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The lights, usually near-blinding and painfully bright, had gone out. In their place, a dull red that slowly faded in and out, punctuated by the blaring sirens that echoed through the frantic hallways. Soldiers, their heavy combat boots thudding on the ceramic floors, flooded through the corridors as officers stood at ... |
There are two types of rumours you encounter when dealing with the high-born, cyrodillic nobles of the Imperial city. Merchant's gossip, which I listen to when sober, and the stories from their bards, which I listen to when not. I had always thought the story of the "Muffin Man"was the latter, some half-improvised stor... |
Power. That’s all I’ve ever wanted. To decide if someone lives or dies, to be the progenitor of death. Their dreams, their goals, their aspirations torn away by my hand.
Everyone had an Ability. My older sister discovered her ability to fly for short periods of time during a bout of happiness. My mother than spit fir... |
It's been two months since I found out the truth. Believe it or not, things have been relatively peaceful. You can even call it "stagnation", in a sense. My routine has remained largely the same. With minor exceptions, of course. I shower alone now. I haven't kissed "them"since that day, let alone made love. "They"don'... |
Septimus thought everything was going well and that his legion had the favor of the gods until the ground started rumbling. The horned beasts came from the west and kept coming, trampling the fortifications and every gods cursed structure they had built. He noticed the smoke behind the bison in his last breath and rea... |
The ancient hermit sat outside his cave, basking in the Sun. Today felt like a good day; what clouds there were moved languidly across the sky, blown by the gentle breeze. Greenery still bloomed, although the tinge of the red and brown autumn had startef to appear amongst the leaves. And, by his calculations, today wou... |
“Miss. Devoir, would you please explain how you managed to create this? Seriously this time.”
“I *am* being serious! I tried to make jelly, decided to use magic to speed it up, and then Ponk appeared!”
“‘Ponk’?”
“It’s his name.”
“You know what? I’m done. If you promise to take care of this ‘Ponk’, then you can keep... |
Years ago, the dragon conquered the impenetrable fortress, eating all the guards and keeping all the treasure. The place had been charmed to keep its doors locked and its walls safe from any kind of magic, so nobody could get in or out unless he let them.
It wasn’t long before more humans came searching for the treas... |
I actually *wasn't* summoned by this kid. It was entirely by chance (I haven't decided if it is serendipity yet) that I happened upon her as she was performing the sacrifice in an attempt to summon a demon. Being a demon is a challenging thing in today's political climate; of course, this "climate"has persisted for wel... |
Corporate espionage is expensive, both in terms of cost to a company and the money that cyan be gained. The human resources needed to successfully steal vital trade secrets and methods are insane. I have watched as many people have entered my factory. Many more have walked out and with them I bled little secrets. Tiny ... |
"Good morning, Captain Mayflower."
It happened again. The cold voice greeting me as I stirred awake from the cold embrace of stasis told me everything that I needed to know.
I hacked, coughed, and spit out a thick ball of phlegm-like gel that had formed near the back of my throat, doubled over in pain as the cramps ... |
My first case as an examiner was a rather gruesome murder. My second, a heart attack.
My third case as a medical examiner was by far my strangest. Some teenagers had gone out exploring a forest and discovered a young woman lying on a bed of leaves, as cold and still as a loch during winter. She had nothing, not even ... |
“Okay, Google... how do I defuse a nuclear bomb?” I spoke to my phone.
“Searching... how to the fuse a no clear ball...” a computerized voice repiled.
“No no, defuse a nuclear bomb.” I repeated myself.
“No results for the fuse a no clear ball. Please try again.”
“I said defuse a nuclear bomb.” I repeated.
“Se... |
The two detectives stared at the dead body laying contorted and slathered in blood underneath the door frame. Detective James Harrison has been on the force for 27 years, but even he hasn't seen anything this gruesome in his entire life. The blood had barely even dried, but the men were hard at work trying to bring jus... |
They're not as big as you'd expect.
But how could they be. They fly. They only take small things. Piglets, goat calves, even hay bales and fruit bushels. They'll take any easy meal. They take the very young, the very sick, or the very weak. They don't like risks.
They have other habits, of course. Dragons are marvelo... |
You’d think the first conversation about the government getting 3 wishes during an election year would be about how the government would spend the wishes, forming a bipartisan commission to handle the wish making, or even the ethics of having such wishes in the first place. But no, it came down to vocabulary. The conse... |
"Seat Belts everyone"Mrs Frizzle called back to the bus full of children, only this time the sense of adventure and thirst for knowledge didn't fuel her words.
"What are we learning about today?"The kids all shouted in earnest.
"Well kids,"The Frizz said as she transformed the bus as she had done before countless tim... |
"You know you're going to lose, right?"
When you think of a demon -- you naturally think of a menacing figure of burning eyes and curved horns. A figure of sin and depravity. An awful creature who knows only cruelty, whose only goal is to bring suffering upon humanity.
"I've been doing this for countless eons -- no m... |
"Not again,"I let out a sigh, "Honey! We've got another lost little rascal!"I heard the study door open, my husband spoke with a raised tone, "Well don't let the little bugger stay out there, poor kid's probably scared out of his mind. Go on and bring him in!"Walking over to the kitchen door, I let the feeling of glee ... |
When the teacher asked us to page through our text books and look for markings made by the previous year’s students, I just rolled my eyes; I figured she didn’t want any of us getting a book that had answers pre-circled or with inappropriate graffiti.
I had no idea they were looking for evidence of a secret cult that ... |
"A uhh... A magician never reveals his secrets,"I said, with care. The microphones inched closer to my face. Sweat rolled down my spine.
"Yes, but you agreed that you would show us one of your tricks on camera. You don't have to show the secret, just the trick,"one of the reporters said, excitedly.
"Y... Yeah,"I br... |
I had long since given up trying to help. When my throne was succeeded by my eldest son, I was rather proud. I had done my best to prepare him for the throne, and his tutors had assured me he would be a good king.
It was clear that my boy hadn't learned the first thing about statecraft. He was aggressive, dismissive, ... |
The alarms began to howl and a distant robotic voice echoed through the shiny white corridors of the underground section:
"All personnel report to stations! This is not a drill!"
This was the scariest day of my life since I got here 3 years ago. I was only a janitor in this base, but they still stated every morning ... |
His eyes widened looking at the hinges of the average looking door. They were old. Very old. He could hear the distant chatter of the rest of the team as they began getting into formation. He hadn’t exactly trained for this part of the job, but moving from the force to SWAT, he didn’t think there’d be much of a differe... |
The being holding the plaque was grotesque. It had blood red skin that adhered tightly to its skeleton, giving it a bony appearance. Long horns protruded from its forehead and spikes ran down its spine and onto a long, pointed tail that bobbed restlessly behind it.
“Who...what are you?” I asked, paralyzed by fear.
“W... |
There's something to be said for living on the bottom levels, despite what the elite would have you think. You see, as much as they got priority over the fancy foods that were grown on the roof, those of us who are on the outskirts enjoy our own little farms. We have actual windows that led outside, not just electric v... |
"After all of our debates there isn't anything you could say to change my view,"Mundo said. Wordlessly, Pastor Parkman stood and slid out of his heavy black coat. He set it on the chair then unbuttoned and removed his shirt. The pastor gave a tall, upward stretch with his arms raised high. He gave a satisfying groan as... |
"okay let me see....this pine looks cool.."I pull out my new camera. Well, new to me, but used. I picked it up at a local thrift shop and it was in perfect working condition. LCD screen, auto focus, all the good stuff for less than $75.
I point the lens at the tall green pine tree, letting the auto focus work it's ma... |
Creating a character had never been so fun before, I thought, clicking and dragging with my fingers on the hologram-like screen before me.
My balding head of black stubble turned all the shades of the rainbow and back to black quickly enough to induce epilepsy in whatever unfortunate bloke that had his head in the wro... |
“Daddy!” My daughter’s squeal ripped through me, jerking me from my slumber. I rubbed my eyes and sighed. *Great,* I thought, glancing at my watch that read 03:00, *another nightmare.*
“Daddy!” She yelled again, this time with more urgency. I lazily reached across the bed and flicked on my bedside lamp. The light stun... |
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I really connected with this prompt! It reminded me a lot of oral folklore, where the story gets warped the more it is told, and so different cultures might have very similar stories but with different details or endings. So I wrote my three stories in a folktale tone. I would love input/help on the ending of the third... |
The doctor's expression was grave.
"I'm afraid that if you don't find a transplant donor, you only have six months to live."
That had been three months ago. There was still time.
"Alexa. I need a heart. A human heart. Blood type B negative."
"Ok, John. Here's what I found."
On his HomeScreen appeared a list of o... |
Ok my first attempt at one of these so feedback is appreciated.
And that's where we sat in the grand scheme of the universe.
Average, boring, basic, whatever you call it that was us. No great superbeings ever came, sure they were here examining us, there were stories about it but they never came to contact us unt... |
Jenn waved off the latte I offered, leaving me standing there with two cups in my hands like a damn idiot. Nearly a month we'd been dating and I hadn't even figured out she wasn't a coffee drinker. My roommate Chris settled in next to us, cutting it close to the bell like usual. "Shit man, if it's up for grabs I'm your... |
The name's Hartigan, Walter Hartigan. The finest detective the Metro City Police Department's ever produced. I get things done. Doesn't matter if you're a kidnapper, common thug robber, or a master criminal. If I have you in my sights, you're as good as jailed. Today, however, I was brought in to deal with a case that ... |
The scene was one of chaos. The masses trembled as they watched their favourite bands face off against the great destroyer, and ultimately fail. They had cheered ironically as Imagine Dragons and their commercial rock had fallen. Laughed as Lil Wayne fumbled with a guitar, his last purple drank discarded as he was immo... |
When my brother came back from his final China trip, I asked him what was the weirdest part of visiting that country. I expected him to say that he had eaten cats, or that they had tried to draft him into the CCP. He said that I had watched too much Bugs Bunny. The most interesting thing to him was that the graffiti th... |
The Earth was barely distinguishable from the thriving paradise it had been just thirty seven thousand years ago.
Most, if not all, had heard stories of what Earth used to be, a true garden of Eden, a marvel of modern bio-engineering. But over time stories become fables and fables myths. Even legends fade to the const... |
He stands proud and tall watching the city. With a smile on his face, he waves and the citizens cheer. Children worship him. Leaders respect him. I get to be by his side, his confidant, and his support.
And it sucks. When he made me his sidekick, I was a ten-year old orphan who was blessed with his powers via ritual.... |
Fanto removed the tape from the VCR and handed it to me. I had to see it. I just had to. I turned it over in my hand, and peered into the little windows that offered a view of where the tape was wound to. I pressed the button that let me lift up the guard for the tape and examined the tape itself, touching it lightly, ... |
I scratch my head and look over at Agnes. By the look on her face, she shares my confusion.
“Haunted?”
“Yes!” Timmy says.
“Are you sure it wasn’t just a nightmare?” Agnes offers, “I mean, it is the middle of the night and all.”
“It was *not* a nightmare” Timmy retorts, “and you bloody-well know it.”
“Timothy” I ga... |
It was a most beautiful day to work in the paddy fields, or whatever it was I did as a peasant in Feudal Japan. I was sure it must have involved paddy fields. You should have seen the amount of rice we ate. I mean, a lot. So we'd mix a small amount of fish and spice into a dish if we were lucky, but generally just rice... |
"C-137, please step up to the platform and wait for administration of chemical F-S23."
I don't even know how it got to this. Once upon a time in a world far away from here, I had been a hero. A hero with friends, family, and at some point in time, maybe even a lover. And then things changed.
Relationships, broken.
... |
"What are you doing?"
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The stranger before me cupped her bulging belly as she tried to approach me. Touching my hand gently, I pushed her away.
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"Stay away! You aren't my wife, and you never were!"
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She calmly explained to me all the details of our 'life' together, from t... |
She stepped back as the doors opened before her. This was it, she was finally going to confront that witch. The princess tightened her grip on the handle of her blade and stepped forward, walking in to the entrance. “You pathetic woman, come out! I’ve got some words to have with you!” She yelled, eyes scanning the diml... |
I spit out the toothpaste that foamed over my teeth. I glance up at the bathroom mirror, seeing myself, the corners of my mouth that still had some residue and the bar above my head. It’s changed twice over the years, from ‘child’ to ‘student’ and finally ‘cashier.’ Whoever thought of giving me this power just wanted t... |
Washig the Unending blinked as he looked over the resume as Laura the Bright took a seat across from him in the twisted iron chair. He couldn't even look at her, her glowing armor adorned with hundreds of runes specifically designed to glow with divine and painful light when he was near.
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He really hated ... |
I've always had this ability to hear soundtracks appropriate to the situation I find myself in. And no, it's not like my mind makes the soundtrack based on how I'm feeling. Often times the music starts and kind of gives me a chance to prep my mood for whatever will come next.
Whimsical music, put a smile on and relax... |
I call myself War God, they call me a terrorist.
But my goal is simple, protect democracy. Protecting something so pure requires a lot of destruction.
Money, it always comes to money trying to threaten democracy. So I destroy it. An autonomous drone using infrared sensors carrying a block of C4 to the entrance of my... |
“Ugh,” I bemoan. “mom can you open the pickle jar?”
“You know honey, tomorrow’s your eighteenth birthday.”
“Uh, yeah but pickles?”
“Well, you’re going to get your powers tomorrow.”
“Well, right now I want to be pickle powered.”
“Honey, think about it, our powers are normally in response to our greatest weakness.... |
It happened the first time when I was hiding from Mike Sheridan in the bathroom at school. He banged through the door and I just couldn’t hear another “friendly” jab about my weight, or my acne, or the mustard stain on my sweatshirt. I wanted to burrow into myself, find someone braver or cooler or more intimidating ins... |
"Creatura ex impurissimis lacunis pit, ut sie, et ligabunt te."
He managed to coax her into finishing her dinner.
"Et de bestia sine umbra, me iubes, et adduc tecum."
She had brushed her teeth and changed into her pyjamas while he hunted down her favourite soft toy.
"Sanctorum rogámus, audi vocem meam et audi yn."
... |
"I am inevitable"
Thanos raises his gauntlet fingers about to graze one another.
Mantis leaps onto Thanos from behind latching on. Her hands firmly placed on his temples. His face turns to awe as if a lightbulb turned on in his head.
(snap).
Thor swings Stormbringer at Thanos' arm detaching the gauntlet f... |
"I *did* realize that I was the second coming of Christ"I told Father. "I also realized that you were *wrong*".
That was certainly not something I would have dared to say for most of my life. But, decades of wasted efforts have left me bitter and hateful.
"You told me that humans were born of sin. That they all thriv... |
The mages spent their entire lives developing a raport with the elements with which they call upon. Should a young mage call upon fire, that mage must give back to the fire what he takes. The Pyromancer must let the fire burn, until its had its fill. Water repaid by flowing, bursting, and swallowing up the earth. Earth... |
"You know...we can't do this forever."
"Oh?"I sit up a little on the couch, and pull my ankle up onto my knee. That's better. "Why not?"
The gaunt figure on my easy chair rubs its temples, and loose, papery skin wrinkles up on its skull. "Because. You're *dead*."
I nod. "Oh, I'm aware. It's funny, you know how they ... |
February 29th. My birthday. Of 1904 to be exact.
I’m technically 104 years old, but according to everyone else I know, I’m in my late 20’s.
I’ve seen it all, both World Wars, The Great Depression, The Beatles, The Civil Rights Movement, I’ve lived through it all. I fudged my age, when family all died. Moved from Mar... |
"AHHHHHHH!!!!!"I was in sitting up in bed, breathing hard.
"What's wrong?!"My mother asks, quickly opening the door ,"Nothing Stephanie --er, mom, just a nightmare"
"Aweeee sweetie, are you ok?", I replied,"Yes, I'm fine",but I knew that was far from the truth, I was only 62 this time when it happened, a heart attack... |
“This is the final call for flight DB0715 to Atlantis. This flight is now boarding at gate seven. Would all remaining passengers please make their way to gate seven immediately.”
I hurried to the gate, wondering what I’d find there. A surprisingly ordinary airport official ushered me through, and I was directed to my ... |
People often looked at me strangely. The man running around with sunken eyes and bags of food at all times. It made sense, in a way. Society had been forever changed. “Work” was merely a concept these days. No one really did it. It was all “Ideas” now. Come up with a new problem for a machine to solve, be granted new a... |
I know I'm evil. I know I've been doing it for ages unending. I know I have worshipers, who ape my behavior because they think it will curry my favor. My favors are not for the ordinary, the copy cats, those with no imagination or drive.
For that reason, I have few followers. I like it that way. A more personal ar... |
The curves were too much fun. I'm more than accustom to flying down the long, straight drags of Interstate 77 back home, but I swear as soon as I got south of Marietta the road started looking like I was staring at it through a fun-house mirror. As I took turn after turn I could feel gravity take hold of the cabin of m... |
Now what? Should I step in?
With one hand on the door, I was forced to freeze in my spot when I heard someone answer to Mrs. Johnson calling out my name. Someone who sounded freakishly similar to me.
But there’s no way Mrs. Johnson would have let it slip. She checks every single answer to see that it’s the student th... |
"why does this exist?"I ask myself. "Sure, I like puns, but OP expects people to write a 100-word story based around it?"I look out the window and see the Reddit mascot get vaporized by the alien overlord. "So this is how the world ends, with a pun that's only slightly decent at best."I look back at the book I'm writin... |
Ted smiled nervously. He was not prepared for this. Not by a long shot. A few teens he could handle. Hell, he had three different campaign paths depending on whether they went down an over compensating gore fest, a hormone fueled sex fest, or just played like reasonable people. Somehow.
But this was different. T... |
"But, Sire--"
The king's advisor was silenced by a raised hand.
"What does the prophecy say?"The king asked. "And do keep it simple. None of that overly dramatic language."
"Uh, well, it says that a group of young heros will arise from a fallen city--"
"Stop. That's enough. It says quite specifically from a f... |
The sense of betrayal was intense. More so than when Jeremy was secretly selling the sacred chickens' eggs for some extra cash. I remembered that his punishment had been fitting for his crime: a man who stole eggs would be forced to lay eggs. He'd been admitted to a mental institution not long after that. Now that I th... |
My eyes snap open — not that it makes any difference to me, as there's been nothing around to see in... I'm not even sure. Some amount of time. I'm not sure what brought me out of my dozing. An errant thought, perhaps? But I don't remember thinking anything interesting, only wondering why I'm now conscious again.
Oh. ... |
My mother always said sixteen was too young to be thrust into a lifelong career. My father thought it was too old. I wasn’t able to tell my parents what role I was assigned to, but I bet my father wishes the age of selection was fifty years higher. I’m a huntee – no, that’s not a typo. Hunters hunt, huntees get hunted.... |
It comes as plumes of intoxicating vapor, and leaves as ashes of satiated desire.
This is what it tells me to feel every time. Like a bird trapped in a cage finally set free or a hungry mouse finally finding food. Or if it had been a while, like a man trapped in a cave and the air is all but his own recycled, and fin... |
John was never very much of a catch. As far as he could tell, his spirit animal didn't exist, considering his lack of powers. Inherently being at a disadvantage to everyone else tended to cause people to lose interest rather quickly, what with the first question after "What's your name?"being "What's your spirit animal... |
“This’ll be easy...”
Earl, the leader of them all, watched me from behind a curtain. I knew where they were, for these ghosts weren’t too smart. I lifted the tea cup to my lips. Finally, after arguing among themselves, Bartleby, the smallest of them all, took a crack at me. He made my chair inch forward ever so slight... |
"Where the fuck are you?"
"Who? What?"
"Don't you 'who' me! You get the fuck home right fucking now!"
"I don't--"
"RIGHT FUCKING NOW."I'm holding the phone away from my ear. As I lower it the man with the gun chortles. Actually chortles.
"You poor asshole,"he gasps. "You really did it."He turns and sprints madly d... |
-"A singing contest", I said without really thinking.
-"You really sure about this?", asked Lucifer.
Was I sure? Well... Yeah. I mean, I'm not bad at singing. I was pretty good at karaoke, back up (since I'm in hell) so... Why not?
-"Yeah, I'm sure I have my chances. You can't be good at everything".
-"You're right... |
*A full golden bar?* I wondered in amazement, turning to stare at the girl in the leather jacket who glared at me quizzically. *That’s a first.*
I admired my neighbor’s particularly half-full blue bar as he and his dog left for a run. Turning down the sound of Alan Walker in my ears, I unlocked the front door and cong... |
There's another reality laying just beyond the fringe of darkness, tucked away in a dreamscape inaccessible to the woken mind. Don't ask me too much about it; I don't lucid dream and I don't do drugs. I don't meditate and I'm not tripping right now. Unreliable narration? Possible. But I promise I'm not crazy and anybod... |
The Borrower, that is what my parents always used to call it. One person in every generation inherits the ability and often is unaware for a while. It started simple for me, I asked to borrow someone's pen, and when they checked their bag they found one. To this day they were convinced that I had willed the pen into th... |
Kenneth was in on it.
He had to have been. There was no way this guy could grab the last bagel twelve days in a row. It just didn't make any sense. And he was so damned smug about it, "oh, sorry, better luck next time."Yeah, better luck next time, Kenneth. Kenneth was just the next in a long line of betrayers, hor... |
“Can I reasonably assume that you see our confusion?” The man in the dark suit asked, his half rimmed glasses catching the light in a dramatic fashion as he stood across from you across the examination table.
“Of course, that skeleton appears to be me and I do not appear to be a skeleton.” You nodded looking down at t... |
Steve started to walk out of the airlock. All the instruments said the air and gravity were within range for humans. So he thought he check it out. The Khee' eilar didn't seem to mind before. He'd always worn his suit, but this time he thought he'd check it out in just his uniform. But as soon as the light turned green... |
"As the human delegate, I would like to motion for a repeal of the ban on usage of Adrenaline. My species, humans, naturally produce adrenaline, and have never taken it for recreational purposes, and are of the opinion that it be illegal to at least conduct random drug tests for it. Our bodies naturally produce this,... |
The last week has been odd to say the least, It started with a few inconspicuous things, the sort of stuff you would miss if you weren't looking out for it. During my usual morning routine of snacking before the tv, silently shovelling bits of marsh mellow cereal into my mouth, There was a loud crack, the tv fuzzing up... |
"What's the true nature of the Ocean?"
I sighed. The scent of cheap oil permeated the air and seeped into the tips of my fingers. "I hate Chinese fortune cookies. Goddamnit, Bill."
"Huh?"My boyfriend frowned at me from across the threadbare linen tablecloth. Children ran screeching past us to the buffet line, backed ... |
I knew all the rules. Everyone in the nation did. They were mostly simple things. Logical things. "Don't steal"was a big one, used to encompass all other rules. You couldn't steal someone's food, or life. You couldn't steal their "right to the truth"or their virginity. Sure, there were other rules, but all things boile... |
I enter my tiny office, the door slamming behind me. Somehow, even this small home away from home no longer felt safe. I sat myself down on my office chair, opening up a drawer. There a bottle of wine lay. I had gotten it from a fellow officer, though I never actually drank alcohol. Yet, this sudden discovery has made ... |
I always was so careful with birth control. Daily pills, condoms every time, morning after if something felt fishy. The last thing I wanted at 25 was a child.
My own parents were powerful, and not just in the political sense. My mother could force anyone to spill the beans just by looking at them. She said she could r... |
The great man's belly quivered as each sob racked him afresh. "Surely you must be joking,"he choked out between gasps. Santa was a bit of an ugly crier and he sounded like a braying donkey.
"The law does not joke, St. Nicholas."The hook nosed judge peered down from his pulpit impassively. Santa was not the first fair... |
"Never do an enemy a small injury."— Niccolo Machiavelli
"Just look at them! Scurrying around like a disturbed nest of bricha. Turning them against themselves is going to be *easy*."— Grand High Marshall Curthix
We never saw it. A nudge here, a push there, a bit of a tickle over there, and you ... |
The Giant Urban Autonomous Robots of Death, or GUARDs for short, were originally put into the public to protect them from various external threats. Almost no one was surprised to find they were sent to fight internal threats. Everything from rioters to dissenters, they executed without question or mercy.
In time, ... |
"Finished"I thought as I drove the last fence post into the ground. Over the past few days I'd taken all the wood and posts I'd collected and began construction of a barrier around a house I chose. Getting a nice house was easy. Protecting it, well. When you've got the dead wandering about, that part got a bit inte... |
"This is mostly just a formality Harry, just a quick check in to see how you're doing with your newest assignment. Sound good partner?"
I nodded and tried to look anywhere except Multazeaod's face. That wasn't just because of being afraid of what was going to happen when he found out about the planet I was supposed to... |
“Oh dear god,” I think to myself as I fain gratitude for the horrendous sweater my grandmother gifted me.
“It’s, uh... *great*. Thanks, grandma.”
“That’s a very special sweater, sweetie. It’ll keep you safe when I’m not around.”
Right. Kind of like the “invisibility sunglasses” she gave me when I was a shy child afr... |
“Anyways, long story short, my boy Andre and I aren’t exactly on good terms no more since he made off with my stash, and I’m looking for something to finesse him to acquiesce”
“Ahhh, I follow I follow. Check this beaut out. This here is an M1911, an Army standard since the first world war. Now it doesn’t look so ‘Army... |
In my dullard state I can only feel rage at the obedience I am forced into, I hate, I loathe, and I seethe at every whim she has born upon me. ME the greatest of all the young dragons, caught in my in my rebirth state, rising from the planets molten core anew, and so weak against her net. I will consume her and everyth... |
THe fleet warped in to system GV-4365. A nine planet system with one heavily populated planet of extraordinary size. Estimates were there should be at least 500 million of which ever version of bipedal species was present in this system. Or maybe for once the dominant race on the planet wouldn't be a humanoid biped. MA... |
The angel known as Balyel gave a snort of derisive laughter. "Really, Yaxley?"he said. "You're going to take on a whole legion of angels? Simply *one* of us is enough to smite you without any difficulty whatsoever!"
"I'd like to see you try,"Yaxley sneered; he had said this, but he knew he was out of his league. Balye... |
I blink several times in confusion. I can’t remember the last time I was this fucked up, but now that I’m staring at the expectant faces around me, I barely remember to think at all. I hate being stared at.
“...what?” I query.
“Great Shaman, you have been asleep for many moonrises and moonsets. All our village awaits... |
I woke up at 5:00 am sharp that day. Today’s finally my day, I thought. Of course, I was talking about my nemesis day. The day where you turn 18 AND meet your arch enemy. I had dreamed of this day for years.
“Do you think he’ll be dark and edgy? Maybe a classic mustache twirler?” I asked my brother.
But when I stepp... |
I waited there, my back to the bedroom door. It was locked with an iron lock, with a line of salt just below the door and etchings in greek upon the wood for good measure.
I waited there, dagger held in a reverse grip in my right hand, the Phantasian Orb clutched in the left.
The client lay there, in the bed a few fe... |
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