Elizabeth Williams
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Toross walked away, leaving me with a critical decision. Which direction was better? The courtyard was of a known quality. After spending almost a day there, I was very familiar with the layout of the courtyard, including many nooks and crannies I could use to hide. Unfortunately, while it allowed me to hide, it also trapped me in a place I couldn't retreat. And, that didn't even consider the most important question. Why was Toross trying to bring me there? Maybe he had a path to escape there, some kind…
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The most painful headache that I had ever felt hit me, enough to push me to my knees, making me feel like my brain was being scrambled. Yet, even as I did so, I could feel that it wasn't as bad as it could have been. The familiar feeling of resilience helped me to blunt the impact. Since it was Resilience that kept me conscious, I decided to feign unconsciousness once more, even when I felt Toross grab me and lift me up with one hand, dragging me as if I weighed nothing. "What a weakling," Toross said…
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I said nothing as the servants walked in, carrying cages filled with animals. Animals that I had never seen before. Some looked familiar, rabbits and squirrels — if such beasts ever grew enough to match the size of a dog, and grew spikes that looked intimidating enough to make them a part of a horror movie — while others looked completely unfamiliar. A ten-legged creature, as woolly as a sheep, bright green… I would have certainly remembered if such a beast actually existed back in my world. The…
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As I stood up in front of the rocks, I had no intention of hiding my capabilities — especially since my physical limits didn't have anything particularly impressive. I was fit for a sixty-year-old, and Vitality increased my potential to a degree, but neither fact was unknown to them. I lifted rock after rock, until I settled on one that was about eighty pounds, struggling to lift it as I repeated, but the endurance given to me by Vitality helped significantly to repeat the action. Occasionally, I…
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It was Toross who was at the door. "I hope you had a good rest. We have a lot of things to do today," he said, with a sense of energy that could never be displayed by someone who was suffering from a hangover. I didn't ask anything as I stood up. While his words weren't followed by the exact kind of pressure that followed Falael's words, there was no harm in showing my enthusiasm for following their orders — the more obedient I looked, the easier it would be to slip things through them. Besides, Toross…
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I returned to my room, even though it was tempting to spend the rest of the night in the library, hoping to find something, but after some consideration, I decided against it. I was afraid of the captain who might check that I had gone where I was supposed to be. I just stopped to steal a book from the library to see if I could use that to my advantage. The temptation to go and poke around the room Toross and Falael were currently occupying was even greater. They were still sleeping with the door open,…
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The guards had dismissive smiles on their faces as they observed my game, not bothering to hide their mocking smirks as I acted like I was putting my full attention on the game. I had all the confidence in winning the first pile, not because I bothered to put a complicated strategy in place or actually tried to cheat. No card shark would ever actually let the mark lose during the first hand, not even the incompetent, amateur ones I was currently playing with. Still, I watched them, looking for signs of…
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I glanced around innocently as I took note of the corridor. It was different from the upper floor. Unlike the singular corridor that connected to huge rooms, the corridor split into three, implying that the rooms were smaller — and likely less luxurious as well. The walls were still filled with many weapons, although they looked less decorative and more functional, that was all I was able to get as I limited myself not to look too suspicious. "Now, it's just a friendly game, just a few denicas to make…
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"A flying castle," I muttered as I looked around, fascinated yet scared by the idea. I shouldn't have. The idea of several thousand tons of rock and marble flying through the air was not a concept I couldn't understand. Just a big — well, huge — magical helicopter; nothing against the miracle of taking me to a different world, or somehow rewriting my whole biology. Maybe that was why it scared me? Teleporting to a different world was something mystical, an event that I couldn't even begin to…
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As I lay sleepless in my bed, I found myself trying to decide what to do, but it was difficult when my information was limited. All I knew was that I was in some kind of magical world, summoned to fight against some kind of great danger. Or at least, that was the impression they tried to give me. My only advantage: my ability to lie… "I have handled worse odds," I muttered as I buried my face in the pillow. I didn't try to sleep. I didn't want to waste the precious time I could use to think… And,…
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