Andrew Thompson
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Seeing the village chief’s granddaughter wasn’t on the top of Dallion’s list. In fact, after what they had subjected him and his mother to, he didn’t want to have anything to do with the entire Luor family. His previous self might have accepted the cruelty and arrogance as a sad fact of life, but the Dallion who had come from Earth, didn’t. “The ring suits you well,” the boy said. It was the first snarky comment he could make, only then noticing that the girl was actually wearing it. “Oh,…-
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Time slow, as the name suggested, allowed a person to experience the passage of time much faster than everyone else. Games and movies illustrated that by allowing characters to perform actions within the fraction of a second while their opponents stood helplessly like statues. In practice, the experience was very different. The time slow effects allowed Dallion to analyze the situation and make a better decision while not being under pressure. However, they did not make him faster, he had Reflexes to…
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Labyrinths came in different shapes and sizes. The oldest was said to have been built in Egypt and so complicated that no one at the time could complete it without the key. Dallion had completed a lot of labyrinth puzzles as a child. It was his passion earning him several rewards, including second place at the regional’s Labyrinth Solving tournament. This labyrinth was different from any Dallion had seen in a number of ways. For starters, its shape was highly irregular—there were no set straight…
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The more Dallion learned about awakening in this new world, the more its limitations became clear. For starters it was not possible to use the ability at will. Although invisible the stress on the body was extreme, and a day of light activity, or better yet rest, was highly recommended. Dallion had discovered that the hard way when he had attempted to improve a broken chair shortly after the chief’s trial. Not only was he unable to enter the chair’s state, but he had fainted immediately after. Upon…
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In the blink of an eye Dallion found himself back in the hall of the village chief. The ring was still in his hand, only it was no longer ordinary metal. The surface had become the color of warm bronze, and that wasn’t the only change. Looking at it, Dallion could swear that it had become thinner, more refined, better suited for jewelry that it was before. “I hope this pleases you?” Dallion placed the ring in the blond girl’s hand. As he did, the redness on her cheeks deepened. “Is there…
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The guardian paused. With time returning to normal, she passed a hand over the area of her head that was hit. Her cold grey eyes stared at the boy, after which she smiled. The whole stats and floating panels thing had given him the impression that the battle would be a long and arduous experience in which he’d keep continuously evading attacks, while chipping away at the enemy’s health. The opponent’s smile sent shivers down his spine; it meant that the guardian wasn’t a brainless automaton…
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The hall that Dallion found himself in was very different from the one he had been moments ago. All furniture and people had vanished, leaving nothing but silvery glittering walls behind. The only source of light was a floating blue rectangle, identical to the one he had seen in the closed room earlier today. Curiosity made him look down at his clothes. They were the same as before with one slight difference: there was a metal buckler attached to his left forearm. The blue rectangle flipped. The…
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The contrast between the village chief’s home and the rest of the houses was like between yellow and black. Rising three and a half floors above everything else, it was larger than Dallion’s entire garden, made entirely of polished white granite. A blue tile path led through the double iron door to an inner courtyard where a few people were waiting. In the past, according to Dallion’s grandfather, it was traditional for an elder or family member to accompany the awakened. The village chief had…
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Awakening, as Dallion learned, was a huge deal. The village his “family” was from, had less than a dozen awakend, half of which were well beyond their sixties. The rest were part of the village chief’s family, which made sense come to think about it. Among other things, awakening brought with it a huge status boost, thus Dallion was enjoying a meal—the local equivalent of a feast—at his home surrounded by family, friends, and neighbors. The food was on the plain side, but he had an inside notion…
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The first thing that Dallion saw after opening his eyes was the floor. The second was a blue glowing rectangle floating in a small empty room. Confusion surged, twisting his forehead until a series of wavy lines appeared. The last thing he remembered was returning to his dorm and stumbling into bed. There had been a wild party, wilder than he would have liked. Arriving at college was considered a big deal, making it impossible for Dallion to refuse. It wasn’t that the party had been bad, Dallion was…
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