The force with which she was pulled from the portal was almost disconcerting. Aurora struck the ground hard, barely landing on her feet.
Around her, her teammates landed haphazardly. One hit ...
2024-10-11 11:54:37 +0000 UTC View Post“But murder wrong. Melmarc tell Veebee this. Melmarc not murder.”
The words shook Melmarc to silence. It was true, he had technically told the creature that Murder was wrong. And even if ...
2024-10-10 06:53:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe loud chime of the bell rang through the room. In all honesty, it wasn’t necessarily a loud chime, it simply rang to loudly in Fjord’s ears. Considering his only rising alarms were a rough t...
2024-10-08 16:53:00 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Aiden brought the axe down, the tension in the room came down with it. Emotions crashed into their owners. A few eyes looked away, faces turning away for one reason or the other. A few gasps f...
2024-10-06 16:57:34 +0000 UTC View PostValdan winced visibly when Aiden slapped Belle.
The action had surprisingly been like watching an adult slap a child. He’d just stood there, waited, then slapped her at just the right momen...
2024-10-05 02:21:31 +0000 UTC View PostPower has always been the gift of the strong. With the weak, power was simply relative. Most people would have you believe that power in general was relative. But it was not. If you were an ant in ...
2024-10-03 08:07:19 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you sure you want to do this?”
Belle turned at the sound of Alev’s voice. She was currently standing guard at one of the back entrances into the building. It wasn’t popular to an...
2024-10-02 04:28:41 +0000 UTC View PostElaswit had the most politically correct smile on her face as they walked into the ball. It would’ve been hilarious to look at if it didn’t fit her expression quite perfectly.
“Why exac...
2024-10-01 11:32:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe stairs were definitely the right choice, Melmarc thought as he ascended the stairs three at a time. Naturally, it would’ve been a dumb decision if you took time and strength and endurance int...
2024-09-30 13:24:29 +0000 UTC View Post“No.”
It was all Melmarc could think to say. In fact, there was no need to even think about it. It was the default answer, as simple and correct as blinking. You didn’t even need to thi...
2024-09-29 16:48:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe rain was heavy. Surprisingly, however, Melmarc felt nothing of the cold.
The street had a few people traversing it, walking with umbrellas over their heads or covered in raincoats of vary...
2024-09-27 18:43:54 +0000 UTC View Post<<I’m hungry, can I have him?>>
The portal creature’s stub of a hand was pointed at Saxi and Saxi’s bladder gave out a little. He felt a drop of fear stain his underwear in ...
2024-09-26 09:55:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe entire room was silent. The symphony of the damned had been cast into nonexistence. The walls held silence in its stillness. Faces with mouths that had once moved stood statuesque. Imploring ha...
2024-09-23 12:39:34 +0000 UTC View PostThere were probably a thousand rules it was almost breaking, but Veebee wasn’t sure it could bring itself to care. For one, it was helping, for another, it was having fun.
It looked at the ...
2024-09-21 21:38:08 +0000 UTC View Post“You have a healthy size for a young man your age.”
“I could be larger,” Aiden muttered.
Chibor, the tailor of the Naranoff family, looked up at him from his place taking measur...
2024-09-18 14:50:15 +0000 UTC View PostHe sat in his chair and stared off into nothingness. The room around him was aptly full. A wide space, though it was, it was so filled and cluttered that you could scarcely find a place to place yo...
2024-09-17 01:50:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe forest was dark. Night had fallen and taken reign. It was a moonless night, leaving the faintest of starlight to guide anyone. The sky had broken a few minutes ago, bathing the world in its dra...
2024-09-15 14:57:53 +0000 UTC View PostCold steel in hand leaking mist of equal cold, Aiden stood opposite Voshret. In normal combat, you were taught to gauge your enemy’s reach. A spear was longer than a sword. It made it difficult t...
2024-09-10 21:45:40 +0000 UTC View PostHe wasn’t surrounded. Out-numbered, yes, but definitely not surrounded. Aiden held his sword to the side and lowered his stance. If blood would be shed today, he would have to shed it fast.
Melmarc stared up at the hulking humanoid wolf. He was baffled and confused. How much of the portal had Delvers gotten wrong?
A portal summoned help was supposed to be a translucent form of b...
2024-09-07 01:26:53 +0000 UTC View PostThere is a small pain to holding onto something you have always craved yet finding yourself unable to still have it.
Melmarc felt it in this moment.
A way home stared at him and he star...
2024-09-04 22:34:27 +0000 UTC View PostThey had not walked long before Axe had joined them. He’d stepped out of the room, throwing a door open with a kick. Despite his size and his power. The door simply swung open violently, slammed ...
2024-09-03 21:02:05 +0000 UTC View PostMelmarc stared at his father. They were both seated, opposite each other.
He had seen his father and just known that the man was unsure. He didn’t have the foggiest idea of how he’d known...
2024-09-02 03:35:46 +0000 UTC View PostDeoti looked down at Melmarc’s forearm. A touch of worry danced on her brows, they furrowed, then squeezed somehow, then relaxed.
She had extricated herself from their hug, giving Melmarc s...
2024-09-01 14:22:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe [Gambler] class was a class of luck. By every means known to Aiden, the system of Nastild had no [Luck] stat. Not among the humans or the non-humans. He didn’t know of an animal that had it, ...
2024-08-30 21:02:59 +0000 UTC View PostThere were rules to a group fight, patterns to follow and rhythms to obey. In movies on earth they made it seem simple. One actor would turn and move, head on a swivel, eyes darting about. In that,...
2024-08-28 11:04:37 +0000 UTC View PostAiden spun on a third step, like a dancer on a particularly quick beat. The moment his second foot hit the ground, the mantis lost its third leg.
The creature dropped heavily to the ground in...
2024-08-27 13:24:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day Aiden opted for a simple stroll to the adventurer hall. From what he’d been told, it wasn’t very far off. Naranoff’s territory had two branches for some reason, one built closer ...
2024-08-26 18:53:57 +0000 UTC View PostIt was early in the morning, barely an hour past first light when Aiden ducked the blade of a swinging sword. The training ground was empty today. Seeking a peaceful practice, Aiden had planned for...
2024-08-23 05:38:11 +0000 UTC View PostAiden studied Valdan for a moment. The knight was displeased but not angry. Most people often assumed that both were one and the same. They were not. Displeasure and anger most often hold a thin li...
2024-08-20 19:21:21 +0000 UTC View Post