Rabban approached me. "Where can I exchange gold coins or jewelry for local money?" he asked, his voice gruff.
"I can exchange it for you."
He nodded and handed over ten gold coins. The...
2024-06-30 16:02:41 +0000 UTC View PostName: John Rue
Age: 20
Familiar: Rue Level 8
Display Class: Healer Level 11
Healer Spells:
Heal Muscle - 22
D...
2024-06-29 16:30:43 +0000 UTC View PostAfter what felt like an eternity of driving, the visibility finally improved. I sighed in relief and asked Mahya to take over the wheel. Pulling over on the side of the road, we switched places, an...
2024-06-29 16:07:08 +0000 UTC View PostMahya and I decided to "milk" Vegas, but we did it differently this time. An internet search revealed that the smallest country in the world after the Vatican and Monaco is Nauru in Micronesia, kno...
2024-06-28 00:02:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Wind, rage through the dunes,
Swirl the sands in wilder tunes
Fire, burn bright and high,
Paint your passion 'cross the sky
Water, surge and flow free,
Carry whispers to the sea...
Call of the Sand Storm, heed my call
Stir the sands, rise and fall
Desert dunes, begin to sway
Let the storm have its way
Oh mana, ancient and free
Listen to this bard's p...
After yet another failed attempt to connect to the earth, I had to concede defeat and search for another solution. With a heavy sigh, I sat in the middle of the yard for over half an hour, racking ...
2024-06-27 13:57:34 +0000 UTC View PostI never thought I'd be excited about getting shot at, but here I was, grinning like an idiot as I hefted the small paintball gun in my hands. The Nevada desert stretched out around us, a sea of san...
2024-06-26 17:13:41 +0000 UTC View PostOn our second evening back in Vegas, Mahya made a grave tactical error: She sat with Rue to watch the movie Max. Rue discovered that the dog's role was to guard and patrol. From that momen...
2024-06-26 10:20:52 +0000 UTC View PostWhen we returned to Vegas, I didn't want to book a hotel suite, so I found a private bungalow on the south end of Las Vegas through Airbnb.
Over dinner, a question lingered in my mind, refusi...
2024-06-25 11:55:34 +0000 UTC View PostAfter I finished engraving the first mask, I called Al over.
"Please spray some potions on me; I want to check that the mask works."
To be safe, I sat down on the couch. Al took out a s...
2024-06-24 12:47:10 +0000 UTC View Post
After the soldiers left and Mahya and I stopped laughing, Sonak went to his room and disappeared until the next day when Al came back. I thought he felt embarrassed and didn't want to show his face...
2024-06-23 13:55:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, I did another search online, looking for a place where they could have transferred the Traveler. Area 51 stood out from the start, but it was such a cliché that I couldn't believe th...
2024-06-22 18:52:39 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Sonak stormed out, I turned to the others and commented with a raised eyebrow, "Even for a redhead, that was excessive."
Al's brow furrowed in confusion as he tilted his head slightly. ...
2024-06-22 12:57:37 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I woke up, my throat felt raw and scratchy, as if someone had rubbed it raw. I experienced a piercing pang in my throat with every cough, and swallowing became rough and uncomfortable. It didn...
2024-06-21 19:59:18 +0000 UTC View PostWe landed very close to Sloan but outside the settlement limits. It was so small that I didn’t even know if we could call it a settlement; it was tiny. Luckily, it was predawn, and everybody was ...
2024-06-21 10:08:32 +0000 UTC View PostIn the morning, Mahya and I first sat at the computer to find a place where we could take off in the balloon. Quickly, we discovered we were optimists.
Our first challenge was finding a suita...
2024-06-20 08:36:37 +0000 UTC View PostAuthors Note
Maybe I just started publishing a story recently, but I have been writing all my life. from short and children's stories for fun, to articles for my blog.
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2024-06-19 10:22:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Through the misty morning, I set my sail,
On a path unknown, where dreams prevail.
The ocean's whisper, a call so deep,
In its gentle embrace, my heart finds peace.
Chorus:
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2024-06-18 22:11:53 +0000 UTC View PostOn the first day of sailing from Hawaii, we had perfect conditions: smooth sea, good wind in the right direction, but not too strong, and excellent visibility. Al took the helm, so I sat on the bac...
2024-06-18 21:47:44 +0000 UTC View Post
From Shanghai's bustling quay, we embark on the northern sway,
Where the compass needle twirls, our sails unfurl to play.
Past the isles of Japan, where cherry blossoms lay,
A whispering s...
In the vast blue expanse where the sky meets the sea,
Lies a trail of islands, ancient and free.
From the shores of Nippon to the atolls so grand,
A seafarer's passage t...
After two pleasant days of sailing in perfect wind conditions, we sailed into Kewalo Basin Harbor, between downtown Honolulu and Waikiki. After a brief consultation, we decided to book a hotel inst...
2024-06-17 15:10:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Surrounded by sea and sky,
Sun above, trade winds high,
In this vastness, here am I,
Amidst the waves, alone, I lie.
Once, this place was home to me,
Now, a visit...
The ocean was much nicer and cooperative during the next two days of the voyage. I finally met the trade winds the articles on the internet promised me, but they were gentle enough that they didn't...
2024-06-16 21:18:34 +0000 UTC View Post
