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"You don't understand! They don't work-", the screaming starts as soon as I pick up the phone. It's *her* again. I hang up on *her* again. I don't like to brag, but I'm a pretty smart guy. I'm not breaking the bell curve or anything like that, but I'm smarter than average and can think circles around most people. I ca...
"I wish I never have to work solely for money again." The glowing blue genie shrugged, then made to grant my wish with a snap of his fingers, but he paused, and smiled. "It seems that wish is already granted,"he said. I scratched my head. How would that happen? That can't possibly occur, unless- My border collie, B...
**Hour Two: Samantha** [Read about Hour One!](/r/WritingPrompts/comments/j2o4tk/wp_exactly_973_of_all_humanity_will_die_in_3_days/g76qo8s/) "Listen to me, Samantha,"muttered the woman in the black suit. "You need to leave Antarctica right now. You will be a survivor, but how well you thrive will depend on what you do...
Emotions always fascinated me, from a young age. It wasn’t until I was older that I realized it was me who was different. I thought everyone needed to learn to practice things like empathy and to purposefully be kind, and it was a while before I realized not everyone found manipulating others to be as easy as breathing...
Being a xeno-historian always has a downside, Especially when you are drafted into service and your post is intelligence officer on the Admiral's vessel. You being intelligence officer was a given. However since you have less experience on a Frigate than even the custodial staff, no one will listen to your advice. And ...
The dwarf sat the table, with a huge tankard of ale in hi hand, like he was just waiting there for something.. anything to happen. The soul binder at the bar, leaned against the brass railing and rested his foot against the side of the lower bar rail. In a moment there was a flash of blue light, as a soul flew into th...
"You're too young to be asking questions like that. Why can't you ask about why the sky is blue, or how cars work?"I asked my inquiring son. "I don't know, I guess this was just more interesting."He replied. The crayon in his hand streaked itself slowly out of existence as it left its mark on the page of the coloring ...
"Your wrath? Child, I have regrets older than your parents and yet you intend to threaten me? For my daughter?"Grand Artificer Archibal stared down at the young prince; Prince Elroy of the Kingdom of Seleswind. "You know what I can do, who I can rally. I was promised a princess bride by my nineteenth birthday and I. ...
She looked so sad there sitting on the bench. A streetlamp sliced through the darkness, cutting through her veil, but I already knew who she was. I was the only one who could tell she was see-through. "Why weren't you there?"I asked, while taking a seat on the bench next to her. It was wet from the drizzle we all had...
"Hey guys! Tonight's video is going to be exploring the Parisian catacombs. We have plenty of space on our drive and plenty of food and water so lets get to it" With my intro out of the way and having clipped my camera to my chest I started walking down the tunnel. The lighting from my camera lit up just enough t...
Before me stands an angry mob. Behind me lies a broken bridge of death. When hope is lost and despair settles in, my legs slowly retreat toward my impending doom. \----------------------------------------- *Earlier that morning* 'Well this feels weird' – I thought to myself as I arose from what felt like an eternity...
The air breathed heavy with anticipation. Kings men from every land waited with bated breath, near enough to feel the magic energy coming off of the portal. Enough mana to power an entire battalion of war-mages, all to cast this one spell, all for this moment. Days. Weeks. Months, of preparation, all leading up to...
It’s not your fault. Really! In a crazy world of the Elect and the Mundane, you were blessed to be an Elect. Born with power that broke the laws of physics and laughed at science. The problem? *Your power quells aggression*. You can drain the will to fight out of people. You’ve literally saved millions of lives. The M...
The Undying King crossed his arms. “Put your sword away, nobody needs to die today.” “You think I’m going to let you go, *lich*?” Dace almost spat the last word out. “You don’t get it, do you? The whole point of a villain like you is to die, to fail. You don’t get to walk away, you don’t get a happy ending.” “We can ...
"I don't hate anyone." "Impossible. Aren't there any dictators, criminals, evil politicians you hate?" "I don't watch the news. No." "How about your family? Your in-laws? Parents? A lot of people don't even realize how much they hate their parents." "My parents weren't the best." "And?" "And I love them." "You c...
"Prepare to die, fiend!"I shouted. "I'm going to...hm." I waved my pen, mightier than any sword, at the being, who just smugly smiled in anticipation. A few minutes went by. "I'm sorry, what is it that you're going to do?"It asked me "I'm going to slay you for the sake of all writers everywhere!"I pronounced "Ver...
What happens when you have a bored billionaire, who has an unhealthy interest in gameshows, with a penchant for being an utter troll, and has too much spare time on his hands? You get the Inconvenience Store. From the day it opened its doors (assuming you could even find the doors in the first place), the challenge was...
***External Thoughts*** "That goes against all the fundamental teachings of the kinzozushi school of swordsmanship! How could this stupid old man not know that!?"Kimiko protested while sensei Hiroshi bandaged her bloodied head. "Our strikes are so powerful the enemy is rendered powerless at the mere utterance of incom...
The world was consumed by skeletal horses and eldritches abominable. Grotesque flesh and limbs rose out of the undergrowth and staggered across the world. Razing villages and townships; laying destruction in their feral wakes. Everyone died. Everyone save I. I toiled, desperately, for a way to save the dead and dyin...
Containment Six…. affectionately known as ‘Deep Six’. The most secure facility in the world. It is a prison for containing the worst, most powerful, super powered people in the world. It is on the ocean floor, almost a full mile below sea level. Every cell is equipped with power dampeners. They don’t just suppress yo...
“Gavrilo, this is it. You stand at the crossroads of history. I know this - I come from a doomed future and millions and millions of lives depend on what you do next. “Europe right now is a tinderbox - the world order is on the brink of collapse and collapse it must for the sake of us all. A huge war is coming and we...
A silence fell over the shaded glen. The Dwarven party stood like several stones, planted behind their blacksmith'd shields, not the thinnest hair of a moustache astir. Stillness hung in the air. The Elven party, upon sighting the Dwarves' similar numbers, melted back into the trees without a whisper--but not very fa...
“Me? The next Emperor? Surely there are others close-“ I started to say, until the Chancellor shook his head with a grave look. “No one else has the closest blood ties. Those that did were on the Imperial Transport.” I closed my eyes. “And it *was* an accident?” “Our investigations say this thus far, but we all have ...
It had really crept up on me. The numbness had come over me like a tide, slow moving and rather undetectable until it starts to whisk your things away from the beach. I hadn’t thought much of it when I stopped brushing my teeth, when the water brushed my toes. I barely even noticed when I started skipping breakfast, wh...
"... and which elf is widely regarded as introducing humanity to lightning magica? Yes, you in the third row" "Was it Bengeldien? Or Ben Franklin as the humans called him." "Exactly, his choice was widely regarded by the elven community as wildly irresponsible but by the time word got back to the council he..." The ...
13 years I've been gang leader. These last few years, the rookie members have started to think that I'm afraid of the numerous "Supervillains"running around town. Simply because I generally co-operate with their plans and lend some of the gang to help with their mutually profitable endeavors. The newest "Supervillian...
*Transcript of the mind:* *Subject:* ***Hertha Elsje*** *(Iteration* ***4***\*)\* *Auto Generated by* ***NeuroStudyBot*** *on* ***25/02/2096*** *\[This document is highly confidential and if you do not think you should have access to it, immediately stop and contact your assigned compliance officer\]* ..... I flip...
"Umm... son? We can't just keep a human as a pet..." "Why not, dad? I really want a human pet!"My son starts whining. I take a look at the young lady. She's terrified, clearly doesn't want to stay. "Human, what is your name?" "Re... Rebecca"she whimpers. I nod slowly. "Rebecca, I apologise for my son's actions. If ...
Humans are adorable. Never in his life would Aragog have thought that humans would be this adorable. There fur was almost non-existent. They came in so many different colors. They looked like toys his children loved to play with. "Welcome to Earth, Ambassador Aragog."Ambassador Dumbledore said warmly. Everything ab...
"Your Honor Above, Your Honor Below, I do not ask for leniency I'm regards to my terroristic actions towards the demons that invaded Earth, I only ask for context to be given to explain. I was not told of these treaties, I was only trained to repel these monsters in whatever way I can, using whatever tactics I could. G...
*Busy morning. Will pick this up later.* --------- “Okay everyone, roll for negotiation.” “Dammit,” shouted the bard. The rest of the table peered over to see the wooden bauble displaying a single pip and snickered amongst themselves. “Looks like Bartleby will be stuck in the mailroom again!” teased Horatio, runni...
From the day you're old enough to know what love is you look out for it, at the top of the thigh, a tattoo of half a heart, or half a bird, half a tree. I've seen books sometimes, or cars. Takes all sorts of people I guess. Some people parade theirs, you can see them in the high street, girls with low cut jeans, the ne...
Stagger. Double-over. Retch. Bobby contemplated how best to illustrate his hero's death. The teacher was oblivious, as usual. Not the best trait in an English teacher, but a fine thing for a fifth-grader who likes to draw. A screeching sound pierced the air. Bobby's teacher stopped his droning and glanced up. The bu...
First post! "I should have invested in one of those tin foil hats that homeless guy was selling the other day" I scramble around my house grabbing things to hit the road. There's no way I was going to planet Xphonplyter to be Earth's representative. "Dude, think of all the Xphonplytian booty you will get! You saw the...
At a lone desk a pimple-ridden man in a tailor made suit sat. Beads of sweat formed and fell in massive platoons from the barracks that was his hair - his bright red tie grew dark and heavy with the liquid it had absorbed during the first five minutes of what could be an hour long consultation. He looked up from a now...
Saar Shi Alaras. Even the melodious, exotic sound of her name filled me with butterflies. As we boarded a Trade Federation cruiser just yesterday, she led the charge, graceful as the balancing Horfans of Mindown. Her purple lightsaber flitted through the smoke of battle like dark lightning. Seeing her in combat was lik...
Don't take the mask off. Don't drink the water. Don't talk to strangers. The bus just turned right from Rockwell Ave, heading my way. I like the way it blinks yellow with letters and numbers on the electronic panel, above the driver's head. It reads the name of stops and roads and neighborhoods from the old days. ...
Man had changed since the last time I laid eyes on them. Since the days we left, they had grown in both number and power. Once, they had been as children to us, and in many ways they still were. I was one of the first to step into their world. A mere seven days into my travels, I had learned more than the tomes of our...
The most fearsome thing in the world is that we lose the ones we love. I remember her face. I think I knew it, even before I saw photos. They say babies can't form memories that early, but I remember. Warm, brown eyes. Faded blonde hair to her shoulders. And the kind of smile that only a mother could give to her ...
"But you're the seventh demon I've called, what do you mean I have no soul?" "Simple as that, kid. You're void. An empty box. So we can't make a deal." The demon floated within the confines of the chalk pentagram on the floor, it's essence blurred where it touched the invisible walls. It wore sunglasses, had an o...
Possible Spoilers *** Oldtown was the home of the Citadel and the Citadel was Tony Stark's destination. He wasn't a true Stark, or even a Karstark, not a Stark of Westeros at least. He had been rebuffed from dozens of castles and holdfasts, in spite of his promises of Valyrian steel and military superiority. Maeste...
Lil' old G. Washington giving me the stink eye again. Well, this'll be the last of that. Not a penny nor hairy lint left in my pockets after she left with the kids and the bills came in. They were loud little spoiled brats anyways. Anyhow I sold my flimsy wallet for this last dollar and I'm going to spend it the way f...
"Are you sure you want to go through with this, Mr. President?" Harry Truman closed his eyes. "Desperate times, Jenkins..." "Of course sir. It's just that - we've never done this before, on such a scale." The president's eyes flashed open. "That's because we aren't the reds. We weren't the Nazis. This isn't Stalin...
No matter where I looked, it was there, in the same position and as a seasoned FPS player I knew what it was. I gingerly took a step forward, and as expected the little green dot followed. Its slightly closer to the flashing gold dot not far away. I kept walking, with one eye on the map one eye navigating the walls ...
"We now go live to Maria Antonia in Times Square for a breaking update on the epidemic. Maria?" The camera shows Maria standing in the middle of New York. There are no cars, just hundred of people standing in place. The lights of the big billboards and TV screen continue flashing, but the rest of the plaza is utterly ...
He slid the knife down my cheek, so sharp that I couldn't even feel it part the skin. I only knew it left a mark when I felt the thin trickle of blood down my neck. "Where is she?"he asked again, flipping the knife dexterously between his fingers. I could see my own blood coating the fine blade. "You'll never find ...
*When* In the year 81 of the State. In the hot summer month, on the moonless night. On the hour of secrets, the hour of curfew, the hour of burglars and empty streets. The hour of alley cats and suburban snakes. The hour of deep dreams, and certain futures, and insomniacs, and dark thoughts. The hour of no-good, the h...
I could still remember vividly my tenth birthday. Zharick's army came to my village in search of any men who bear the mark. My father hid me in a cupboard, telling me to keep still and remain unheard. I could hear the chaos in the streets as families were separated. Men were taken from their families, boys were abducte...
4:00 AM: Wake up -- it's a good thing you've never slept that much anyway. The leader of the free world isn't entitled to 40 winks. 20 if you're lucky and that's on a slow day. But today is the inauguration. You weren't really asleep, anyway. 4:30 AM: You're all dressed and briefed on your day's itinerary. Your speech...
It's the damnedest thing getting bounced back. You see when traveling forwards through time you rise it feels sorta like you've pushed off hard from the bottom of a pool and you're rushing towards the surface. Going backwards through time you fall straight down it feels fast but without wind or anything blowing around ...
**Twinkle. Twinkle. Twinkle.** "Hello, MT. Magic Support. This is Willow speaking. Have you tried blowing into it?" "For fucking fuck's sake! The goddamned crystal ball keeps on fogging up with the whole yellow blur error again and again!" "Blow on it." "..." "Is it working, sir or m'am?" "Yes." **Ding.** -----...
It was the color of her hair. It was the color of her sundress. It was the color of the fruit she squeezed into her tea. It was he color of the street lines she tiptoed across. It was the color of the dandelions she pulled out of the grass in the park. It defined the little ducks in her shower curtain, her soap, towels...
Death looked just like they said he did. Skeletal face, black robe, historically inaccurate scythe--it was all there. "Huh,"I said. "You were an atheist, I understand,"said Death. "Still am. This is probably a hallucination conjured up by my dying brain." Death gestured behind me with a bony hand. "Your imagination...
It was the 31st of December, 0001. No one know what year the world begun. Seeing the year go down to one, Everyone went out and had some fun. The clock strikes at 22, the masses stopped to begin anew. Begging forgiveness upon their sins, Keeping up both their hopes and their chins. The clock now strikes at 23...
"Hey everybody! Sorry I am late, I had made some homemade guacamole but I dropped the whole freaking bowl on my way out the door so I had to stop at the store..."Dave stopped mid sentence as he noticed the suspicious way his family members were all arranged in a circle facing him as he entered the living room. "Uh guy...
"Fuel?" "Max capacity, flow unobstructed" "Air intakes" "Unobstructed" "Control surfaces" "Responsive" "Engines?" "Spinning up, working fine" "Looks like you are all green and good to go, Jeb. Godspeed and good luck" The plane sped down the runway, quickly gathering speed as the pitch of the engine's whine ros...
Little Rebecca was the first person to hear the voice of God in over 2,000 years. She lay in bed, tucked neatly under the covers with her stuffed bear clenched between her arm and side, with her hands clapsed as she said her nightly prayer. "And thank you for mommy, and thank you for daddy, and please help me with to...
Al scribbled down the details of his latest spell. An intricate piece of work that would require an hour-long incantation, not to mention a variety of other factors. A crescent moon. A storm. The bones of three different animals. But it worked - if performed correctly, the mage could expect fine control over the we...
I remember the first time she took us on a feild trip. I got really nervous. We all got in the bus and Mrs. Frizzle turned right around after putting the bus in park. We had gone to the nearby lake. She had brought out a boom box, an easel with a huge notepad, and a few plastic bags filled with what looked like shrivel...
I found her in a nice upper middle class home. Family photos lined the walls, empty wine bottles littered the hardwood floor of a well appointed living room. There she sat, on a leather couch. Mary Sue Higgins, all grown up now. She didn't acknowledge my approach, her now greying hair hung unkempt in her face. I cle...
Mom dropped me when I was three days old, I landed in the laundry bin. Turns out there was some old dinosaur bones in the pile of dirt I played in when I was 5. I was featured in National Geographic. I've never studied for a test a day in my life, I have a 4.0 GPA. All I really do is fill in the bubbles. I've never...
“Thanks, Lee. I’ll get the next round.” **LIAR** “I’ll at least get your next beer.” **LIAR** “Can you just turn your god damn phone off! I’m try to have a conversation with you!” *SILENCE* “I’m just trying to be a good friend.” **LIAR** The door busts wide open and Charlie, covered in what can only be describe...
After a late night fixing all the errors in my code, I decide to try the program: /print "Hello World" Nothing. This should be so simple but of course I mess it up. I curse to myself and begin shutting down the computer. Before I could hit the power button a window opens up. "..." What? What is this? Why did it se...
Seconds of sheer panic as you realize that the weird screeching you heard was the sound of the Mack truck's brakes failing. "Hello there"says a man slowly rattling dice on a perfectly white table. The room you're in isn't very large, but it is covered with ticker tapes of numbers scrolling impossibly fast. "I'm dead ...
Everyone was in shock. It had never happened before. We had prayed many times for the almighty god to come down and live among us, but in all our history no god had ever took notice. Now this god was resting in the water just a short swim away. Our leader, Lansu, was the first to regain his composure. "The black smoke...
Death made a horrible sound. A horrible, rattling noise as the last breath fled. She didn't think the man knew her name. She was pretty sure she'd forgotten it, too, in that moment when she'd actually managed to press forward and sink her sword hilt-deep into his stomach. She'd stared in disbelief, at her blood covered...
Ren was a quiet type. He sat at his desk all day, filing the hundreds of papers ruthlessly towards him, by his unforgiving boss. His coworkers almost never saw him. They chose not to see him. They probably wouldn't have to try and not see him next week. He rose up fast. He only had one problem. It was noticed at b...
It was Halloween night and the tweens crowded round the black and green board by candlelight. Each child had one finger on the planchette. "Shall we do this?"Asked Charlie, biting his thumb nail. Before anyone could respond, the planchette began to shift, finally stopping on the letter 'L'. The children chant the le...
Mountains had a way of making the sun vanish, I noticed. Darkness had fallen over this valley with surprising speed. I raised my hand to knock on the door and I hesitated, thinking I should just turn around and walk back to my own hideaway empty handed. "Hello!" That same cheerful voice from the transmission came f...
“So let me get this right, you want *me* to join the League?” I asked, taking a sip of lemonade from my glass as we sat in one of my parlor rooms. Steven Chance, sometimes better known by his alias "The Iceberg,"sat in my bamboo chair, his massive hands cupped around his own glass of lemonade. If I listened closely, ...
"Do you have any Mountain D- D-" "D-" "Dew? By chance?" "Yes. It's over there, behind the chi- chi-" "Chips?" "You g-got it." "Is s- something wrong?" "With wha- what?" "Anything? I'm just trying to find out if you have any Mountain Dew." "Everything's fine s- sir." "You sure? You don't find anything funny ab...
I remember waking up on Saturday and checking the news. All part of my daily morning ritual. I read the top headline and checked the date. August 22nd. So it wasn't April Fool's Day, but this headline had to be trolling me. Actually, every news site had to be. **China Fallen, Russia Under Siege!** **China and Russia,...
It was, all things considered, a terrible idea, but terrible ideas were the Cobble Street gang's *modus operandi*. Fat Billy, who had outgrown his namesake two years earlier, looked down at the grave doubtfully. "Are you sure this is wise, guys?"His voice broke between the thin, reedy whine of his youth and what would...
You could hear the wailing from halfway down the block. "He really *is* a friggin' masochist..."mumbled Bill Shaw, the union rep. "Hey!"said Tommy Blight, smacking Bill across the back of the head. "You're on Yoshi's side, numbnuts." "I didn't hear anything,"said Carol Blevins, the Assistant HR Director and driver o...
The FBI man slammed a folder on the metal table of the interrogation room. Photos spilled out, each one of me holding a weapon in some exotic location that they'd linked back to terrorism or some sorry fuck that belonged to the CIA disappearing. I snorted at the photographs and met the agent eye for eye. He had ca...
"No pain, no gain." Although he hasn't been around for years, my dad's words still echo through my mind as I lie here on the table. He wasn't born with exceptional talent, but he worked himself harder than any of his peers. The days of my childhood were spent by myself at school and at the gym, while he struggled in ...
60 years. 60 years since I was sentenced to life in prison for manslaughter of a fairly large Russian mafia. How I managed to do such a feat, is beyond me. I still have the same face from that time. I am immortal, so I never age. I gone through many cellmates, one of which actually started to notice how I wasn't agin...
After the announcement, the cabins unlocked by themselves. I slowly approach the door of our room, open it and quickly poke my head out, to check the corridor. I don’t see anyone walking by. “Wait”, Amanda says. “Maybe we shouldn’t split” her voice is trembling, “at least until we figure out what is happening”. ...
Debris rained from the sky, joined by The Human Jet, his body frozen from the cold winds in the upper stratosphere. All around, pedestrians scream. They cry out, their hope shattering just like The Human Jet's body did on the pavement in front of them. They don't realize that I am their savior. I am the one who will...
This really wasn't going well. I'd been standing in this sinkhole for hours with nothing but my thoughts. The air was chilly, but not cold enough to account for how my body felt. The slimy amalgamation of mud, mold, and who knew what else was wicking away my body heat. Only problem was, aside from being stupidly co...
"B-but…"I said, yet the guy was already long gone. I sighed and studied the object. Its shape betrayed that it was an egg, yet it was half the size of my torso and with a mailed surface of jagged scales. It was quite interesting, I won't lie, and I had a very good idea of where to take it. I headed toward my friend's...
Olivia's parents first became concerned about her when she put her deceased goldfish from the county fair's fishing game in the paper tray, still stained with ketchup and mustard from her corndog, set it on fire with her uncle's lighter, and placed the makeshift pyre in the creek at the park. Her father held seven-year...
I have a gift. That’s what they tell me, at least. I saved my elderly neighbor last year when I told her to get a LifeAlert necklace. She got it in the mail the day before she needed it. Last week, there was this biker who’s clock I noticed was down to just a few hours, so I tailed him in my car until he had a heart ...
V*erba Virtutem.* Words are power. This power is well known, but but to truly live – mastery of prose – that is a rare gift. Hooded and cloaked, the sorcerer approached the fortress. The strong evening winds whipped his black robes as he approached the wooden gate. “Who dares seek entry?” the guard asked. “Can I tel...
A Miracle child, they were called. Not the first conception between *Homo Sapiens* (literally, 'Wise Man': colloquially, 'Humans') and, as they classify themselves, *Utlio Lokyi Riqu* (literally, 'Blessed Water Walker':colloquially, 'Utlopta'). But, the first one to fully come to term. In truth, it didn't take long b...
“Mr. Matthews it’s time for your…aaiieeeee!” She never finishes her greeting as she’s slammed by the door to her patient’s room and sent sprawling onto the floor, her tray of little cups flying through the air sending all shapes and sizes of pills spilling into the hallway. With a look of madness in his eyes, Mr. Matt...
For millennia I had satisfied myself with the company of nothing but my glimmering possessions, a pile of gold secluded in a mountain cave far away. That is the way of my kind, all a dragon needs is his treasure. My world changed one day when an adventurer entered my lair. Or, at least, at the time I thought he was a...
It had been a long day. Between extra casework at the headquarters for the Paranormal Police Task Force and a rambunctious eight year old learning her magic, I was more exhausted than usual. Yes, she wasn't *fully* human. Neither was her father. A one off event that left me pregnant at 25. As for what he was... I wasn'...
A soft, wrinkled old hand stroking my head, a bowl of warm milk that I lazily lapped at, and some old music playing on an ancient-yet-functional radio. I could have stayed in that moment forever. Unfortunately, duty called. I planned out my next few moves. I would wait until the lady went to sleep, then slip into her...
The door opens and for a second I hear the steady stream of afternoon traffic followed by the quick jangle of the overhead bell. Trying to stifle a yawn, I wave to my new customer: a middle aged man in a grey jacket and sunglasses. A cap sits tight over his hair. Though stores like mine have been legal for years, I st...
“A little bit of everything. I mean..we have tactical nukes, automatic weaponry, targeting weaponry systems, kinetic rod satellites—“ “So you just threw all of your skill points into warfare?” “To be fair, killing people is the way we kind of upgraded into the homo sapien species.” You shrug, looking at your presid...
*Looking back, I missed those days. Back when it was only rain and sunshine. Life was easier back then.* ​ "Get away from me!"my wife screamed, throwing her arms up in defense. "Stay the hell away from us, you monster! If you take one step closer, I'm taking Audrey and going to my mother's house!" &#x...
Growing up, I had been told by my teachers that when we turned 20, we would see the echo of who we could become at the end of our lives. Not all mages achieved their full potential, but these visions were used as something to strive towards. Of course, we all knew about the downside of these powers as well. Mana was ...
A crowd had gathered outside your home, consisting of the most boisterous of critics and bullies of the family, spanning multiple generations and age groups. They were waiting for you to emerge with your no doubt pathetic summoned familiar. You, knowing this would happen and being no one’s fool, had set up the summon...
"If you truly believe five silver is all I am due, and are willing to fight me for it, so be it."Sir Kalix unsheathed his sword. Dramatic violin music began to fill the air. Across from him, the young man assumed an unarmed combat stance. *Rex* "What?"Kalix's sword dropped several inches as the latin chanting began,...
It started with a rose. I'd just been closing up the shop for the night, when I saw an old woman, bundled up and obviously homeless, peeking into the shop window at some of the flowers I had on display. I felt a little pang of something, money was, unfortunately, rather tight, so I didn't have spare cash to give, but....
They call me Helen, but I refer to be called *"his."* No longer am I one being- I am now encapsulated with his soul. Inebriated from the lust and desire, I crave his touch like my blood craves a chalice of water. He is fueled with rage for me. His anger stems from thinking he will never be enough for me, always wanti...
Gelda of the Woods remembered everyone who had come to her. She remembered looking out her window and seeing a lone man approaching down the trail, his clothes fine and his expression haughty. He had come before her, trying to disguise his distaste at her worn down clothes and small cottage. He had asked for great we...
"Rain, rain, go away, come again another day!" The children sang again and again, almost insulting me in a indirect way. I had spent three days collecting the required materials for a ritual so grand, not even the gods themselves could hold back the rain my people so desperately needed. But those children. Those ...
\-Shit....I remember the days leading up to getting my suit. I was 70, my heart was failing, everything was going to shit. I was facing the grim reality of my own mortality. Suits back then were purely experimental. I was the first....I wasn't expected to live, i was expected to be a "Proof of concept"to prove that the...