Jennifer Smith
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"I only just put the brush in your hair... Well, let's see how many levels a single session will get me, shall we?" Lone asked Kyuubi. The sleepy fox yawned before replying with, "Kyuu..." Lone chuckled then got to work taking care of his adoptive daughter-slash-pet-fox. He carefully brushed every strand of fur, properly fluffed her tail, cleaned her ears, brushed her teeth, clipped her nails, and gave her a treat for not resisting or complaining in the slightest. Foxes were weird. Lone knew they…-
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"What the..." the leading guard muttered in shock. He sprinted up to Lone and grabbed him by his collar - a difficult challenge given the height difference. "Oi, ya foxy cunt! Where'd ya put 'at?! It's worth more than ye could ever make in yer lifetime!" "Feckin' lunatic... Whatever. It's yer 'ead, nae mine," the guard grumbled as he slapped the cuffs around Lone's wrists. At the same time, Lone sent a telepathic message to Soph. She frowned in response. At that moment, Hamish…
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Lone had practised a variety of skills on the trip back from Urd Grun. He'd even sparred with a good number of the rescued dwarves. All of them only used weapons he already had mastery in and not a single one was a mage or anything even remotely unique. Still, they employed different battle tactics and some were even stronger than Lone rank-wise. Hell, three of them could apply stats. Strength, Vitality, and Luck respectively. The Luck one was incredibly hard to hit and somehow always found a way to…
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The missing dwarves were easier to find than both Lone and Hamish had first assumed they would have been. Knowing how tricky Darkness could be, Lone had expected some sort of illusion riddled trap to block them or send them around in circles for days. Soph assured him, however, that her Mana Sensing couldn't detect such a thing. No, instead, she had actually discovered that inside of a chapel dedicated to the Stone, a spiral staircase led thousands of metres deep down to a large and sprawling hall.…
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Lone gave Breena a smile and said, "I'll be back when you next have an episode, 'kay? You'll get the skill under your control soon enough. You may claim to have no talent, but you're super hard working. Anyone with eyes can see that." Breena nodded a little. "T-Thanks..." "Well, I'm gonna summon Soph or Sophie now. I kinda hope for the former, but regardless, if you hear me begging for help, don't be afraid to come to my rescue," Lone joked. That got a small smile out of the girl so he considered…
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The peculiar space that Lone presumed to be the interior of his soul presented itself to him once more. However, instead of Sky battling against Void, he was met with a smiling version of himself who had deep purple hair, eyes and tails. Lone sighed heavily. "How the fuck am I gonna explain two awakenings on top of Void's unique colourings now? I could get away with that crazy son of a bitch because its been wiped from the history books. Passing Void's influence off as a curse was simply enough. You…
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Just as Sophie had described, atop a stone pedestal with dwarven carvings lay a bronze device with a thrumming and oddly dim ball of purple glowing energy within it. The room itself seemed to be an abandoned ale cellar with kegs lining the walls, most of which were damaged beyond repair. "You look a lot like Sky did. No clue about Void though since he was sealed in an orb," Lone answered. "You're just... a ball of energy. Are you sealed somehow?" Of course, Lone didn't trust the thing. For…
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"This shall be our final meeting like this, Lone," Darkness said in a chilling tone as he opened his eyes. The primal had taken the form of Breena this time but apart from that, everything else in the dream version of Urd Grun was exactly the same as it always was. "So the nightmares return..." Lone mumbled. The Darkness version of Breena shook its head. "No, no they do not. This is the final one. The next time we meet, you will become my host. An honour really. The last to bear the weight of my…
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He was certainly tempted to just forgo the third day of killing bats just to gain a rank up in this skill. He almost felt compelled to, even, but he controlled himself. Lone stood to gain far more by sticking to the plan. He could rank the skill up tomorrow. He chuckled to himself as he put his pick away and nodded at Hamish. He then wandered down the tunnel back to their camp. The dwarf would clean up the tunnel's end before returning himself. After a hearty dinner and some preparations, Lone and…
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"All ready?" Lone asked Soph. "He went easy on you, right?" She nodded in response. "Yup. My MP is full and I'm good to go!" Her enthusiasm warmed his heart. He smiled and held her gauntleted hand. "Well then, let's go kill some more bats, shall we?" Soph nodded again and then the two of them disappeared. A moment later and they were back on top of the guard tower. Lone could immediately see the 11 corpses from just yesterday down at the square in the distance. The remaining lighting…
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