David Swan sat quietly in an interrogation room. He was the only one there, left to his thoughts.
He didn’t panic, just stared the metal table bolted to the ground. In front of him was a on...
2024-03-18 08:18:12 +0000 UTC View PostOfficer Clivensky was Naymond’s officer of choice.
He was a large man with a deep tan. And by large, Melmarc didn’t mean fat or obese, he meant huge. He looked like he benched three eleph...
2024-03-13 18:44:13 +0000 UTC View PostTimilehin stood at the entrance of Forlorn’s cell a behemoth of a man. With his size he covered the entire doorway.
He stepped into the room with Forlorn and came under the pale blue light,...
2024-03-11 04:33:03 +0000 UTC View Post“My thanks,” the man replied Prince Mardin from beneath his hood. “Now there was once a young boy once upon a time in the ruined cesspool of a beautiful city. He enjoyed his life within his l...
2024-03-11 04:26:42 +0000 UTC View Post“Naymond Hitcock,” Delano mused on the other side of the phone. “Never heard the name.”
Melmarc was back in his hotel room. Today was the last day of his government approved stay. If ...
2024-03-11 04:21:38 +0000 UTC View Post“My most amazing Faker!” Naymond said with theatrical excitement as the other detectives flocked out of the room with their mentees. “You have no idea just how motivated I am to finally have ...
2024-03-06 06:00:30 +0000 UTC View PostUrden came awake screaming and gasping. His cassock was soaked in sweat and a terror grasped at his heart as he cried into arms that held him with so much untainted love. But somethings were greate...
2024-03-05 02:20:36 +0000 UTC View Post“You want me to send an Iron into the crack?!” Faust asked, flabbergasted.
Jabari nodded. “I do.”
“But the boy will die.”
“He’ll be fine. He’s stronger than you ...
2024-03-05 02:15:39 +0000 UTC View PostKid was mumbling incoherently to himself as they walked through the small hedge in front of them. Zed had cut them a wide enough path using [Sharp] and was happy to see that the rune’s effect had...
2024-03-05 02:08:28 +0000 UTC View PostMelmarc sat, nervous, in a wide waiting room, black envelope in hand.
Around him was the constant hustle and bustle of men in uniforms and half-dressed men and women, with clothes that either...
2024-03-03 06:57:35 +0000 UTC View PostFaust walked the confines of the seminary like a wraith haunting a home. In the darkening evening there was little chance anyone would see him. By this time, the seminarians would be having their d...
2024-02-28 05:48:16 +0000 UTC View PostEzril blinked the darkness away, but he might as well have waved away the air. Unable to see, he sat up with ease. The floor was covered in grass and served as a soft bed to his rump, so much so th...
2024-02-28 05:40:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun was high in the sky, a slow signal of a long morning and a coming noon. It was bright and flared with significant heat.
At least Zed thought it did. Walking beside Kid, he couldn’t ...
2024-02-28 05:36:49 +0000 UTC View PostMelmarc sat in a waiting room, legs bouncing in nervousness.
He was not alone. Beside him was Ark, looking calm and casual, always able to be calm in nervous situations.
There a few mor...
2024-02-28 05:27:31 +0000 UTC View PostDaniel was having a bad day. Or a bad night. To be fair, he’d been having a bad everything.
He’d been interim captain for about a week and he’d already lost contact with HQ, lost a buck...
2024-02-26 21:06:42 +0000 UTC View PostThey couldn’t afford to let the fight drag on. But if there were no wisps, how could he change its course? If Berlak evaded him at every turn, how could they turn the tide? The answer came to him...
2024-02-26 20:58:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe air was heavy. It tasked his breathing and slowed his charge. He felt death reia gather at his hand with every intention of crippling his brother. He would get a warning at best, but it would b...
2024-02-26 20:38:10 +0000 UTC View PostMelmarc froze.
The distance of the portal was displayed above Ninra’s head. He stepped in her direction and it reduced.
127.99km…
Ninra looked at him with worried eyes. “Is ...
2024-02-24 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“You have two swords, Jabari, defend like you mean it!” Igor barked. “That you are up against a silver mage is no excuse.”
Seth grit his teeth as Forlorn slipped between his defense a...
2024-02-24 06:16:46 +0000 UTC View PostEzril saw the moment the fight was decided. The climax to the torrential build up. Olufemi swung the Sunder in his left hand. A downward stroke designed to take his enemy’s head. Berlak reacted a...
2024-02-24 06:04:47 +0000 UTC View PostBent over a dead mana beast, Zed let out a deep breath.
It had been two days since they’d found the Devil lance and things had been going steady ever since. They’d left the town with the ...
2024-02-24 06:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostMelmarc, Delano and Eroms were still on the stair case when the police arrived.
There was a rhythmic bang on the door, violent and persistent before someone realized it wasn’t locked, and s...
2024-02-21 06:24:33 +0000 UTC View Post“I feel stronger.”
Zed nodded. “I’m sure you do.”
He was trying to think. He’d always been of the opinion that he would do anything to help Shanine learn magic. He just hadn...
2024-02-21 05:22:31 +0000 UTC View Post“I swear it was just annoying hunting beside mages so weak.”
Barnabas shook his head in sympathy. “Mine weren’t so bad. It must’ve been tough, though, Forlorn.”
“I can’t...
2024-02-21 05:08:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe war raged on within the city walls, though the carnage was not as depressing within as it was without. Ezril carried himself in a full sprint, his previously perceived fatigue ebbing away at th...
2024-02-21 04:31:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe carnage of Olufemi’s battle against Berlak seemed to stand out over the war that raged around them as Ezril fought off his two opponents. At intervals, priests and kingblades stepped in to ai...
2024-02-19 09:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostNi Ta Nu sat with the comfort of a queen on her throne. The chair she sat on had a raised back rest that was higher than she was tall. She had gotten it from a dead world about a year ago. During h...
2024-02-19 08:57:38 +0000 UTC View PostBehind one of many buildings Jennifer squatted, working on something that looked like a mobile phone.
She slipped the last compartment, successfully coupling the device back together. She hel...
2024-02-19 08:49:48 +0000 UTC View PostEroms was a Gifted?
Well, it kind of made sense in a way. Hindsight being what it was, Melmarc could see the possibility. It was very clear now. The constant eating and being offered food. Th...
2024-02-13 12:16:22 +0000 UTC View PostBabajide looked like a dying husk on his chair. The only sign of life in him was in the slow and painful rise and fall of his chest. His eyes stared ahead, empty.
“Uhhh…” Zed looked fro...
2024-02-13 12:14:05 +0000 UTC View Post