Back in Mundus we were back on the road, heading west. I was feeling a little under the weather, so to speak. Not the physical weather but the emotional turmoil within me was taking a toll. I had, since coming to Mundus, employed a strange mental separation between the mobs that were to be slaughtered for fun, EXP and profit and the...
2019-09-25 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
After splitting from Isleen, I took refuge in Technica’s underground lair. Not just because it was much closer than my dorm-room but because I knew that taking off my armour would involve some rather unpleasant sensory effects. Galatea had managed to cut off the parts that were too damaged by the overclocking of my nanites the day...
2019-09-23 22:23:56 +0000 UTC View Post
I had to chuckle to myself, the final edit of the advertisement I had filmed looked quite good. I was having some second thoughts about my actions, but from a purely artistic point-of-view, I was quite happy with my creation. And not just artistic, it was also what I had intended from a meta-gaming perspective and even, to use...
2019-09-23 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
“Now, what do we have here?” a voice intruded into the blissful nothingness of my mind and I felt Galatea prod me a little, to hasten my return to consciousness. Calling my memories fuzzy would be an understatement, I remembered Sophia waking up and talking to her, but afterwards, I did not remember. I noticed that I was sitting...
2019-09-21 18:13:09 +0000 UTC View Post
In a snowy forest, figure stands, all features concealed by a dark cloak. All, but one feature, a large raven on the figures shoulder, its feathers midnight black, other than those on its head, which are bone-white. The raven gives some scale to the figure, showing that it is a small, slender being.
The winds swirls arou...
2019-09-20 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Just hearing the voice behind me almost caused me to drop the vile-tasting brew I was holding, as I spun around. Sophia was awake, blinking owlishly in the dimmed light of the hospital-room and on her face was an expression that was both sad, disappointed and a little angry, all at the same time. I felt my mouth open and close, like...
2019-09-20 15:01:41 +0000 UTC View Post
We, that is the combined form of Lenore and I, kept our ritual and dance going throughout the night, only stopping once the first rays of the sun drove the surrounding darkness away. Not that the sun truly weakened us, but there was power in symbols and we needed to stop anyway, so why not use that moment of dawn to do so.
Wit...
2019-09-18 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A cold wind was blowing and I was standing atop a hill, overlooking the village we were targeting. The others had taken up positions nearby just in case something went wrong, but I doubted it. The night was as dark as a night ever got, clouds kept the little light from the stars away and, luckily for us, it was even a new moon night...
2019-09-16 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Looking at Sophia, I started to feel strangely faint. The doctors had placed her on her back, which seemed a little strange to me, knowing that she had been whipped bloody but on the other hand, she had been beaten just as bad on her front-side. What little I could see from her body was covered in bandages and the air coming through...
2019-09-13 17:44:06 +0000 UTC View Post
“Yes, let’s talk magic. You said that you wiped out a burrow of Snowbolds and I noticed a few slivers of memory, can you elaborate?” Lenore asked with a chuckle.
“It was just after coming to Mundus, so I was weak in level but had a couple of interesting ideas. I caught two snowbolds and used their life-force to fuel my...
2019-09-13 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
After I returned from the real world, I sat down with Lenore to plan. Both of us were a little giddy to be able to play with new magic, merging the new-ness into what we had done before. Deep down, I think Lenroe was so adamant when it came to punishing, or really, attacking, the village because her near-death experience had scared ...
2019-09-11 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
“Go for Technica.” I was commanded by her slightly tense voice, after the dial-tone faded.
“It is I, your apprentice. I’m nearly at the island and need a hidden place to land. You know the drill.” I answered, not even mentioning my name, just in case someone was listening in.
“Good. I will upload the re...
2019-09-09 20:37:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Official Road to Purgatory-Beta Forum
Hey guys
Yes, it’s me again.
I’m curious, why do people buy games? It’s to play, to have fun, right? Do you know what’s not fun?
Standing in some medieval shaming device for a good te...
2019-09-09 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
“Now, that was not nice. But, I guess you’re right, it could bring troubles if someone spreads lies about us, especially if the lie is that we ruthlessly murdered a bunch of idiot kids.” I said to Lenore, once the orc fully stopped twitching.
“And they tried to kill me. Just for that, I wanted to kill her.” Lenore ad...
2019-09-06 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Chapter will go up on Royal Road tomorrow or something like that ;)
Darkness.
For just a moment, I was surrounded by darkness, before a jolt from Galatea pulled me back into the waking world. I was just so tired, so incredibly tired.
Just an hour ago, I had been calm, collected, poised to strike the final blow against...
2019-09-06 14:42:04 +0000 UTC View Post
“I found something!” Rai called out, pulling my attention away from the log I had just checked and towards him. He was walking back towards us, from somewhere across the road, making me curious.
“What did you find?” Adra asked, obviously knowing more than me.
“I checked the spot where those guys wai...
2019-09-04 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Later that day, after two more training-sessions driving Keera to the brink of brain-damage, Scarlet finally conceded to start making camp. On their journey, she had taken down two more crystal monsters, one rockdog and one nutty squirrel, so things were looking up. While Keera was, once again, unconscious after a brutal, mental exe...
2019-09-03 05:21:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Sitting in the snow, after draining the bandits of their Astral Power, Vitality and ultimately life, I was getting a little queasy. While I had acted, I had been in a strange fudge-state, almost like a bystander, driven solely by my desire to safe Lenore but now, in hindsight, I was a little appalled by my actions. Not necessarily t...
2019-09-02 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The giggle broke something in me, I was no longer in full fight-or-flight more, but it was as if I had taken a step back, looking over my own shoulder. It didn’t change what I planned to do, but it added… perspective.
As I pulled the dagger from the wound Sigmir had struck into her target, that idle part of my mind took in...
2019-08-30 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
After amptly demonstrating just what I thought about the stooges and making plans to upload the video onto the forum later, after some creative editing, we made our way to the gates. I noticed that the guards seemed a little more friendly towards us, not that it was easy to notice, trolls didn’t seem to show a whole lot of emotion...
2019-08-28 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We were quickly shepherded out of the castle, and, without a good reason to linger, started to leave the surrounding area, not wanting to get into trouble with the residents. As we walked, Adra spoke up.
“What are we going to do now? You mentioned that you are weakened, do you want to stay in town until you are back at full ...
2019-08-26 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Once Scarlet felt that they were far enough from everything to be safe, she turned to Keera.
“Now, I promised I would train and shape you. I guess I should apologize in advance.” she said, mustering Keera. “The first lesson you need to learn is that your mind is more powerful than you think. You were taught to stay in sa...
2019-08-26 12:37:53 +0000 UTC View Post
“Let’s have breakfast as we walk. We can have a real dinner, later. I hope you still have at least some of the ration bars, do you?” Scarlet asked, after they passed the gates of Albertina, passing a curious looking guard.
“Yes, I have.” Keera answered, taking her bag off as she walked, pulling a bar out, like ...
2019-08-23 19:03:03 +0000 UTC View Post
From high above, a city becomes visible, below the clouds. Around it, endless plains, dotted with villages, fields, forests and meandering rivers stretch. Far away, snow-covered peaks are barely visible in the horizon. The city is surrounded by strong walls and the inner parts are built from white stone, giving it a pristine appeara...
2019-08-23 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A noise caused Scarlet to wake once again, from an uneasy slumber. Her mind had been on the edge of waking all night, every time one of the others in the room moved too much, or turned around in their sleep, she had taken notice, her powers ready to strike, if the person made a move towards her. When she noticed a bit of light, just...
2019-08-22 19:46:16 +0000 UTC View Post
The two of them stayed there for some time, short moments of conversation interrupting the silence between them. Scarlet learned that what she had thought of as a coincidence hadn’t been one, Telram had approached Keera each evening, since they got back into town. Keera had been too frightened to resist and went along with him, sw...
2019-08-21 23:51:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Lagor guided us through parts of Kolyug we had not entered before, towards the center. I had seen them from the sky before, but only in a very superficial way, due to the height Lenore had flown at. What I had seen had made it obvious that the houses were larger and more elaborate, which combined with what I had heard had led me to ...
2019-08-21 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Looking into the sky, Bea, formerly Beatrice Lienhard, illegitimate daughter of Desmond Lienhard, cursed her fate once again. There was another capsule descending, the second she had seen. That meant, she had been on this hellish planet for two years. If she hadn’t messed up and gotten herself shafted by the system, she would like...
2019-08-20 22:22:28 +0000 UTC View Post
After what, at least to Scarlet, felt like hours upon hours of sobbing cries that had lasted, in reality, for maybe five minutes, Keera had cried herself out. Hiding the grin on her face, banishing the laughter into the depths of her being, Scarlet schooled her faces into a mask of compassion and pulled back a little, so that she co...
2019-08-19 22:32:22 +0000 UTC View PostAN: I've created many characters, not just for stories but also for Pen&Paper. I think Scarlet might be my most realistically evil character, to date.
Watching Keera approach her, Scarlet had to suppress a smile, instead focusing on the food in front of her. She had seen the signs Keera was showing before, the signs of ...
2019-08-19 16:59:22 +0000 UTC View Post