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Prologue: Birth

Hello once more, everyone! I am so, so sorry I haven't been around much these past few weeks, I was and am preparing for finals, and I am nervous. Very nervous. Normally, I wouldn't be able to writ...

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Chapter 70: Of Kin and Knuckers

  

Aby was excited, and incredibly so at that. It had expected plenty of windows appearing that night, as it did every night, miscellaneous windows informing it that some critter or...

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What happens next?

So, as you can see with the most recent chapter, we have a new Named creature in the dungeon! This is definitely a cause for celebration, but now I'd like to see what you all think should happen as...

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Chapter 69: A Night of Birth and Names

Hello everyone! You have my sincerest apologies for taking so long to upload this chapter, the semester is coming to a close, and I wish I had more time than I do now. Hopefully, the long chapter m...

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The Aby Survival Guide

Hello everyone! My most sincere apologies for not uploading in a little bit, thankfully the next round of exams has come and gone and I hope to have some more time to write! However, as I'm sure yo...

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Chapter 68: An Uneventful Day

Hi there! I just wanted to let you all know that I still, honestly, cannot thank you all enough for supporting me! I hope this chapter makes up for that in some fashion, I know it isn't too excitin...

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Rok Chapter: New Worries, New Goals, New Friends?

Hello again! It has been a few days since I last updated,and for that I apologize, but I wanted to bring you another Rok chapter. I know that it is two chapters in a row now without Aby's presence,...

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Interlude: Losses and Gains

Hello again! I finally finished up this interlude in a way I felt appropriate.I tried to work three things into this, trying to show just how major an impact Aby's impromptu bond with this poor mer...

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Chapter 67: When the Many Become More

Hi guys, before I get right into the chapter, I wanted to let you know I was going for something a little different than my usual style of writing, since this entire perspective is more than a litt...

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Chapter 66: Sela's Dark Journey

  

Sela jolted awake, sometime early in the morning. After the events of the day before, a long, restful sleep was everything she needed and so much more, and she was able to get ju...

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Interlude: Court is in Session

Hello! I wanted to take a moment to everyone who has decided to support me, honestly, you are awesome and I cannot thank you enough! I have one final interlude here, this time showing the Fae, and ...

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Chapter 65: Creation Therapy

  

Meanwhile, the grey, porous walls of Aby’s limestone halls finally returned to some semblance of the activity they had had before their unwelcome guest. Whatever spells he had ...

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Rok Chapter: Revelations and Obfuscations

  

Rok was starting to grow worried, after nearly an entire day had passed and The Mapper being nowhere to be found. It shouldn’t take this long for the man, not unless this dunge...

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Chapter 64: Victory?

   

And when the white fur of their unwelcome guest finally appeared from the darkness of the cave, the world burst into motion. It took barely a heartbeat for the mottled gree...

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Chapter 63: The Descent

  

“Honestly, little one,” started the strange thing violating Aby’s halls as he approached the entrance to the twelfth floor, “you are truly weird.” Another pang of annoy...

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Chapter 62: The Dive Continues

  

Aby had only a few moments to prepare the denizens of the eighth floor for the systematic invasion and inspection that seemed inevitable now, and it made the most of every moment...

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Chapter 61: One-Sided

 Unfortunately for Aby, the element of surprise isn’t something easily granted to a group seventeen strong, slogging their way through meter deep water while their leader has to shout comman...

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Chapter 60: First Three

  

It took just an instant, yet quite literally every single creature inside Aby’s myriad halls suddenly felt their creator reach out and directly touch their minds. For some, mos...

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Chapter 59: Impressions

  

Aby had just finished taking stock of its halls once more, already long used to this part of its routine. It had just sensed the first party of many that day cast an unseen shado...

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Rok Chapter: Invitation

  

It was with greatly mixed feelings that Rok found himself waking up well before the sun was even fully above the line of mangroves that surrounded his home. He was certainly anno...

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Chapter 58: Homecoming

  

Jim held Lorraine’s hand a little tighter as they swam into the structure that could be called the submerged partner to the floating Hall above, if one was feeling generous. Mo...

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Rok Chapter: Growing Pains

  

“I’ll say it again, Rok, I don’t care if you have the Guilds’ backing, I don’t care that because of Finder’s Law saying that you own this island and that bit of reef ...

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Chapter 57: Teamwork

  

A loud plink sounded out in the cavern of the third floor, or at least Jim thought it was the third floor, and he had to reach out his arm to catch his lovely wife as she rockete...

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Chapter 56: A Guild's Worries

  

The first rays of sunlight finally began to peek out from over the horizon, painting the skies over the Hynix Grand Reef a brilliant orange yet again. The waters were picturesque...

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Interlude: Introductions and Farewells

  

Aby watched as Sela and Carmine finally headed upwards, for real this time, according to the Siren. Apparently something about that level was considerably off putting to its comp...

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Interlude: Payment

 Hector scowled at the setting sun, watching as the brilliant light slowly dimmed, and the waters themselves shone orange as she dipped below the horizon. Even that warmth didn’t last long, ...

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Rok Chapter: Questions and Answers

  

Rok was sitting at his desk, busily reading over a small handful of the many reports Kelly had placed before him earlier that day. Across from him, the elf continued her slumber,...

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Chapter 55: Bonding

Aby watched as the drake shambled over to his usual bedding, looking for all intents and purposes to be a walking corpse. The core was completely at a loss as to what had happened, one moment it wa...

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Chapter 54: A Drake's Pain

The drake was currently sitting on his haunches, staring at those strange light things that had once overrun the site where he and that red kin of his had had their heated dispute. It was still a f...

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