Solus rushed after Oytach, surprised at the other's pace. The return trip was faster than the first few times he had made it, mainly because Oytach seemed unworried about drawing any attention.
Why aren't more of those Sludgies coming to check? Solus thought as he scanned the area.
Oytach might not worry, but he didn't feel ...
2021-11-27 12:33:36 +0000 UTC View PostSolus didn't try to be quiet as he ran between the crystals, intentionally knocking against them with his flanks and shoulders and scratching the ground with his nails.
The blobs heard him instantly and turned around before he was even halfway. Solus stopped as soon as they did, as dozens of tentacles erupted from the oily black bodies. 2021-11-26 13:25:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Greggor slunk through the dark city, trying to be as inconspicuous as his massive bulk would allow. He still wasn't used to his new body, not the fact that he towered over almost all other undead and drew far more attention than he liked, nor that he had to be careful with bumping into others.
The image of the small zombie he had accidenta...
2021-11-25 19:52:07 +0000 UTC View PostSolus was barely conscious. They were deep in the cave now, and it was warm and dark. His vision switched between black and purple as if his night vision was turning on and off. Blurry, angular shapes moved from left to right in a steady, swirling pattern.
It took him a while to figure out he was the thing moving and that he was hanging up...
2021-11-24 20:01:05 +0000 UTC View PostA dark cloud shot across the city, over the walls, and into the hills beyond. Only a few undead noticed its passing, and of those that did, only a single one knew what it meant.
Three undead stood atop a building, the lead one a towering Goliarn with a scar across one entirely white eye.
"You, go and contact Scathia," it said in a ru...
2021-11-23 18:08:10 +0000 UTC View PostSolus stopped talking, and it remained quiet in the dusty room as the undead gazed at him. He was lying on the table, his head on his paws, and the others stood or sat in a half-circle around him. Drys was looking a little better while two piles of dust lay below the armrests of his bone chair. Two new mana-orbs glowed dimly in his hands. Sig sa...
2021-11-22 19:38:56 +0000 UTC View Post"Have you heard from the others in the hills?" the Golliarn muttered as he rubbed his back against the wall of the compound.
It was getting dark outside, and his replacement would be here any moment.
"Egridh was here a few days ago. She said those two old ones got tossed through a portal," the guards beside him said with a small grin...
2021-11-21 20:32:37 +0000 UTC View PostTirella couldn't hold back a sigh as she swallowed another piece of the hot and tender wyrm flesh.
"Didn't you want to go to the Patternhall?" Gregor asked at the other side of the table as he chewed loudly. Small bits of flesh spat across the table and the now empty plate.
"Yes, but can we get one more plate?" Tirella asked as she l...
2021-11-20 13:15:04 +0000 UTC View Post"Could you bloody hurry up already?"
Sumil didn't respond to Galg but took a look over her shoulder. The half a dozen monstrosities were even closer than before. A blue flash of lightning shot from next to her, appearing in front in an instant. It slammed into one of the figures, then bounced back harmlessly.
The attacks continued a ...
2021-11-19 16:45:45 +0000 UTC View PostTirella looked around at the mass of undead that moved to and from the building at the end of the otherwise dead-ended corridor. Most were zombies, but there were plenty of odd fleshies that made her curious. One even had four legs, although the feet looked more like hands to her. A bizarre scent hung in the air, and something about it made Tire...
2021-11-18 17:24:03 +0000 UTC View PostSolus and Laron were less than a hundred feet from the first buildings when a group of undead moved to intercept them. The leader was a massive undead of a kind that Solus hadn't seen before. He was bare-chested and with his hands clutched to fists, while the rest of the group wielded bone clubs and wore bone armor.
"Stop."
Solus and...
2021-11-17 19:07:38 +0000 UTC View PostSolus looked at the line far in the distance. It wasn't much now, but he knew what it was.
Home.
"Further, further, always further."
Laron was singing softly as he trudged forward, Sig's body draped across his shoulders. With each step he took, his feet sank into the top layer of the wasteland floor, and behind him was a ...
2021-11-16 17:40:54 +0000 UTC View PostTirella stared at the side of the zombie's face and, with a grunt, flew through. A moment later, she came out the other side, which wasn't the thing she had been hoping for. Hovering back to the center of the room, she took a look around and sighed—so many undead, and not a single one she could inhabit. There was only one more room above this ...
2021-11-14 19:36:49 +0000 UTC View PostTirella streaked through the air, the hills far below quickly growing in size and clarity. The massive city of Skulltown sprawled across the basin of a deep valley, the building-line at the back and sides already reaching the foothills. Concentric walls, the inner ones of the stone and the outer ones of bone divided the city into rings, with ord...
2021-11-13 20:16:30 +0000 UTC View PostSolus hid between the dense white leaves on the far end of a branch, looking at the wasteland that stretched beyond. It had taken them the better part of the day to reach the end of the forest, and he was startled by how fast the forest had grown. Yet, even here, he already saw small stubs growing out along the outer edges, encroaching on the wa...
2021-11-12 12:25:21 +0000 UTC View PostTirella shot further up, passing thin clouds blown around by the torrential winds that ruled this high. She stopped and gazed down. Far, far below was a section of wasteland that seemed covered in a black spiderweb.
Odd how those massive caverns and fissures look like this, she thought.
She looked around, trying to find a wa...
2021-11-11 20:13:40 +0000 UTC View PostTirella hovered at the top of the cavern, staring down at the dozens of zombies and other undead that stood on walkways and balconies. All along the balconies were yellowed bone doors, behind which were small caves. The undead standing before them were staring down at a group of undead that stood on a central daze of bone in the middle of the ca...
2021-11-10 20:15:30 +0000 UTC View Post"Keep moving," Solus hissed as he struggled forward across the lowest branch of the tree. The ground was twenty feet below them. His left arm was dangling uselessly from his side, but he had no time to do anything about that. His right hand was clenching a small mana-orb that glowed as he absorbed it. It belonged to one of the zombies that had s...
2021-11-09 18:42:38 +0000 UTC View PostSolus woke with a snap, his mind instantly crystal clear. It didn't match the slow, groggy way he knew from sleeping. It was as if his mind was turned off, and then on. A host of sensations demanded his immediate attention, but Laron's voice topped them all.
"Wake, green! Wake! He comes!"
Solus shot up, pushing himself from the wall ...
2021-11-08 20:30:58 +0000 UTC View PostSolus looked around the room. It was large, at least a hundred feet across, and forty wide. Except for the far left wall entrance, the walls were solid bone. Dirt, dust, and piles of gunk had gathered in the corners, and below the undead lay patches and slivers of flesh, pools of ichor, and even one limb.
"Locked away, locked away," ...
2021-11-07 20:15:59 +0000 UTC View PostTirella rushed through the city, noting the fiery destruction and black blazes across the walls and streets. Far away, a black smudge covered the side of the wall, and the top portion had a gaping hole in it.
He left a mark before he left, Tirella thought with a grin. It was good, though, making it easier to follow the fire-undead...
2021-11-06 22:22:19 +0000 UTC View PostSolus screamed as he shot up. A wave of agony and pain rushed through his connection with Tirella, and for a moment, it burned a bright red. Then it calmed, pulsing slightly.
Tirella!
He shot towards the thin cable leading back to his body. He thought of Laron's safety for a moment, then another wave of agony came through th...
2021-11-05 14:17:18 +0000 UTC View PostGregor groaned as he rubbed his itchy back against the wall of the building. The closed door beside him creaked as it was pushed open, and a thick-boned skeleton walked out.
"No trouble?" Gregor asked as he finally found the itch and vigorously rubbed his back against a loose stone.
The skeleton stared down at him. Its red eye socket...
2021-11-05 13:12:08 +0000 UTC View Post"Make sure you-"
"I know!"
"Stop interrupting-"
"Just keep moving, brainless," Sumil shouted while she ran between two six-meter high boulders.
Ahead lay her target, nestled in a deep wedge in the mountain. A Kaot lord that had been tossed down earlier in a massive battle between more Kaot Lords. The battle was still ragi...
2021-11-04 15:15:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe edge of the ice bit deeply in the grey and dusty side of the wasteland. The cracked and dry area was cut short as if some massive entity had scooped out apart and put a lesser amount of ice in its place. A freezing wind howled from the ice against the steep hundred feet cliff, blowing any dust that fell down against the bottom in a pile. The...
2021-11-04 13:42:12 +0000 UTC View PostWhen they finally reached the edge of the city, Laron had calmed down. He was running up outcrops and jumping down to power his ability. Then when his muscles were pumped, he would jump forward, laughing as he did.
He seems calm enough now, Solus thought. He enjoyed seeing the undead jump around and have fun, but at the same time,...
2021-11-04 13:42:08 +0000 UTC View Post"Get the left one," I shouted as my ax sliced through the legs of the nearest metal dwarf.
"On it," Gresin shouted back as she jumped across two dwarfs crawling on the ground towards a rust-bearded dwarf that stumbled out of a side alley.
I got up and jumped away from the grasping hands, taking a quick look around. Lots of dwarfs wer...
2021-10-31 18:47:02 +0000 UTC View PostCasiron? I mentally called out as soon as I stepped out of the foggy mist of the portal.
Est, you are back! Casiron replied, and I could feel some surprise and relief accompanying his cry.
I couldn't reach you anymore, he continued, and I felt his mind brush against mine. Something happened?
...
2021-10-31 18:46:26 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I reached the bottom of the stairs, I hadn't noticed any movement in the city besides those flying things. There actually wasn't any movement at all, just a slight breeze that caused some of the mushrooms to sway gently. It felt surreal and otherworldly.
Wait… wind?
I stopped, looking around and trying to decide where...
2021-10-31 18:45:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe darkness enveloped me as I got up and backpedaled away from where the long tentacle had been.
"More light!" I shouted as I tried to push a sudden fear of the dark away. Instead, I gripped my ax, preparing myself for action.
"I can only make one more," the Isirow shouted back at me.
One? I thought with a grunt.
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