Michael looked at the winged in front of him in confusion for just a moment, recovering from the sight of a giant bird-person landing next to him and asking him a question with a high pitched voice...
2025-08-19 12:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostMichael stoked the fire of their camp a bit as the light of the sun started to rise. He’d taken the second watch since he needed less sleep than the others. The night had felt long for some reaso...
2025-08-17 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLys had everyone up and moving back to Southwind quickly after they finished clearing the immediate area of the rift. The knowledge that one of the rifts was able to be held open was something that...
2025-08-16 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMichael was right behind Lys, then ahead of her as they charged toward the angry red tear in front of them. His dread crescendoed and turned into the sense of righteousness it always became when he...
2025-08-14 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMichael walked a short distance behind Lys. Devahn was shooting the shit with Marcus and Ollie, and the other mercs were all scattered around with the scouts moving ahead to make sure the way was c...
2025-08-12 12:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostMichael started moving person to person, taking the time to carefully heal those that had the most complicated or severe injuries. Those whose injuries were lesser he let Trina work on, though with...
2025-08-10 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMichael picked knots out of his hair while he waited for the scouts to return. This was the first time he’d had to deal with the dread caused by the portal for a long period of time and he was fi...
2025-08-09 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMichael walked down the road heading south toward the Lake of Beasts with Davi, Tai, Finnegan, Clara, and a dozen or so others that he’d had yet to formally meet. They were headed for the remaini...
2025-08-07 12:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostTrina was standing in the training yard, stretching with a wooden shortsword. Michael could catch glimpses of Finnegan wailing on Tai for all he was worth to the cheers of the dozen or so mercs tha...
2025-08-05 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostMichael woke before everyone else, borrowed Pyotr’s sword and made his way to the center of what had once been the farmer’s field. He took his stance and swung his sword hard in a downward arc....
2025-08-03 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostRunning quickly down the road, Michael was impressed with the speed and grace of his elven escorts. While his own footfalls were heavy and firm, theirs seemed light. As if their feet were only bare...
2025-08-02 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostMichael smiled at the dwarf as he stepped into his workshop. There was something eminently entertaining about those that he’d met so far. Admittedly that amounted to Dugan and a few dwarves he’...
2025-07-31 12:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostThey made good time as they walked up the road back toward Southwind. Pyotr may have been flagging a bit for a while, but after they stopped so that he could make some tea, he was moving with quite...
2025-07-29 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe hidden village treated them to a feast and a celebration that night. They lit a bonfire at the foot of Bruntus’s statue and threw plants on it that created green and purple smoke. They starte...
2025-07-27 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“You heard his voice,” said the old priest behind them as he approached quietly at a steady pace. His expression was still stern, but Michael was certain that there was a twinkle of some kind i...
2025-07-26 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostMichael and Pyotr continued up the path, moving much more warily since encountering the first trap. As they moved they found two more pitfalls, a falling log trap, and a tripline that linked up to ...
2025-07-24 12:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe cleanup went smoothly, with only one more loss of a woman Michael hadn’t yet learned the name of whose skull had been shattered before anyone could do anything. Michael closed her eyes gently...
2025-07-22 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThey reached one of the villages that had reported the rift just a little bit after dawn. It was small, with only a dozen or so buildings, most of which had their windows boarded up. Unlike the tow...
2025-07-20 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning they all got their marching orders and they realized they would be separated. Michael had the smallest group, largely due to his experience with the rifts and his abilities as a he...
2025-07-19 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“It’s kind of like reaching out and squeezing something, but with your soul,” said Michael as he walked. He had been trying to explain to Lys, and Trina, the other diviners in the group, how ...
2025-07-17 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostTai held out a hand to Michael, “I’m Tai by the way.”
Michael took his hand and gave it a firm, well practiced shake. “Michael.”
“American?”
“Yes. I miss cheesebur...
2025-07-15 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostBy the third day of travel, Michael was getting a much better idea of what Swandia was like. There were more plains, much like in Svict, but they were less rocky and craggy and covered primarily in...
2025-07-13 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThey were all packed and ready, with their armor on for a change and their full kits. Michael found himself downstairs before everyone else, as usual, and saw Francesca sitting on the couch.
...
2025-07-12 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“What’s your name?” he asked.
“Lysandra, but I go by Lys.”
Something felt odd about her, but he couldn’t quite tell what it was. He started to focus on her, watching the gol...
2025-07-10 12:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostMichael threw a punch at the greasy haired man, but he’d been ready for it and ducked out of the way before throwing a punch of his own. Michael flexed as he took the blow to the gut and threw an...
2025-07-08 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostMichael was just curious, at least that was the reasoning he gave before he, Ollie, Marcus, and Pyotr made their way down the street in their cleanest set of clothes. Davi, obviously, was otherwise...
2025-07-06 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMichael focused on the broken foot, sending waves of divine golden energy through himself and into it, feeling the bones rearrange and the tears in the muscle seal back to where they were supposed ...
2025-07-05 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostMichael awoke to Ollie’s gangly limbs awkwardly hanging off of him and gently extricated himself. It wasn’t really his fault, they were both much too large to squeeze into the small bed togethe...
2025-07-03 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostIt was only a few hours of walking before there was a fork in the main road that they were on. Earlier in the morning they had already loaded Lance up with supplies. Even Marcus was generous with h...
2025-07-01 12:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostMichael healed everyone before they did anything else. He’d taken the worst damage in the initial ambush, but no one was free of cuts and bruises except for Lance, who’d managed to avoid gettin...
2025-06-29 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post