William Jones
Stories
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"Ah, M'lord, I see that you are refreshing your spirit by sitting upon the bare earth, listening to wind, taking in the sweet scent of the grass and communing with nature." Twitterberry had set the three tree-wrights to work on the staircase and gone in search of his Lord, finding him sitting in his meadow. He noticed that a few of the unicorns were around, all obviously ignoring him. "I compliment you on your fine grasp of the situation Twitterberry. I am doing just that." Alwyn leaned back and looked…-
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Lord Hound watched as the Summer Lord levitated down to the ground. If it had been up to him, the Fey Portal would not have been placed high in the massive tree but in a nice hole in the ground where it was easy to get to. But they hadn't asked his opinion, and now Lord Alwyn was going to have to construct a treehouse of some sort as his embassy, and a long spiral staircase down to the ground below. The hound didn't look forward to all those steps up and down just to come visit this place. But he had kept…
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When the situation was explained to them, Sven, Jon, and Cham volunteered to handle the task of hiding Ozzy's bag. All three of them had a STR score over 12, and Sven was at 15. His job was cutting and moving the huge blocks of granite and marble used in constructing the new fortress and most of his skills were based on strength. While Jon and Cham held the bag and pulled it back, Sven removed the paving stones and cut into the road until he had a bag sized hole over eight feet deep. The three of them…
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It was sometime in the waning hours of night. The Dregs in Hungrytown had settled into their crypts, fearing to be caught when the sun came up. The endless dance hadn't ended, but it had certainly slowed, settling into slow patterns with none of the energy seen earlier in the night. The Beastwoods was nervous, and all creatures hid from the wrath of the Great Beast. If one was watching from the vantage point of the telescope mounted on the top of the ACME building, you might have seen a lone figure…
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The fight had not gone unnoticed. Rolly and Squirmie were not yet to the village when Suzette's first spell lit up the pre-dawn darkness. They raced back up the road and arrived as Layla was trying to keep Suzette alive. Rolly threw himself into the effort of healing her, pouring his own stamina into her, feeling her first healing, and then fading away as the poison and bleeding took their toll. The huge gash across her back slowly started to close as he fought against the bleeding. It was still touch and…
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Rolly had a hold of Ozzy's arm and was pulling him in the direction of the Sphynx's lair. Squirmie was fluttering around Suzette trying to herd her in the same direction. Neither was having much luck. "New Dungeon, Ozzy! Let's just take a little peak." Suzette rolled her eyes at the bug and refused to move, "Your impatient little pet is probably the most resilient of all of us. He'll survive a couple of more hours until we complete some preparations and pack up a few supplies." Rolly quit pulling on…
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"Nope, because I'm not wrong. Lucien's father, Emperor Marius, died when Lucien was 42 years old. Lucien's mother, Agatha, quickly married a much younger man, Duke Otto, who was actually a year younger than Lucien and had a daughter who was just coming into adulthood. Agatha and Otto had been having an affair for a dozen years. In a daring and poorly thought outt move, Duke Otto claimed the title of Emperor, and announced that he was adopting Lucien as his son." "Lucien was having none of this. He refused…
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Rolly could tell that something was wrong with his pet. Squirmie was hesitant to go into the Beast Woods tonight. "What's wrong bug?" Rolly looked at his pet, checking for signs of illness. "You were excited about looking for the Menagerie all day. And I distinctly remember you wanting to do anything but cutting up more dead meat." "I am quite curious as to what a little slaughter machine like Squirmie could be afraid of?" Ben was scanning the woods, and listening for the sounds of animals. Other than a…
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Before he had ever logged into GENESIS, Ozzy had done some research on his new manager, William Horvacs. He liked to know who he was doing business with. Ozzy had gathered and sold information to supplement his normal salary for over three decades. Suzette and Ben had often been the people who found information for him to sell. Rolly had helped with some of the analysis, using that strange math ability he had to see things in the numbers other people didn't. Billy's record showed he was ambitious and…
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A group of contract workers, finished with their daily chores, having labored from sunrise to sunset, were traveling through Gadobhra to do even more work for their Baron. Tonight, they were going to slaughter many strange beasts and dump the bodies into the Butcher's dungeon to keep him happy. It was a dirty, bloody job, but someone had to do it. The road from the gates of the city to the ACME building was brightly lit with oil lamps. The group waved at a fellow worker who was refilling the lamps, while…
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