Day 16 - Fire
The fire crackled before the circle of orcs, giving their green skin a yellow glow. A placid air hung over them as the fire kept the chill of the night at bay, their bellies filled with meat and beer, the best way to finish a camping trip. Small groups...
The Promise 4 - To Her Love
In the depths of the abyss, a roaring howl swept across the darkness as two shadows stepped before a colossal pillar of swirling flames. One was Martin, thin and grey with his staff; the other Lucas, tall and looming with his muscular...
Mutagen Drinker
Leaves and pine needles crunch underfoot in the warm summer dusk, crickets and a few nocturnal birds, owls namely, livening the air with a bit of noise. What's noticeably missing is toads and the scurry of little vermin through the...
Kayla's Pack - Part 2: Tension
cw: violence (not in sex) Kayla stretches and rubs the sleepiness from her face. After cleaning up from last night's romp in the woods with Deven, she'd curled up in bed to catch a few more hours of sleep. She holds a pillow against her chest...
Day 3 - Adventure
Xaliima kept close to the ground as she skulked through the forest, her dark green skin and brown furred attire blending with the vegetation around her. With her bow firmly held on one hand, Xilema's sole brown eye scanned the area. Under her expert...
Departure
I began gathering my stuff together. I didn't want to bring too much though; my trek would be a long one. A bedroll for when I'm required to sleep outside, an axe for cutting firewood, enough food and clothes for a few days, a map, and a sword. I...
Across The World 1 - The Sun and the Moon
**_THE SCRIPTURES OF ODDCLAW_** **Three: Across the World** _"I come from no country, from no city, no tribe. I am the son of the road...all tongues and all prayers belong to me. But I belong to none of them."_ _Amin Maalouf_ The first thing he...
Kaiju ga Gotoku 5.4 - A Goal for the Future
On the second day of Sogra McCartin's arrival, Kiryu stood outside the hotel with Roberto Danzaki in tow, beneath a bleak silver sky. In his pale suit, he looked dull next to his friend with dazzling purple waistcoat and glorious crimson...
For the Prince 1
The cloak flailed behind him as he stood, facing the cliff and the powerful breeze that lashed at it. His reptilian eyes were fixated on the area below that cliff: a clearing, where the Forest of Follies met the Artisan's Range. Any moment now, his...
Return
Sunset, eyes closed, was vaugely aware of where she was. She was lying in something cold. Snow, she reasoned. Her mind was clouded beyond recognition. Shoving the clutter aside, she focused on her memory, trying to jump start it again. 'Okay. I'm...
Exiles of Mossflower: Prologue
Prologue In the third year of our eternal exile from the Musteline Republic, during the month of the Otter, Lady Shukko, long may her line thrive, led her army to one of the key victories in her first campaign. The navies of Terramort were...
Alleywalker
(adults only please) "One" The light played off of the dime store windows in the dark night, a man sitting under a lamp-post next to an alley had been waiting for his contact there. "Two" It was two minutes till midnight and his contact should...