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Irwin's Journey 459: Leakage

Flowrishin's eyes widened.

"You are sure?"

Irwin raised his eyebrow. The Headteacher rarely asked things like that, which meant she showed just how shocked she was.

"I am a hundre...

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Irwin's Journey 458: Wrestling

“Alright, that's enough for our first day,” Irwin said, staring at the small groups of students in his classroom. “I expect you to practice the resonance for the different types of fire in th...

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Irwin's Journey 457: In the back

Interesting, he thought, his gaze lingering on the one he knew had to be Hilbarin Deadslate, the supposedly strongest of the seven, and since a few hours ago, the most likely candidate to ...

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Irwin's Journey 456: All together now

Irwin stepped back, watching Feijia slump to the ground. Her handcards were gone, but in their place sat a singular heartcard. It hummed with power, resonating with a beautiful, energetic song. Irw...

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Irwin's Journey 455: Preganrúadh

Irwin stared at the six-eyed being, trying to make sense of what it had just said. It wanted help opening a portal? How would that even work?

Wait, does he know how to create portals like...

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Irwin's Journey 454: Ghulnithair

Irwin lay on his back within the sprawling body of music-note trees that comprised a large part of his soulscape. Behind him, a familiar soft song came from one of his favorite trees. It was one of...

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Irwin's Journey 453: State of the empire

Nimlarel woke up groggily, wondering what had awoken her, she found that the gleaming light from behind the closed window shutters had moved from one side of the room to the other.

It's m...

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Irwin's Journey 452: Chip on a shoulder

"Tell her I'll be busy tonight, but we can eat tomorrow," Irwin said, looking at the guard standing before him. 

The man's reaction was one of disbelief and anger, but before he could sp...

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Irwin's Journey 451: A third party?

"Dammit, I knew it. I should have trusted my gut."

Irwin slowly turned his gaze to the man with the blue fire tingling through his dark hair who had just hissed under his breath. One of the ...

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Irwin's Journey 450: Hangry

"My Lord. Our spies have reported that the Empress has left very suddenly. The Teleporter reportedly took her and a small squad of guards to an undisclosed location."

Sachindrian looked at th...

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Irwin's Journey 449: The Empress

Irwin watched intently as Siela worked on the soulforce resonance. The card was slowly changing as she sang and struck. Each hammer blow was nearly the same, creating a steady rhythm around which h...

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Irwin's Journey 448: Soulcard antics

Irwin stepped away from Ambraz, staring with immense joy at the ruby-ranked card on his friend's metallic back. It was slowly calming down, as was the soulforce that had been raging in his soulscap...

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Irwin's Journey 447: Surprise visit

"It's impossible."

Zou did her best to keep her hands curled around her biceps. If she let go now, she might start strangling the four shadow mercenary leaders standing before her.

"You...

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Irwin's Journey 446: Motivation

"Hurry, we are going to be late!"

"Stop running, class isn't starting in another few minutes."

Rorin rolled his eyes as he ran after his two friends. "Could you two calm down? We don't ...

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Irwin's Journey 445: Sanctuary

Irwin took a deep, steady drink from the glass, feeling the hot liquid flow through his throat and down his stomach. It eased the sense of tension he still felt from the reforging, but not the worr...

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Irwin's Journey 444: Under pressure

Ambraz focused on his soulforce and the beautiful patterns deep within him. They felt somewhat similar to soulcards in nature, but unlike those, they were more malleable. Flexible. But only within ...

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Irwin's Journey 443: Overestimation

"You can't mean that," Baytim whispered.

Zou cocked her head, examining the younger Oxarite as if she wasn't sure what he was.

"I mean," Baytim continued, his voice rising in pitch. "Sh...

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Irwin's Journey 442: The Tutor

Flowrishin quietly listened to the group of over a hundred smiths. Their work caused a symphony of strikes, hums, mutters, and even the occasional song to blend together in the meeting hall. Her se...

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Irwin's Journey 441: Scary meetings

Baytim felt his legs shake as he walked towards the small compound. 

Why did she have to ask me to do this, he thought.

It took all his effort not to scream in fear as he ...

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Irwin's Journey 440: From the bog rises the foulmouth

Irwin walked through the dense part of the Grove, following Fireza, the tall, lanky, and almost black-leafed Viridian woman. The color of her leaf hair, the ruggedness of her barkskin, and the soft...

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Irwin's Journey 439: Sensitive

Irwin hummed as he sat on the sloop, which was swaying slightly as the runic formations on the bottom kept it in the air. The deep resonance of his soft song vibrated through the wooden vessel, alo...

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Irwin's Journey 438: Musician Smith

Irwin watched as the man before both calmed and slowly changed. Initially, he'd thought the Acenti was a hardliner, but ever since the man woke up, it had been clear that he wasn't. He was just som...

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Irwin's Journey 437: Forced from the shadows

Irwin hummed as he walked through Lindifel. Three days had passed since he and Brecka had performed in the Ocre Inn, and he'd learned a few things since. People did still use soulshards, meaning he...

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Irwin's Journey 436: Musical safety

Ambraz sighed as he hovered through the smithy. 

Great. Just great! The kid gets to explore, and I'm stuck here.

As he moved through the smithy, he realized he'd inadverte...

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Irwin's Journey 435: Memory Storage

"If you were there for five days, the time dilation is definitely still working," Greldo said.

Irwin yawned, tired from walking and sitting in a desert for five days. It had been one of the m...

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Irwin's Journey 434: In transit memories

Irwin hurled through the corridor, keeping an eye on both the exit and the primordial chaos beyond. With every passing minute, he was starting to feel better that he hadn't seen any Oculithar outsi...

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Irwin's Journey 433: The other side of the equation

"Very well, if we are all done with the Lalerin Branch, let us examine the current state of the Langost Branch. All in agreement to move on?" a quiet, cold voice said. 

It belonged to a ...

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Irwin's Journey 432: I can sense you!

"Good, good. No pain is good," Ambraz said. "Now, as we continue, the distance and time dilation will increase."

Irwin didn't answer, thinking back to the long discussions they had over the l...

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Irwin's Journey 431: Time for choices

Irwin grunted in anger, wanting to toss the card to the side.

"Calm down, kid. You are tired. You have been pushing yourself too far and are now trying to create a diamond-rank card that has ...

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Irwin's Journey 430: Work, work

"Is it always this loud?" 

Dahlia looked at the older woman, pulled out of listening to the beautiful sound that came from above. She wished she could have joined to see, but with Irwin ...

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