Reid's new pet healer walked in front of him, motivated on by the bone knife pressed against his back. Ahead, a group of men milled about in the dirt, chatting away with one another. A few held gun...
2024-11-21 17:44:42 +0000 UTC View Post~ Marlene ~
(Ten Minutes After Reid's Breakout)
The pickup hit another rock with a loud clang, which sent the bed- and everyone in it - bouncing into the air. She winced when o...
2024-11-21 17:43:24 +0000 UTC View PostDawn cast a red-orange glow over the clouds in the sky - washing out the luminescence from the torches all around him. The grass and churned mud was cool on Reid's bare left foot.
Reid's face...
2024-11-21 17:43:03 +0000 UTC View Post~= Louis =~
(Three Hours Before Reid Broke Out)
Louis couldn't scream, and he couldn't move. Bertrand had his nose pressed against Louis's own - and madness danced in the dark ...
2024-11-21 17:42:45 +0000 UTC View PostReid reveled in the feeling of the cool air, and spoke the words aloud.
"I'm Free."
He swept his eyes over his surroundings. The tent was large, and boasted a sleeping area, some stands...
2024-11-21 17:42:26 +0000 UTC View Post~; Lowell ;~
Lowell grimaced. He'd managed to stress his back earlier while he and Toby carried the dirtbike through the woods, and every heavy impact sent jolts of pain from his tailbone up ...
2024-11-21 17:41:56 +0000 UTC View PostReid looked out at the man, standing proudly victorious amongst the three dead salamanders. He smiled and walked forward towards the wall, not bothering to retrieve his grieves or his dama...
2024-11-21 17:41:41 +0000 UTC View Post\.,., Bertrand ,.,./
It had been two days since the RV convoy had left through the wooden fortress's front gate.
Bertrand wanted to approach the fortress then, but instinct told him the...
2024-11-21 17:41:27 +0000 UTC View Post+ Reid +
Reid spat out a mouthful of sand.
He snarled, and rose to his feet. His anger hadn't been an issue in recent battles - they were all too easy to draw his rage. But this tra...
2024-11-21 17:41:15 +0000 UTC View Post+ Reid +
It had been three weeks since Marlene made her promise. The private conversation between the two of them had been followed by a very public, very loud reunion with Sara. His daughter...
2024-11-21 17:41:00 +0000 UTC View PostReid held the adult diaper against the end of the catheter in a small, dark room. He wanted to scream. He wanted to kill something. He wanted to be rid of the menace in his mind. And the thing had ...
2024-11-21 17:40:47 +0000 UTC View PostReid stared at the beacon.
It was a large, yellow crystal that emitted a faint glow that was visible, even in the daylight. The crystal spun above a floating geodesic silver bowl, and pulsed ...
2024-11-21 17:40:35 +0000 UTC View Post+ Reid +
Sanctuary's wooden battlement was alive with shouts and violence. Three dozen defenders shot bows, threw spears, and fired magic projectiles out of their hands at the wave's salamand...
2024-11-21 17:40:13 +0000 UTC View PostSusan gave Reid a playful slap on the arm. "What's up, doc? Really? I don't see you for weeks, and that was what you decided to go with?"
Did she say weeks? Didn't she mean days? Eh, it d...
2024-11-21 17:39:56 +0000 UTC View PostReid did his best to keep his rapidly-growing anger in check.
He stood in front of the Rec Hall's double doors, staring down the pair of young men 'guarding' the entrance. They both wore home...
2024-11-21 17:39:33 +0000 UTC View Post. James .
Wooden walls crackled and popped as screams and smoke filled the air. James lifted a wooden spear and hurled it forward at an approaching salamander. It sunk partway into the beast ...
2024-11-21 17:39:09 +0000 UTC View PostReid yawned and stretched, then winced. He'd collapsed from exhaustion without healing himself. His body and head ached, and all he had to show for it was three dead salamanders.
He stumbled ...
2024-11-21 17:38:48 +0000 UTC View Post~ Marlene ~
Marlene took a sip of water and gave Oscar an appraising look. She hadn't expected the man to give her so much grief about... well anything, really. Reid had been staring at the g...
2024-11-21 17:38:29 +0000 UTC View PostMarlene slapped Reid across the face as hard as she could. When that didn't get a reaction, she poured half her canteen of water over his head. He sputtered a bit, then went back to snoring.
...
2024-11-21 17:38:08 +0000 UTC View PostReid reached a hand to his back and pulled the salamander claws embedded there out with a series of grunts. Warm blood flowed slowly down his back and onto his pants from the now-open wounds. He wa...
2024-11-21 17:37:49 +0000 UTC View PostBone weapons.
When Reid thought about what a bone weapon should be, his mind ran away with ideas of barbarians holding bone clubs. But Reid was no barbarian, and while he had been using stone...
2024-11-21 17:37:21 +0000 UTC View Post~ Marlene ~
Marlene realized Sara was waving a hand in front of her face.
"Sorry, what?"
The girl gave her a questioning look. "What happened? You just kinda zoned out. I've been ...
2024-11-21 17:36:56 +0000 UTC View PostReid awoke, coughing and sputtering as an unchewed piece of jerky slipped partway down his throat. Thankfully, it dislodged itself when he rolled over. He panted, looking at the small bit of meat o...
2024-11-21 17:36:29 +0000 UTC View Post-{#-} Loz'ar {-#}-
Beams of red light danced along the white marble walls from a crimson chandelier. An arched ceiling twenty feet above was painted with angelic figures. The room offered no ...
2024-11-21 17:36:03 +0000 UTC View Post+ Reid +
A roar shook the trees as the black bear batted away the smaller beast. It tumbled a few feet, righted itself, and came back screeching.
Reid watched from a distance, knife alr...
2024-11-21 17:35:44 +0000 UTC View Post~- Mark -~
Mark wiped the sweat off his brow and looked down to his side. Twenty thick wooden stakes down, another thirty to go before he'd stop for the day. He looked out from his camping ch...
2024-11-21 17:35:22 +0000 UTC View PostReid groaned, fatigued and bleeding on his cushy bed of moss. Part of him - a large part - just wanted to sleep, and worry about all his problems later. He felt like his entire existence was fighti...
2024-11-21 17:34:34 +0000 UTC View PostReid's face was frozen in a look of terror. His points - HIS POINTS, that he'd earned through literal blood and sweat, were sitting in Control. All of his short-lived plans of an easy, Intelligence...
2024-11-21 17:34:14 +0000 UTC View Post+ Reid +
Reid felt his way through the status screen, focusing in on the statistics portion. Each item felt like it had its own path, or branch, formed off of a stable center. He...
2024-11-21 17:33:50 +0000 UTC View PostReid sat on a dry patch of dirt with elbows on his knees. Broken bodies lay all around him, blood soaking into the soil.
He could clearly remember the first few kills, right up until he rippe...
2024-11-21 17:33:26 +0000 UTC View Post