James Moore
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*Thanks, Fler'Gan. Your potion worked perfectly. I owe you one,* said Aldrich. *I require no thanks, great Elder, but if you are willing, perhaps a live sample? Of a human that is known as an 'Alter'?* Aldrich thought about this for a moment. *Alright.* Walters stared at Aldrich as he loomed over the table, his suspicions evidently still not eased. "Walters, please, you are inconveniencing our guest. This is quite unlike you," said Casimir. All Aldrich did was smile at Walters. Walters…-
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"I did take you as a man who could see potential," said Casimir. "And you are right on the mark with that: there is no other organization in our line of work growing faster than the Trident. And who could have predicted it? A ragtag alliance of estranged yakuza, mafia, and triad families banding together after the Monstering in a most meteoric rise. It is truly admirable how hardship can make the fellow man set aside differences and work together. If I was an investing man such as yourself, I…
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Aldrich could only drive his armored car up within a block of the Red Circle before he hit a security check. Or rather, it was a mandatory valet service, but judging by the two-story tall, armor-plated valet booth that looked suspiciously like a sentry tower, it was pretty obvious that this was a security check. Aldrich stopped his car in front of the boom barrier set down by the booth. The barrier itself glowed with a streak of white energy, indicating Etherium power - processed Ether - that meant it…
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Author's note: titles bracketed under { } = different PoV __________________ The Red Circle 6:00 P.M., November 3, 2117 ____ Casimir leaned back in his plush velvet leather chair; elbows rested upon imported wood carved from the bark of a plant type variant. Anything made from variants was all the rage nowadays, and Casimir was never one to fall behind trends, particularly when it pertained to the currents of luxury. That was easily evident by the quality of his white snowfur deerskin…
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Aldrich and his undead made their way back up to the top of the cliff they got started on. He got Fler'Gan, Stella, and the eagle to get into the backseats of their armored car. Now, carrying the bloodspitter lizard and antlion was difficult because of how big they were, and Aldrich unfortunately had to tear off their body parts until they could fit into the trunk. Good thing was, as zombies, they did not really feel pain, so no harm really done. "I'll be back to drive in a bit," said Aldrich to…
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Aldrich went over to the Chrysalis and knelt down by it. He picked the creature up. It was odd, staring at it. The Chrysalis was not much larger than a basketball. An entire dimensional space generated from something this tiny. "It is exceptional that such a minute creature was capable of harboring such vast space." Fler'Gan voiced Aldrich's thoughts, thinking the exact same thing. "Yeah. And I'm excited what this variant can do for me in undeath." Aldrich placed the Chrysalis down and chanted.…
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Fler'Gan stood right beside Aldrich, enveloping him in the Mind Eater's while casting smaller, focused blasts like at the ever-approaching stomach walls. Stella tackled the opposite side of the stomach, throwing out punches and kicks with focused detonations that blew back the stomach wall as much as possible. "ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA!" Valera madly punched against the approaching walls with all her might, her strength significantly boosted by the red aura of her . Each of her punches gouged out…
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In the next moment, Aldrich and his undead found themselves in a sudden free fall. Aldrich immediately gathered his bearings and looked around to see any surfaces to hold on to. He could see they were surrounded by large walls of rock, but the walls were far away and the tops of the walls too high up to grab, at the very least needing a fifty meter jump up. Good thing two of Aldrich's undead could fly. Fler'Gan grasped Aldrich while Stella held both Valera and the bloodspitter lizard to stop them…
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For the next thirty minutes, Aldrich and his undead traveled through tunnels that grew smaller and narrower. Here, oversized ants the size of dogs crawled about en masse. The tunnels were a tight enough fit that it the group had to travel in a single file line, making it impossible for everyone to fight at once. Aldrich created an easy formation to get around this issue. He placed Fler'Gan ahead of him and Stella at the back. Those two had the strongest area of effect abilities, and so Fler'Gan just had…
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Aldrich and Fler'Gan stepped up to the precipice of a ledge leading down into a large nest scattered with blackened scorch marks. Charred and torn apart lizard corpses and destroyed eggshell shards lay strewn about everywhere - the remnants of Valera and Stella destroying everything in their path together. They might not have gotten along in other circumstances, but in battle, in killing, well, they were best friends. "Good to see you, master!" said Valera as she raised her cross shield as Stella…
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