David Thompson
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The deer meat had lasted the humans a few days. Mary quickly seized the meat and rationed it out so that it wasn't wasted. People were very grateful to have the fresh food and went out of their way to thank me. I didn't know why they were thanking me, though; their application was much better directed toward Cliff. Without her, there would be no meat. She was the one who wanted to go hunting, the one to track the prey, and even the one to kill it. I only carried it back. Still, they didn't listen. I…-
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"No? Really? I thought that one might have worked. Darn." Trent kept speaking, which only deepened the growing pit of horror in Bee's stomach. "How about… The Endless Cult! Ya know, 'cause Void's eternal?" "W-what!" Bee spluttered. "You want us to get ostracized as some crazy cultists?!" Trent opened his mouth to defend himself. He was still clearly holding back laughter, but Bee cut him off. "We are not a cult! We don't want people to think we are a cult! Don't put cult in the name!" She took a…
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We ran through the woods for 32 minutes. Well, Cliff ran. I flew. Despite being airborne, I was still having trouble keeping up with her quick movements. She slipped through the trees with a deadly grace where I felt like I had to swerve widely to not smash through any branches. When she was able to slip through bushes, I needed to go over them, and that often meant I had to contend with tree limbs or hanging moss. If I hadn't been practicing my flying diligently, I wouldn't have had any hope of keeping…
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Bee, Tony, and Susan decided that they needed all needed to break for a little bit. Also, before they made any more significant decisions, they would need to talk to Trent and Mary. It would be best to see if they would actually accept the positions of running food production and taking care of the castle's operations. "They probably just finished putting Leane down for bed," Tony commented. Not seeing any reason to delay, the trio left the room to go find them. Sure enough, they were in the quarters…
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Bee felt a slight bit of panic set in as she looked at Susan and Tony from across the desk. They met her stare calmly and assuredly. "I don't think I can lead all of this. I can be in charge of doctrine and magic or something, but that's it." "Of course, I think these things will fall to you for now, and doctrine will likely always be your domain. But magic and teaching will likely be delegated eventually," Susan said. Before Bee could protest, Tony jumped in. "Besides, you're already doing it. This…
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Bee spent several hours working with Maranda to get her set up with the basics. It had taken longer than expected, but not by too much - the girl was laser focused on every word that came from Bee's mouth. After a few near-misses, she managed to guide her "apprentice" through the recipe for a lesser contusion balm. Now that she had finished her first successful brew, the only thing left was repetition. Lots of repetition. Bee left her to it. Technically she could have gone back to her own alchemy at that…
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Harold packed his belongings without too much of a rush. After all, he hadn't brought that much with him in the first place, and there was still plenty of time before the caravan moved out. Once he gathered his clothes from the laundry, he would be ready to go. Honestly, he wouldn't miss the dank College of the Undead one bit. Though his time here hadn't been nearly as awful as he had feared. It turned out there was a decent amount of assistance his outside perspective could give. It was limited by…
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Do sheep need their coats? I hadn't thought about the possibility. Would I need to wait until tonight to harvest their fibers, or even longer than that? Still, I listened to the old man; he did know a lot about farms and animals. I beeped a question to the man. He cocked his head as he listened to me but shook his head. "Shucks if I know what that was." He scuffed the ground with his boot and mummed thoughtfully for a few seconds. "Well if Trent explained composting… Look, I just think that we need…
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Void went over to care for the sheep, leaving Bee standing alone with Tony and Susan in the middle of the yard. Looking around, Bee started to become aware of how much had changed since she was last here. The trip had only taken a few days, but someone had trimmed most of the grass lawn, and there were more than three full fields cut into the ground. But the changes didn't stop there. There was a huge pile of grass clippings and other compost, and stacked next to it were a surprising number of regularly…
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Roscoe hurried back as fast as his rat legs would let him. What had he done wrong? He was sure that he had left plenty of troops back around the city to keep the humans boxed in, at least for longer than this. His recruitment drives were only partially in progress. Sure, the people they were finding were joining them, but his Necromantic Rituals were proving more difficult than he had anticipated. The humans were apparently in the practice of burning their dead. This made it quite difficult to collect…
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