David Thompson
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All four of us stared at Tony and the foot and a half of air between his feet and the floor. He pointed his toes and wiggled his legs, trying to reach it, but was incapable of touching down. His hair floated above his head as if static electricity was keeping it aloft, cerulean blue eyes widened in panic. "Your eyes..." Beatrice said. I was a bit surprised that she commented on that first and not Tony's newfound ability to fly. That seemed like a much more pressing matter. But I digress. "What?!"…-
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Tony's soul slowly pieced back together, each little part pushed into place with vigorous brushing, polishing every surface. After I had ensured it was completely free of debris or any other foreign elements, I carefully fit them together, drawing on the power and skills of each and every person who had faith in me. The pieces melded together almost perfectly, but there were still small lines running through each connection I forged, no matter how hard I tried to arrange the pieces to fit together…
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I registered the new demon's appearance just a moment too late. I hadn't initially been sure what I was seeing on my sensors. But I got the idea pretty quickly when it lashed out at Tony. I reached out with my soul sense to check on Tony's condition. I couldn't believe my sensors. Not because I thought the illusion-master lieutenant was messing with me, though. Susan, Arthur, and Beatrice had it on the ropes, and based on how my other sensors were recovering from its assault, I suspected it was having…
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As I felt the demon out with my auditory sensors, I reached out with Air Manipulation. I decided to make another non-lethal attack just in case it had more tricks up its sleeve than I expected. I had a lot of options, but I thought it would be best if I could enable my allies to regroup while I held the demon's attention. I attempted to encase the demon in a cocoon of air. Tendrils of wind wrapped around its form, freezing its limbs in place so that only its eyes were able to flick about. I noticed…
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As my Sensory Disruption settled over the Lieutenant, I got excited. Maybe I had actually confused the enemy and turned its own tricks right back at it. But after its initial gasp of surprise, I heard a roar of rage. A sudden force slammed into my undercarriage, thrusting me up at the ceiling. I beeped in distress as I realized that my thrusters wouldn't be able to flip me over and counteract the force in time, and I smashed into the rock, leaving a circular-sized hole as the castle receded into the…
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Our party stepped past the archfiend's body and continued down the hall. The tide of incoming enemies proved no match for their teamwork, as expected. Soon, all five of us sat before the throne room doors. There was a quarter of a second where we all stood still, staring at what we knew to be the toughest fight ahead of us. But then Arthur led the way forward. He kicked the center of the door with the heel of his boot. Something cracked, and I heard wood splintering as they flew off their hinges. I…
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"Uh." Tony looked at me with confusion in his eyes. "I'm your paladin. Paladin of Spot." Ah, that's cool. They named a class after me. That was cute. "I think a good portion of our army is actually a similar class." Arthur chimed in. "Though with how much you've been involved in the church, I wouldn't be surprised if you get a more unique class upgrade at 50." Susan nodded. "I have some Rangers of Spot working under me." Beatrice perked up by that. "Oh, that wasn't an option I received. I did…
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At the first real threat of danger, I finally made my move. Zipping down through the air above the city, I went to intercept the tide of demons that came flooding out of the castle grounds. It appeared that, whatever they'd been waiting for, the invasion was enough for them to stop hiding. Some of the demons that had been masquerading as humans shed their flesh with a rather disgusting-looking transformation. Some flapped their revealed leathery wings and soared into the sky. Others poured out from…
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As the sharp, staccato, clanging sound resonated through the air, I rose up above Beatrice to get the lay of the land. In the distance, I could see the column of men marching along the road. They were still a little bit of a way out, but further than I honestly expected them to get. The fact that they had just now started to trigger alarms was astonishing. This was good. It meant that the attack was as much of a surprise as we could possibly make it. People staggered out of their homes in the dim light…
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Arthur scratched his head as he watched Lord Void zip out of the tent. After a moment of silence, Captain Major coughed behind him. "Do you think their plan is going to work?" He asked casually. "Probably not exactly the way they intend, but I think it won't matter too much," Arthur mused. "The city is as good as ours, from what I can tell. As long as the demons serving the king are contained to the castle instead of being able to roam free. Which, if we do surprise them, is the natural fallback…
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