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[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | "So, this is your final say on the matter," Ambassador Corrin spoke into his microphone, struggling to be heard over the cacophony of alien laughter. It took a few short seconds for his words to be translated into the various alien languages, and the laughter slowly diminished. His galactic translator had played the al... | Less than a century ago the Krahzak Pride was the most powerful and feared interstellar civilization. No other species or alliance could hope to survive a war with them, though a scant handful were powerful enough to make the prospect unenticing enough to the Krahzak. Instead they would discreetly scour the forest for ... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | Humanity burst onto the scene a fair few centuries ago, but had always endeavored to make themselves helpful. They adapted technology in creative ways but ultimately they were poised to take but a minor note in galactic history.
Or they were until the Rh'nouts provoked them. A smallish race themselves they stood just ... | We all couldn't quite believe it when 2022 started off like this. I remember since I was no more than five when it happened. But apparently SETI had found this recording.
"Um, uh...hey, did I fall asleep on this thing? Okay, okay. Testing, testing...alright, so, good- sometime in the future humanity. We are the Tyrhor... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | "So, this is your final say on the matter," Ambassador Corrin spoke into his microphone, struggling to be heard over the cacophony of alien laughter. It took a few short seconds for his words to be translated into the various alien languages, and the laughter slowly diminished. His galactic translator had played the al... | We all couldn't quite believe it when 2022 started off like this. I remember since I was no more than five when it happened. But apparently SETI had found this recording.
"Um, uh...hey, did I fall asleep on this thing? Okay, okay. Testing, testing...alright, so, good- sometime in the future humanity. We are the Tyrhor... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | The galactic imperium council observed humanity’s colonization of planets for decades, amused as the first tentative steps seemed to come from the whole planet, and then devolved into a race for materials, that then sparked wars amongst the human “nations”. Pitiful race that couldn’t even align itself to the great caus... | We all couldn't quite believe it when 2022 started off like this. I remember since I was no more than five when it happened. But apparently SETI had found this recording.
"Um, uh...hey, did I fall asleep on this thing? Okay, okay. Testing, testing...alright, so, good- sometime in the future humanity. We are the Tyrhor... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | The great Warchief, the leader of the most powerful fleet in known space, waited patiently on his ship orbiting a planet. It had gone two years since his ships conquered the human settlement at the border of the empire he served.
The victory was swift. The few human military vessels was defeated in matter of minutes. ... | We all couldn't quite believe it when 2022 started off like this. I remember since I was no more than five when it happened. But apparently SETI had found this recording.
"Um, uh...hey, did I fall asleep on this thing? Okay, okay. Testing, testing...alright, so, good- sometime in the future humanity. We are the Tyrhor... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | August 18th, 4057:
Fuckin Xeno scum got carpet bombed and napalmed into non-existence. That's the 8th or so planet that's been given the "Ring of Fire" treatment. We've been blasting "Napalm Sticks To Kids" at them for a while before flattening them. Apparently some other species are more vulnerable to psychological w... | We all couldn't quite believe it when 2022 started off like this. I remember since I was no more than five when it happened. But apparently SETI had found this recording.
"Um, uh...hey, did I fall asleep on this thing? Okay, okay. Testing, testing...alright, so, good- sometime in the future humanity. We are the Tyrhor... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | My name is Dr. Asclepius. I am not here in the senate chambers to make any demands. I am simply an ambassador, here to speak on behalf of all humanity.
It has been a year and a half since humanity stood on the galactic stage.
But this year and a half is already filled with more bloodshed, more atrocities, and more un... | We all couldn't quite believe it when 2022 started off like this. I remember since I was no more than five when it happened. But apparently SETI had found this recording.
"Um, uh...hey, did I fall asleep on this thing? Okay, okay. Testing, testing...alright, so, good- sometime in the future humanity. We are the Tyrhor... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | "So, this is your final say on the matter," Ambassador Corrin spoke into his microphone, struggling to be heard over the cacophony of alien laughter. It took a few short seconds for his words to be translated into the various alien languages, and the laughter slowly diminished. His galactic translator had played the al... | Humanity burst onto the scene a fair few centuries ago, but had always endeavored to make themselves helpful. They adapted technology in creative ways but ultimately they were poised to take but a minor note in galactic history.
Or they were until the Rh'nouts provoked them. A smallish race themselves they stood just ... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | Voxl abruptly closed the human history book given to her so she could learn a bit about there past, well, the past for the Americans. She just left Australia in her trip to learn more about humanity and there kind. She was amused when she learned that humans had specific ways of war to make it “less vile”. She found it... | There were horrors outside the door.
Horrors upon horrors upon horrors.
Nothing that no one else had not lived through before, learned before, seen, heard, smelled, tasted, and touched before.
Screaming blades in the dark and stark flashes of light in the void.
But none of that mattered, because it was outside the ... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | The great Warchief, the leader of the most powerful fleet in known space, waited patiently on his ship orbiting a planet. It had gone two years since his ships conquered the human settlement at the border of the empire he served.
The victory was swift. The few human military vessels was defeated in matter of minutes. ... | There were horrors outside the door.
Horrors upon horrors upon horrors.
Nothing that no one else had not lived through before, learned before, seen, heard, smelled, tasted, and touched before.
Screaming blades in the dark and stark flashes of light in the void.
But none of that mattered, because it was outside the ... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | The Rindan were the first to encounter them. Those organic masses of flesh and bone. Humans.
They were placated with trinkets and waste, and allowed their young to be carted off world to be held and displayed by the noble and powerful.
Their attempts to negotiate peace and harmony only allowed further exploitation. S... | There were horrors outside the door.
Horrors upon horrors upon horrors.
Nothing that no one else had not lived through before, learned before, seen, heard, smelled, tasted, and touched before.
Screaming blades in the dark and stark flashes of light in the void.
But none of that mattered, because it was outside the ... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | "With all due respect, don't you think we should lay down some ground rules about civilian targets and so forth?" spoke General Kitt to the assembled warcouncil of Terra. "It seems like the humane thing to do."
"Humane implies humanity, and these creatures have none. I am questioning the military's priorities if it do... | There were horrors outside the door.
Horrors upon horrors upon horrors.
Nothing that no one else had not lived through before, learned before, seen, heard, smelled, tasted, and touched before.
Screaming blades in the dark and stark flashes of light in the void.
But none of that mattered, because it was outside the ... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | August 18th, 4057:
Fuckin Xeno scum got carpet bombed and napalmed into non-existence. That's the 8th or so planet that's been given the "Ring of Fire" treatment. We've been blasting "Napalm Sticks To Kids" at them for a while before flattening them. Apparently some other species are more vulnerable to psychological w... | There were horrors outside the door.
Horrors upon horrors upon horrors.
Nothing that no one else had not lived through before, learned before, seen, heard, smelled, tasted, and touched before.
Screaming blades in the dark and stark flashes of light in the void.
But none of that mattered, because it was outside the ... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | My name is Dr. Asclepius. I am not here in the senate chambers to make any demands. I am simply an ambassador, here to speak on behalf of all humanity.
It has been a year and a half since humanity stood on the galactic stage.
But this year and a half is already filled with more bloodshed, more atrocities, and more un... | There were horrors outside the door.
Horrors upon horrors upon horrors.
Nothing that no one else had not lived through before, learned before, seen, heard, smelled, tasted, and touched before.
Screaming blades in the dark and stark flashes of light in the void.
But none of that mattered, because it was outside the ... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | Know this. You have done this to yourselves.
You were warned. Even as you laughed and called us primitives, wanting our planets to add to the so-called Million Worlds of your dominion. So many times you were warned: our hyperdrives are not like yours.
We told you this when you arrived to terraform our colonies. We w... | There were horrors outside the door.
Horrors upon horrors upon horrors.
Nothing that no one else had not lived through before, learned before, seen, heard, smelled, tasted, and touched before.
Screaming blades in the dark and stark flashes of light in the void.
But none of that mattered, because it was outside the ... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | It is a sad day. The newcomers to our little slice of home declared war. We sent communiques inquiring as to the rules of engagement to their leadership, and they responded with images of our diplomats tortured, abused in the cruelest, most inhumane of ways, signed in the name of the Kiej Dominion.
Those insect bast... | There were horrors outside the door.
Horrors upon horrors upon horrors.
Nothing that no one else had not lived through before, learned before, seen, heard, smelled, tasted, and touched before.
Screaming blades in the dark and stark flashes of light in the void.
But none of that mattered, because it was outside the ... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | “Yeah, that sucks for them. But why are you angry at us?” Amanda Smith, leader of the elite Beartooth division, looked up at Commander Her’clud in confusion. “You said you wanted the planet taken at any cost, so we took it. So what’s the problem?”
“The problem? The problem is that you killed every single sentient bein... | There were horrors outside the door.
Horrors upon horrors upon horrors.
Nothing that no one else had not lived through before, learned before, seen, heard, smelled, tasted, and touched before.
Screaming blades in the dark and stark flashes of light in the void.
But none of that mattered, because it was outside the ... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | The great Warchief, the leader of the most powerful fleet in known space, waited patiently on his ship orbiting a planet. It had gone two years since his ships conquered the human settlement at the border of the empire he served.
The victory was swift. The few human military vessels was defeated in matter of minutes. ... | Voxl abruptly closed the human history book given to her so she could learn a bit about there past, well, the past for the Americans. She just left Australia in her trip to learn more about humanity and there kind. She was amused when she learned that humans had specific ways of war to make it “less vile”. She found it... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | The Rindan were the first to encounter them. Those organic masses of flesh and bone. Humans.
They were placated with trinkets and waste, and allowed their young to be carted off world to be held and displayed by the noble and powerful.
Their attempts to negotiate peace and harmony only allowed further exploitation. S... | Voxl abruptly closed the human history book given to her so she could learn a bit about there past, well, the past for the Americans. She just left Australia in her trip to learn more about humanity and there kind. She was amused when she learned that humans had specific ways of war to make it “less vile”. She found it... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | "With all due respect, don't you think we should lay down some ground rules about civilian targets and so forth?" spoke General Kitt to the assembled warcouncil of Terra. "It seems like the humane thing to do."
"Humane implies humanity, and these creatures have none. I am questioning the military's priorities if it do... | Voxl abruptly closed the human history book given to her so she could learn a bit about there past, well, the past for the Americans. She just left Australia in her trip to learn more about humanity and there kind. She was amused when she learned that humans had specific ways of war to make it “less vile”. She found it... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | August 18th, 4057:
Fuckin Xeno scum got carpet bombed and napalmed into non-existence. That's the 8th or so planet that's been given the "Ring of Fire" treatment. We've been blasting "Napalm Sticks To Kids" at them for a while before flattening them. Apparently some other species are more vulnerable to psychological w... | Voxl abruptly closed the human history book given to her so she could learn a bit about there past, well, the past for the Americans. She just left Australia in her trip to learn more about humanity and there kind. She was amused when she learned that humans had specific ways of war to make it “less vile”. She found it... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | My name is Dr. Asclepius. I am not here in the senate chambers to make any demands. I am simply an ambassador, here to speak on behalf of all humanity.
It has been a year and a half since humanity stood on the galactic stage.
But this year and a half is already filled with more bloodshed, more atrocities, and more un... | Voxl abruptly closed the human history book given to her so she could learn a bit about there past, well, the past for the Americans. She just left Australia in her trip to learn more about humanity and there kind. She was amused when she learned that humans had specific ways of war to make it “less vile”. She found it... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | Know this. You have done this to yourselves.
You were warned. Even as you laughed and called us primitives, wanting our planets to add to the so-called Million Worlds of your dominion. So many times you were warned: our hyperdrives are not like yours.
We told you this when you arrived to terraform our colonies. We w... | Voxl abruptly closed the human history book given to her so she could learn a bit about there past, well, the past for the Americans. She just left Australia in her trip to learn more about humanity and there kind. She was amused when she learned that humans had specific ways of war to make it “less vile”. She found it... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | It is a sad day. The newcomers to our little slice of home declared war. We sent communiques inquiring as to the rules of engagement to their leadership, and they responded with images of our diplomats tortured, abused in the cruelest, most inhumane of ways, signed in the name of the Kiej Dominion.
Those insect bast... | Voxl abruptly closed the human history book given to her so she could learn a bit about there past, well, the past for the Americans. She just left Australia in her trip to learn more about humanity and there kind. She was amused when she learned that humans had specific ways of war to make it “less vile”. She found it... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | "With all due respect, don't you think we should lay down some ground rules about civilian targets and so forth?" spoke General Kitt to the assembled warcouncil of Terra. "It seems like the humane thing to do."
"Humane implies humanity, and these creatures have none. I am questioning the military's priorities if it do... | The Rindan were the first to encounter them. Those organic masses of flesh and bone. Humans.
They were placated with trinkets and waste, and allowed their young to be carted off world to be held and displayed by the noble and powerful.
Their attempts to negotiate peace and harmony only allowed further exploitation. S... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | August 18th, 4057:
Fuckin Xeno scum got carpet bombed and napalmed into non-existence. That's the 8th or so planet that's been given the "Ring of Fire" treatment. We've been blasting "Napalm Sticks To Kids" at them for a while before flattening them. Apparently some other species are more vulnerable to psychological w... | The Rindan were the first to encounter them. Those organic masses of flesh and bone. Humans.
They were placated with trinkets and waste, and allowed their young to be carted off world to be held and displayed by the noble and powerful.
Their attempts to negotiate peace and harmony only allowed further exploitation. S... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | My name is Dr. Asclepius. I am not here in the senate chambers to make any demands. I am simply an ambassador, here to speak on behalf of all humanity.
It has been a year and a half since humanity stood on the galactic stage.
But this year and a half is already filled with more bloodshed, more atrocities, and more un... | The Rindan were the first to encounter them. Those organic masses of flesh and bone. Humans.
They were placated with trinkets and waste, and allowed their young to be carted off world to be held and displayed by the noble and powerful.
Their attempts to negotiate peace and harmony only allowed further exploitation. S... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | Know this. You have done this to yourselves.
You were warned. Even as you laughed and called us primitives, wanting our planets to add to the so-called Million Worlds of your dominion. So many times you were warned: our hyperdrives are not like yours.
We told you this when you arrived to terraform our colonies. We w... | The Rindan were the first to encounter them. Those organic masses of flesh and bone. Humans.
They were placated with trinkets and waste, and allowed their young to be carted off world to be held and displayed by the noble and powerful.
Their attempts to negotiate peace and harmony only allowed further exploitation. S... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | August 18th, 4057:
Fuckin Xeno scum got carpet bombed and napalmed into non-existence. That's the 8th or so planet that's been given the "Ring of Fire" treatment. We've been blasting "Napalm Sticks To Kids" at them for a while before flattening them. Apparently some other species are more vulnerable to psychological w... | "With all due respect, don't you think we should lay down some ground rules about civilian targets and so forth?" spoke General Kitt to the assembled warcouncil of Terra. "It seems like the humane thing to do."
"Humane implies humanity, and these creatures have none. I am questioning the military's priorities if it do... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | My name is Dr. Asclepius. I am not here in the senate chambers to make any demands. I am simply an ambassador, here to speak on behalf of all humanity.
It has been a year and a half since humanity stood on the galactic stage.
But this year and a half is already filled with more bloodshed, more atrocities, and more un... | "With all due respect, don't you think we should lay down some ground rules about civilian targets and so forth?" spoke General Kitt to the assembled warcouncil of Terra. "It seems like the humane thing to do."
"Humane implies humanity, and these creatures have none. I am questioning the military's priorities if it do... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | My name is Dr. Asclepius. I am not here in the senate chambers to make any demands. I am simply an ambassador, here to speak on behalf of all humanity.
It has been a year and a half since humanity stood on the galactic stage.
But this year and a half is already filled with more bloodshed, more atrocities, and more un... | August 18th, 4057:
Fuckin Xeno scum got carpet bombed and napalmed into non-existence. That's the 8th or so planet that's been given the "Ring of Fire" treatment. We've been blasting "Napalm Sticks To Kids" at them for a while before flattening them. Apparently some other species are more vulnerable to psychological w... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | My name is Dr. Asclepius. I am not here in the senate chambers to make any demands. I am simply an ambassador, here to speak on behalf of all humanity.
It has been a year and a half since humanity stood on the galactic stage.
But this year and a half is already filled with more bloodshed, more atrocities, and more un... | Title: Message in a bottle
An alien spaceship detects a storage vessel floating through space. Inside they find a hand written alien message, and a key for decoding the language. After some study by their crew, the message is translated …
Greetings. I will be quick and to the point. Who I am is no matter. By the time... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | Know this. You have done this to yourselves.
You were warned. Even as you laughed and called us primitives, wanting our planets to add to the so-called Million Worlds of your dominion. So many times you were warned: our hyperdrives are not like yours.
We told you this when you arrived to terraform our colonies. We w... | Title: Message in a bottle
An alien spaceship detects a storage vessel floating through space. Inside they find a hand written alien message, and a key for decoding the language. After some study by their crew, the message is translated …
Greetings. I will be quick and to the point. Who I am is no matter. By the time... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | It is a sad day. The newcomers to our little slice of home declared war. We sent communiques inquiring as to the rules of engagement to their leadership, and they responded with images of our diplomats tortured, abused in the cruelest, most inhumane of ways, signed in the name of the Kiej Dominion.
Those insect bast... | Title: Message in a bottle
An alien spaceship detects a storage vessel floating through space. Inside they find a hand written alien message, and a key for decoding the language. After some study by their crew, the message is translated …
Greetings. I will be quick and to the point. Who I am is no matter. By the time... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | "You need rules? For war?"
"Oh do we ever."
"Well that's just ridiculous! How the hell do you issue 'rules' for war? War is war!"
"You don't know much about our history, do you?"
The human clicked his pen impatiently as the alien investigator pulled up their historical records on his computer.
"Oh you humans are l... | Title: Message in a bottle
An alien spaceship detects a storage vessel floating through space. Inside they find a hand written alien message, and a key for decoding the language. After some study by their crew, the message is translated …
Greetings. I will be quick and to the point. Who I am is no matter. By the time... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | “Yeah, that sucks for them. But why are you angry at us?” Amanda Smith, leader of the elite Beartooth division, looked up at Commander Her’clud in confusion. “You said you wanted the planet taken at any cost, so we took it. So what’s the problem?”
“The problem? The problem is that you killed every single sentient bein... | Title: Message in a bottle
An alien spaceship detects a storage vessel floating through space. Inside they find a hand written alien message, and a key for decoding the language. After some study by their crew, the message is translated …
Greetings. I will be quick and to the point. Who I am is no matter. By the time... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | In the swirling blizzard of North Palax, planet Haranox 7, a group of Aranids, a spider like race, gather together inside a secluded, secure building to discuss one thing.
Surrender
The normally proud race had made 2 mistakes that had cost them dearly. They had aggravated humanity to war, and laughed at humanities so... | Title: Message in a bottle
An alien spaceship detects a storage vessel floating through space. Inside they find a hand written alien message, and a key for decoding the language. After some study by their crew, the message is translated …
Greetings. I will be quick and to the point. Who I am is no matter. By the time... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | “Yeah, that sucks for them. But why are you angry at us?” Amanda Smith, leader of the elite Beartooth division, looked up at Commander Her’clud in confusion. “You said you wanted the planet taken at any cost, so we took it. So what’s the problem?”
“The problem? The problem is that you killed every single sentient bein... | "You need rules? For war?"
"Oh do we ever."
"Well that's just ridiculous! How the hell do you issue 'rules' for war? War is war!"
"You don't know much about our history, do you?"
The human clicked his pen impatiently as the alien investigator pulled up their historical records on his computer.
"Oh you humans are l... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | “Yeah, that sucks for them. But why are you angry at us?” Amanda Smith, leader of the elite Beartooth division, looked up at Commander Her’clud in confusion. “You said you wanted the planet taken at any cost, so we took it. So what’s the problem?”
“The problem? The problem is that you killed every single sentient bein... | Commander Xenov wrapped his head-tentacles together as he stared at the battle holo; a sign of contentment for his species, the fearsome Carnovians. Feared throughout the galaxy for their terrifying prowess in battle, both in space and on planet, they had been at an uneasy peace for nearly 200 solar cycles. Back then, ... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | In the swirling blizzard of North Palax, planet Haranox 7, a group of Aranids, a spider like race, gather together inside a secluded, secure building to discuss one thing.
Surrender
The normally proud race had made 2 mistakes that had cost them dearly. They had aggravated humanity to war, and laughed at humanities so... | Commander Xenov wrapped his head-tentacles together as he stared at the battle holo; a sign of contentment for his species, the fearsome Carnovians. Feared throughout the galaxy for their terrifying prowess in battle, both in space and on planet, they had been at an uneasy peace for nearly 200 solar cycles. Back then, ... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | Ta'reb thought that this whole hearing was a laughable farce as he maneuvered into his chair. His race (the dothram) were a reddish spherical entity with one eye that moved with one single long appendage and had been nicknamed by the humans as "mono-people". How could you enforce rules in war? War is when negotiations ... | Commander Xenov wrapped his head-tentacles together as he stared at the battle holo; a sign of contentment for his species, the fearsome Carnovians. Feared throughout the galaxy for their terrifying prowess in battle, both in space and on planet, they had been at an uneasy peace for nearly 200 solar cycles. Back then, ... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | A booming laughter erupted throughout the great egg-shaped hall so tall clouds formed at the very top, they were left there for aesthetics if nothing else, he pondered. At the sides grew massive steely arches joining at the very top, between them were built balconies, filled with ambassadors and other representatives o... | Hera looked up at the sky, she could still hear the laughter that echoed when the rulers of various planets in the galaxy found out that humans had rules, they laughed even harder when they found out out that rules even applied during war. That laughter was burnt in her memory, that teasing laughter, those snide remark... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | "I don't believe your High Serpahic Council understands what they have asked for here." Celes said. "You have denied my people the opportunity to parley for peace, and you have threatened them with war being brought to their very homes." Celes' voice rose and trembled as she spoke, the anger and fear that gripped her ... | Hera looked up at the sky, she could still hear the laughter that echoed when the rulers of various planets in the galaxy found out that humans had rules, they laughed even harder when they found out out that rules even applied during war. That laughter was burnt in her memory, that teasing laughter, those snide remark... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | “Yeah, that sucks for them. But why are you angry at us?” Amanda Smith, leader of the elite Beartooth division, looked up at Commander Her’clud in confusion. “You said you wanted the planet taken at any cost, so we took it. So what’s the problem?”
“The problem? The problem is that you killed every single sentient bein... | Hera looked up at the sky, she could still hear the laughter that echoed when the rulers of various planets in the galaxy found out that humans had rules, they laughed even harder when they found out out that rules even applied during war. That laughter was burnt in her memory, that teasing laughter, those snide remark... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | In the swirling blizzard of North Palax, planet Haranox 7, a group of Aranids, a spider like race, gather together inside a secluded, secure building to discuss one thing.
Surrender
The normally proud race had made 2 mistakes that had cost them dearly. They had aggravated humanity to war, and laughed at humanities so... | Hera looked up at the sky, she could still hear the laughter that echoed when the rulers of various planets in the galaxy found out that humans had rules, they laughed even harder when they found out out that rules even applied during war. That laughter was burnt in her memory, that teasing laughter, those snide remark... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | This is a continuation of my [last WP comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/s98qyp/wp_projectile_weapons_were_considered_ancient/htmol5h/?context=3), b/c the themes are similar and why the hell not right?
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*I remember fondly in the first year of my mandatory enlistment feeling the warm... | Hera looked up at the sky, she could still hear the laughter that echoed when the rulers of various planets in the galaxy found out that humans had rules, they laughed even harder when they found out out that rules even applied during war. That laughter was burnt in her memory, that teasing laughter, those snide remark... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | A council chamber. Rectangle. Ornate. Boring.
Earth and humanity's representatives sat on one side of the curiously balanced tables, seated across a neighboring species often thought as bloodthirsty cretins.
Once more had an earth mining operation been sabotaged and mined materials stolen, very few survivors. Humanity... | Hera looked up at the sky, she could still hear the laughter that echoed when the rulers of various planets in the galaxy found out that humans had rules, they laughed even harder when they found out out that rules even applied during war. That laughter was burnt in her memory, that teasing laughter, those snide remark... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | Ta'reb thought that this whole hearing was a laughable farce as he maneuvered into his chair. His race (the dothram) were a reddish spherical entity with one eye that moved with one single long appendage and had been nicknamed by the humans as "mono-people". How could you enforce rules in war? War is when negotiations ... | Hera looked up at the sky, she could still hear the laughter that echoed when the rulers of various planets in the galaxy found out that humans had rules, they laughed even harder when they found out out that rules even applied during war. That laughter was burnt in her memory, that teasing laughter, those snide remark... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | In the far reaches of space a lone human cargo hauler came under attack by an alien race that they had yet to meet. An emergency drone dropped out of the hauler with a dump of the ships computers highlighting the attacker. In a flash, the drone was off to the nearest human star system.
That lone incident introduced... | Hera looked up at the sky, she could still hear the laughter that echoed when the rulers of various planets in the galaxy found out that humans had rules, they laughed even harder when they found out out that rules even applied during war. That laughter was burnt in her memory, that teasing laughter, those snide remark... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | "I don't believe your High Serpahic Council understands what they have asked for here." Celes said. "You have denied my people the opportunity to parley for peace, and you have threatened them with war being brought to their very homes." Celes' voice rose and trembled as she spoke, the anger and fear that gripped her ... | A booming laughter erupted throughout the great egg-shaped hall so tall clouds formed at the very top, they were left there for aesthetics if nothing else, he pondered. At the sides grew massive steely arches joining at the very top, between them were built balconies, filled with ambassadors and other representatives o... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | “Yeah, that sucks for them. But why are you angry at us?” Amanda Smith, leader of the elite Beartooth division, looked up at Commander Her’clud in confusion. “You said you wanted the planet taken at any cost, so we took it. So what’s the problem?”
“The problem? The problem is that you killed every single sentient bein... | A booming laughter erupted throughout the great egg-shaped hall so tall clouds formed at the very top, they were left there for aesthetics if nothing else, he pondered. At the sides grew massive steely arches joining at the very top, between them were built balconies, filled with ambassadors and other representatives o... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | In the swirling blizzard of North Palax, planet Haranox 7, a group of Aranids, a spider like race, gather together inside a secluded, secure building to discuss one thing.
Surrender
The normally proud race had made 2 mistakes that had cost them dearly. They had aggravated humanity to war, and laughed at humanities so... | A booming laughter erupted throughout the great egg-shaped hall so tall clouds formed at the very top, they were left there for aesthetics if nothing else, he pondered. At the sides grew massive steely arches joining at the very top, between them were built balconies, filled with ambassadors and other representatives o... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | This is a continuation of my [last WP comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/s98qyp/wp_projectile_weapons_were_considered_ancient/htmol5h/?context=3), b/c the themes are similar and why the hell not right?
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*I remember fondly in the first year of my mandatory enlistment feeling the warm... | A booming laughter erupted throughout the great egg-shaped hall so tall clouds formed at the very top, they were left there for aesthetics if nothing else, he pondered. At the sides grew massive steely arches joining at the very top, between them were built balconies, filled with ambassadors and other representatives o... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | A council chamber. Rectangle. Ornate. Boring.
Earth and humanity's representatives sat on one side of the curiously balanced tables, seated across a neighboring species often thought as bloodthirsty cretins.
Once more had an earth mining operation been sabotaged and mined materials stolen, very few survivors. Humanity... | A booming laughter erupted throughout the great egg-shaped hall so tall clouds formed at the very top, they were left there for aesthetics if nothing else, he pondered. At the sides grew massive steely arches joining at the very top, between them were built balconies, filled with ambassadors and other representatives o... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | Ta'reb thought that this whole hearing was a laughable farce as he maneuvered into his chair. His race (the dothram) were a reddish spherical entity with one eye that moved with one single long appendage and had been nicknamed by the humans as "mono-people". How could you enforce rules in war? War is when negotiations ... | A booming laughter erupted throughout the great egg-shaped hall so tall clouds formed at the very top, they were left there for aesthetics if nothing else, he pondered. At the sides grew massive steely arches joining at the very top, between them were built balconies, filled with ambassadors and other representatives o... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | “Yeah, that sucks for them. But why are you angry at us?” Amanda Smith, leader of the elite Beartooth division, looked up at Commander Her’clud in confusion. “You said you wanted the planet taken at any cost, so we took it. So what’s the problem?”
“The problem? The problem is that you killed every single sentient bein... | "I don't believe your High Serpahic Council understands what they have asked for here." Celes said. "You have denied my people the opportunity to parley for peace, and you have threatened them with war being brought to their very homes." Celes' voice rose and trembled as she spoke, the anger and fear that gripped her ... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | In the swirling blizzard of North Palax, planet Haranox 7, a group of Aranids, a spider like race, gather together inside a secluded, secure building to discuss one thing.
Surrender
The normally proud race had made 2 mistakes that had cost them dearly. They had aggravated humanity to war, and laughed at humanities so... | "I don't believe your High Serpahic Council understands what they have asked for here." Celes said. "You have denied my people the opportunity to parley for peace, and you have threatened them with war being brought to their very homes." Celes' voice rose and trembled as she spoke, the anger and fear that gripped her ... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | Ta'reb thought that this whole hearing was a laughable farce as he maneuvered into his chair. His race (the dothram) were a reddish spherical entity with one eye that moved with one single long appendage and had been nicknamed by the humans as "mono-people". How could you enforce rules in war? War is when negotiations ... | "I don't believe your High Serpahic Council understands what they have asked for here." Celes said. "You have denied my people the opportunity to parley for peace, and you have threatened them with war being brought to their very homes." Celes' voice rose and trembled as she spoke, the anger and fear that gripped her ... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | Ta'reb thought that this whole hearing was a laughable farce as he maneuvered into his chair. His race (the dothram) were a reddish spherical entity with one eye that moved with one single long appendage and had been nicknamed by the humans as "mono-people". How could you enforce rules in war? War is when negotiations ... | This is a continuation of my [last WP comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/s98qyp/wp_projectile_weapons_were_considered_ancient/htmol5h/?context=3), b/c the themes are similar and why the hell not right?
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*I remember fondly in the first year of my mandatory enlistment feeling the warm... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | Ta'reb thought that this whole hearing was a laughable farce as he maneuvered into his chair. His race (the dothram) were a reddish spherical entity with one eye that moved with one single long appendage and had been nicknamed by the humans as "mono-people". How could you enforce rules in war? War is when negotiations ... | A council chamber. Rectangle. Ornate. Boring.
Earth and humanity's representatives sat on one side of the curiously balanced tables, seated across a neighboring species often thought as bloodthirsty cretins.
Once more had an earth mining operation been sabotaged and mined materials stolen, very few survivors. Humanity... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | **RULES OF WAR FOR FOXES**
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“I understand the concept is confusing - and possibly off-putting to the council - but I can’t stress this enough — we _need_ rules,” Cadence said.
The chamber was small. There was only two Overseers presiding over the case. They were a humanoid species, but a quarter of the size of m... | They laughed.
Once.
Rules of engagement are a weakness against a foe ready to ignore them, so spoke the aliens while readying cannons and fleets should humanity be foolish enough to attack.
You may be right, we answered.
Foolish children, we thought.
We live in a galaxy of laws. Gravity, physics, time and space. A... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | The "Xeno" mocked humans at their interplanetary council. After learning humans had such silly rules for war, they teased and mocked humans.
"Are they so coddled that they need restrictions on the art and beauty of warfare?" High General Okrendai of the Antaki aliens laughed. The alien's interplanetary community decid... | They laughed.
Once.
Rules of engagement are a weakness against a foe ready to ignore them, so spoke the aliens while readying cannons and fleets should humanity be foolish enough to attack.
You may be right, we answered.
Foolish children, we thought.
We live in a galaxy of laws. Gravity, physics, time and space. A... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | “What do you mean, announce?” Marshall said.
All five of Jlipo’s mouths were aghast, revealing rows of shark-like teeth that looked like they could serrate flesh in instants. Which made them great for processing the fibrous husks of corn, their only source of nutrition.
“What are you even saying? Of course, you have ... | They laughed.
Once.
Rules of engagement are a weakness against a foe ready to ignore them, so spoke the aliens while readying cannons and fleets should humanity be foolish enough to attack.
You may be right, we answered.
Foolish children, we thought.
We live in a galaxy of laws. Gravity, physics, time and space. A... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | In the far reaches of space a lone human cargo hauler came under attack by an alien race that they had yet to meet. An emergency drone dropped out of the hauler with a dump of the ships computers highlighting the attacker. In a flash, the drone was off to the nearest human star system.
That lone incident introduced... | They laughed.
Once.
Rules of engagement are a weakness against a foe ready to ignore them, so spoke the aliens while readying cannons and fleets should humanity be foolish enough to attack.
You may be right, we answered.
Foolish children, we thought.
We live in a galaxy of laws. Gravity, physics, time and space. A... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | The "Xeno" mocked humans at their interplanetary council. After learning humans had such silly rules for war, they teased and mocked humans.
"Are they so coddled that they need restrictions on the art and beauty of warfare?" High General Okrendai of the Antaki aliens laughed. The alien's interplanetary community decid... | **RULES OF WAR FOR FOXES**
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“I understand the concept is confusing - and possibly off-putting to the council - but I can’t stress this enough — we _need_ rules,” Cadence said.
The chamber was small. There was only two Overseers presiding over the case. They were a humanoid species, but a quarter of the size of m... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | “What do you mean, announce?” Marshall said.
All five of Jlipo’s mouths were aghast, revealing rows of shark-like teeth that looked like they could serrate flesh in instants. Which made them great for processing the fibrous husks of corn, their only source of nutrition.
“What are you even saying? Of course, you have ... | **RULES OF WAR FOR FOXES**
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“I understand the concept is confusing - and possibly off-putting to the council - but I can’t stress this enough — we _need_ rules,” Cadence said.
The chamber was small. There was only two Overseers presiding over the case. They were a humanoid species, but a quarter of the size of m... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | In the far reaches of space a lone human cargo hauler came under attack by an alien race that they had yet to meet. An emergency drone dropped out of the hauler with a dump of the ships computers highlighting the attacker. In a flash, the drone was off to the nearest human star system.
That lone incident introduced... | **RULES OF WAR FOR FOXES**
----
“I understand the concept is confusing - and possibly off-putting to the council - but I can’t stress this enough — we _need_ rules,” Cadence said.
The chamber was small. There was only two Overseers presiding over the case. They were a humanoid species, but a quarter of the size of m... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | In the far reaches of space a lone human cargo hauler came under attack by an alien race that they had yet to meet. An emergency drone dropped out of the hauler with a dump of the ships computers highlighting the attacker. In a flash, the drone was off to the nearest human star system.
That lone incident introduced... | The "Xeno" mocked humans at their interplanetary council. After learning humans had such silly rules for war, they teased and mocked humans.
"Are they so coddled that they need restrictions on the art and beauty of warfare?" High General Okrendai of the Antaki aliens laughed. The alien's interplanetary community decid... | |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | In the far reaches of space a lone human cargo hauler came under attack by an alien race that they had yet to meet. An emergency drone dropped out of the hauler with a dump of the ships computers highlighting the attacker. In a flash, the drone was off to the nearest human star system.
That lone incident introduced... | “What do you mean, announce?” Marshall said.
All five of Jlipo’s mouths were aghast, revealing rows of shark-like teeth that looked like they could serrate flesh in instants. Which made them great for processing the fibrous husks of corn, their only source of nutrition.
“What are you even saying? Of course, you have ... | |
[WP] "Any last words, hero?" "I am going to kill you. And then I going to take your hat." "...Excuse me?" "You heard me: I want your hat. And you can't stop me." | "Any last words, hero?"
"I am going to kill you. And then I going to take your hat."
"...Excuse me?"
"You heard me: I want your hat. And you can't stop me."
"...you're in a *death trap*, Hero. It's not a *mild annoyance* trap."
"Yes, and that's why you can't stop me."
"You fool. This death trap will *kill* you."
... | "Please. You thought you could get rid of my powers that easily. Of course, it's a common conception. I'm often seen with my hat, and I act out of the norm while wearing it, so my powers must come from my hat. That is partially true, of course, but not the whole truth. I still have my powers, with or without my hat. Wh... | |
[WP] Everyone's heard of the fallen angels, but you are the first ascended demon. | I have made a deposit.
The banks of Gehenna roar in satisfaction.
We are arcanaloth, we speak the secrets, we hear the bargains, and we see the numbers. Every last one. Those massive numbers that we strife to lengthen, to collect. On this day I had added much to that number.
It was the mortals who first invented sou... | Snow capped mountains:
I awoke in a sudden burst of energy one second I was in hell the next I am in a bed?!? I turn to my left and see that I am in a the place of mortals maybe I have taken some sort of mortal form? I get up from the bed and see a canine sitting on a little bed my mouth starts to water I tried to re... | |
[WP] You were hated even by the Teachers in the Magic School. One day you were given the Assignment to go through the Dark Forest, which was infested with Monsters and Eldritch Horrors. You accepted your death and went into the forest, but after hearing your story the Eldritch Horrors take you in. | The Arcadian Academy for the Magically-Gifted was the very definition of the word 'elitist' in the magical community; it was a miracle that Jasmine had even been accepted, considering her less-than-appealing resumé. Orphaned, no prior schooling, self-taught in the ways of Old Magic through ancient grimoires and texts i... | Secrets of magic they called it. The forgotten history of scrafices, the source of spell components, the effects of magic on the soul, and how the purest form of magic translates to "curses" in common tongue. Mages were supposed to be intelligent enough to draw a ritual circle without an indentation out of line yet acc... | |
[WP] You were hated even by the Teachers in the Magic School. One day you were given the Assignment to go through the Dark Forest, which was infested with Monsters and Eldritch Horrors. You accepted your death and went into the forest, but after hearing your story the Eldritch Horrors take you in. | Beatrix Lastname peered around the warlock in front of her to see that she was nearing the front of the line. She felt her heartbeat pick up in anticipation of reaching the podium in the center of the gathering hall. Today was the last day of Junior year at the Magic Academy; the day that all students are given their f... | "What horrors lay in the forest no one knows," says the elf. "I can only imagine. Coiling serpents the size of giants, insatiable vampires, inferi risen from their death sleep, werewolves on the prowl. Best of luck."
Another elf, Eirellevene, speaks up."You never fit in here, troll. Your breath reeks of gore. Your ham... | |
[WP] You were hated even by the Teachers in the Magic School. One day you were given the Assignment to go through the Dark Forest, which was infested with Monsters and Eldritch Horrors. You accepted your death and went into the forest, but after hearing your story the Eldritch Horrors take you in. | There's no such thing as a stupid question, so it's often said. And that may well be. However, the act of *asking* particular questions, at particular times, and in particular places, can certainly be stupid.
For example, when I asked how it was that demons from the Outer Twilight were regarded in the latest texts on ... | "What horrors lay in the forest no one knows," says the elf. "I can only imagine. Coiling serpents the size of giants, insatiable vampires, inferi risen from their death sleep, werewolves on the prowl. Best of luck."
Another elf, Eirellevene, speaks up."You never fit in here, troll. Your breath reeks of gore. Your ham... | |
[WP] You were hated even by the Teachers in the Magic School. One day you were given the Assignment to go through the Dark Forest, which was infested with Monsters and Eldritch Horrors. You accepted your death and went into the forest, but after hearing your story the Eldritch Horrors take you in. | There's no such thing as a stupid question, so it's often said. And that may well be. However, the act of *asking* particular questions, at particular times, and in particular places, can certainly be stupid.
For example, when I asked how it was that demons from the Outer Twilight were regarded in the latest texts on ... | Politics are always the most drab part of being a student of the academy. The way you walked, talked, looked at people or breathed. It all mattered so very much to everyone, except me of course. I hate to say it but my only interest was magic. I’m no barbarian, I give my teachers the respect they deserve. Time and time... | |
[WP] You were hated even by the Teachers in the Magic School. One day you were given the Assignment to go through the Dark Forest, which was infested with Monsters and Eldritch Horrors. You accepted your death and went into the forest, but after hearing your story the Eldritch Horrors take you in. | "Well. Would you like a cup of tea?"
The voice came from above, and to the sides, and right back to where I stood. It was a reedy voice, like a cat stuck in a vice type of thing. Oddly calming, if not for it's source.
"Uh, sure I'll take a cup of tea?" I answered, now wholly in disbelief.
Initially my thoughts ran to:... | I stand there facing and uncountable number of eyes in the forest. It feels like one presence that splits and recombines constantly. I have no idea if it is trying to hide itself by keeping its presence split and weak or what. But I do know at a single thought I would be killed three seconds ago probably.
“What are y... | |
[WP] You were hated even by the Teachers in the Magic School. One day you were given the Assignment to go through the Dark Forest, which was infested with Monsters and Eldritch Horrors. You accepted your death and went into the forest, but after hearing your story the Eldritch Horrors take you in. | It was three days before they approached Ghast. Three days of trudging through an ankle high bed of rotten leaves, her clothes damp and cold from the thick mist that perpetuated within the Murk. She was used to the cold, of course, but this was worse. The fog that the Murk threw into the air left a dense cloud over the... | I stand there facing and uncountable number of eyes in the forest. It feels like one presence that splits and recombines constantly. I have no idea if it is trying to hide itself by keeping its presence split and weak or what. But I do know at a single thought I would be killed three seconds ago probably.
“What are y... | |
[WP] You were hated even by the Teachers in the Magic School. One day you were given the Assignment to go through the Dark Forest, which was infested with Monsters and Eldritch Horrors. You accepted your death and went into the forest, but after hearing your story the Eldritch Horrors take you in. | It was an assemblage of thorns, stone, and flesh. A shambling thing of ethereal darkness and starlight made into matter, resembling no creature of this reality. And it sat before his campfire, the deep black of it's body seeming to douse the light, dull the heat. False stars twinkling in its' strange form.
"You're a g... | The Teachers watched silently as he walked into the Dark Forest, a collective internal clock ticking down to single digits after eighteen years. It had been a constant and bitter fight between those who argued to destroy him at birth and those who thought he deserved a life, but there are no winners in compromise. Chil... | |
[WP] You were hated even by the Teachers in the Magic School. One day you were given the Assignment to go through the Dark Forest, which was infested with Monsters and Eldritch Horrors. You accepted your death and went into the forest, but after hearing your story the Eldritch Horrors take you in. | Headmaster Jin was the one to see me off. The only one, in fact. The rest of the teaching staff, I imagined, were all off celebrating having one less “nuisance” in their lives.
The headmaster looked down to me, and I looked up at them. They held a smile, but their eyes were dull. “All it will take is reaching th... | The Teachers watched silently as he walked into the Dark Forest, a collective internal clock ticking down to single digits after eighteen years. It had been a constant and bitter fight between those who argued to destroy him at birth and those who thought he deserved a life, but there are no winners in compromise. Chil... | |
[WP] You were hated even by the Teachers in the Magic School. One day you were given the Assignment to go through the Dark Forest, which was infested with Monsters and Eldritch Horrors. You accepted your death and went into the forest, but after hearing your story the Eldritch Horrors take you in. | Headmaster Jin was the one to see me off. The only one, in fact. The rest of the teaching staff, I imagined, were all off celebrating having one less “nuisance” in their lives.
The headmaster looked down to me, and I looked up at them. They held a smile, but their eyes were dull. “All it will take is reaching th... | "Oh man, I've had my fair run-ins with terrible dungeon masters as well. I feel you dude."
The tentacled abomination slurped itself in what I supposed to be a sympathetic gesture. Which was quite appreciated. The Generic Dark Forest was a terrifying place, and my Generic Teachers at my Generic Magic School had sent me... | |
[WP] You were hated even by the Teachers in the Magic School. One day you were given the Assignment to go through the Dark Forest, which was infested with Monsters and Eldritch Horrors. You accepted your death and went into the forest, but after hearing your story the Eldritch Horrors take you in. | We watched the interlopers from beneath two mighty pines, their concealing shadows worsened by both the wraith beside me and my own magic. There were two of them dressed as soldiers, well equipped ones but still soldiers, not adventurers or even monster slayers. Perhaps they had just gotten out of the king's army and... | "Oh man, I've had my fair run-ins with terrible dungeon masters as well. I feel you dude."
The tentacled abomination slurped itself in what I supposed to be a sympathetic gesture. Which was quite appreciated. The Generic Dark Forest was a terrifying place, and my Generic Teachers at my Generic Magic School had sent me... | |
[WP] You were hated even by the Teachers in the Magic School. One day you were given the Assignment to go through the Dark Forest, which was infested with Monsters and Eldritch Horrors. You accepted your death and went into the forest, but after hearing your story the Eldritch Horrors take you in. | You relished in their hate, their fury towards you.
Oh, you know what you’ve done, and their hate wasn’t unjustified, yet despite everything, the Headmaster still allowed you to keep studying at the academy, because *she* was in no position to remove *you*.
You laughed, treading slowly through the dark mud. A lizard ... | "Oh man, I've had my fair run-ins with terrible dungeon masters as well. I feel you dude."
The tentacled abomination slurped itself in what I supposed to be a sympathetic gesture. Which was quite appreciated. The Generic Dark Forest was a terrifying place, and my Generic Teachers at my Generic Magic School had sent me... | |
[WP] One pill a day keeps the devil away. | “Stop *crying*” she spat.
It wasn’t his fault. Every time he tried to speak, the sores that lined the inside of his mouth like craters on the surface of an inside out moon exploded with a shock of white hot pain, and each time that white hot pain streaked across the torn, swollen flesh of his inner cheeks, his migra... | Have you been struggling with more than your inner demons? Do you find yourself needing a break from the hellish beasts harassing you? Well you, my friend, need Deus.
Deus is the all-in-one solution to your demonic needs. Just one pill of Deus every day can keep the Devil out of your soul and off of your mind. This re... | |
[WP] One pill a day keeps the devil away. | There's a new pharmacist today at the window. I crane my neck but don't see Lynda anywhere behind the glass. With two people ahead of me, I wonder if it's worth waiting for my prescription. Can I trust this stranger? Or are they working for *them*?
I reach into my bag and grab the small orange bottle. I don't need to ... | Have you been struggling with more than your inner demons? Do you find yourself needing a break from the hellish beasts harassing you? Well you, my friend, need Deus.
Deus is the all-in-one solution to your demonic needs. Just one pill of Deus every day can keep the Devil out of your soul and off of your mind. This re... | |
[WP] You’ve always lived in the tower. The two hundred and fifty story building has everything. The world within is a self-contained ecosystem. The residents never go outside. To leave the encircling gate is death. You don’t know why. And you don't care. You're just a teen that likes to sneak around | I've heard some friends of mine complain about never getting to leave the Tower - that's is old and boring. I never got that. How could I possibly have gotten bored in a place like this? 250 stories of different rooms, purposes, filled with people that all have their own stories to listen to. I *loved* going to differe... | **The Tower of Life (1/3)**
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“Jimmy says he’s seen every floor of the tower,” I tell my sister.
“Jimmy is a liar,” my sister says.
“He says floor 143 is a cemetery, and that the dead are hung on hooks to scare off nightmares,” I say.
My sister Vivian is only three years older than me, but when she speaks I fe... | |
[WP] Holding their broken body against your chest beneath the storm clouds. A pained chuckle, escapes their cracked lips. “I’m sorry I made you fall in love with a villain.” Eyes wet, voice broken, and voice choked; “A hero would have traded me for the world but you . . .you traded it for me. ” | "My closest friend. My hated enemy. I'm so, so *sorry*. You fell in love with me." I watched a thin trail of blood dribble from the corner of her mouth as she spluttered, sending globs of crimson splattering against the cracked flagstones. "A hero would have traded me for the world… But you… You chose me… Why?" I could... | Fishdom Administrator Post, Year V
and when black spew from within erupts from callous hands and vibrant neon feeds your carcinogen stems your zeal will fade and your end will seem so far off, and you lecture from behind the curtain, the thin thin curtain made from spider milk and broken glass you took from every poor... | |
[WP] "Your magic circuits are incomplete and stunted. You may never be able to cast magic effectively." The doctor states with grim finality. Your parents look on in stunned silence. You are effectively an outcast from this moment on. | An alarm clock screamed into the morning air and lights flickered on across the small room.
With a sigh, I opened my eyes and pulled myself out of bed. Here I was, years later, still in my childhood room. Scooping a work uniform of the floor and sliding into it (after a quick sniff test, when did I wash this last?), I... | The army general walked into the training field holding a large notebook and a pen, next to him were three lieutenants carrying a metal table holding several dozens of injections filled with a blue glowing substance."As you know, soldiers today is the day you can show the world your power. The invention of Manna brough... | |
[WP] Time travel has been invented and is a pain in the ass. Future-former employers show up randomly to ask for passwords and things they forgot during your exit interview, etc. But one day some detectives show up... investigating your murder | “Are you sure I was murdered?”
There was a sort of peculiarity that comes with trying to reconcile myself with my own death, far in a future I could not see. I supposed that’s how stars feel like when casting their light trillions of miles away, but never really getting to see what it does.
“I’m really sorry for your... | "It just spam. Horoscopes, stock tips, standard guarantees for length, happiness and love. Its all a future pyramid schemes." said Work Tom, as he is listed in my phone. Although I did once considered upgrading him to Friend Tom, disclosing a friendship at work was a bureaucratic nightmare.
"I know, I know," I said pi... | |
[WP] On a pilgrimage, a group of travelers settle down for the night and sing songs around the fire. | The weary travelers had gone as far as they could go. Despite the roar of disapproval churning in Declan’s stomach, they had stopped. From the fringes of the circled wagons, he watched as his people moved efficiently, quietly. At least there was that. They were wise enough to maintain the order of silence, even if they... | [Poem]
I got no home
(No home, no home)
To call my own
(Nothing my own)
Oh, but those weary days are over
I’m done with hiding in a land that ain’t for me
(For me, not for me)
And I’ll be searching my whole life
And I’ll be tired on the road
As long as in the end, my soul is then set free
(Promise I’ll be fr... | |
[WP] Finally dead, you wait quietly at the train station of the afterlife. As you watch everyone leave off to face their judgement, you eventually sit alone… waiting. You watch as a scythe-wielding hooded figure starts approaching, and he… sighs? “Aw man… why’d it have to be you?” | "Aw, man, why'd it have to be you?" Death said to the aging white man.
"Well, everybody has to die eventually. I'm very glad to see you, though. I thought it would be kind of scary here, confusing and scary. Here you are, though, here to help me out, right?"
"Yeah, I am. I'm sorry. I know everybody has to go eventua... | "In the name of... Why'd it have to be you?"
I took stock of the ... man in front of me. He was wearing the usual hooded cloak, but wore it more casually than the artwork of it depicted, and his farmer's scythe was hanging off his shoulder, held in a non-threatening manner.
"Because I'm an idiot?" was my retort... | |
[WP] Finally dead, you wait quietly at the train station of the afterlife. As you watch everyone leave off to face their judgement, you eventually sit alone… waiting. You watch as a scythe-wielding hooded figure starts approaching, and he… sighs? “Aw man… why’d it have to be you?” | "Aw, man, why'd it have to be you?" Death said to the aging white man.
"Well, everybody has to die eventually. I'm very glad to see you, though. I thought it would be kind of scary here, confusing and scary. Here you are, though, here to help me out, right?"
"Yeah, I am. I'm sorry. I know everybody has to go eventua... | “Aw man… why’d it have to be you?”
"I'm sorry to disappoint," Kazav looked up to the reaper assigned to collect him. "If it's any consolation, I was also hoping it wouldn't be me today." He wore his characteristically shit-eating grin.
The reaper, faceless, seemed to deflate. They stood there awkwardly as though it w... | |
[WP] Finally dead, you wait quietly at the train station of the afterlife. As you watch everyone leave off to face their judgement, you eventually sit alone… waiting. You watch as a scythe-wielding hooded figure starts approaching, and he… sighs? “Aw man… why’d it have to be you?” | \*This is my first submission, and the first thing of any length I have written in a LOONG time. I would love to hear some feedback.
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The platform itself was well lit, but surrounded in darkness. I couldn't see anything beyond the tracks in front of me, or either end of the platform. I don't... | "You gon' pay what you owe..." I replied, "it's been long enough and I be my $20, Death. Stop playing these games. You already lost the last few thousand times."
"Come on! I thought we were having a good time here! We had a good thing going right?"
" 'A good thing going'? It's been 10,000 years! I want to rest eterna... | |
[WP] Finally dead, you wait quietly at the train station of the afterlife. As you watch everyone leave off to face their judgement, you eventually sit alone… waiting. You watch as a scythe-wielding hooded figure starts approaching, and he… sighs? “Aw man… why’d it have to be you?” | Death looked at me from beneath his hood. I wasn't sure if his face was that of a man or something else. His face was cloaked in darkness, but somehow I felt like I could see through the darkness to what lay within. If you asked me, as soon as I looked away, what I saw, I wouldn't have been able to say. I could not pro... | "You gon' pay what you owe..." I replied, "it's been long enough and I be my $20, Death. Stop playing these games. You already lost the last few thousand times."
"Come on! I thought we were having a good time here! We had a good thing going right?"
" 'A good thing going'? It's been 10,000 years! I want to rest eterna... | |
[WP] Finally dead, you wait quietly at the train station of the afterlife. As you watch everyone leave off to face their judgement, you eventually sit alone… waiting. You watch as a scythe-wielding hooded figure starts approaching, and he… sighs? “Aw man… why’d it have to be you?” | "Aw... Why did it have to be you?"
I'm confused. I didn't expect Death. I was an atheist. I... Am. Am I? I'd been sitting on this train station waiting to be ferried off to heaven or hell or wherever, but my train never came.
"Me?"
"You."
"Don't you deal with people like me every day?"
"Yes, and no. You're special... | "You gon' pay what you owe..." I replied, "it's been long enough and I be my $20, Death. Stop playing these games. You already lost the last few thousand times."
"Come on! I thought we were having a good time here! We had a good thing going right?"
" 'A good thing going'? It's been 10,000 years! I want to rest eterna... | |
[WP] Finally dead, you wait quietly at the train station of the afterlife. As you watch everyone leave off to face their judgement, you eventually sit alone… waiting. You watch as a scythe-wielding hooded figure starts approaching, and he… sighs? “Aw man… why’d it have to be you?” | I looked back at the figure, perplexed, only to feel a dull ache begin to form at the back of my skull. "Me? Wh-" The pain intensified before I could ask, but the figure was already turning away.
"Give it an hour," He replied, pulling his hood down to reveal a fairly average looking man, roughly in his mid 30's with ... | "You gon' pay what you owe..." I replied, "it's been long enough and I be my $20, Death. Stop playing these games. You already lost the last few thousand times."
"Come on! I thought we were having a good time here! We had a good thing going right?"
" 'A good thing going'? It's been 10,000 years! I want to rest eterna... | |
[WP] Finally dead, you wait quietly at the train station of the afterlife. As you watch everyone leave off to face their judgement, you eventually sit alone… waiting. You watch as a scythe-wielding hooded figure starts approaching, and he… sighs? “Aw man… why’d it have to be you?” | "Aw... Why did it have to be you?"
I'm confused. I didn't expect Death. I was an atheist. I... Am. Am I? I'd been sitting on this train station waiting to be ferried off to heaven or hell or wherever, but my train never came.
"Me?"
"You."
"Don't you deal with people like me every day?"
"Yes, and no. You're special... | \*This is my first submission, and the first thing of any length I have written in a LOONG time. I would love to hear some feedback.
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The platform itself was well lit, but surrounded in darkness. I couldn't see anything beyond the tracks in front of me, or either end of the platform. I don't... | |
[WP] Finally dead, you wait quietly at the train station of the afterlife. As you watch everyone leave off to face their judgement, you eventually sit alone… waiting. You watch as a scythe-wielding hooded figure starts approaching, and he… sighs? “Aw man… why’d it have to be you?” | Death looked at me from beneath his hood. I wasn't sure if his face was that of a man or something else. His face was cloaked in darkness, but somehow I felt like I could see through the darkness to what lay within. If you asked me, as soon as I looked away, what I saw, I wouldn't have been able to say. I could not pro... | I am dead.
Dead, muerte, gone, kicked the bucket, I am dead. Never going back. I am as dead as Kurt Cobain. That is to say, very dead.
How did I die? That's simple. I got hit by a car going a hundred miles per hour on a dirt road. Pretty pathetic, huh?
Death is pretty surprising, actually. When I died, I thought th... | |
[WP] Finally dead, you wait quietly at the train station of the afterlife. As you watch everyone leave off to face their judgement, you eventually sit alone… waiting. You watch as a scythe-wielding hooded figure starts approaching, and he… sighs? “Aw man… why’d it have to be you?” | "Why'd it have to be ME?" the dead one repeats, affronted. "Why'd it have to be YOU?"
The shrouded figure sinks its shoulders like an annoyed teenager, and if it had a face, it would've been glaring dead-eyed at the roof of the train. "My reaper colleagues were all busy, someone has to empty the trains, I drew the s... | I am dead.
Dead, muerte, gone, kicked the bucket, I am dead. Never going back. I am as dead as Kurt Cobain. That is to say, very dead.
How did I die? That's simple. I got hit by a car going a hundred miles per hour on a dirt road. Pretty pathetic, huh?
Death is pretty surprising, actually. When I died, I thought th... | |
[WP] Finally dead, you wait quietly at the train station of the afterlife. As you watch everyone leave off to face their judgement, you eventually sit alone… waiting. You watch as a scythe-wielding hooded figure starts approaching, and he… sighs? “Aw man… why’d it have to be you?” | "Aw... Why did it have to be you?"
I'm confused. I didn't expect Death. I was an atheist. I... Am. Am I? I'd been sitting on this train station waiting to be ferried off to heaven or hell or wherever, but my train never came.
"Me?"
"You."
"Don't you deal with people like me every day?"
"Yes, and no. You're special... | I am dead.
Dead, muerte, gone, kicked the bucket, I am dead. Never going back. I am as dead as Kurt Cobain. That is to say, very dead.
How did I die? That's simple. I got hit by a car going a hundred miles per hour on a dirt road. Pretty pathetic, huh?
Death is pretty surprising, actually. When I died, I thought th... | |
[WP] Finally dead, you wait quietly at the train station of the afterlife. As you watch everyone leave off to face their judgement, you eventually sit alone… waiting. You watch as a scythe-wielding hooded figure starts approaching, and he… sighs? “Aw man… why’d it have to be you?” | I looked back at the figure, perplexed, only to feel a dull ache begin to form at the back of my skull. "Me? Wh-" The pain intensified before I could ask, but the figure was already turning away.
"Give it an hour," He replied, pulling his hood down to reveal a fairly average looking man, roughly in his mid 30's with ... | I am dead.
Dead, muerte, gone, kicked the bucket, I am dead. Never going back. I am as dead as Kurt Cobain. That is to say, very dead.
How did I die? That's simple. I got hit by a car going a hundred miles per hour on a dirt road. Pretty pathetic, huh?
Death is pretty surprising, actually. When I died, I thought th... |
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