Zed stared once more at the door in front of him. He wasn’t too pleased with what he could feel on the other side. Sensing another human aura was supposed to be a good thing, but there was a part of him that doubted the candor of the aura he was...
2023-08-03 23:19:00 +0000 UTC View PostZed stood in an empty space of fallen trees and blood stains. The monster’s he’d fought all night were nowhere to be found and the morning light had since grown to fill the sky and illuminate the world.
Standing quietly, he stared at his...
2023-08-02 23:19:00 +0000 UTC View PostFor the second time within the space of a few days, Zed found himself seated in the dirt with his back against a tree. He was covered in blood, most of which was not his.
Zed came awake with a gasp. He woke like the shocked and drew all the ...
2023-08-02 10:38:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe air shook and Zed was shoved deeper into the ground as everything in front of him blew away in a massive explosion.
The force of the explosion pinned Zed down, casting its effect on the ground around him and he blacked out, slipping into...
2023-07-31 23:18:01 +0000 UTC View PostZed buckled under the weight of the monster’s blow as the space in front of him cracked like a very translucent glass struck by a large object.
· You have cast basic rune [Force shield].
· [Force shield] has applied effect [Deflect...
2023-07-30 23:19:00 +0000 UTC View Post“I was aware of the possibility of a bad outcome,” Zed muttered, “but this is just wrong.”
Zed was seated on the floor, back rested against what was left of a broken tree. Blood flowed freely from a wound in his side, refusing to sto...
2023-07-27 23:18:00 +0000 UTC View PostZed got to his feet slowly, and vertigo hit him. He staggered before his feet realigned beneath him and returned his balance. He looked down at them with a nod.
“I guess those still work.”
Zed looked around him at the rubble he’d...
2023-07-27 00:22:59 +0000 UTC View PostAbed held himself up, supporting himself by the handle of his weapon. The great cleaver was broken and barely resembled the weapon that it once was. He bled from cuts and bruises, and while he could feel his mage body healing slowly from the mana ...
2023-07-26 11:19:00 +0000 UTC View Post“What the hell is that thing?” Chris asked, eyes trembling.
“I don’t know, but we’ve got to go!” Imani begged through her pain.
“But Ash and Oliver aren’t here,” Jason said, voice trembling, resolve waning. “We’ve...
2023-07-25 10:38:01 +0000 UTC View Post“What the hell do you mean he’s dead?” Jason asked Chris confused.
They were almost at the car now. Their mana reserves depleting as they continued to fend off shots and randomly cast spellforms. It was the ever growing problem with ch...
2023-07-23 21:55:09 +0000 UTC View PostChris stared at the scene before her, stunned and confused. She watched the last shot rebound off Zed’s rune shield, holding back how impressed she was that the shield had held against so many shots.
The validity of the shield was compromi...
2023-07-23 21:36:45 +0000 UTC View PostNed stood idly by as Imani chatted up a mage with an eye patch and a cigar he believed was a little too big when the explosions began.
Once upon a time he would’ve found himself scurrying for shelter, hiding from the chaos of what may or m...
2023-07-23 21:05:14 +0000 UTC View PostThis was going to be a difficult problem.
“The redhead wasn’t part of the deal!” Ash snarled, calling on the mana from her core to bear and the ambient mana around her reacted to it.
If the man in front of her was bothered by it,...
2023-07-23 20:29:18 +0000 UTC View PostJason watched Zed flirt with the lady in red that had walked up to him as he’d approached Abed. It was the same girl Oliver had pointed out a moment ago for watching him a little too discreetly.
Jason had sent Oliver to keep an eye on the ...
2023-07-23 19:01:42 +0000 UTC View Post“That’s a nice hair color you’ve got. Tell me, is it natural?”
Zed turned around in a gentle flourish, holding up the cardboard box like a tray with a delicate glass of wine atop it.
His new company was a lady in a beautiful re...
2023-07-23 18:49:37 +0000 UTC View PostHillview had five mages recognized as the powers of the rundown gathering, and four of them walked into the large auditorium under electric bulb lights and chattering mages. Most of the mages here knew them by invitation, and if it wasn’t obviou...
2023-07-23 18:38:53 +0000 UTC View Post“Why do we have to wait for them, again?” Chris asked Ash.
“Because we invited them and they were gracious enough to say yes,” Ash answered.
“But the car’s not big enough to fit both teams.”
“That’s why Jason co...
2023-07-23 18:05:30 +0000 UTC View PostZed was standing in front of Festus’ door. It had been over two weeks since he’d last seen the mage, so when Ivan told him to hurry on over to the force mage’s house after their training session which was more of Zed getting his ass handed t...
2023-07-23 07:24:56 +0000 UTC View PostThere were back in the residential part of town where people walked around, headed to their destination as the morning grew into afternoon. They spotted a few people out on a jog, nothing demanding like Oliver and Ash’s unhinged morning sprints....
2023-07-23 06:44:12 +0000 UTC View PostZed ducked out of the way, rolling in the dirt as a wave of ice froze where he’d been standing. By the time he was back to his feet Ash was already casting another spell, icicles as large as Zed’s arm gathering about her.
“You’ve got...
2023-07-23 06:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Red or auburn?”
“What?” Abed stuttered.
“The mage’s hair,” the Olympian said. “Is it red or auburn?”
“What’s the difference?”
The Olympian pushed itself from the tree and took a step forward. “The...
2023-07-23 05:27:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Be quiet, Zed,” Ivan said blandly.
“But I’m serious,” Zed was saying. “She just jumped out of nowhere swinging some bigass club like it was a length of rope. Smacked me across the head and everything, when I came to I had a mana...
2023-07-23 05:09:58 +0000 UTC View Post“Remind me why we’re out here, again?” Zed asked.
“Because I have to see you fight before I can know how to teach you to fight,” Ivan answered.
“I guess it’s a good thing you didn’t have to see me fall first,” Zed mut...
2023-07-23 04:47:22 +0000 UTC View PostAsh stared at Jason with a mild mix of anger and confusion.
“What the hell did you just say?” she asked.
The entire team was at her place except Zed, knackered from the stress of the day. They’d just returned from a particularly ...
2023-07-23 04:20:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe thud of a body hitting a hard surface echoed through an empty set of hallways as Zed hit the ground again.
Ivan stood off to the side watching him as if he hadn’t just slammed him into the ground with a shoulder throw. Zed found himsel...
2023-07-23 04:19:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe pathway Zed walked had more sand than most of the walkways around the town. Or at least it did, but it had rained last night and so he walked with a frown, bare feet stepping on mud. It got between his toes, staining more parts of his feet tha...
2023-07-23 03:18:38 +0000 UTC View Post“Hey, isn’t that the guy with red hair?”
Zed’s steps faltered and he almost staggered. He caught his balance quickly before it became too obvious and kept walking. He didn’t know the voice and didn’t have red hair so he refused t...
2023-07-23 02:59:35 +0000 UTC View Post“I keep saying we find a way beyond the third line and make a run for it.”
Samantha’s words slipped through the air in a quiet whisper. She was a girl of average size compared to Shanine’s small frame and she often spoke with a loud ...
2023-07-22 02:34:54 +0000 UTC View PostZed stared in fear at the Olympian. In the dark there wasn’t much to see of it and the moonlight spared only the littlest illumination but Zed saw better than most, his hypersensitivity attribute made sure of it. To his eyes no difference existe...
2023-07-22 02:33:21 +0000 UTC View PostZed squatted behind a fallen tree. There was a phantom pain in his leg he was doing his best to ignore as the others stared ahead. Beside him Oliver kept his face disciplined.
“You shouldn’t have teased her so much,” he told Zed, holdi...
2023-07-22 02:32:03 +0000 UTC View Post