Robert Wilson
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Histre hung in the air, vibrating with fear and paranoia and anger. Derivan wasn't sure how he knew. Physical Empathy, likely, though he couldn't begin to guess at how he could read the body language of a creature that was more windchime than person. Histre floated in the air in front of them, wings spread in a way that was unnaturally still — almost like they were hung from invisible strings in the air. Golden cylinders rotated agitatedly around one another, swinging back and forth and producing,…-
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Sev was surprised the plan was going as well as it was. Always plan for things to go wrong — that was his motto, though he couldn't remember when he'd decided on it, or why. He preferred his plans to have backups on backups, and for the longest time his final backup had simply been Fortunately, everything went... somehow far better than they could possibly have anticipated. The original plan had actually called for their team to ambush Jerome and his team during the delve, when Jerome was no longer in…
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Jerome grumbled. To think they had the He'd already been kind! He'd offered them a Jerome didn't know It consumed his sleeping mind, too. His dreams were images of twisted corridors and broken walls, of strange, broken machinery scattered around. Sometimes there would be a shadow, or a monster that he couldn't slay, and he'd wake up with the panicked, scattered thought of He wouldn't fail Aurum. How could he? The god was just a child. If the fucking Guildmaster hadn't gotten in his way, he…
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"So!" Max clapped her hands together. "Let's get planning, shall we?" "Wait, wait, wait," Sev said. "How long have you been — what? Why are you level 81? What kind of class is Max cracked up. "Oh, I love revealing that to people. The reactions are priceless every time," she said, grinning wide. "It's a little complicated, but I got that class after I started working as a clerk here for a while." "Do "Is that a bad thing?" Max asked, still amused. "Ignore the conspicuous way in which I am not…
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The four of them tried to speak for a while, but it didn't take long for them to lapse into silence, each lost in their own thoughts. Vex was still trembling slightly, clearly upset, and so without a word Derivan went to do what Vex had done for him, not so long ago — he sat down next to the lizardkin, offering a quiet show of support. He didn't say anything. There weren't any words for what had just happened; not really. The immediate worry was dealt with by sheer fluke, Derivan understood, and while…
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"Uh," Sev said. He glanced at the rest of the team, and they all seemed equally stumped. Except for Misa, but the expression she was wearing was her 'punch this problem until it goes away' expression, which more or less translated to being stumped. "I don't suppose I can convince you you have the wrong room?" "With a mana surge like that?" Jerome chuckled. His tone was The paladin wore an easy sort of smile — but it was a smile that carried with it an edge of danger. His stance was casual, with his…
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"Your truth spells were fooled," Derivan interrupted Tarilex. The lizardkin stopped mid-sentence, turning his gaze to the armor and staring for a long, uncomfortable moment. "Explain," he said. His voice was hard. "You have been running some sort of truth spell this entire time," Derivan said. "I wondered why you were acting strangely. You could not trust your spell or skill with the Guildmaster because she has perception-based skills that operate well enough to obscure her even in this space, when she…
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Vex had told them the next morning that it likely wouldn't take long for them to be summoned — Elyra, he said, tended to try to throw money at problems instead of actually resolving them. The negotiations would reach an impasse, and they would call on the adventurers to break that impasse. It wasn't long before he was proven correct. Sev received the summons, asking them to the uppermost floor of the Guild. "Moment of truth, I suppose," Sev muttered. There were no stairs that allowed them to access…
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The Guildmaster was only mildly surprised to hear of the abundant mana concentration, and the way the deviation had rapidly swung right towards the end; if anything, the most surprising part for her was the weakness of the monsters they had fought in the final waves. A Platinum-tier dungeon was expected to have Platinum-ranked monsters spawn during its formation — but then, this adventuring team had been in lower Bronze, and it was a miracle that they had survived a horde of upper Bronze to Silver…
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"...what do you mean?" Sev asked after a moment. He seemed wary. "How are dungeons ranked, normally?" Derivan cocked his head to the side, helmet clanking against his shoulder plate. "I am afraid I am missing some context." The Guildmaster gave Derivan a strange look, but Vex quickly took over before she could speak. "They're ranked based on a combination of factors, usually the difficulty of the dungeon's challenges along with the level of the monsters inside. Usually, the dungeon's tier is equal to the…
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