Jennifer Smith
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Hilda swore under her breath as she stumbled out of bed wearing nothing but her sleeping shorts. It could get pretty stuffy down in the strongholds of the Farwinds without access to the right enchantments. While she was a guildmaster, she wasn't exactly swimming in gold, so her compromise was to simply sleep in almost nothing. She waddled through her home like a drunkard before reaching her front door. "Why're ye slammin' yer fist on ma door this late in tha evenin'?!" she yelled through the brass…-
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It didn't take long for the dwarven woman to catch up to Lone on the stairs given how slow he was walking thanks to his Blood Clone's limitations. He just smiled wryly at her as he gestured with his head to the Blood Clone. "This lovely little blob can only move so fast. Gives you time to get a crowd gathered and arrange a betting pool though, right?" The adventurer didn't reply for a moment. A complex look crossed her expression before she signed and stormed off, straight down to the second floor…
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The first thing Lone did before leaving was slit his wrists again to collect some more of his blood. He didn't stop until he had ten litres of the stuff. He didn't want to use the blood he had set aside for his True Contract Magic so that's why he'd opted to just create a new supply. He was pretty happy Basic Regeneration didn't need any sustenance from him to work. He didn't really care where the energy needed for the skill came from so long as it didn't force him to eat mountains of food for each…
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"How can I help you?" the employee asked of him. "I'm Lone Immortus. Here to pick up my new silver plate?" Lone replied. The dwarf nodded and said, "I'll be right back in a moment to go get it for you. Do you have five to ten minutes for me to explain what you can do with the plate?" Lone answered, "Sure." He was in a hurry to get back to the hotel to relax with Soph and Breena as well as to earn the Blood Clone skill, but he could wait a bit longer. As soon as the employee entered the third…
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The exciting new prospect of an adventurer was holding his chin in deep thought, clearly trying to ponder over a decision of sorts. Still, that kind of attitude was just what he was looking for to help him complete his life's dream. Sure, the boy couldn't use magic now despite being able to in the past for whatever reason. That would be a roadblock, but not an insurmountable one. All Oror wanted was hope for his species, who was he to decide that magic was the only way to achieve that? Just as…
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Lone approached the credit slate with his excitement on full display, though it wasn't like he was paying attention to anything in the room but the metal slate. Now he could finally look up so many of the skills he had theorised existed but that he had yet to earn himself. Just as he got in front of the large artefact, the runes plastered all over it shifted and morphed into English letters he could understand, clearly showing the device likely held a massive lexicon of languages both native and foreign…
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Guildmaster Hilda put the artefact cube away for the final time as she asked, "How long 'as it been since ye were summoned?" Lone frowned as he held his chin in thought. "A year or so? I don't exactly have a calendar, but yeah, about that long." Guildmaster Oror stepped forward, quickly closing the distance between himself and Lone. He put one of his massive stone hands on Lone's shoulder and smiled while he said, "It has to be one of your unique skills. What a truly unique skill it is to let one…
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"First, the reviewal step," Guildmaster Hilda said. "We've all discussed every quest ye've completed thus far an' 'ave chosen one tae discuss wae ya. Ye'll be graded on 'ow the discussion goes. Any questions?" Lone shook his head. "None." "Good. We'll be goin' over yer participation in the subjugation of the Blue Orcs in service of Milindo's guild branch," Hilda stated. The next 25 minutes was a constant back and forth of the adventurers and guildmasters present asking Lone why he had done certain…
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"Completed your quests?" Guildmaster Hilda asked in greeting. Lone nodded before taking a seat. He'd come up to the second floor on his own, leaving Soph and Breena to peruse the quest boards downstairs. After all, once Lone was back in the militaristic enlistment compound, it could be a few days or longer before he'd be able to take on his next mission. It'd be good if Soph and Breena could earn some more credit towards their next plate promotions by doing simple quests within the city, making the…
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"You sure he's here, Hazel?" Scott asked. Hazel nodded, trying to ignore her friend's thoughts. "All the local reports claim he "... but there should only be one Golden Foxkin in existence. Especially since the rumoured baby in Milindo just turned out to be a Golden Fox," Hazel finished. Scott nodded. Alisa, the shortest of the group, scowled. "That wasteland took over a month to cross... I, uh, don't want to be that person... but if he isn't there..." Hazel didn't even need to read the…
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