Before
Continuing my exploration of my stats, I consider Constitution next. From my status screen, it clearly determines my health at a 1:10 ratio, like Intelligence and mana. For a moment, I wish I’d looked at my status screen while I was injured – that way I could have a better idea of what the health points...
2023-07-22 15:55:12 +0000 UTC View PostBefore
The cooling breeze as the sun goes down makes up my mind for me. I’d rather not freeze, and honestly, the safety of being able to see in a certain radius is more preferable than being completely blind in the dark.
I spend a few minutes preparing a fire. Fortunately, being in a forest, there’s plen...
2023-07-22 15:54:21 +0000 UTC View PostBefore
I cut down towards the forest line, trying to take a route that uses outcroppings to block the view of me from the sky as much as possible, and provide shelter from a rock-bearing bird if necessary. When I reach the start of the trees – fortunately with no incident – I start walking along it, at right a...
2023-07-22 15:38:56 +0000 UTC View PostBefore
Someone isn’t literally driving a massive metal spike, though honestly it feels like it at the time. In reality, it’s memories, or perhaps impressions would be a better word, which are being forced into my head. I suddenly realise that I know all about Lay-on-hands and how to use it. I curse out loud as...
2023-07-22 15:38:22 +0000 UTC View PostBefore
“Wha’?” I mumble blearily, staring at the rock in front of my eyes. The rock which is covered in blood. My blood. I got hit by a rock? I can only blame the almost certain concussion for the slow progress of my thoughts. Probably only the fact that it seems to have been a glancing blow, is what saved m...
2023-07-22 15:37:14 +0000 UTC View PostBefore
Scanning the letter to find the point where I’d left off before, I feel my anger rekindle at the cavalier approach Nicholas seems to be taking towards my life. Sure, maybe he might have some consequences too if I fail, but it seems very much that the risk is all on my side of things. I continue r...
2023-07-22 15:35:17 +0000 UTC View PostBefore
When my stomach is finally empty and beginning to feel settled, I look around again, hoping that my initial impressions were wrong. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear to be that way; if anything, it’s worse. I don’t know why, but when I imagined where I would be taken, I’d always envisioned a city, or...
2023-07-22 15:09:51 +0000 UTC View PostBefore
The letter is handwritten, a rarity in these times, it seems. The writing is clear, bold, well-shaped. If the handwriting personality analysis I looked at once is anything to judge, this man is confident, well-settled in his position in life. Of course, at least half of that handwriting analysis thing is no...
2023-07-22 15:05:29 +0000 UTC View PostBefore
I stand at the edge. The breeze tousles my hair, running through like a caress. One moment it pushes at my back as if to say ‘go’; the next, it presses against my front as if saying ‘no’. The wind is as indecisive as I am.
The street so far below looks like a river of light, the impatient soun...
2023-07-22 15:04:46 +0000 UTC View PostNow
When the attack comes, it’s only the flicker in my peripheral vision that allows me to avoid it. Barely.
I’ve been trudging through the forest surrounding me for a few hours now, following the river as it wends its way onwards. I’ve been keeping my ears and eyes open, having already learned my less...
2023-07-22 15:04:03 +0000 UTC View PostHow would you like to reinvent yourself? To leave your problems behind and start life as a new person in a new world? Twenty-seven year old Markus Wolfe is at the lowest point in his life when he’s offered what seems like the chance of a lifetime. And since his other best option currently is stepping off a tall building, he leaps ...
2023-07-22 15:03:04 +0000 UTC View Post