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[WP] "I do not know, Star-Gazer, how the humans succeeded. I only know that while we fled to the refugee worlds that they prepared for us, they gathered to pray to their gods of war and sung their battle hymns as they set forth to meet the enemy. Their sacrifice is why we still exist today." | "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord, He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored, he hath loosed the fateful lighting of his terrible swift sword, His Truth is marching on! "
Star-Gazer searched, the old holo-tape ringing out a battle cry as he watched the recording.
Th... | I do not know, Star-Gazer, how the humans succeeded. I only know that while we fled to the refugee worlds that they prepared for us, they gathered to pray to their gods of war and sung their battle hymns as they set forth to meet the enemy.
I do not know, little Star-Gazer whether they still live. Their blood flowed ... | |
[WP] "I do not know, Star-Gazer, how the humans succeeded. I only know that while we fled to the refugee worlds that they prepared for us, they gathered to pray to their gods of war and sung their battle hymns as they set forth to meet the enemy. Their sacrifice is why we still exist today." | "Tell me about the humans."
"What about the humans? There is an old saying, you know, that for every three humans in a room there will be six opinions that can be found."
"I want to know about The Last War."
"Hmph, very well. Your mother will not be pleased with me, but it is a story worth passing down."
*The story... |
I do not know, Star-Gazer,
how the humans succeeded.
I only know that while we fled to the refugee worlds that they prepared for us,
they gathered to pray to their gods of war and sung their battle hymns
as they set forth to meet the enemy.
Their sacrifice is why we still exist today.
When the time came and... | |
[WP] "I do not know, Star-Gazer, how the humans succeeded. I only know that while we fled to the refugee worlds that they prepared for us, they gathered to pray to their gods of war and sung their battle hymns as they set forth to meet the enemy. Their sacrifice is why we still exist today." | Enbri sought the warmth of his mother. It was always so cold when they came here.
His mother wore the traditional tattered cloth over garments, a symbol of the wretches the Tolosians once were. They walked swiftly to the small spire at the center of the flat where a razor sharp tine pointed at the sky above a bronzed ... | "It was actually known that the humans were a fickle race. They were divided and united in one strange way." The Queen would sit down on the floor with her little child following her action as their sun's rays hit the floor through the ornate windows. "When I named you Star-Gazer, it was a reminder for the People abou... | |
[WP] "I do not know, Star-Gazer, how the humans succeeded. I only know that while we fled to the refugee worlds that they prepared for us, they gathered to pray to their gods of war and sung their battle hymns as they set forth to meet the enemy. Their sacrifice is why we still exist today." | Enbri sought the warmth of his mother. It was always so cold when they came here.
His mother wore the traditional tattered cloth over garments, a symbol of the wretches the Tolosians once were. They walked swiftly to the small spire at the center of the flat where a razor sharp tine pointed at the sky above a bronzed ... | I do not know, Star-Gazer, how the humans succeeded.
Did you ever meet one, Star-Gazer? Did you ever speak with one of their kind, face-to-face? Do you recall, from deepest memory, the names of those that helped your family live; can you hear the words they said to your mother to comfort her? I was old then, yet I rem... | |
[WP] "I do not know, Star-Gazer, how the humans succeeded. I only know that while we fled to the refugee worlds that they prepared for us, they gathered to pray to their gods of war and sung their battle hymns as they set forth to meet the enemy. Their sacrifice is why we still exist today." | 1.
The ship rocked slightly as the Elder made his way towards the gathering hall. He slowed and steadied himself, and felt a chill run through him despite being safely tucked away in the colony shop, far from the howling wind of the alien planet outside. An all too familiar darkness began to fill his soul.
As he'd d... | I do not know, Star-Gazer, how the humans succeeded.
Did you ever meet one, Star-Gazer? Did you ever speak with one of their kind, face-to-face? Do you recall, from deepest memory, the names of those that helped your family live; can you hear the words they said to your mother to comfort her? I was old then, yet I rem... | |
[WP] "I do not know, Star-Gazer, how the humans succeeded. I only know that while we fled to the refugee worlds that they prepared for us, they gathered to pray to their gods of war and sung their battle hymns as they set forth to meet the enemy. Their sacrifice is why we still exist today." | “But why would Hum Ans do it?” Star Gazer asked. “Why would they even care? Teachers tell us that self interest is driving force in every species. What they did was exact opposite.” Sarssa smiled. It was a question that every new generation of students asked. Why did Hum Ans save them. “Hum Ans are creatures of many c... | I do not know, Star-Gazer, how the humans succeeded.
Did you ever meet one, Star-Gazer? Did you ever speak with one of their kind, face-to-face? Do you recall, from deepest memory, the names of those that helped your family live; can you hear the words they said to your mother to comfort her? I was old then, yet I rem... | |
[WP] "I do not know, Star-Gazer, how the humans succeeded. I only know that while we fled to the refugee worlds that they prepared for us, they gathered to pray to their gods of war and sung their battle hymns as they set forth to meet the enemy. Their sacrifice is why we still exist today." | “How did we all survive, Elder?”
Tuska took a long drag from his pipe, and carefully considered his answer to the young Engi’s question. His mind flickered back to his race’s history. Perhaps long ago his ancestors would have bellowed in rage, draw their battle axes, and slaughter the group of young alien children gat... | I do not know, Star-Gazer, how the humans succeeded.
Did you ever meet one, Star-Gazer? Did you ever speak with one of their kind, face-to-face? Do you recall, from deepest memory, the names of those that helped your family live; can you hear the words they said to your mother to comfort her? I was old then, yet I rem... | |
[WP] "I do not know, Star-Gazer, how the humans succeeded. I only know that while we fled to the refugee worlds that they prepared for us, they gathered to pray to their gods of war and sung their battle hymns as they set forth to meet the enemy. Their sacrifice is why we still exist today." | Enbri sought the warmth of his mother. It was always so cold when they came here.
His mother wore the traditional tattered cloth over garments, a symbol of the wretches the Tolosians once were. They walked swiftly to the small spire at the center of the flat where a razor sharp tine pointed at the sky above a bronzed ... | "But, broodmother, I do not understand."
"What do you not understand, little one?"
"why would the humans help us? They had been at war with us for years because they thought us a threat. Why would that just turn round to help us all of a sudden?"
"Humans, whilst selfish, greedy and paranoid, also can be highly logic... | |
[WP] "I do not know, Star-Gazer, how the humans succeeded. I only know that while we fled to the refugee worlds that they prepared for us, they gathered to pray to their gods of war and sung their battle hymns as they set forth to meet the enemy. Their sacrifice is why we still exist today." | “How did we all survive, Elder?”
Tuska took a long drag from his pipe, and carefully considered his answer to the young Engi’s question. His mind flickered back to his race’s history. Perhaps long ago his ancestors would have bellowed in rage, draw their battle axes, and slaughter the group of young alien children gat... | The first to fall was Moscow. Several followed, and before we knew it, most of the modern earth was gone. We had expected as much, and had moved underground before the first impact. Still, the grainy news footage brought tears to many eyes, seeing our home systematically annihilated. Lying in wait beneath the rubble of... | |
[WP] "I do not know, Star-Gazer, how the humans succeeded. I only know that while we fled to the refugee worlds that they prepared for us, they gathered to pray to their gods of war and sung their battle hymns as they set forth to meet the enemy. Their sacrifice is why we still exist today." | "Where are they now, Ome?" Star-Gazer asked.
"Beyond the beyond, still fighting out there at the edges of the stars. Keeping us safe from what hides in that darkness." Ome answered, sweeping two of their arms in wide arc across the view of the night sky.
"Are we safe?" Star-Gazer asked, their bright eyes drinking in ... | The first to fall was Moscow. Several followed, and before we knew it, most of the modern earth was gone. We had expected as much, and had moved underground before the first impact. Still, the grainy news footage brought tears to many eyes, seeing our home systematically annihilated. Lying in wait beneath the rubble of... | |
[WP] "I do not know, Star-Gazer, how the humans succeeded. I only know that while we fled to the refugee worlds that they prepared for us, they gathered to pray to their gods of war and sung their battle hymns as they set forth to meet the enemy. Their sacrifice is why we still exist today." | All historical discoveries had to be shown to the Mothers and carefully recorded. That was one of the sacred laws of Nuitia.
Iktir climbed the steep stone steps, minding his footing on the polished tiles. The heavy inlaid box made it hard to balance. He had spoken to the Mothers only once before, when they had declare... | The first to fall was Moscow. Several followed, and before we knew it, most of the modern earth was gone. We had expected as much, and had moved underground before the first impact. Still, the grainy news footage brought tears to many eyes, seeing our home systematically annihilated. Lying in wait beneath the rubble of... | |
[WP] "I do not know, Star-Gazer, how the humans succeeded. I only know that while we fled to the refugee worlds that they prepared for us, they gathered to pray to their gods of war and sung their battle hymns as they set forth to meet the enemy. Their sacrifice is why we still exist today." | All historical discoveries had to be shown to the Mothers and carefully recorded. That was one of the sacred laws of Nuitia.
Iktir climbed the steep stone steps, minding his footing on the polished tiles. The heavy inlaid box made it hard to balance. He had spoken to the Mothers only once before, when they had declare... | They left only ruins of their once-great civilization and their ashes. We preserve them today, as they once did. Though they were warriors and sang hymns of death in glory, they loved their planet and did a great deal to preserve its nature once they understood how much their wars and their greed had damage it almost b... | |
[WP] You are the Commanding Officer of a soldier Main Character. You’ve somehow come to the realization that he/she has “plot immunity” and is incapable of being killed no matter how suicidal the mission seems. | Jackpot!
Today marks the 76th day of our war with the Globs. Ever since officer Jackson has come under my command we haven't lost a single battle to the Glob race. Better yet, I haven't lost a single soldier. Jackson takes out everyone before we can catch up to him. He can even use the alien's weapons, something that ... | The air was cool enough to stilt the smoke pouring out of Captain Jorland's nose as another cigarette was finished and crushed into a nearby ash tray. The open air tent he sat within was barely lit by a small lantern and what moonlight was coming down from above. His First Sergeant MacReady was watching a perimeter lin... | |
Sorry about the typo, its *you quickly stop it* not *to quickly stop it* | [WP] You are God's kid, you have the power of a literal god. But you mostly just use it for fun, tying people's shoelaces together, dumping water on people etc. You one day see a car crash about to happen but to quickly stop it, you then realize how good it feels to save people. | I was the child of a god.
And being the child of a god had it's perks. I could control pretty much everything in the literal universe, see possible futures, you name it, I could do it.
Most people, with my powers, would've done something major with it. World peace, hunger gone, some lofty human goal that was consider... | "Fuck you, Dad," I chanted into the empty bowels of the sky. They were spewing God's tears, his tears of shame and mirth. I was going to have fun today, but he knew I hated rain. Sure I have made myself waterproof, but I was a developing kid - I didn't know how to do that yet, and apparently casting me down to live amo... |
[WP] You are a evil scientist that has created modified clones with superpowers. Unfortunately you can't use them in battle because you've grown attached to them and don't want them to get hurt. | It all began, I would say, a few months ago. That's when "they" were created. These were the ones that I knew would succeed to my reign. My creation, my successor, my children. Those very months ago, several youths were discovered to have gone missing. Oh, but I know exactly where they went. Applying my years of resear... | "I can't do it," I said. His gaze hardened. He took a menacing step toward me.
"You will do it, or you will be punished," he said, glancing behind him briefly at the long-haired man a few feet behind him.
"I can't send them out to fight," I said, "I know they're enhanced clones, but I can't, they're my children."
"C... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | *Fuck the snow.* Freshly fallen snow carpeted the entire town, the muddy road, the burned out storefronts it wound around, I could even see where it had begun to pile into a townhouse whose roof had given way to a shelling months prior. The only sounds I could hear were the crunching of snow with every next step, and t... | His fingernail carved line after line in the parched earth before him. Painted black and supernaturally sharpened, it seemed more a claw than anything else. Appropriate, a claw for a monster. He felt more like a monster on this dark day than in several years. Everything about him stank of wrath and the promise of death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | Drip. Drip. Drip. Rainwater flows off of the broken glass of the window that Mordecai had just thrown a guard through, pooling on the floor. Was he involved? Unlikely. Was he in the way? Most definitely. Hence why he was in a broken pile, six stories down. His raven hair is slicked back with rainwater, his helmet hangi... | His fingernail carved line after line in the parched earth before him. Painted black and supernaturally sharpened, it seemed more a claw than anything else. Appropriate, a claw for a monster. He felt more like a monster on this dark day than in several years. Everything about him stank of wrath and the promise of death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | Manny stood by the limply hanging body of a man. The poor fool had run, and gotten himself tangled and mangled by the razorvine that was fairly common in the forest, and as a result had bled out on the ground, where the carnivorous plant's root structure lay.
Manny shook his head and sighed, the thin plant tendrils w... | His fingernail carved line after line in the parched earth before him. Painted black and supernaturally sharpened, it seemed more a claw than anything else. Appropriate, a claw for a monster. He felt more like a monster on this dark day than in several years. Everything about him stank of wrath and the promise of death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "Are you sure you want me?"
"Yes!" The dwarf sounded so enthusiastic
"I've stolen from almost everyone including you four!"
"Oh we know" both the elves said in unison
"Ive murdered before for easy money!"
"But they were all shady people, their records were covered in filth" the lizard shot out.
The dwarf walked... | His fingernail carved line after line in the parched earth before him. Painted black and supernaturally sharpened, it seemed more a claw than anything else. Appropriate, a claw for a monster. He felt more like a monster on this dark day than in several years. Everything about him stank of wrath and the promise of death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | I am simply *not* a 'good' person, I practice dark magic, necromancy, I murder, pillage, and torture, hell I've even made a species or two go completely extinct due to my lack of care for living creatures, but these people are different, and I will go through *any* lengths to find them.
"I swear! I never saw your part... | His fingernail carved line after line in the parched earth before him. Painted black and supernaturally sharpened, it seemed more a claw than anything else. Appropriate, a claw for a monster. He felt more like a monster on this dark day than in several years. Everything about him stank of wrath and the promise of death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "Command, please repeat. Over." His words were barely a whisper, tinged with a hint of hysterical disbelief. 'Please,' he wanted to beg the older man. Static cracked in Remmy's ear as he waited for confirmation. Even at twenty light years distance, gravity well fluctuations still caused minor interference in ship-to-sh... | His fingernail carved line after line in the parched earth before him. Painted black and supernaturally sharpened, it seemed more a claw than anything else. Appropriate, a claw for a monster. He felt more like a monster on this dark day than in several years. Everything about him stank of wrath and the promise of death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | It was supposed to be easy gold, just kidnap the cleric and a knight. A job that had only taken a greased palm, some sleeping powder, and some muscle.
 
Easy.
 
With a start, he’d woken up. The room was almost pitch black save for some light coming through his window. The moon must’ve made it’s wa... | His fingernail carved line after line in the parched earth before him. Painted black and supernaturally sharpened, it seemed more a claw than anything else. Appropriate, a claw for a monster. He felt more like a monster on this dark day than in several years. Everything about him stank of wrath and the promise of death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | “I’m not a good person, Randall.”
The ocean waves churned at our feet. It had been nearly a fortnight since my party had disappeared. An accident on the field as the world knew it. I’d lost count at this point how many people had come to me offering some words of sympathy as though expecting they could distinguish th... | His fingernail carved line after line in the parched earth before him. Painted black and supernaturally sharpened, it seemed more a claw than anything else. Appropriate, a claw for a monster. He felt more like a monster on this dark day than in several years. Everything about him stank of wrath and the promise of death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | Being good have never come naturally to Nokke.
Nokke's people were not known for it. Kobolds are generally known for being tricky and conniving bastards who would rather steal from you than give you the time of day.
Traps, misdirection and underhanded tactics. The bread and butter of Nokke's people. What had kept m... | His fingernail carved line after line in the parched earth before him. Painted black and supernaturally sharpened, it seemed more a claw than anything else. Appropriate, a claw for a monster. He felt more like a monster on this dark day than in several years. Everything about him stank of wrath and the promise of death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | “I wouldn’t call myself an Evil person, just more of a compulsive liar.” That is what I always told them; I doubt they all got the double-entendre but my reluctance to admit my own faults certainly aided the party on many occasions. “The Party”, a moniker I always used with pleasure after explaining to Paladin Hines th... | His fingernail carved line after line in the parched earth before him. Painted black and supernaturally sharpened, it seemed more a claw than anything else. Appropriate, a claw for a monster. He felt more like a monster on this dark day than in several years. Everything about him stank of wrath and the promise of death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | He took them. He took the only three people who were really willing to give me a chance. The only people who didn't abandon me after seeing me torture someone for information. They made me promise never to go that far again, and I agreed, because having them with me was worth it. He fucking took them, and he was going ... | His fingernail carved line after line in the parched earth before him. Painted black and supernaturally sharpened, it seemed more a claw than anything else. Appropriate, a claw for a monster. He felt more like a monster on this dark day than in several years. Everything about him stank of wrath and the promise of death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. |
He was afraid, I could smell it on him. Who wouldn’t be.
“You don’t know what you’re dooming me to.” He said pathetically, struggling with his bonds. I looked up from the dagger I was sharpening and smiled.
“Yes I do.”
That got a reaction out of him. A funny little squeal of fear. I nearly chuckled but kept my com... | His fingernail carved line after line in the parched earth before him. Painted black and supernaturally sharpened, it seemed more a claw than anything else. Appropriate, a claw for a monster. He felt more like a monster on this dark day than in several years. Everything about him stank of wrath and the promise of death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "You know, when they asked me to join them, they made me swear I had never broken any laws." I looked down at the half-elf staked spread eagle to the floor. "That was actually true. But they didn't think to ask if I had ever done anything, hmm. Morally questionable." I checked the ropes and my supplies. All was well, o... | His fingernail carved line after line in the parched earth before him. Painted black and supernaturally sharpened, it seemed more a claw than anything else. Appropriate, a claw for a monster. He felt more like a monster on this dark day than in several years. Everything about him stank of wrath and the promise of death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | In the muted light of the room, Lakme's 'Flower Duet' played. It almost made for a romantic atmosphere.
Almost.
"You see... Marcus... here's the thing. I'm not what you would call a *good* person."
Marcus O'Reilly sneered up at me from the chair to which I'd tied him. When he came in the door to his palatial estate... | His fingernail carved line after line in the parched earth before him. Painted black and supernaturally sharpened, it seemed more a claw than anything else. Appropriate, a claw for a monster. He felt more like a monster on this dark day than in several years. Everything about him stank of wrath and the promise of death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | *On some level, I probably care about them. Gods, I need to stop. They don't matter to me. It doesn't matter who they are. They are objectively useful to me. They've helped me achieve my goals and that's all that matters. They're good fighters and I like to have them around in a pinch.*
These thoughts had been plague... | His fingernail carved line after line in the parched earth before him. Painted black and supernaturally sharpened, it seemed more a claw than anything else. Appropriate, a claw for a monster. He felt more like a monster on this dark day than in several years. Everything about him stank of wrath and the promise of death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | Drip. Drip. Drip. Rainwater flows off of the broken glass of the window that Mordecai had just thrown a guard through, pooling on the floor. Was he involved? Unlikely. Was he in the way? Most definitely. Hence why he was in a broken pile, six stories down. His raven hair is slicked back with rainwater, his helmet hangi... | “Get the f*k...... OUTTA MY WAY”
Another body fell to the ground, another day stained with blood. The woman surveyed the scene of the room in which she stood before continuing. A dozen or so arrows were strewn across the floor, while several more protruded from the walls. Shattered vases and pieces of a broken table we... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | Manny stood by the limply hanging body of a man. The poor fool had run, and gotten himself tangled and mangled by the razorvine that was fairly common in the forest, and as a result had bled out on the ground, where the carnivorous plant's root structure lay.
Manny shook his head and sighed, the thin plant tendrils w... | “Get the f*k...... OUTTA MY WAY”
Another body fell to the ground, another day stained with blood. The woman surveyed the scene of the room in which she stood before continuing. A dozen or so arrows were strewn across the floor, while several more protruded from the walls. Shattered vases and pieces of a broken table we... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "Are you sure you want me?"
"Yes!" The dwarf sounded so enthusiastic
"I've stolen from almost everyone including you four!"
"Oh we know" both the elves said in unison
"Ive murdered before for easy money!"
"But they were all shady people, their records were covered in filth" the lizard shot out.
The dwarf walked... | “Get the f*k...... OUTTA MY WAY”
Another body fell to the ground, another day stained with blood. The woman surveyed the scene of the room in which she stood before continuing. A dozen or so arrows were strewn across the floor, while several more protruded from the walls. Shattered vases and pieces of a broken table we... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | I am simply *not* a 'good' person, I practice dark magic, necromancy, I murder, pillage, and torture, hell I've even made a species or two go completely extinct due to my lack of care for living creatures, but these people are different, and I will go through *any* lengths to find them.
"I swear! I never saw your part... | “Get the f*k...... OUTTA MY WAY”
Another body fell to the ground, another day stained with blood. The woman surveyed the scene of the room in which she stood before continuing. A dozen or so arrows were strewn across the floor, while several more protruded from the walls. Shattered vases and pieces of a broken table we... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "Command, please repeat. Over." His words were barely a whisper, tinged with a hint of hysterical disbelief. 'Please,' he wanted to beg the older man. Static cracked in Remmy's ear as he waited for confirmation. Even at twenty light years distance, gravity well fluctuations still caused minor interference in ship-to-sh... | “Get the f*k...... OUTTA MY WAY”
Another body fell to the ground, another day stained with blood. The woman surveyed the scene of the room in which she stood before continuing. A dozen or so arrows were strewn across the floor, while several more protruded from the walls. Shattered vases and pieces of a broken table we... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | It was supposed to be easy gold, just kidnap the cleric and a knight. A job that had only taken a greased palm, some sleeping powder, and some muscle.
 
Easy.
 
With a start, he’d woken up. The room was almost pitch black save for some light coming through his window. The moon must’ve made it’s wa... | “Get the f*k...... OUTTA MY WAY”
Another body fell to the ground, another day stained with blood. The woman surveyed the scene of the room in which she stood before continuing. A dozen or so arrows were strewn across the floor, while several more protruded from the walls. Shattered vases and pieces of a broken table we... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | “I’m not a good person, Randall.”
The ocean waves churned at our feet. It had been nearly a fortnight since my party had disappeared. An accident on the field as the world knew it. I’d lost count at this point how many people had come to me offering some words of sympathy as though expecting they could distinguish th... | “Get the f*k...... OUTTA MY WAY”
Another body fell to the ground, another day stained with blood. The woman surveyed the scene of the room in which she stood before continuing. A dozen or so arrows were strewn across the floor, while several more protruded from the walls. Shattered vases and pieces of a broken table we... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | Being good have never come naturally to Nokke.
Nokke's people were not known for it. Kobolds are generally known for being tricky and conniving bastards who would rather steal from you than give you the time of day.
Traps, misdirection and underhanded tactics. The bread and butter of Nokke's people. What had kept m... | “Get the f*k...... OUTTA MY WAY”
Another body fell to the ground, another day stained with blood. The woman surveyed the scene of the room in which she stood before continuing. A dozen or so arrows were strewn across the floor, while several more protruded from the walls. Shattered vases and pieces of a broken table we... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "You know, when they asked me to join them, they made me swear I had never broken any laws." I looked down at the half-elf staked spread eagle to the floor. "That was actually true. But they didn't think to ask if I had ever done anything, hmm. Morally questionable." I checked the ropes and my supplies. All was well, o... | “Get the f*k...... OUTTA MY WAY”
Another body fell to the ground, another day stained with blood. The woman surveyed the scene of the room in which she stood before continuing. A dozen or so arrows were strewn across the floor, while several more protruded from the walls. Shattered vases and pieces of a broken table we... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "Are you sure you want me?"
"Yes!" The dwarf sounded so enthusiastic
"I've stolen from almost everyone including you four!"
"Oh we know" both the elves said in unison
"Ive murdered before for easy money!"
"But they were all shady people, their records were covered in filth" the lizard shot out.
The dwarf walked... | They had never agreed with my... methods. To those ones, Necromancy was a vile prospect.
"The dead must rest," was what the damned paladin always said. He could never understand that I was merely using their bodies, their souls were perfectly free. Digging up the bodies, perhaps *producing* them was the biggest issue... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | I am simply *not* a 'good' person, I practice dark magic, necromancy, I murder, pillage, and torture, hell I've even made a species or two go completely extinct due to my lack of care for living creatures, but these people are different, and I will go through *any* lengths to find them.
"I swear! I never saw your part... | They had never agreed with my... methods. To those ones, Necromancy was a vile prospect.
"The dead must rest," was what the damned paladin always said. He could never understand that I was merely using their bodies, their souls were perfectly free. Digging up the bodies, perhaps *producing* them was the biggest issue... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "Command, please repeat. Over." His words were barely a whisper, tinged with a hint of hysterical disbelief. 'Please,' he wanted to beg the older man. Static cracked in Remmy's ear as he waited for confirmation. Even at twenty light years distance, gravity well fluctuations still caused minor interference in ship-to-sh... | They had never agreed with my... methods. To those ones, Necromancy was a vile prospect.
"The dead must rest," was what the damned paladin always said. He could never understand that I was merely using their bodies, their souls were perfectly free. Digging up the bodies, perhaps *producing* them was the biggest issue... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | It was supposed to be easy gold, just kidnap the cleric and a knight. A job that had only taken a greased palm, some sleeping powder, and some muscle.
 
Easy.
 
With a start, he’d woken up. The room was almost pitch black save for some light coming through his window. The moon must’ve made it’s wa... | They had never agreed with my... methods. To those ones, Necromancy was a vile prospect.
"The dead must rest," was what the damned paladin always said. He could never understand that I was merely using their bodies, their souls were perfectly free. Digging up the bodies, perhaps *producing* them was the biggest issue... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | “I’m not a good person, Randall.”
The ocean waves churned at our feet. It had been nearly a fortnight since my party had disappeared. An accident on the field as the world knew it. I’d lost count at this point how many people had come to me offering some words of sympathy as though expecting they could distinguish th... | They had never agreed with my... methods. To those ones, Necromancy was a vile prospect.
"The dead must rest," was what the damned paladin always said. He could never understand that I was merely using their bodies, their souls were perfectly free. Digging up the bodies, perhaps *producing* them was the biggest issue... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | Being good have never come naturally to Nokke.
Nokke's people were not known for it. Kobolds are generally known for being tricky and conniving bastards who would rather steal from you than give you the time of day.
Traps, misdirection and underhanded tactics. The bread and butter of Nokke's people. What had kept m... | They had never agreed with my... methods. To those ones, Necromancy was a vile prospect.
"The dead must rest," was what the damned paladin always said. He could never understand that I was merely using their bodies, their souls were perfectly free. Digging up the bodies, perhaps *producing* them was the biggest issue... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "You know, when they asked me to join them, they made me swear I had never broken any laws." I looked down at the half-elf staked spread eagle to the floor. "That was actually true. But they didn't think to ask if I had ever done anything, hmm. Morally questionable." I checked the ropes and my supplies. All was well, o... | They had never agreed with my... methods. To those ones, Necromancy was a vile prospect.
"The dead must rest," was what the damned paladin always said. He could never understand that I was merely using their bodies, their souls were perfectly free. Digging up the bodies, perhaps *producing* them was the biggest issue... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | I am simply *not* a 'good' person, I practice dark magic, necromancy, I murder, pillage, and torture, hell I've even made a species or two go completely extinct due to my lack of care for living creatures, but these people are different, and I will go through *any* lengths to find them.
"I swear! I never saw your part... | "But you're--"
His words died in his mouth, quite literally, as his tongue shriveled to a husk. His cheeks sunk in, his eyes hallowed. His hair turned gray while his skin became sallow. He collapsed to the ground, little more than skin hanging loosely off of brittle, shivering bones. He gasped, and it sounded every b... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "Command, please repeat. Over." His words were barely a whisper, tinged with a hint of hysterical disbelief. 'Please,' he wanted to beg the older man. Static cracked in Remmy's ear as he waited for confirmation. Even at twenty light years distance, gravity well fluctuations still caused minor interference in ship-to-sh... | "But you're--"
His words died in his mouth, quite literally, as his tongue shriveled to a husk. His cheeks sunk in, his eyes hallowed. His hair turned gray while his skin became sallow. He collapsed to the ground, little more than skin hanging loosely off of brittle, shivering bones. He gasped, and it sounded every b... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | It was supposed to be easy gold, just kidnap the cleric and a knight. A job that had only taken a greased palm, some sleeping powder, and some muscle.
 
Easy.
 
With a start, he’d woken up. The room was almost pitch black save for some light coming through his window. The moon must’ve made it’s wa... | "But you're--"
His words died in his mouth, quite literally, as his tongue shriveled to a husk. His cheeks sunk in, his eyes hallowed. His hair turned gray while his skin became sallow. He collapsed to the ground, little more than skin hanging loosely off of brittle, shivering bones. He gasped, and it sounded every b... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | “I’m not a good person, Randall.”
The ocean waves churned at our feet. It had been nearly a fortnight since my party had disappeared. An accident on the field as the world knew it. I’d lost count at this point how many people had come to me offering some words of sympathy as though expecting they could distinguish th... | "But you're--"
His words died in his mouth, quite literally, as his tongue shriveled to a husk. His cheeks sunk in, his eyes hallowed. His hair turned gray while his skin became sallow. He collapsed to the ground, little more than skin hanging loosely off of brittle, shivering bones. He gasped, and it sounded every b... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | Being good have never come naturally to Nokke.
Nokke's people were not known for it. Kobolds are generally known for being tricky and conniving bastards who would rather steal from you than give you the time of day.
Traps, misdirection and underhanded tactics. The bread and butter of Nokke's people. What had kept m... | "But you're--"
His words died in his mouth, quite literally, as his tongue shriveled to a husk. His cheeks sunk in, his eyes hallowed. His hair turned gray while his skin became sallow. He collapsed to the ground, little more than skin hanging loosely off of brittle, shivering bones. He gasped, and it sounded every b... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "You know, when they asked me to join them, they made me swear I had never broken any laws." I looked down at the half-elf staked spread eagle to the floor. "That was actually true. But they didn't think to ask if I had ever done anything, hmm. Morally questionable." I checked the ropes and my supplies. All was well, o... | "But you're--"
His words died in his mouth, quite literally, as his tongue shriveled to a husk. His cheeks sunk in, his eyes hallowed. His hair turned gray while his skin became sallow. He collapsed to the ground, little more than skin hanging loosely off of brittle, shivering bones. He gasped, and it sounded every b... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | I am simply *not* a 'good' person, I practice dark magic, necromancy, I murder, pillage, and torture, hell I've even made a species or two go completely extinct due to my lack of care for living creatures, but these people are different, and I will go through *any* lengths to find them.
"I swear! I never saw your part... | Nobody ever thought much of me. I was just the silly little bard. I played my lute, sang songs and danced, and nobody cared why I always wore a mask. It was just funny little Sarmenti being his jokester self.
But now it was different. Everyone had been captured by the Baron and his men. They left me alone, laughing c... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "Command, please repeat. Over." His words were barely a whisper, tinged with a hint of hysterical disbelief. 'Please,' he wanted to beg the older man. Static cracked in Remmy's ear as he waited for confirmation. Even at twenty light years distance, gravity well fluctuations still caused minor interference in ship-to-sh... | Nobody ever thought much of me. I was just the silly little bard. I played my lute, sang songs and danced, and nobody cared why I always wore a mask. It was just funny little Sarmenti being his jokester self.
But now it was different. Everyone had been captured by the Baron and his men. They left me alone, laughing c... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | It was supposed to be easy gold, just kidnap the cleric and a knight. A job that had only taken a greased palm, some sleeping powder, and some muscle.
 
Easy.
 
With a start, he’d woken up. The room was almost pitch black save for some light coming through his window. The moon must’ve made it’s wa... | Nobody ever thought much of me. I was just the silly little bard. I played my lute, sang songs and danced, and nobody cared why I always wore a mask. It was just funny little Sarmenti being his jokester self.
But now it was different. Everyone had been captured by the Baron and his men. They left me alone, laughing c... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | “I’m not a good person, Randall.”
The ocean waves churned at our feet. It had been nearly a fortnight since my party had disappeared. An accident on the field as the world knew it. I’d lost count at this point how many people had come to me offering some words of sympathy as though expecting they could distinguish th... | Nobody ever thought much of me. I was just the silly little bard. I played my lute, sang songs and danced, and nobody cared why I always wore a mask. It was just funny little Sarmenti being his jokester self.
But now it was different. Everyone had been captured by the Baron and his men. They left me alone, laughing c... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | Being good have never come naturally to Nokke.
Nokke's people were not known for it. Kobolds are generally known for being tricky and conniving bastards who would rather steal from you than give you the time of day.
Traps, misdirection and underhanded tactics. The bread and butter of Nokke's people. What had kept m... | Nobody ever thought much of me. I was just the silly little bard. I played my lute, sang songs and danced, and nobody cared why I always wore a mask. It was just funny little Sarmenti being his jokester self.
But now it was different. Everyone had been captured by the Baron and his men. They left me alone, laughing c... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "You know, when they asked me to join them, they made me swear I had never broken any laws." I looked down at the half-elf staked spread eagle to the floor. "That was actually true. But they didn't think to ask if I had ever done anything, hmm. Morally questionable." I checked the ropes and my supplies. All was well, o... | Nobody ever thought much of me. I was just the silly little bard. I played my lute, sang songs and danced, and nobody cared why I always wore a mask. It was just funny little Sarmenti being his jokester self.
But now it was different. Everyone had been captured by the Baron and his men. They left me alone, laughing c... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | It was supposed to be easy gold, just kidnap the cleric and a knight. A job that had only taken a greased palm, some sleeping powder, and some muscle.
 
Easy.
 
With a start, he’d woken up. The room was almost pitch black save for some light coming through his window. The moon must’ve made it’s wa... |
**T**he city had fallen, and with it, the last hope of resistance. Ash fell from the sky like snow, and for the first time in centuries, silence echoed in the streets. Buildings lay in ruins, desecrated by the sustained assault the opposition had brought. Market stalls were overturned on the side of the cobbles, for... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | “I’m not a good person, Randall.”
The ocean waves churned at our feet. It had been nearly a fortnight since my party had disappeared. An accident on the field as the world knew it. I’d lost count at this point how many people had come to me offering some words of sympathy as though expecting they could distinguish th... |
**T**he city had fallen, and with it, the last hope of resistance. Ash fell from the sky like snow, and for the first time in centuries, silence echoed in the streets. Buildings lay in ruins, desecrated by the sustained assault the opposition had brought. Market stalls were overturned on the side of the cobbles, for... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | Being good have never come naturally to Nokke.
Nokke's people were not known for it. Kobolds are generally known for being tricky and conniving bastards who would rather steal from you than give you the time of day.
Traps, misdirection and underhanded tactics. The bread and butter of Nokke's people. What had kept m... |
**T**he city had fallen, and with it, the last hope of resistance. Ash fell from the sky like snow, and for the first time in centuries, silence echoed in the streets. Buildings lay in ruins, desecrated by the sustained assault the opposition had brought. Market stalls were overturned on the side of the cobbles, for... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | “I’m not a good person, Randall.”
The ocean waves churned at our feet. It had been nearly a fortnight since my party had disappeared. An accident on the field as the world knew it. I’d lost count at this point how many people had come to me offering some words of sympathy as though expecting they could distinguish th... | “There must be another option here”, he says earnestly.
​
I’m hesitating not to consider his offer but to determine how to slip past his weapon. What would he have to offer me? I’ve already considered the options for how best to save our quest and bring back my lost friends, there would be no other option... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | Being good have never come naturally to Nokke.
Nokke's people were not known for it. Kobolds are generally known for being tricky and conniving bastards who would rather steal from you than give you the time of day.
Traps, misdirection and underhanded tactics. The bread and butter of Nokke's people. What had kept m... | “There must be another option here”, he says earnestly.
​
I’m hesitating not to consider his offer but to determine how to slip past his weapon. What would he have to offer me? I’ve already considered the options for how best to save our quest and bring back my lost friends, there would be no other option... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | His arm felt cold. A kind of freezing sensation that was not unknown to him but through many years had become unfamiliar. The chill clung to his bones as it crept up to his chest, icy fingers round his heart. With a controlled exhale he felt the discomfort lessen and shrink away before being pushed out of the palm of h... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | The big man in red plunged his hand like a blade between the fourth and fifth rib of the man under him. “Your buddies are all dead,” he rasped, his throat raw from berserker rage. “Tell me where my friends are and I’ll let you live.” His leather-clad fist tightened and the thug moaned. “Don’t tell and I’ll eat your he... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | They were good people. That’s always what you heard whenever you went tavern diving or strayed around markets. But, of course, it would always be followed by “but that shady one makes me feel uneasy.” You were that shady one, but you couldn’t really fault them, or get angry. On the whole ‘light-side crusade’ that was ... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | “I wouldn’t call myself an Evil person, just more of a compulsive liar.” That is what I always told them; I doubt they all got the double-entendre but my reluctance to admit my own faults certainly aided the party on many occasions. “The Party”, a moniker I always used with pleasure after explaining to Paladin Hines th... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | He took them. He took the only three people who were really willing to give me a chance. The only people who didn't abandon me after seeing me torture someone for information. They made me promise never to go that far again, and I agreed, because having them with me was worth it. He fucking took them, and he was going ... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. |
He was afraid, I could smell it on him. Who wouldn’t be.
“You don’t know what you’re dooming me to.” He said pathetically, struggling with his bonds. I looked up from the dagger I was sharpening and smiled.
“Yes I do.”
That got a reaction out of him. A funny little squeal of fear. I nearly chuckled but kept my com... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "You know, when they asked me to join them, they made me swear I had never broken any laws." I looked down at the half-elf staked spread eagle to the floor. "That was actually true. But they didn't think to ask if I had ever done anything, hmm. Morally questionable." I checked the ropes and my supplies. All was well, o... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | I am not a person. I've was aware of that simple fact when I was a young child scrounging for scraps on the streets, and I am aware of that fact now. When I first met the party, they found me eating the arm of one of the beggars in the district. They'd heard rumors of people disappearing into the night, never to be see... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | The portal sparked into life as my last movement completed its arc. You'd think that an energy portal would illuminate the oppressive darkness of the battlefield, but you'd be someone not born of hell. Anyone local would know what to expect. That dank greenness that dampens light instead of emitting it, that unmistaka... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | In the muted light of the room, Lakme's 'Flower Duet' played. It almost made for a romantic atmosphere.
Almost.
"You see... Marcus... here's the thing. I'm not what you would call a *good* person."
Marcus O'Reilly sneered up at me from the chair to which I'd tied him. When he came in the door to his palatial estate... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "The child, save the child." Henshaw called out to you in if rough Half-Orc voice. Lynanna left her Half-Elf form and shaped changed into her bear formand charged into the enemy, Lejus charged with her. Amun was next you, but he was healing them and holding open the portal. You could see how much this use of magic was ... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | *On some level, I probably care about them. Gods, I need to stop. They don't matter to me. It doesn't matter who they are. They are objectively useful to me. They've helped me achieve my goals and that's all that matters. They're good fighters and I like to have them around in a pinch.*
These thoughts had been plague... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | The room was thick with the smell of iron. The smell of blood. A cry of pain rings through the room. A cry of agony.
"What happens when you bring light into a dark room... what was your name again? It seems it slipped my mind in the confusion." The mans calm dread voice queried.
"Aaa.... aaa... Albert" came the stutt... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | I woke to the sound of footsteps. First thing I noticed was that it was pitch dark. Second thing I noticed was that I had a killer hangover. How much did I end up drinking last night? Let’s see… We got paid, we went for drinks at Art’s, Wes tried to flirt with the waitress, cap had a spat with Artie and... we got kicke... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "Wakey wakey!" A sing-song greeting poked the first hole in the haze filling the man's head. The armchair beneath him felt strangely hard and unfortable, and his limbs didn't seem to want to move. The grogginess and discomfort after a night of drinking, he was used to. The voice rousing him, not so much.
The har... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | After my parents died early on in my life, I wasn't the same cheerful person I always was. I started taking dangerous missions and fighting monsters I could barely beat on my own. I was aimless, without a purpose, trying to fill an endless void with mere adrenaline.
It didn't work. But I was lucky, because it was at m... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "Steel City Stalwarts, unite!"
Comet Lad flew in and landed on Sergeant Static's right side. Nightshade Assassin swung down on one of her vines. Silver Cypher's armor hissed and clicked as the cooling systems compensated for the afterburners he'd used to get here. The Gray Gorrilla took the rear, his massive body thro... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | Drascar. Every black market, mafia, and crime syndicate on the continent can be traced back to this city, so much so that it's often called the City of Thieves. When the others went missing I knew I had to pay a visit to my old home town.
Even just walking down the road through the outskirts of the town you can feel t... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | I am a necromancer. My party knows this. Skorndrick Gristle, the Lost, at your service.
In fact, the way I've worked myself out, my spells and my fighting capabilities, I'm probably the strongest member of our party. Do any of them suspect this? No. As far as they're concerned, I'm a good person who just.... helps the... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | My party-my friends-have been missing for almost a week. We were supposed to meet up near the church and...they never showed. Lucky for me the church's priest invited me in, and allowed me to stay for the night last night. The climate had gotten cold, and our locksmith rogue kept the money safe, so I had none for an in... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | Help those in need. Protect the innocent. No one is beyond redemption. These are the rules I’ve lived by since joining up with The Good Guys, the name we gave ourselves when we set out to free the hamlets from the grips of a tyrant. My only friends.
Eve was the one who brought me in to the group. A court jester turne... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | A grin on Silas' face.
Sickly green lightning, coursing through his veins, occasionally sparking out from the bare skin. The ground beneath his feet scorching, with leaves hovering the air from the static spread by him.
One guard fell. And another. Pure, unbridled power, kept secret for so long. He never dared to ... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "I good girl." Said the scruffy black cat.
The orc jailer squinted down at the talking feline. He was a great green brute of an orc, and was the very last line of defense in the intricate cave system of the Western Mountain Orc Prison.
The orc jailer usually delighted in having wild rats pass by his post at night, ... | "No."
*Blam*
"Aargh! Sarding Fext!" screamed my victim.
His four guards descended upon me, and were blown away by my magical gust of force. Their heavy armor plunked against the floor and the walls. I spoke once more, temper shortened.
"Let's try again, shall we? That wound in your gut will lead to a painful death... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | His arm felt cold. A kind of freezing sensation that was not unknown to him but through many years had become unfamiliar. The chill clung to his bones as it crept up to his chest, icy fingers round his heart. With a controlled exhale he felt the discomfort lessen and shrink away before being pushed out of the palm of h... | All these years of hiding the monster. This was how it finally came out.
I kicked in the door, solid wood timbers, but the magic flowing through me made it seem like a flimsy wooden door.
Usually I refrain from using my magic in a violent purpose. Making do through all these years as a healer. Now it flowed through m... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | The big man in red plunged his hand like a blade between the fourth and fifth rib of the man under him. “Your buddies are all dead,” he rasped, his throat raw from berserker rage. “Tell me where my friends are and I’ll let you live.” His leather-clad fist tightened and the thug moaned. “Don’t tell and I’ll eat your he... | All these years of hiding the monster. This was how it finally came out.
I kicked in the door, solid wood timbers, but the magic flowing through me made it seem like a flimsy wooden door.
Usually I refrain from using my magic in a violent purpose. Making do through all these years as a healer. Now it flowed through m... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | They were good people. That’s always what you heard whenever you went tavern diving or strayed around markets. But, of course, it would always be followed by “but that shady one makes me feel uneasy.” You were that shady one, but you couldn’t really fault them, or get angry. On the whole ‘light-side crusade’ that was ... | All these years of hiding the monster. This was how it finally came out.
I kicked in the door, solid wood timbers, but the magic flowing through me made it seem like a flimsy wooden door.
Usually I refrain from using my magic in a violent purpose. Making do through all these years as a healer. Now it flowed through m... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | “I wouldn’t call myself an Evil person, just more of a compulsive liar.” That is what I always told them; I doubt they all got the double-entendre but my reluctance to admit my own faults certainly aided the party on many occasions. “The Party”, a moniker I always used with pleasure after explaining to Paladin Hines th... | All these years of hiding the monster. This was how it finally came out.
I kicked in the door, solid wood timbers, but the magic flowing through me made it seem like a flimsy wooden door.
Usually I refrain from using my magic in a violent purpose. Making do through all these years as a healer. Now it flowed through m... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | He took them. He took the only three people who were really willing to give me a chance. The only people who didn't abandon me after seeing me torture someone for information. They made me promise never to go that far again, and I agreed, because having them with me was worth it. He fucking took them, and he was going ... | All these years of hiding the monster. This was how it finally came out.
I kicked in the door, solid wood timbers, but the magic flowing through me made it seem like a flimsy wooden door.
Usually I refrain from using my magic in a violent purpose. Making do through all these years as a healer. Now it flowed through m... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. |
He was afraid, I could smell it on him. Who wouldn’t be.
“You don’t know what you’re dooming me to.” He said pathetically, struggling with his bonds. I looked up from the dagger I was sharpening and smiled.
“Yes I do.”
That got a reaction out of him. A funny little squeal of fear. I nearly chuckled but kept my com... | All these years of hiding the monster. This was how it finally came out.
I kicked in the door, solid wood timbers, but the magic flowing through me made it seem like a flimsy wooden door.
Usually I refrain from using my magic in a violent purpose. Making do through all these years as a healer. Now it flowed through m... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "You know, when they asked me to join them, they made me swear I had never broken any laws." I looked down at the half-elf staked spread eagle to the floor. "That was actually true. But they didn't think to ask if I had ever done anything, hmm. Morally questionable." I checked the ropes and my supplies. All was well, o... | All these years of hiding the monster. This was how it finally came out.
I kicked in the door, solid wood timbers, but the magic flowing through me made it seem like a flimsy wooden door.
Usually I refrain from using my magic in a violent purpose. Making do through all these years as a healer. Now it flowed through m... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | The portal sparked into life as my last movement completed its arc. You'd think that an energy portal would illuminate the oppressive darkness of the battlefield, but you'd be someone not born of hell. Anyone local would know what to expect. That dank greenness that dampens light instead of emitting it, that unmistaka... | All these years of hiding the monster. This was how it finally came out.
I kicked in the door, solid wood timbers, but the magic flowing through me made it seem like a flimsy wooden door.
Usually I refrain from using my magic in a violent purpose. Making do through all these years as a healer. Now it flowed through m... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | In the muted light of the room, Lakme's 'Flower Duet' played. It almost made for a romantic atmosphere.
Almost.
"You see... Marcus... here's the thing. I'm not what you would call a *good* person."
Marcus O'Reilly sneered up at me from the chair to which I'd tied him. When he came in the door to his palatial estate... | All these years of hiding the monster. This was how it finally came out.
I kicked in the door, solid wood timbers, but the magic flowing through me made it seem like a flimsy wooden door.
Usually I refrain from using my magic in a violent purpose. Making do through all these years as a healer. Now it flowed through m... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "The child, save the child." Henshaw called out to you in if rough Half-Orc voice. Lynanna left her Half-Elf form and shaped changed into her bear formand charged into the enemy, Lejus charged with her. Amun was next you, but he was healing them and holding open the portal. You could see how much this use of magic was ... | All these years of hiding the monster. This was how it finally came out.
I kicked in the door, solid wood timbers, but the magic flowing through me made it seem like a flimsy wooden door.
Usually I refrain from using my magic in a violent purpose. Making do through all these years as a healer. Now it flowed through m... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | *On some level, I probably care about them. Gods, I need to stop. They don't matter to me. It doesn't matter who they are. They are objectively useful to me. They've helped me achieve my goals and that's all that matters. They're good fighters and I like to have them around in a pinch.*
These thoughts had been plague... | All these years of hiding the monster. This was how it finally came out.
I kicked in the door, solid wood timbers, but the magic flowing through me made it seem like a flimsy wooden door.
Usually I refrain from using my magic in a violent purpose. Making do through all these years as a healer. Now it flowed through m... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | After my parents died early on in my life, I wasn't the same cheerful person I always was. I started taking dangerous missions and fighting monsters I could barely beat on my own. I was aimless, without a purpose, trying to fill an endless void with mere adrenaline.
It didn't work. But I was lucky, because it was at m... | All these years of hiding the monster. This was how it finally came out.
I kicked in the door, solid wood timbers, but the magic flowing through me made it seem like a flimsy wooden door.
Usually I refrain from using my magic in a violent purpose. Making do through all these years as a healer. Now it flowed through m... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "Steel City Stalwarts, unite!"
Comet Lad flew in and landed on Sergeant Static's right side. Nightshade Assassin swung down on one of her vines. Silver Cypher's armor hissed and clicked as the cooling systems compensated for the afterburners he'd used to get here. The Gray Gorrilla took the rear, his massive body thro... | All these years of hiding the monster. This was how it finally came out.
I kicked in the door, solid wood timbers, but the magic flowing through me made it seem like a flimsy wooden door.
Usually I refrain from using my magic in a violent purpose. Making do through all these years as a healer. Now it flowed through m... | |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | I am a necromancer. My party knows this. Skorndrick Gristle, the Lost, at your service.
In fact, the way I've worked myself out, my spells and my fighting capabilities, I'm probably the strongest member of our party. Do any of them suspect this? No. As far as they're concerned, I'm a good person who just.... helps the... | All these years of hiding the monster. This was how it finally came out.
I kicked in the door, solid wood timbers, but the magic flowing through me made it seem like a flimsy wooden door.
Usually I refrain from using my magic in a violent purpose. Making do through all these years as a healer. Now it flowed through m... |
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