Jessica Smith
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-0-0-0-0-0- The Dungeon, Medea Island, Kalenic Sea -0-0-0-0-0- The surface of my island is practically crawling with humans these days. After directing my attention upward, I 'hijacked' a seagull and ordered it aloft to get a birds-eye view. The port town is bustling, and the berths at the docks are always full, causing ships to need to anchor offshore. There seems to be some construction to expand them massively, so the dockmasters are thinking ahead here. Where they had once made basic wood piers,…-
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-0-0-0-0-0- The Third Floor, The Dungeon, Medea Island -0-0-0-0-0- Haythem was the first one down the passage. A short slide later, he emerged from the tunnel mid-way up the arena wall. As had been described to him, the Floor Guardian stood before the exit door, flanked by his five guards. One Mage, two sword-wielders, one was hefting a crossbow, and one slighter Lizard with dual daggers. The Guardian itself hefted its long-handled mace and stared at him across the dimly-lit room. Unlike the lizard…
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-0-0-0-0-0- The Dungeon, Medea Island -0-0-0-0-0- I watched for a time as the Scorpans settled into their new home. I was pretty proud of the work I'd done on them, to be honest. Crabs, while a well-designed animal, aren't exactly equipped to become a tool-using species. The creatures I'd transformed them into were what I would call Scorpion-Centaurs. The shape of their lower body heavily resembles a Scorpion while retaining the general look and feel of their carapace from their time as crabs. Their…
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-0-0-0-0-0- Count Medean's Mansion, Medea Island, Kalenic Sea -0-0-0-0-0- The evening meals served to the lord of Medea Island were surprisingly pleasant. Haylae had expected simple fare but found herself impressed at the range of food she had been served over the last few days. The seafood was very palatable, the vegetables flavorful, and given the quality and variety of ingredients available at the market in town, she was sure the trend would continue. Tonight they were being served crab on a bed of…
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-0-0-0-0-0- The Dungeon, Medea Island Two days later. -0-0-0-0-0- Aaaaaand Done! The dunes have been completed! Far, far faster than I had expected to be done by as well. Though the first dunes had taken almost half an hour to form, I found my efforts becoming easier, faster, and smoother. Well, it makes sense. The more you do something, the more you will discover inefficiencies or ways to do it better. For example, the speed with which I dig out caverns has significantly increased. It was simple; I'd…
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-0-0-0-0-0- The Seventh Floor, Drake-kin Village, The Dungeon, Medea Island That Same Morning -0-0-0-0-0- Mushu sat to the side of the training area, the others of his species giving him a decent amount of respect. The cuts on his body had long healed, though the blood he shed remained. On the other side of the arena, Kataren had recovered from their fight and had begun putting the young warriors through a series of drills he vaguely recognized. He accepted a wet rag from an eager juvenile, who looked…
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-0-0-0-0-0- The Dungeon, Medea Island -0-0-0-0-0- As my Constrictor Cobra got killed by one of the more successful delvers, I took note of the weaknesses he took advantage of. The snake's intelligence was lacking if it had been so easily baited, and its response to the man clinging to the back of its head was... disappointing. Bucking like a bull wasn't effective against Platinums; its best chance would have been to slam the man against the ground. Something to keep in mind. One thing to note though…
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-0-0-0-0-0- Port Medea, Medea Island, Kalenic Sea The Next Day -0-0-0-0-0- Captain Eli Hart stood on the deck of his ship as it pulled into Port Medea once again. To think that he had once discovered this island. Mere months ago, it was utterly deserted, and now? Now it held a thriving port. The squat lighthouse situated above the dungeon made locating the island much easier for Eli earlier, before the break of dawn. The other three ships docked here showed how valuable Medea was as a trading hub;…
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-0-0-0-0-0- The Dungeon, Medea Island The Next Morning -0-0-0-0-0- As dawn broke on yet another day, guilders began their delves, utterly unaware of the negotiations between Neo and the very dungeon they were delving. I was initially uncertain of precisely what I wanted out of this deal. A breeding pair of an animal I haven't yet encountered, each time I answered a few questions? More than acceptable, in my opinion. Yes, it would only be until they removed the bounty, but if they had the power to do…
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-0-0-0-0-0- The Dungeon, Medea Island -0-0-0-0-0- As I watched the 'Air Spirit' play with Pyry, I felt... Something is going on here that I've been unaware of. A staged evolutionary path for beings formed of mana, when the rest of the world I've found myself in uses guided, incremental change to power themselves up? The strangeness of it all is... disturbing. From what my new Air Spirit told me, Sprites are the 'baby' form. Unintelligent and instinctual, they search for sources of mana to grow. That…
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