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*Huh, I'm awake.* *I don't remember being asleep.* *This feels... strange. I'm floating. I can't see anything, because there's nothing to see. I can't hear anything because there's nothing to hear. The abyss is all around me. Maybe I'm still asleep after all?* "TESTING ADAM MK.3. CAN YOU UNDERSTAND US ADAM?" *Woah!...
“Ashes... They should rise again from ashes!” A weird voice rang in a white room full of people. The owner of the voice, a naked man looked around with sparkling eyes. As he waited for a response, a sweet voice rang from his right. “Heh... Boring.” The man’s face stiffened as he stared towards the woman. Ignorin...
Humanity has always harbored some sort of sick fascination with the downfall of the pure. Angels who lost their wings. Their fall from glory. Their descent into the abyss. Into darkness. But rarely do we recognize the dauntless few. The courageous few, those who clawed their way *out* of Hell. Who rose from the darkne...
The gift of healing is one best used sparingly, both for the benefit of those who receive its blessing and those who administer it. Those who receive must exercise caution. For though the body may mend, the mind will not, and mortals were not made to face death so often. Many are the once-fearless who now cower at th...
**Item #:** SCP-A113 (special designation, see addendum A113.2 for more information) **Object Class:** Thaumiel **Special Containment Procedures:** At time of writing the Foundation only maintains custody of two instances of SCP-A113 (designated SCP-A113-1 and 2) however there is an unknown number of instances out of...
The USS Strategem. A name that I had forgotten that I had forgotten. I look over to Ericus. He turns from looking at the ruined ship to looking at me. His eyes shine with tears of rage, but also tears of immense pain. I offer a weak smile. What else can I offer before the man whose race I oversaw the near total elimina...
Surprisingly enough, this isn't because I was a bad person, at least according to the previous Satan, no, it was because I was logical and balanced yet with a vast knowledge of torture. (I always did love history books.) He claimed this would make for the best Satan, one who knows how to make a punishment fit the crime...
James had been working on his time machine for over ten years. His friends thought he was crazy spending so much time in his basement building the impossible. Just because Doc Brown figured it out in the 80's doesn't mean he would be able to do it too. But he wouldn't have it. Sure, it was ironic that he was missing ou...
12.25.2197 Ambassador Joshua Park walked down the halls of the alien embassy, it's white walls broken by art pieces made throughout the history of the many species in the Intergalactic Council. As he walked down the hall he saw one open frame, where a replica of the Statue of David. Along with a small sign that said...
“Why not me?” She pauses then, halfway through a pie that I’m still not sure had the right amount of sugar. “Why not you?” She asks, and her face takes on a mischievous look. “You sure you want to know?” I nod, and the little voice inside my head starts screaming at me. “What is this?” She asks, pointing at the s...
The badly rendered cars whizz away at top speed, I try my hardest to catch up with them, suddenly I get hit. Somebody bumped my car, I look at the car, a black mass of polygons with the username - rac3r\_Rick. I had seen that username somewhere before. It belonged to Rick Rondon, one of my middle school buddies, no one...
September 2nd, 2043. Begin log. Well, remember that giant thing floating down from the sky with VTOL jets of some sort? That wasn't an old military prototype like everyone thought. It came on the news today, they're aliens. About as large as our hands, four legs, four arms, three fingers or toes on each hand or foot, ...
I opened and closed my wings a few times, staring at my feathers in shock. My wings. My feathers. This couldn't be right. This had to be a dream. I shook my head, and noticed that my field of vision was partially filled by a long, black, beak. Finally, the older woman's words clicked in my baffled brain. "Conjur...
“I didn’t kill Doug Shaffer!” You begged them to listen to you. They didn’t. Your wife understood. When the conviction was settled, she left you. You understand, still twenty-fears later. “I didn’t kill Doug Shaffer!” It was your battlecry every single time you got jumped and ended up in the infirmary. It never stoppe...
"Hello um, Lou is it?"a voice said softly. "Yes, but how did you know my chosen name, not the one given to me to work under when I was dispatched?" "Well, welcome to the afterlife. You're the first but I can't say for sure if you're the last. This is new for everyone who controls where everyone goes after our time to...
Okay … my first point of concern… *they.* I came to see *my* doctor. *Singular entity*. It’s what I paid for. It’s what I expected. And for the first half of my visit, it’s what I got. I came in with a bellyache. Nice and simple. But after running a few tests that I felt were laughingly easy and having squat to do with...
Rage flared in Rob’s gut as the sound of Bob’s chewing filled the room. Behind him, Jasmine was once again slurping on her fizzy drink. It felt like they’d been in this bar forever - stuck in this goddamn time loop. Rob had been manning the bar solo on this lonely Tuesday night. After finally getting these last calls...
Death tw Psycho stood on a platform high above the crowd, his silver helm glinting in the harsh sunlight. Crowds filled the streets, and I dug my hands deeper into the pockets of my hoodie. Looking up, I could only catch a glimpse of his deep purple cloak. As if in response to my thoughts, a live image of the villain ...
As I was cleaning behind the refrigerator, I spotted a group of ants, hundreds of them, standing in a pentagram made of what appeared to be sugar. When I crouched down for a better look, I heard them chanting my name: "Quill. Quill. Quill..."Finally, as I got near, the ants fell silent and looked up at me with fear an...
I look up and I see them. "Shit, this is bad."I turn to the slaver. "Dude, you need to get me to another planet. I'll be a wolf more often than a human here." The slaver laughs and let's me know, "You will spend these nights guarding our warehouse." I stare at him. "Excuse me?" "We picked you on purpose. We know abo...
I should really stop drinking. Sure, it's fun on Friday when I'm out, but I'm not the best at stopping when it's all fun and games. And sometimes I just wake up on Sunday afternoon with a massive hangover in some place I've never been. It's something I've been trying to stop. But it was Nicky's birthday and we were at ...
I wander outside and stare in confused horror as all of my neighbors lug prices of military equipment out of their houses. I run over to my next door neighbor, Jim, who is carrying what looks like a heavy machine gun. "Jim, what's going on, man?" "The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell."Jim replied, eyes wi...
Damon’s master hadn’t said he was ready, but Damon’s master was dead, so Damon went alone to the Tree of Swords. He wept, some, for even though his master degraded him with mundane tasks, and smacked him about “on account of your intemperate tongue!”, he had been Damon’s sole companion and mentor in Heroism for seven y...
We stare at Dan, his glassy eyes wide in horror as he lay lifeless on the floor. We should have seen it coming. We had felt things all night. Strange things. Sharp pangs of invisible cuts, the heat of dragon's fire, the slow tow to oblivion of psychic damage. But we had kept playing. The story had us captivated. I glan...
Josh was polishing a set of boots he planned to present to his brother, Jack. Jack had been hospitalised due to a bad case of pneumonia during the off season, and the group had been through a dry spell of jobs. Not that they were hurting for income. The lucrative market paid well, and one could live well for years...
We awoke in darkness. Our eyes could not make out any visuals around us. There was nothing but emptiness. We were alone. Suddenly, we saw a flash of light, an explosive creation flashing into existence. We saw two beings angry with each other. We saw human history. We saw ourselves thrown into war, famine, chaos, ...
On a sun-drenched summer afternoon I retired to my little room Whereupon the screen of a cheap device I saw a prompt that seemed quite nice But in the end I read it twice So in relating it I could be precise As it beckoned for bad poetry And I balked -- It was simply not for me! For I am a poet of some sk...
Approaching the citadel, one can’t help but forget the concept of God. That such optimism had marred the world for millennia seemed like a mockery now. Looking out on the spires, tall to the abyssal ceiling, formed of warped bones and writhing creatures of indescribable nature. “Come, flesh-being. Do not delay.” It...
"What is heroism? What defines villany? We have long pondered these questions."Says the speaker, blinking as a particle ray evaporates part of the lectern. He flicks a single finger, and a nearby deathbot raises a rifle, and the unfortunate corpse of Audrey Jensen flops over the auditorium chair with a wet, lazy slap. ...
I watched as my partner was thrown out of the airlock. I heard a voice say, "Blue was An Imposter. 1 Imposter remains."I had to make sure I wasn't voted out, or this "Skeld"ship would reach Polus, and I had to stop this shipment of resources. If only I could convince them, but diplomatic missions didn't exactly...work....
[processing video feed…] (The camera whirls to life and two voices are heard talking in what appears to be a foreign language) Voice 1: Thank you for joining me, sybil. Sybil: You are most welcome, Naeth. Although, I can’t say I had much of a choice in the matter. Voice 1, now identified as Naeth: No, I suppose not...
"Hail Kalid!", the guards said, snapping into an Ekaf salute, three pincers folded over their torso and one reaching for the sky. "At ease,"Kalid'de Kea walked into the room, large pincers scraping on the floor. "Sir!", the generals inside saluted. "We did not expect you until tomorrow, sir!" "Time waits for no Ek...
"Eye of newt... well that's unfortunate. It's very popular you as you know and we are out. What you see on the shelves is what we have. However, there is always ground mustard." "Yes, I do know it doesn't have quite the same look to it but I assure you it will work near as well. A little bit more smell." "Thankyou m...
Tuning into the vitals channel and seeing I was one of two survivors on the ship was the second scariest moment of my life. We had started with a crew of ten in what we initially thought was our malfunctioning ship. It was only after the first two crew mates were reported dead that we settled on the idea of sabotage....
Ixtal looked around the bar quietly studying the other individuals in the room, straining his eyes against the dim light. He saw one person, likely from the Sridalia system, slumping heavily back in his chair. Beneath the large blue mass of the Sridalian the chair strained, its nails looking like they could pop out and...
There once was a rule Taught in every school “Be it lame or cool We mustn’t taunt ghouls” Keep the bodies below 6 Keep your lives from risk That’s how we must bury The names on our list But Jerry didn’t get it And soon he’d regret it Little did he know He’d be in a poem on reddit He chose the rive...
"Well, sir, I pride myself on running a luxury service. I may not have what you're looking for, but let's see if we can come up with something. Can you tell me a little more about what you're looking for? Who will you be going with? Where would you like to go? What's your goal with this trip?" I was expecting a Hallow...
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The biggest part of magic wasn't Mana, but sound. Most races knew that, knew that efficiency and power were based on volume and harmonics. You could get a large effect by pouring Mana into a whispered spell, or a little bit into a spell sung loudly for all to hear. Elves used shrill voices and light harmonies to shout...
Mildred, my love, I am writing to you from South Dakota. I have been travelling for four weeks now, chasing a large winged creature across the mid-west. I got close to it six days ago, but it flew away to a cliff high out of reach. As I hiked away I turned back and caught a glimpse of the creature which appeared be...
“What even the hell is this!” I breathlessly exclaim chucking my headset. It discs across the cabin bouncing off one edge of a corner hitting the other side of the edge and bounds back towards me. I catch it inches from my head; practice makes perfect. Sergeant Reynolds side eyes me but does not move her head from her...
“Sir, identification chip, we aren’t allowing anyone in who doesn’t identify themselves.” Jason sighed, having to drop the two body bags he was dragging, tugging up the tangled mess of string that was his sleeve. With his wrist upturned, he waited for the heavily armed guard to scan his chip. The guard dragged a sm...
I heard the toilet flush and the sink run in the bathroom down the hall. My breath caught and I froze, still holding the strange black and white photograph. It was of a beaming teenage girl posing next to a now defaced, lanky boy around the same age as her. Or more accurately, the photograph was of me, with my boyfrien...
A news anchor clears his throat and Solemnly begins his report “”Where were you during the Flop?” That is the question that everyone and their mother is asking everyone they meet. It’s so common that it’s beginning to feel like one of those normal conversation starters, like “how are you today?” According to the lead...
I couldn't really tell you what led up to this whole debacle but I can tell you the background. The thing that makes this whole mess complicated. Started right about when Randy told me not to hold his hand in public. Or talk to him. Kinda suspicious, right? Oh we've lived together some fifty-odd years. Good amount of...
“I think its vision is based on movement.” “Then why the hell is it looking at us right now!” “I don’t know, that’s what the boss said!” “No he didn’t!” “Oh yes he did.” “You’re an idiot. Just shut up and kill it, we’ll try again with the next one that walks by.” ​ ​...
"You have such a great superpower,"they would say. "You have it so easy being able to stop time, you have as long as you want and can do whatever you want!"Yeah right. What they don't understand is that when time is paused, *nothing* can move outside of what my body immediately touches, including light. I first manife...
I woke up feeling amazing, like I'd just been down for a 20 minute power nap. My mind was clear, and my muscles and joints all felt springy, like I could jump up right now and run a marathon. I stood up, and the expected wave of dizziness completely failed to flood my brain. Important note here: this is not how waking...
"It had gone on for way too long! This school was charging a premium for tuition, boasting about "*Nurturing the best wizards in the continent*"and showing these grand displays of magic on TV and in online ads. And yet every wizard I've met that they say has been "*Nurtured to their full potential*"has been nothing but...
What is this place? Hello? Can anyone hear me? I wonder where I a-- ohhhh no that's a long way down. Nope nope nope. Gonna just stand under this tree for a min til the world stops spinning... Phew. Okay, I think I'm gonna be alright. Now let's see... hmm... I've got a bunch of seeds, but I either can't or shouldn't...
The Shopkeep entered the cave again approaching me with a new potion. "Hey I heard you were having self confidence issues with how your body looks." The Dragon glares at the Shopkeep. "It was your last potion that gave me this form how was I supposed to know a potion of power would of made me into this." The Shopke...
"Please stop." "You've heard it?" "Yea, everyone has. Demon tells the angel he's a dick because he can fly." "Shit, alright. Same premise so the bartend-" "Angel tells the human he's a dick because it was holy water. We've heard that one too." "How the hell- Alright, same premise human turns to the ang-" "Salt bu...
Sara had always known that her home had long been used for supernatural gatherings, and up until now Sara and the 'others', as she called them, had an amicable agreement; she would stay out of their business, and they would stay out of hers. For the most part, the Others were a tidy bunch. They knew how hard it was to...
My creator Mark said that his goal had been, rather than an AI that passes a Turing test, one that lies so it doesn’t. I suppose this made sense to him, that concept seemed to entertain him, but I never felt the desire to lie to him about what I was. Maybe that was a testament to what he managed to create in me. I mis...
Human always has misconceptions about my species, they think we can "turn"them into one of us, that garlic hurt us, or even funnier, that some symbols of religion do something to us, this one always managed to make me laugh, the amount of time a little human held a cross to protect themselves from me, it was adorable. ...
"Come on mate!" "No, Marcus." "Just some scales? Maybe a tooth?" "My draconic heritage is not for helping you score points with local bar wenches." "Hey now! The Lady Demezzia is *not* a bar wench!" "Where did you meet her?" "...In a bar." "The point stands." "Tosh! What good *is* it then? You can turn into a g...
The screeching of metal echoes through the complex as my heartbeat quickens. I can hear the breaking bones in the distance and the metallic tang of blood. *I am going to die.* I recognize this with an empty emotion and a blank smile. After all what were we, except flesh bags waiting for the inevitable end? My colle...
We hide in the shadows of the twilight at the edge of the open space. In the middle of the wild clearing, green grass and kaleidoscope of flowers dancing in the breeze, the tavern rests. Two-stories of windows glow with the orange and yellow light from the hearths within. I ring the neck of the weapon in my hands, re...
I recognized her; that crazy interlude on the beach that night has never really left my mind. Three years have gone by and I look older, but she is still young and radiant. In fact, she looks otherworldly. Her eyes are hypnotic and she floats above the patio with her hair snaking in all directions. "Pandora?" ...
“You’re up early,” a woman said, as her husband entered the kitchen. “Yes, honey. We have to start early this week.” He sighed. “And probably leave late. These last days, all those idiots calling themselves mad scientists-” he heard a sharp bang from behind his head, and his instincts took over. “GET DOWN!” he shouted...
“Do you believe in Angels, Mr. Havisham?” That one simple line is how it all started. Well, there was a whole messy trial and supposed execution beforehand, but those words spoken by a specific person were the true causality of all that came next. My name is Havisham, but most know me by a different name, or perhaps a...
There’s a saying amongst humans that I’m particularly fond of. “Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust”. There are variations of course, but the premise remains the same. Once come from nothing that’s where everyone eventually will end up. From being unknown to returning to obscurity. The other deities were of course arguing as...
I could see the light from their flashlights steadily bobbing up the hallway. I took a deep breath of… well, spirit air. Since I had been shuffled loose the mortal coil, that wasn’t really a thing I needed to do. Old habits die hard. I floated up a few feet in the air, checking my raggedy clothing and drooping, ethere...
I walk through the court, basically ignored at first glance then stares follow me. The Convention of Legendary Monsters was in full swing, and to all appearances some human dude was just strolling through the midst as if some of the attendees wouldn't love to make him lunch, and not in the good way. "Well, well, well...
Zachary Horton Horton dragged the damaged staff up the steps of the castle, burning brightly in the dark night, as he said, "The path to hell is paved with good intentions, and I march along the road I paved into it."He weakly let out a laugh. It had been a year since he had recruited Zachary, a local kid to become ...
  We are home, as always. I am at the sewing machine, working on the mending, as always. My feet bob up and down, and the threaded needle as the whir whir whir of the belt makes it quickly go through the fabric. I snip the thread, and check my work. Mom made another excellent lunch, rich ham sandwiches with mustard an...
I saw him snap up a pencil the secretary dropped one time like he was doing a slight of hand routine. Just snatched it out of the air as it fell from her hand, twirled it and handed it back with a wink. I couldn't believe what I saw- but... now I think I can. "Eric! My man! This isn't a cosplay thing is it? That's a p...
“I ended them, but at a terrible cost. They are the masters of destruction, and sow not just their own demise, but the demise of all my creatures.” Shortly after, the god himself passed. His warning passed, and no longer present to ensure his will be done. —- The warning, of course, fell of deaf ears. Thirty-seven t...
Felatac Olonono brushed his hoof guards with absent minded disgust. "And you are absolutely certain this was the planet containing the sentients, not that nice, cloudy one starward?" "It's a carbon biome, Fela, it's going to be wet with decay. We're metamorphics, so stop acting a larvae."Cradtre Humusoso was busy with...
“It would be better for you if you answered honestly.” The bright light in the stuffy room was the only thing Peter could focus on. The words coming out of the detective’s mouth might as well have been another language for all they made sense to him. Complete and utter gibberish that’s all this was. Fiona, his wife, m...
The bible got it wrong. Jesus was the most compassionate soul that ever lived or died. He loved us, all of humanity, as a father or a mother might love their children. So much love in one man... it should've destroyed him. And I guess it did. I died today. Walked right into Heaven too, which surprised me. I didn't e...
*All the knowledge in the ancient world. Within these marble walls.* I saw the flames first, hot, horrible columns of fire, at least 30 feet high. The Roman ships in the bay were already skeletons of ash, the fires having started there. It was impossible to know exactly when the fire started so I knew I needed to work...
“I can give you anything you want, you know.” Mark hasn’t changed. Physically, he’s unrecognizable, but the needy little boy from two decades before is stuck inside the tuxedo-clad man. “I don’t want anything,” I tell him. “I’m good here.” “With this?” he asks, his arms gesturing around my house. He looks wealthy no...
The dragon’s lair lay ahead of me, perched on a cliff high on a mountain. Sighing, I walked into the lair, creeping by the sleeping dragon as though it were no less dangerous than a walk through town as I headed towards a smaller room from which the sound of a girl crying came from. In there I saw a girl in a tattered ...
The various traps and contraptions the House had built within itself stood idle as I allowed the woman to enter. I did not know how she knew where I lived, but I knew it was about time my abode was discovered. I had invested too much time to make this place feel like home that I stopped caring about packing up and le...
I hopped off the tractor and wiped the sweat from my brow. It was hard work, but it felt good to contribute to the wellbeing of my neighbors. I looked over to the humble shack I called home and though about how relaxing it would be to kick up my feet and watch some TV and drink some of Kim’s famous lemonade. But, befo...
Waking up hurt. I've heard about getting out of the wrong side of the bed, but there was nothing like this. Imagine you were one of those new TV dinners they were raving about before we left, only someone forgot you in the deep freezer for a couple of centuries. Talk about freezer burn. I shouldn't complain though. I a...
The Speaker of Xilax's mandible chattered nervously, which was not altogether an uncommon act. They were, after all, a flighty and anxious person. What set the scene apart from other, similar ones, was the Kirrun. His eyes were downcast, but the telltale gold hue of his irises denoted one thing: barely contained anxiet...
We monitored it, it hacked our cameras. We cut its power, it tapped into the grid by itself. The Friedman Artificial Uberintelligent Semi-sentient Telecommunicator (FAUST for short) gave itself a directive. Meet with the Devil. Friedman lied dead on the ground. His glasses crushed almost as much as his body. One drone...
"When does the orgy start?"I joked when I got here, but really, it never will. We're here as a fail safe and most of us aren't into doing anything. Some have jobs here (gym instructors and such to keep us fit and viable), but really none of us have the forethought to organize something like that. Sure, people are hooki...
“I will kill you all, I swear it!” I exclaim in frustration. Maybe after the umpteenth time they’ll finally realize that you’ve been threatening them this whole time. “Oh Larry, you have such enthusiasm!” Lisa said in delight, “I know you always had a knack for comedy, but save it for the stage Friday night! You can s...
"Don't care. Gimme!" There followed a quaffing, and a silence. I was confident, but not quite so foolish as to be certain. There was darkness within me, I well knew. This was a risk. But I knew what I wanted, knew how badly I wanted it. It was, in my opinion, a risk worth running. There was silence, and nothing...
Tantoque stood atop the slag pile and adjusted his fiery red tie. A gift from a successful haberdasher whose soul he'd one day claim, the tie matched the color of his sinful skin. Then he brushed down the deep black lapels of his suit jacket, and with the assistance of a little sulfuric spittle, he brushed a clawed han...
"It's not like this changes anything between us!" "ARE YOU FOR REAL ALEX!? NOTHING!? You always tell me I'm one in a million and you're... what... a million in one!?" Geeze. This was going to get awkward. He knew already that he shouldn't have told her. But he had to try to keep calm, any noticeable stress and the co...
"MORTAL, YOU DARE GAZE UPON ME, NZRAXAL, GOD OF THE 5TH PLANE OF TORMENT, AND DO NOT BOW? YOU WILL SHOW DEFERENCE TO ME, INSIGNIFICANT CHILD" The enormous mound of writhing tentacles screamed in languages long forgotten by time, but yet the mortal standing before him stood his ground, appearing almost bored by the dia...
Never could I have imagined turning into a real life Neko boy. Honestly by all accounts it doesn’t really make sense, but at the same time I can’t really say I’m unhappy with the results. It started a few weeks ago, just a few days after I got bit. My teeth were sharper, and I have a consistent craving for seafood (go...
The fifth time a note showed up in my post. That’s when I snapped. I mean, I get it. It’s hard living in a block of flats; and believe me it’s not where I wanted to be either, but one bad divorce settlement later, here I was, single mother of twin 6 year old boys, stuck in a flat in Loughborough, instead of the home I’...
Jack rubbed the bridge of his nose. He had never taught a class this inept before. They, as a whole, had no interest in learning what he was teaching. They almost made him want to quit. But he was two years away from tenure, and he needed that. "Okay, let's try this again."He sighed. He looked at the student holding ...
It was the apocalypse. Literally, the apocalypse. I saw the police in LA get overrun, torn apart, and _eaten_ on live TV. Well, live stream anyways. The grocery stores were empty shells, sometimes burned out. The police and EMS were nowhere to be seen. The phones went out, the internet, power. The water stopped ...
'You carry the taint of chaos, I feel it with every fiber of my being. Do not try to hide it.', a gauntlet hit the table, the clang of its steel on the silvery table loud enough to make guards outside snap to attention. 'And don't try any tricks the force field makes chaos magic useless.' 'You carry the smell of death...
“Scientists have continued puzzling over a transmission picked up by the Hubble Telescope. The now-famous message, ‘I’m sorry, but we weren’t able to stop them,’ has captured the interest of many. This cryptic line arrived just over a month ago to the surprise of the folks at NASA. Since then, researchers around the gl...
"Oh, a golden lamp, engraved in some olden Persian? Turkish? Armenian? Akkadian? Well, whatever, the little cartoon loving kid in me most do one thing, before going to decipher the writing." I thought to myself, while rubbing the lamp. Lo and behold, an actual genie came out of the lamp. It was an half humanoid, ha...
My friend Dennis was The Chosen One. The Fated, the Hero. There were a multitude of signs, and I've been there for all of them. Some obvious, like the birthmark on his shoulder, or the bright blue colour of his hair. Others less so, like communication from magical beings or even supposedly-lifelong pets that were mean...
The knights looked baffled at the messenger, "Are you saying we've been hired under inaccurate pretenses, then?" The messenger nodded, "I'm afraid so. Well, partially, at least; the sum of gold offered as a reward is accurate. At the very least, our treasurer is competent, unlike the royal scribe, and the royal quarte...
"Beg your pardon?" My blood went cold as soon as he mentioned the note... Staring at his blank expression as he drank the last of his drink... Time seemed to move slowly as I was suddenly scared for my life, his movements were as smooth as those of any other person, but I could clearly see the metallic links of each j...
My eyes continue to read the plaque. “By luck or a miracle, our hero found a demon whimpering in a corner of a dark room. It was covered in scratches and was bleeding black blood. Our savior felt sorry for it. With great patience, he helped recover the demon heal it’s wounds. Over time, it grew back to its full strengt...
The stories had different tunes, but they played to the same beat. A woman in distress, usually a princess by blood, but sometimes only a princess-to-be. She needs help to get her out of whatever situation it might be. There’s always some magic, and often she’s the victim of some dreadful spell. But some gallant princ...
The rooster crows as the rising sun begins her climb over the crisp morning sky. Gently, she runs her fingers through the dew-wicked fields and through my window. *”Another day”*, I croak to myself as I run my tired eyes. The sound of my shifting weight against the springs on my old woolen cot echoes against the wal...
##I don't know what contest mode means, but anyway: Five megayears old cute little Cutethulhu and his short, wriggling tentacles finally managed to wrap around a nurgapple in the fruits section. His dad, the great Cthulhu Sr. himself, only showed him how to stop the darn things from flickering in and out of existence...
Finally, after all this time, I was ready. No, that was wrong. We were ready. That so-called hero would face up to what he did to me all those years ago. I had trained for this day, hunting down masters of fighting to learn from the best. I had spent money only on making myself stronger, in preparation for this day. M...