I'm going to be AFK most of the day due to a prescheduled Chinese Theater trip, so I thought I'd leave a Poll on the stove while I was away.
The subject, legendary creatures
My current concept for legendary creatures is things that tou...
2019-04-28 17:40:13 +0000 UTC View Post***Alicia***
Alicia was sitting in Maggies sitting room, where her aunt was enjoying some afternoon tea, sunlight streaming in through the large windows and landing on her shoulder.
Why didnt you warn me you were going to ...
2019-04-28 11:02:52 +0000 UTC View PostMore treasure. Garth said when he got back to his Phylactery, three days later. It had been an exercise in mind-numbing boredom, but he had managed to steal back into the valley once the sun was up and harvest a bit more spider silk fro...
2019-04-27 05:25:14 +0000 UTC View PostAlicias eyes fluttered open to explosions, and strange whooshing sounds. About four feet in front of her, one of her familys crown killer bolts was half buried in the dirt.
Why am I on the ground? Alicia pushed h...
2019-04-25 22:45:01 +0000 UTC View PostNice shot! the golden monkey said, patting the larger one on the shoulder as they stood.
Shoulda aimed lower, The bigger one muttered, sliding backwards. Shooting downhill threw me off.
Good enough for me. Well d...
2019-04-23 18:40:45 +0000 UTC View PostBen Tunken sat on the hillside overlooking the Wiretap nests. The Thrask watched the brilliant lights bloom in the distance with his spyglass, suppressing the urge to yawn. Another day, another boring assassination meant to look like an acc...
2019-04-22 02:55:34 +0000 UTC View PostGarth turned the heavy metal pistol over in his hand. It looked a bit like a semi-automatic, with a bit of a blocky profile, not quite as slender and sleek as a modern gun had been.
So whats the propellant? he asked, glancing at...
2019-04-20 21:39:30 +0000 UTC View PostThey sat in a circle outside their tents, commiserating on The Plan.
Wiretaps are very dangerous during the day, so were going in at night. Unfortunately theyre only slightly less dangerous at night, so we need to be especially ...
2019-04-19 23:18:27 +0000 UTC View PostGarth hefted the football sized bag of heartstones hed saved as a backup for his next body, standing beneath the Garth-fruit. It always felt a little strange seeing his own body through the semi-transparent membrane, curled up like a fetu...
2019-04-18 22:43:07 +0000 UTC View Posthttps://discord.gg/rrKUDRC
Come on by if you wanna drop in on the occasional brainstorming that goes on there (Occasional spoilers)
How to use the Mythic Cores.
I'm a bit undecided, so it's a good opportunity for some mass brainstorming/voting.
They each have their strengths and weaknesses.
The summonable artifacts would be less strong, but able to teleport t...
2019-04-16 21:48:20 +0000 UTC View PostGarth dragged himself into bed, groaning. As it turned out, Alicia didnt know the first thing about spellcraft, so a spell lesson had inevitably morphed into a magic lesson.
According to the terms of their agreement, all he ...
2019-04-16 21:35:15 +0000 UTC View PostThank you, Mrs. Perez. Paul said shaking the womans hand before leaving. The flatcakes were incredible.
Thank you, Mr. Tucker. I hope I get to see John building a house in a month or so.
Paul said his goodbyes and ...
2019-04-15 00:02:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe Problem: Garth was chained to a table and presumably about to be tortured, and somewhere in the building was a caster who was most likely better than him.
The chick was most likely closing on nine hundred years old, but even if sh...
2019-04-13 21:55:54 +0000 UTC View Post?Dont..stop, Beliieeeeving! Garth belted out the last song of the night while stunned onlookers gawked at him. Behind Garth, the Illusory band provided the music to the ancient song. As long as no groupies jumped on stage and tried to...
2019-04-12 22:05:26 +0000 UTC View PostArent those poisonous? Paul asked as Garth ate a purple heartstone with only a few minor blemishes, courtesy of Gloria Pendleton.
And?
Nevermind.
The two of them were seated in Garths Bergstrom Offic...
2019-04-11 20:52:36 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Garth got back to the Bergstrom manor, he was exhausted, having done three trips back and forth between L.A. and S.D. All he wanted to do was collapse into bed and pass out, maybe bug Bel for a meeting with some of his afterlife buddie...
2019-04-09 00:38:27 +0000 UTC View PostPaul met Ragnar on the road to the west, atop Bruce, his brown stallion.
Youre not going to ride that thing all the way into the Green Hell, are you? Ragnar asked, loping alongside him, the Wildling occasionally dropping to all ...
2019-04-08 04:04:09 +0000 UTC View PostI heard you the first time, Paul, Donald Lam said. And I told you that weve already got an expedition scheduled to check the Green Hell tomorrow.
Donald Lam, of the Lam family, one of many Lam sons to forfeit his right to su...
2019-04-07 01:45:28 +0000 UTC View PostWhen they finally let the students back into the walled city, Garth knew that his plan had worked.
It was total chaos.
Police and military had been deployed to search buildings from top to bottom. Richly dressed men and women of...
2019-04-05 23:38:46 +0000 UTC View PostMy name is Richard Lam.
Garth sat in a hastily constructed tent-office with rich red brocade walls across from a bruiser of an Asian man wearing a simple leather breastplate that exposed his leg-thick arms.
Do you k...
2019-04-04 21:07:10 +0000 UTC View PostAlicias eyes widened and she cast a quick look around the charred woods.
No, I havent.
The sisters shared a quick look. Did you get the north already? Alicia asked.
Double check it for me, I might have missed...
2019-04-02 00:36:39 +0000 UTC View PostWhats- Garth inhaled a lungful of smoke as he sat up, forcing him into a fit of coughing.
Forest fire! Alicia shouted. Open the tent!
Garth nodded, eyes watering, and the plastic-like membrane dissolved into ash as...
2019-03-31 22:26:12 +0000 UTC View PostGarth glanced at the ruins behind him, and the teenagers trying to stand up.
Your trap?
Yes. This is one of my dragon traps. The massive compound eyes shimmered in front of him, fifteen feet in ...
2019-03-30 19:55:56 +0000 UTC View PostPaul sat with his head in his hands in the reading room, ignoring the growling of his stomach, and the aching of his spine. It had been twelve hours since hed found Carl beaten nearly to death in his own home, his tongue removed. Paul had...
2019-03-29 00:51:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe drive was silent, each of them apparently lost in their thoughts. Henry glanced outside the window, and saw the clouds forming an indistinct spiral, centered on their destination. His heart started to hammer a steady rhythm as he experi...
2019-03-27 17:42:06 +0000 UTC View PostI think he might have a nesting instinct. Sam said, rubbing his sore eye. He sat in front of a computer, looking at a sea of information about the monster who until very recently had been a very infamous man.
What makes you say ...
2019-03-27 17:39:26 +0000 UTC View PostHenry struggled to his feet, a twinge of pain passing through the healing wound on his side as he moved. What do they look like? he asked
Dunno, Athena said, shaking her head. They havent come out yet.
Henry picked u...
2019-03-27 17:37:21 +0000 UTC View PostHenry made it to the kitchen and found a bowl of macaroni and cheese waiting for him on the counter. With a sigh, Henry took it up and leaned against the counter while he ate. Henrys distaste for mac and cheese sprang from a six-month sti...
2019-03-27 17:35:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe old mans flesh was in the process of melting, drooping to the floor as a bright red liquid escaped from beneath the cracking skin. Henry took one look at it, and shuddered. If he hadnt seen Zack alive and moving a few days ago, he w...
2019-03-27 17:33:23 +0000 UTC View Post