick breakfast. After that I began to move out into the town, taki...
2023-03-14 19:34:24 +0000 UTC View PostAyla moved as if she was going to try picking me up but I avoided her grasping hands like they were snakes.
"No, don't pick me up," I said with the harshest voice I could manage ...
2023-03-13 19:18:03 +0000 UTC View PostBefore we even made it through the gate Ulanion was giving me a look along the lines of 'Can't you go anywhere there aren't problems?' It wasn't like I was looking for them, just really, abysmally ...
2023-03-11 03:38:59 +0000 UTC View Post"Glad you're back," Dras said as we met for lunch.
"Yeah, me too,"
"Selene?" He looked up from his food questioningly.
"She's... rough, stil...
2023-03-08 05:07:50 +0000 UTC View Post"Come in," a small voice said after I knocked on the door.
What I found after opening it was a small bedroom, it was nice, but simple, the bed and small desk taking up most of it. Selene look...
2023-03-04 04:26:52 +0000 UTC View PostFirst thing was first, I needed to talk to Selene, and I needed her reports. Those had been put to the side for the moment, but that was going to change in a hurry. I began to move towa...
2023-02-28 22:12:44 +0000 UTC View PostFather had sent in a request for Dras to come and look at the gate they'd found. That was stupid and all of the people in the gate project agreed on it. Sure, I had no desire to go back...
2023-02-25 02:47:54 +0000 UTC View PostSelene
I awoke with a start, finding myself laid down on the ground, men bustling all around me. I wasn't chained, or held, or even being guarded by a number of soldiers.&n...
2023-02-22 04:34:58 +0000 UTC View PostVerren
I waited, looking between the gate in front of me and the city so far away. We'd seen our team make it to the gates, but from there it would be up to them. If they failed,...
2023-02-16 18:27:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe next few days were actually pleasant, from my point of view. Other than some light paperwork, (I was milking the missing fingers to escape what my could, but it was only so much.) and my few le...
2023-02-13 11:23:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt took hours to go over my story in full, but I didn't complain. The interviewer was a kindly looking old scribe who spoke to me very sparingly as we sat in the dining hall. He asked me to go over...
2023-02-09 17:06:53 +0000 UTC View PostIt was the valley from before, where I'd tested the portals. The smoke was no smoke at all, rather the steam from the many hot springs laced throughout drifting upwards in billowing plumes. I wasn'...
2023-02-05 03:32:09 +0000 UTC View PostBreathing room or not, I could not stay still. I needed to keep it going, so keep moving I did. Day after day I marched, teleported, and even made a few more sleds, to gain as much room as I could....
2023-02-02 15:58:58 +0000 UTC View PostComing back home was... refreshing. It even came with a few benefits. Since I'd been 'solely responsible' for the death of an animal, that particular animal's skin was mine to do with as I pleased....
2023-02-01 01:50:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe cliffs kept getting bigger and more imposing by the day. That was only good for me, though I tried to keep an eye on the area's outside of the mountains, skirting where I could rather then tryi...
2023-01-29 01:57:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe shape in the blinding snow slowly resolved itself as it lumbered forward and into my view. The bear slowly stumbled into the mouth of the cave, covered in white powder and looking for the momen...
2023-01-26 14:17:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe small cave widened behind the rock, but not by terribly much. I could now comfortably stand and walk, but it wasn't anything that could be described as roomy. It went back, and with a small lig...
2023-01-25 21:13:27 +0000 UTC View PostMarco
My hands hurt, my legs hurt, the damn hounds were exhausted, and all the men were pissed. Well most of them at least. The wizard, one of the higher ups from back home in Ic...
2023-01-22 20:21:48 +0000 UTC View PostI had several days of what could only be described as frustrating training. Elaya, for all that she kept an eye on me, and made sure that I wasn't doing anything stupid, was pretty bad at answering...
2023-01-20 21:26:03 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I awoke my head was still spinning. There were bells, such loud bells, sounding continuously. With an idle thought I reached up to scratch my face. That was when my eyes snapped back open, sen...
2023-01-19 21:10:38 +0000 UTC View PostBeing locked up was an all to common occurrence in my life. It never got any more fun either, but this was a new low. I was cold, alone, and feeling rather more abused than I would have liked. It a...
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