10.
The gristly trap was set. Body parts were strewn about the intersection, blood dripping into the thirsty ground. Santi had left body parts down the hallway he knew led to the second pair of warriors. The heady scent of death filled the passageways, and Santi had no choice but to hope it would work. He was smeared...
2024-06-02 03:10:37 +0000 UTC View Post9.
The tripwire worked. The kobold sailed deeper into the room as the wire tangled its feet. It rolled through the dust and collided with the stone table with the wet smack of flesh meeting stone. The second one was right behind it, a small dagger outstretched as it entered the room unmolested as the string had pulle...
2024-06-02 03:03:04 +0000 UTC View Post8.
The temple was deeper than it appeared on the outside. From the outside, it looked like a wide squat building that was maybe four or five stories tall. Most of the temple was underground, suitable to the need of the warren dwelling monsters that had taken residence. Stalking forward with his glowstick o...
2024-06-02 02:55:36 +0000 UTC View Post7.
The temple was a cool sanctuary from the heat of the outside rift. Deep shadows pooled around the many broken walls. Santi slid through them, keeping close to the walls as he pushed further inward. The first time he had been in here, he had been just a single fighter in an eight man team. One of the weaker on...
2024-06-02 02:50:11 +0000 UTC View Post6.
There were a few aborted screams as people were startled, but Santi was moving. He cracked some glow sticks and started tossing them around the front lobby. The pale green light offered eerie illumination as everyone slowly settled down. They had only moments before the system announced itself. 2024-06-02 02:40:20 +0000 UTC View Post
5.
The common room was filling up with people for the movie night that Santi had sprung on his friends and dorm mates. He had to make promises and deals with devils to get most of them here. Nearly thirty students, with more arriving as the seconds ticked on. People were hooting and hollering at the screen...
2024-06-02 02:26:15 +0000 UTC View Post4.
Santi calmed down after an hour or so. His gasping sobs stilled and he sat in the truck, limp with exhaustion. He felt better. Clean. A cathartic sobbing in the middle of the day on the side of a road was sometimes needed. Santi found some napkins in the center console and blew his nose and rested for a few minute...
2024-06-02 02:07:39 +0000 UTC View Post3.
Sweet grease exploded into Santi’s mouth as he bit down; the savory sausage and egg, bathed in butter, filled his mouth in an intoxicating mixture of bliss. He had to stop himself from moaning out loud. He had missed fast food. Eight years of lean eating, he had taken Tank’s truck through the first ...
2024-06-02 01:12:22 +0000 UTC View Post2.
The blare of his alarm clock startled Santi out of the vivid dreams he had been enduring. His hand automatically rose to paw at the insufferable alarm and its piercing cry. Santi groaned as the alarm turned off, rubbing at his eyes as he debated just staying in his warm bed. His foggy brain was slowly growing clear as h...
2024-06-02 00:58:28 +0000 UTC View Post1.
A flash of golden light illuminated the world far below them. Santi’s eyes stung as he activated Slipstream and started to dive down the eye of the tornado. He had built a career and reputation around his speed and he utilized every dreg of it now. He flew head down staying inside of the ir...
2024-06-02 00:43:39 +0000 UTC View Post