James Moore
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"Just a lil' more, and you'll get what you want, hehe," said Brant as he kept ushering Aldrich and Valera forward. They were now at the end of a dimly lit hallway, just a few steps away from the brightly lit tech room. The two technos notably had been ordered to stop working and hid under their counter and worktables until whatever it was that happened blew over. "There, just across that door," said Brant as he pointed to the open entrance into the tech room. The boss is there, too. He's a real nice…-
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Aldrich and Valera made their way to the Odinsons shop. It was a good walk away from the main 'streets' of the Settlement, taking up its own isolated territory. As he walked, he had the Evileye scout everything it could. Their shop was a large, mobile trailer home that looked somewhat like a subway car or railcar. It was long and rectangular in shape, though sizable enough that it could reliably fit in twenty people to live rather comfortably. Among mobile homes in the Settlements, this was one of…
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Aldrich took in a breath as a green aura swirled around him, the experience from the Geist boosting his power by two entire levels. "Mmmm, yes!" Valera positively moaned in ecstasy as power flowed into her, but where Aldrich's aura was green, hers was a deep, bloody red. As a Chosen Undead, Valera leveled at the exact same rate as Aldrich, so she too had gained two levels, raising her from level 10 to level 12. "How do you want me to spend my power?" said Valera, talking about how to…
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The Geist made its way into the clearing, walking Dynamite Girl in front of it to minimize risk to itself. Dynamite Girl stumbled forwards, her head still limp and down, moving with stilted, awkward movements like she was a puppet being jerked along by strings. The Geist cocked its head as it sat by the flowing stream where the Strikers had slept. In front of it, it stared down at a Striker corpse. It picked up the corpse in its large hand, raising the decently heavy wolf creature with ease to its…
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The Evil Eye stared down at a Variant heading right towards Aldrich, likely drawn by the scent of blood and death. It was a three-meter-tall humanoid figure with smooth, plain white skin. Its body was highly muscular, and it shambled forwards with a heavily hunched back, dragging its knuckles across the dirt. It was nearly completely featureless, its skin having no blemishes and its fingers and toes holding no nails. Overall, it almost looked like an eerie, overly muscled mannequin. Something out…
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You did well. Very well," said Aldrich to Valera. He paused and gave her a nod, hoping that this was enough to make her happy. He was unused to giving out praise because of how alone he had been. The only praise he had received was from his parents, and that praise had come from a place of warmth in their hearts. It had been many years since that same warmth had been snuffed out in Aldrich's own heart. "Thank you, master!" said Valera with a proper bow. "Mhm. Mhm." She nodded to herself, smiling…
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Aldrich and his ever-growing entourage of undead traveled through the Variant forest. He knew generally how to get to Haven, but since he had no Eye-Phone, he had no access to a reliable map. To compensate for this, he had the Evil Eye float in the air, above the tree line, to track their way through. Every so often, Valera would detect danger with her passive, and whenever this happened, Aldrich would stand behind her shield and let the Evileye scout ahead with its permanent invisibility. It did…
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Aldrich stepped onto the Sign and the white teleporting light enveloped him and everyone else. In the next instant, they were transported to the gloomy innards of the Nexus temple with its dull grey stone and towering, gothic style pillars. The only thing remotely colorful inside of it was the Wellspring of Life which, made of shining white alabaster and marble, positively sparkled with the blue and gold light projected from the glowing crystals hanging from the domed ceiling above. "The Nexus. To…
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"We have to leave this place soon," said Aldrich. He gave a lingering look at the Sign he had inscribed. He could not stay here even if it meant abandoning the Sign and the safety of the Nexus. There would be investigations about Ghost's death soon enough, and this part of the Variant forest was shallow enough that search parties would roam here. For the next several days at least, Aldrich needed to vacate this place. That meant no easy access to the Nexus. No quick refills on his and access…
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After what felt like an eternity, Valera finally put Aldrich down. She took off her bucket-like black great helm, finally exposing her face, and knelt into the grass before Aldrich. Her face was deathly pale just like Aldrich's, showcasing that she was an Undead just like him. More specifically, a hybrid between Dullahan and Vampire. Her features reflected this. Her sharp, ferocious eyes possessed black sclera and the pupils centered within them were a bloody, glowing crimson red. Her hair was dark…
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