In a previous life, the sight of five gun-toting men would have sent chills down Luke's spine. Now, the sight was more annoying than anything else. The weapons were a mismatch: a farmer's shotgun, ...
2024-05-06 23:10:56 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Nate’s spell-casting got underway, Luke walked a fine line to keep the crab’s attention on him, without engaging it directly. He occasionally darted in and out, always staying just out of...
2024-05-05 23:17:34 +0000 UTC View PostIn the near distance, a couple of shelves over, a [Rock Crab] the size of a house hung off the cliff. It looked more like a lobster than a crab in truth, with a long body and segme...
2024-05-01 22:44:10 +0000 UTC View PostStanding in the middle of the storm, with the torrential rain swirling around him, Nate stood wearing a white toga, and a green feathered felt hat. He looked like a cross between a frat boy, and ro...
2024-04-29 21:52:11 +0000 UTC View PostHaving reached a begrudging acquiescence with Nate’s flatmates, Luke let Ted guide him through the building. Nate’s flat was on the fourth floor, so they had several flights of stairs to reach ...
2024-04-28 19:38:20 +0000 UTC View PostHaving a real moment of letting himself feel his emotions was truly cathartic. It was a deviation from Luke’s tried and true method of hitting things until the feelings went away. Not something h...
2024-04-26 01:49:20 +0000 UTC View PostAs Luke stepped through the rift into Paddington station, he took a moment to survey his surroundings. The normally bustling station was barren, with not a soul in sight. For all Luke knew, it coul...
2024-04-24 00:30:19 +0000 UTC View PostLuke knelt beside Rurik's lifeless body, his armour thrumming with barely contained power. Despite the dwarf's dull, lifeless eyes, Luke spoke to him as if he was still there.
He was in...
2024-04-22 00:48:55 +0000 UTC View PostAs Luke and Frank made their way back to Rurik's forge, Luke couldn't help but feel that the ancient city was different. There was something in the air, as if the death of Maruk had disrupted the d...
2024-04-20 22:24:11 +0000 UTC View PostIt took Luke twelve hours of cultivating [Recovery] to mend his leg enough that it could support his weight. This left the attribute at an even thirty. His swollen credit balance would have gone fu...
2024-04-19 22:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post[Level 20 Viran - A psion that walks the path of the Seismic Warlord. Core Domains: Marauder, Tyrant, Spear, Earth and Vastness.]
Clearly, Luke wasn’t the only one to have grown since their...
2024-04-17 07:42:18 +0000 UTC View PostLuke stood in the elevator, descending into the viran warcamp with Frank at his side. The ratling shifted uncomfortably, his feet pressing into the floor as Luke's Singularity Aura exerted its infl...
2024-04-15 22:05:52 +0000 UTC View PostLuke hefted Fenn with a grunt, idly smashing the blunt head into the face of a shambling zombie. The undead abomination’s skull caved in with a sickening crunch, copper coins spilling from the ru...
2024-04-13 21:17:39 +0000 UTC View PostLuke winced as he stretched out his shield arm, the limb was still sore two days after the vicious beating he had taken. He ran his fingers over the star-shaped scar on his chest. The barbed arrow ...
2024-04-11 22:40:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe absolute darkness enveloped Luke, suffocating and disorienting. It felt like being buried alive, the weight of the void pressing in on him from all sides. He couldn't see, but he could hear the...
2024-04-10 21:51:01 +0000 UTC View PostIn the distance, a [Nightwalker] ambled aimlessly through the streets. Its tall and slender form loomed large, but it wasn’t dissimilar to the [Shade] in appearance. The creature’s movements we...
2024-04-09 22:15:53 +0000 UTC View PostLuke watched in confusion as Frank fell to his knees, screaming, his head clutched in his hands. The plague rat squirmed in Luke’s grip, but he barely noticed, his attention fixed on his companio...
2024-04-08 22:16:37 +0000 UTC View PostLuke walked through the undead city with Frank by his side, their footsteps echoing crumbling buildings and abandoned streets. Having already cleared the surrounding area, Luke felt relaxed.
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2024-04-05 19:47:30 +0000 UTC View PostLuke dashed inside, as the scream was followed by a crashing noise. As he ran past Rurik, the dwarf stood aside, his arms crossed and his face impassive. The ratling had rolled off the table and wa...
2024-04-04 22:24:57 +0000 UTC View PostIn the depths of an aether storm, a planet shrouded in protective frost threw skyscraper-sized icebergs at a fleet of veilcraft stationed in low geosynchronous orbit above. The vessels were thickly...
2024-04-03 21:58:59 +0000 UTC View Post"Look what the cat dragged in," Rurik said when he greeted Luke. The spoken words were in Eldrinsvän, but communication across the omniverse was a lot easier when everyone involved was a psychic.<...
2024-04-02 22:38:39 +0000 UTC View PostStanding in the Prophet Sanara’s domain was like stepping into the fire pit. Luke felt like he was being cooked alive inside his armour, the heat seeping through the cracks and searing his ...
2024-04-01 20:30:38 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Luke consented to the upgrade, he felt the world spirit vanish from the dungeon. For a moment he thought he had just abandoned him. Then, he felt the evolution take hold. Within his soul, Luke...
2024-03-28 12:37:20 +0000 UTC View PostFor a moment Luke thought the ratling was going to attack him. They stared at each other for a few seconds until the ratling broke his hateful stare to look down at the jagged wound in its abdomen....
2024-03-27 16:01:58 +0000 UTC View PostDetails were hard to make out, but Luke could just barely see that the warlord wore giant pauldrons shaped like two large skulls. He wondered if this was where the system pulled the ‘three-headed...
2024-03-27 14:00:45 +0000 UTC View PostSlowly, as the door mechanism activated the large metal tumbler turned, and Luke could hear a large metal bolt being drawn back. Then there was silence, but for the dropping of water in the surroun...
2024-03-26 22:21:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe creature that emerged from the tar was grotesque. The closest natural analogue would be an octopus, but with a giant gaping mouth more suited to a leech. It had many tentacles, and no two were ...
2024-03-25 20:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Luke stepped onto the streets his metal boots clanked against the cobblestones. One enchantment his new armour was missing was one to quieten footsteps. Despite his system boosted [Agility], s...
2024-03-24 23:23:48 +0000 UTC View PostLuke’s shoulder was burning, and as time went on it just got more intense. The pain ripping the muscles was bad enough that he couldn’t think of anything else. With each breath out, Luke grunte...
2024-03-24 20:56:15 +0000 UTC View PostFacing a pair of ghouls in combat wasn’t something Luke was ready for. Bullying a few low-level zombies didn’t prepare him to face the elite Draugsvär warriors. The ghouls charged forward in s...
2024-03-23 22:21:21 +0000 UTC View Post