In the silence, Shanine looked between all four of them, eyes jumping from one to the other. Zed knew she was searching, looking for something. He knew what it was but left it to her to ask the que...
2023-12-17 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSeth looked at it closely but couldn’t discern any more than its aesthetic appeal. “It is?” he asked.
Jim nodded. “He’s probably being sponsored by one of the houses. He must be tal...
2023-12-17 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostShanine sat up on her new bed, easing herself into a comfortable position. From the expression on her face as she did, she would’ve preferred something more comfortable.
Zed watched her go ...
2023-12-17 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostLucas led them from the room, silence his new companion after his outburst. The short exchange in the waiting room had given Seth a broader understanding of how much the world truly disliked the co...
2023-12-11 04:06:51 +0000 UTC View PostSeth watched the man through hooded eyes. “I thought you just said solo adventures are a quick way to die.”
“So is being what you are,” Jim replied casually. Then he turned to him and...
2023-12-11 04:03:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe adventurer’s guild building was a massive conglomeration of roofs and buildings that rivaled the sight of castles ancient even to the world before the first crack. Its compound was larger, la...
2023-12-11 04:02:22 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note: This chapter contains sexual content: Age discretion is advised. That said, I will mark where it begins and where it ends.
Ezril was halfway inside his tent...
2023-12-11 03:57:54 +0000 UTC View PostWhen night came a few of the adults had a fire burning as they did every night. It was a fire that would burn deep into the night, adding its crackling symphony to the forest’s echoes, a new memb...
2023-12-11 03:51:52 +0000 UTC View PostEzril looked up from his Sunders, shaken from his surprise.
She was old. Very old. Her weathered skin, leathery from age, drooped on both sides of her face where her cheeks hid beneath it all...
2023-12-11 03:48:41 +0000 UTC View PostAwakening cocoon. Zed wasn’t entirely sure how to feel about that even as the lower left portion of the crimson orb was blasted into oblivion. Unfortunately, while it was no longer as th...
2023-12-11 03:42:23 +0000 UTC View PostNo one said anything. They all stood, patient, waiting for what would happen next. Zed’s intrigued smile never left his face.
“I’m just saying,” he said. “It’s kinda odd seeing an...
2023-12-11 03:39:41 +0000 UTC View PostZed sat down with thoughts running through his mind. He would be worried if any of them were actually important. Regardless, they continued to flow, countless and merry as if important in their own...
2023-12-11 03:37:23 +0000 UTC View PostIshtaaq woke up slowly, groggy and on the edge of confusion. He laid with his back against the ground and his eyes to the sky. The view that met him was a canopy of green leafy tree branches. They ...
2023-12-06 05:31:03 +0000 UTC View PostThis is a Hobby. Please help make corrections where you see fit, suggestions are greatly welcome, and plot holes being pointed out will always be appreciated. Enjoy at your own peril. Also, title s...
2023-12-05 06:02:09 +0000 UTC View PostLenaria stilled under Ezril’s touch, growing quiet. Her body rigid, as though mounted to the spot where she stood.
Ezril had had encounters with time. Perceptions warped with it seeming to ...
2023-12-04 22:36:03 +0000 UTC View PostLenaria had grown more affectionate over the days, touching him frequently, and easily. Maintaining prolonged physical contact. Once, when they had been talking, her hand had been on his face the e...
2023-12-04 22:32:10 +0000 UTC View PostOn their second night Cyrinth had looked at Ezril’s Sunders strapped to his back as if they were useless before telling him its uselessness in the art he would teach him. That night Cyrinth had h...
2023-12-04 22:29:00 +0000 UTC View PostSeth nodded to himself after a while and said, “We are.”
When he turned his head to Jim. Jim could see he had made a decision.
“So?” he asked. “What’s it going to be?”
... 2023-12-04 22:24:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe seminary, as cruel a place as it always proved itself to be, was nothing if not consistent. When a seminarian displays an aptitude in one talent, they honed it. The countless training implement...
2023-12-04 22:22:34 +0000 UTC View PostSeth absently adjusted the straps of the sword he had still not yet seen.
“Is it that heavy?”
Seth nodded.
Jim chuckled. “That’s because you’re wearing it wrong. Weapons...
2023-12-04 22:19:00 +0000 UTC View PostPanic filled Daniel’s mind. He’d allowed much happen during the spars because the ship had enough health potions to restore almost any and all injuries. They were high grade alchemical concocti...
2023-12-04 22:14:22 +0000 UTC View PostOliver’s jaw dropped.
“What the hell just happened?” he asked, practically bolting from his chair. His legs carried him all the way to the glass before he could even think about it.
... 2023-12-04 22:08:14 +0000 UTC View Post“What are they doing?” Kid asked. He was standing next to Daniel now, watching the spar that was less a spar and more a fight unfold before them. On his left, Ronda watched with a strong frown....
2023-12-04 21:56:29 +0000 UTC View PostZed had hoped to get Chris with that one. It wasn’t necessarily a surprise attack, not as far as surprise attacks went, but it was sure to take her by surprise. From what he knew about magic, not...
2023-11-30 06:04:43 +0000 UTC View Post“Bone density,” he muttered, staring at the notification. He would’ve liked to say he couldn’t believe he’d forgotten about the attribute but that would’ve been a lie. Bone density was ...
2023-11-30 06:00:55 +0000 UTC View PostEzril’s head turned immediately. Looking over his shoulder he saw Lenaria standing in front of the tent, eyes casting in different directions, searching. He returned his attention to Cyrinth but ...
2023-11-30 05:53:59 +0000 UTC View PostEzril had been wracking his mind in search of what to expect of his observer. Now, he relaxed in recognition of the voice of an old friend.
By the life of him he would never have thought anyo...
2023-11-30 05:28:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe houses were quite literally self-explanatory.
When the car dropped Seth off at his destination, he found himself standing in front of a cavalcade of houses lined side by side. Each one wa...
2023-11-30 05:24:13 +0000 UTC View PostSeth walked for ten more minutes before he held up a pedestrian. The lady was plainly dressed in a simple pink gown that hugged her features enough to note her minor curves but naught more with per...
2023-11-30 05:19:51 +0000 UTC View PostThis was insane.
Staring at the bustling crowd of people selling their wares and going about their day, Seth could not stop the frown that contorted his face. It was not anger. No. Anger was ...
2023-11-27 05:44:38 +0000 UTC View Post