A flood of insectile machines skittered toward the pair of companions, sending an avalanche of detritus bouncing down the slopes of the mountain of trash. Elijah’s thoughts raced with vario...
2024-07-20 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe smell was the first thing that hit Elijah, and he was reminded of the few times he’d visited a local landfill back home. Thankfully, those trips had been infrequent – just when he’d...
2024-07-19 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe battle began just like any other, with two sides clashing. The monsters utilized similar a similar approach to what they normally employed, though Abby knew better than to grow complacent...
2024-07-19 13:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m doing this for two reasons,” Ron said when he arrived a week later. As always, he wore his sparkly robe, but he’d covered it with a leather overcoat that fell almost to his ankle...
2024-07-18 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostFrom his vantage high above, Zeke gazed out at the vast fields. He didn’t know the names of the crops the farmers had planted, but he could feel the mana billowing from the expanse of farms...
2024-07-18 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
“I’ll meet you guys later,” Elijah said as he zeroed in on a familiar figure. “Same place we stayed last time, right?”
Kurik said, “I need to restock on some tr...
2024-07-17 15:10:31 +0000 UTC View Post“Gods bedamned cold,” grumbled Kurik as he knelt beside one of the crops beneath the fortress. He cupped his hands, shoving his fingers beneath the frozen soil. From experience, Eli...
2024-07-17 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“What the hell?” Elijah demanded, glaring at the Witch Hunter.
“What?” asked Dat, an expression of wide-eyed innocence on his face as he stood over the Ka’alaki Druid’s body. ...
2024-07-16 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostZeke’s mind swirled with a million symbols, each one subtly different from the last. There were pieces that were meant to fit together, but it was like trying to piece together a puzzle, if...
2024-07-16 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostAn arrow whistled past Miguel’s face, barely nicking his cheek before thudding into the wooden frame of the wagon. He couldn’t spare even a second to ruminate on how close he’d come to ...
2024-07-15 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post“You don’t have to choose right this second,” Eveline pointed out. “You can give it another couple of days.”
“Do you think that’ll change anything?” Zeke asked, already ...
2024-07-15 13:00:26 +0000 UTC View PostElijah immediately cast Healing Rain, then cycled Soothe onto each of his companions. At the same time, he whipped around, searching for the source of so much movement in the ambient ethera.&...
2024-07-14 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostAlright folks. First things first - I apologize about not getting to the check-in for the past couple of weeks. I've been super busy, and it mostly just slipped my mind. By the time I remembered...
2024-07-13 20:26:35 +0000 UTC View PostElijah swung his staff, connecting with the little creature and sending it flying across the room. After sailing through the air for almost twenty feet, it hit the wall with a dull thud befor...
2024-07-13 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“This place is amazing,” Elijah said, leaning close to inspect the wall. Like the rest of the fortress, it was made of mostly featureless stone. However, it had the distinction of b...
2024-07-12 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostZeke left the manor on a mission to test his latest skill, but to accomplish that goal, he needed enemies. Rather than use an untested skill in a battle where his people might have to pay the...
2024-07-12 13:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostCold pinpricks spread across Elijah’s face as he looked up at the sleet falling from above. It was such a curious thing, experiencing natural rain in the middle of a subterranean cavern, an...
2024-07-11 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostZeke stood, overlooking the town and struggling all the while to repress his repulsion. It wasn’t easy, considering the advanced state of decay. He asked, “How many?”
“Sev...
2024-07-11 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAs Elijah stalked through the fields, he was tempted to believe he was repeating the mistakes of the past. Only recently, he’d nearly been killed because, in his hubris, he’d tried to tak...
2024-07-10 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostSadie ducked beneath a horizontal club strike, then kicked out, crumpling the yeti’s leg at the knee. It howled in pain, collapsing sideways and directly into the path of her oncoming blade...
2024-07-10 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post“I wish it didn’t have to be this way,” said Kurik, his eyes downcast.
Elijah understood the dwarf’s emotions, largely because he had a complicated relationship with killing as ...
2024-07-09 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostZeke threw himself forward, tackling the Knight to the ground and locking his arms around the man’s neck. He squeezed, feeling bones break beneath his grip. Still, the Knight struggle...
2024-07-09 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Yeti patrol sounds like a sick band name, bro,” Dat said, his eyes gleaming with excitement. “Like death metal or something.”
“After everything I just said, that’s your tak...
2024-07-08 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAbby Summers, the High Inquisitor of the glorious Radiant Host, stood on the battlefield, her features twisted into an expression of disgust. More than a thousand soldiers, each one loyal to ...
2024-07-08 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostElijah loped through the halls without even attempting to conceal his presence. With the restrictions upon Guise of the Unseen, it wouldn’t have done any good, which meant that he had no ch...
2024-07-07 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostFor Elijah, being underground was always a unique experience. He’d visited a few caves before the World Tree had connected with Earth, and he’d found that each time had filled him with un...
2024-07-06 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post“Behind me!” shouted Sadie, planting herself at the mouth of the cave. As the words left her mouth, she used her shielding ability, wrapping a glowing bulwark around her form. Her g...
2024-07-05 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe pools of the Crimson Spring stirred, sending ripples through the steaming water. But there was no one there to see it. No one but the enormous, metal man at its center, and he could...
2024-07-05 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post“How the hell’re you not cold?” demanded Kurik as he rubbed his arms. He was wearing a thick leather coat, gloves, and sturdy boots, but he clearly wished he’d packed something even w...
2024-07-04 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostZeke floated in pervasive nothingness. He struggled to feel anything, could not think, and failed to move. In his most cognizant moments, he was reminded of the space between Earth and ...
2024-07-04 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post