Jessica Smith
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-0-0-0-0-0- The Dungeon, Medea Island, The Kalenic Sea -0-0-0-0-0- With my upward inspection done, I started working downward again. Starting with the Seventh. The Sixth only needed a few more monsters; I could deal with that later. From what I understood, the confusing, unordered layout of the mine's tunnels worked incredibly well initially. Hallmark's party had to comb every tunnel looking for the exit, then killed every Drake-kin they ran into. When they eventually discovered the exit, their second…-
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-0-0-0-0-0- The Dungeon, Medea Island, The Kalenic Sea -0-0-0-0-0- I couldn't ignore it anymore. I'd spent a few hours watching Kataren, trying to figure out what was going on with my new connection to her without any 'active' investigation. She went about her day, starting with washing up with some... traded soap? Huh. I tried to be respectful, and avert my attention from her body as I focused on her mind. Once she'd finished cleaning herself I moved on to more pointed tests. Specifically, I decided…
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-0-0-0-0-0- The Open Sky, The Eleventh Floor, the Dungeon -0-0-0-0-0- Wave had never felt so free. Not long ago, he'd thought surfing on the ocean would be the pinnacle of this feeling, then when the vultures carried him through the canyon. Now he knew better. Surfing was fun, but flying under your own power? He'd experienced the feeling of wind running under his wings as they beat against the air. He'd ridden thermals that had him soaring half-a-dozen miles over the sea! He'd dived from that height,…
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-0-0-0-0-0- The Dungeon, Medea Island, The Kalenic Sea -0-0-0-0-0- When I felt Wave push the monster core up against MY core, I was relieved. Keeping Instincts pushed up against the edge of my core had been getting harder and harder to maintain. For all that it couldn't innovate, it was merciless at exploiting and punishing the slightest weaknesses it could find in the wall of mana I built around it. With an imagined pop, the soul named Instincts This entire process took less than a second. Good…
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-0-0-0-0-0- Outside the Scorpan King's Palace, The Canyon, The Ninth Floor -0-0-0-0-0- "Thanks for the ride!" Wave called out as the vultures flew away, cawing their farewell. That'd been exhilarating! The wind running over his scales felt even better flying in the air than it ever had surfing the ocean! He turned to find that Aston seemed unsteady on his feet, and Towers had laid down on the sand as soon as they'd landed. "What's wrong with you two?" "I... don't think flying is my thing," Aston said,…
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-0-0-0-0-0- Snowbold Village, The First Peak, The Eighth Floor -0-0-0-0-0- Wave was on cloud nine as they talked around the fire in the First Peak Village. His sister was Sitting next to his sister, he couldn't get the stupid grin off his face. Huea was more reserved, but he knew she was just as happy to see him. "So," Huea began, swallowing her mouthful of iced cream. "You helped The Creator on the Eleventh, and channeling such huge amounts of mana warped you. The Creator noticed and did what he…
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-0-0-0-0-0- The First Peak, The Eighth Floor, The Dungeon -0-0-0-0-0- Aston shivered with his entire body as the end of this frozen mountain came into sight. It'd only been three days since he'd left the minotaur village with Wave, and he could say with certainty that he understood what his father meant. The world was more than the Tenth and the village there. At home, it was temperate and pleasant. The trek across the desert had been Wave tried to pass off that he was fine, but the glaze his eyes…
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-0-0-0-0-0- The Canyon, The Ninth Floor, The Dungeon -0-0-0-0-0- Wave, Aston, and Towers-Over-Others followed the path through the canyon as light from the manasun peaked over its edge and spilled upon the glistening, running river. The trees rustled in the wind. Small birds and animals made various growls, chirps, and other noises. Occasionally, they heard the odd, echoing screech of a Stymphalian Vulture overhead or the roar of a Golden Sunlion as it fought another male. Unlike the odd quiet of the…
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-0-0-0-0-0- Temple of The Creator, The Ninth Floor, The Dungeon -0-0-0-0-0- Wave paused as they passed through a circular room, just through the tunnel that led from the Tenth. This was a place the Procession had passed through quickly. He'd only glanced over the carvings, wishing to inspect them closer. A half-dozen Scorpans knelt before various carvings. Some were praying, while others replaced candles. Though they were still on a time crunch, a few minutes spared for art wouldn't kill them. Wave…
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-0-0-0-0-0- Minos Village, The Tenth Floor, The Dungeon -0-0-0-0-0- As Wave and Taura approached the slivery-grey walls of the village, Wave took the time to appreciate and admire them. Something he hadn't done the last time. After all, he'd been with the Fire Court's procession, and they'd been sent on towards the Eleventh rather quickly. Taura picked up on his interest and was happy to enlighten him. She explained that the walls were constructed of Mythwood as they drew closer, created by fusing…
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