Mike let go of the swords he had been using to hold on to the back of the monster and stood up. Taking a deep breath, he looked around to see if there were any other threats he needed to deal with. Seeing nothing, he said, “All right. Let’s ge...
2024-01-19 23:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Vera was in her office at the newly renamed Salvatore-Verena estate. She wore a satisfied smirk as she monitored the multiple screens hovering above her desk. For her, there was no better feeling than watching multiple plots and plans proceeding i...
2024-01-18 23:30:01 +0000 UTC
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The head of the Enforcement squad, Captain Reese, wasn’t happy. She considered this entire mission a waste of her time, and she wasn’t shy about showing her displeasure with the situation. Standing in front of her 50-man squad, she crossed her...
2024-01-17 23:30:00 +0000 UTC
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Arch-mage Jennings was in his private room at the top of the mage tower, using his link to read a paper on planar magic. He always enjoyed the multi-layered spell-forms. The author was a brilliant mage from out East, and Jennings thought that some...
2024-01-16 23:30:00 +0000 UTC
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Mike was checking his supplies in their common room when Heather burst through the door. Startled, he spun around and dropped into a combat stance, as a pair of knives appeared in his hands. Recognizing his teammate, he rose from his crouch and fr...
2024-01-15 23:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Arch-mage Jennings was bored. The petty arguments he was hearing were nothing new to him. Over his nearly 1000 years of life, he had heard all of this before. Looking around the room, he saw the same archetypes wearing different faces.
The l...
2024-01-14 13:55:59 +0000 UTC
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General Branson frowned at the projections floating above his desk. Tapping his fingers on his armrests, he mentally cycled through the reports his office had been receiving all week. Instances of increased activity were reported at every gate. Ev...
2024-01-14 13:54:59 +0000 UTC
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Arch-mage Jennings was waiting at the teleportation hall. He hated waiting. He leaned against the wall, tapping his foot with impatience. Any minute now, the replacement for that idiot Cranston would be arriving, and he promised Mathers that he wo...
2024-01-14 13:54:21 +0000 UTC
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Nick was enjoying watching Nero train. He had initially thought it would be nothing more than a review session, as he expected to be reminded of his time at the Centerpoint Academy. Yet, he found himself admiring the unique curriculum Specialist H...
2024-01-14 13:53:46 +0000 UTC
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Deidre Cosgrave was nervous. She had received word that the contract she had put out on Lord Walker had been accepted. It would be several days until his training unit went into the wilds, and another few days until the attempt was made.
It ...
2024-01-14 13:53:21 +0000 UTC
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The Council of Fate had served Oglivarch for the last 4000 years. Gently guiding it ever onward, avoiding dangerous paths, their course set by the Matrix of Fate itself. Sacrifices were avoided whenever possible, but sometimes the optimal path req...
2024-01-14 13:52:41 +0000 UTC
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Cathleen Averett had forgotten how much she enjoyed real training. When she had followed two of her brothers south, she had hoped to find worthy warriors to bring into her clan. Yet, all she found since arriving over 40 years ago were weak souther...
2024-01-14 13:52:21 +0000 UTC
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The entire Council of Leadership was in attendance, even the members that rarely bothered to participate. Even though the ‘council of nine’ was effectively in charge, there were 30 total members on the council. Today, every one of them had mad...
2024-01-14 13:51:43 +0000 UTC
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The king was sitting in his drawing room, enjoying some time with his head consort, Lydia Collins. She had been in charge of his household for many years, and he had never tired of her fascination with gossip. While he could observe the whole of h...
2024-01-14 13:51:25 +0000 UTC
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Lord Cosgrave had just finished dinner when her aid said that Lords Bennings, Brinks, and Masters were waiting for her in her office. ‘I’m sure this is gonna be good news,’ she said to herself sarcastically.
Walking with her a...
2024-01-14 13:50:43 +0000 UTC
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Vera walked into the conference room armed with a thick leather portfolio filled with revolutionary business plans. She had spent all of last night working on them, as had three of Precision Shipping’s lawyers. They were under secrecy contracts,...
2024-01-14 13:50:00 +0000 UTC
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Laying in her bed with her hands behind her head, Rose was using her link to catch up on current events. She was waiting for her check-in with her handler. Every night, she was responsible for summarizing her day, and reporting on what her target ...
2024-01-14 13:48:51 +0000 UTC
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City-Lord Cosgrave sat in her office chuckling at the report that had just come in. The noble house of Morisson had lodged an official complaint against General Branson. They were apparently unhappy with his recent actions. As she read the specifi...
2024-01-14 13:48:08 +0000 UTC
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The council of mages' meeting room in the Tower of Magic was always relatively full. At minimum, there would be two or three arch-mages using the room to argue about something. There were always new findings to discuss, and new conclusions to defe...
2024-01-14 13:47:24 +0000 UTC
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Now that Vera was no longer running Gate 7’s Center-Intake, she would be spending most of her time working from home. She had already been spending at least 3 nights a week using her home office to operate her shipping concern, ‘Precision Ship...
2024-01-14 13:46:40 +0000 UTC
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Rose felt like she was walking a tightrope. It was imperative that she make a good impression, but she didn’t know how to act. At first she thought that playing the innocent school girl would be enough to diffuse any suspicion, but that had back...
2024-01-12 23:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Heather walked into the common room from the hallway with a smile on her face. It was so out of character, both Jerry and Mike looked at her like they didn’t recognize her.
“We’ve got the score of a lifetime coming to us,” she said a...
2024-01-11 23:30:00 +0000 UTC
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Rose and Cathleen arrived at the archery range and headed toward the only person in sight. While approaching, Cathleen spoke up, “Are you Sergeant Peyton?”
The man was sitting on a wooden bench, carefully polishing an unstrung bow. Witho...
2024-01-10 23:30:00 +0000 UTC
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Nick was enjoying training, it was a less intense then he thought it would be. In fact, Rose was a wonderful conversation partner. Interspersed throughout their conversation, they heard Nero cursing out Cathleen, but they were far enough away that...
2024-01-09 23:30:05 +0000 UTC
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Sergeant Wesker had been training soldiers for the past 10 years. Before that, he’d fought in units that faced class 3 threats regularly. He’d even faced a few class 4’s and lived to tell the tale. He knew his business. When he was told that...
2024-01-08 23:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Mick rubbed his hands in anticipation. He hadn’t expected to gain an ally when he had come to see his old friend. At most, he’d expected to have to convince the elf to allow him to leave at all. After all, Mick realized long ago that Neelan wa...
2024-01-08 11:08:18 +0000 UTC
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Mick finished his meal while Neelan told his story. As he was used to the elven tendency to blather, he patiently waited for Neelan to make his point. While sipping his tea, he listened to the ancient elf with a wry smile on his face. ‘The o...
2024-01-06 20:21:08 +0000 UTC
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Ages ago, in the time of the shattered kingdoms, before the fall of man, there lived a king. His name was Brennan Mosgrave, and he was a mage of unrivaled power. Upon the ashes of his enemies, he had built the kingdom of Mosria. And it had spanned...
2024-01-06 20:20:08 +0000 UTC
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Waking up to darkness, Mick groaned in annoyance. He remembered that he had left the candles burning. As his cell didn’t have any windows, he was completely in the dark. He hated waking up like this.
Carving a simple ligh...
2024-01-06 01:33:19 +0000 UTC
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As the collection said, this is going to be for the January RR thing.
I'll try and post once a week, but considering I'm only on chapter 3, I doubt I'll keep to any schedule. But I'll put them up on here as soon as I write them.
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2024-01-06 01:25:02 +0000 UTC
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