There’s a lot of screaming going on, honestly. I don’t really have the nerves for it. I wish everyone would be quiet. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’m happy that there are people around me and that they’re making noise. It’s almost like they’re talking to me, guy!
Al...
2021-07-09 07:38:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe store is surprisingly busy, considering that this is only their second day of being open. But word of mouth seems to spread pretty fast here in this city. Fresh isn’t sure if it makes much sense, but her theory is that it’s because of the tunnels causing voices to echo and carry. So when ...
2021-07-08 19:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostI die.
My soul flies, hurtling as I cascade, barreling through the eternal darkness of limbo. My essence, having released from the bonds of my corporeal body with a loud snap that I didn’t so much hear as I did feel, hurtles with terrifying speed through the void, as the binds ...
2021-07-08 15:12:36 +0000 UTC View Post“There are less of them here than I remember,” says Jubilee, joining into the conversation that Fresh is having with Basil, who has awoken and now sits on the foot of her freshly-made bed. Apparently she always does that first thing after getting up and getting dressed. Fresh does her best no...
2021-07-07 18:53:59 +0000 UTC View PostThunder cracks as the enclosed, cavernous space of the dungeon floor is filled with a ravaging energy which crashes off of the walls, barreling down towards the raid of adventurers, as it lashes out towards them, twisting and winding like a serpent releasing from its tightly wound coil to strike....
2021-07-07 07:32:20 +0000 UTC View PostFresh shuts the door as the last two people walk out. Some lovey-dovey couple who can’t stop feeding each other with the candies from the two bags that they bought, as they walk together, heading away from the dungeon.
“Disgusting,” says Jubilee, shaking their head as the d...
2021-07-06 10:37:11 +0000 UTC View PostSometimes I think that I’m a bit of a heart-breaker, you know? But don’t ask me why I think that.
I leap, my boot kicking off of the jagged spire of rock which crashes up out of the ground towards me. It might just be my raging self-confidence, honestly.
As I...
2021-07-06 07:07:32 +0000 UTC View Post“Bleeeeh!” calls out an elf wearing a wide-brimmed wizard's hat, shoving a sheep into the face of his party-member.
“Are you nine?” asks the man, draped in a heavy cloak with a high trim that rises up to his gaunt cheeks, as he stares down at the stuffed toy being held up...
2021-07-05 19:02:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe things that happen to you when you’re young sink in deeper than you might think that they do. I mean, sure, you might think that they’re pretty deep down at the bottom of the core of your character to begin with. But let me tell you something, friend. You aren’t looking deep enough. The...
2021-07-05 07:09:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe mountain wind blows past her, pressing the loose fabric of her robe against the side of her body as the frigid breeze continues to flow down the crest of the mountain, as if it were water splashing out from an endless source. The starry night hangs over her head, yet it feels surprisingly lig...
2021-07-04 11:44:01 +0000 UTC View PostWe’ve been friends for a long time now, right, guy? But I don’t really know a single thing about you. I don’t know where you’re from. I don’t know why you’re down here with me. I don’t know what your true name is or even if you’re a guy or a girl, tell you what. But I guess at thi...
2021-07-04 08:24:34 +0000 UTC View PostFresh plays around with a ball of kobold fluff, trying to figure out what to make out of it. But she can’t really think of too much. It’s soft and fluffy and warm, so it’s great for tailoring with. Maybe Jubilee can make some clothes out of it? Should they sell clothes?
“...
2021-07-03 13:45:07 +0000 UTC View PostI haven’t been entirely honest with you, guy.
Well, no. It’s not that I’ve been lying to you or anything, but there are just some things that I haven’t told you. I want you to like me, you know? That’s really important for me. I want people to like me. I truly, deeply w...
2021-07-03 07:57:43 +0000 UTC View PostBoth Basil and Shamrock are fine, though one of them ends up being far more distraught about the situation than the other. Neither of them remember what happened, having no memories of anything between their having fallen asleep and their waking up the next day; one of them half-naked on the floo...
2021-07-02 16:08:59 +0000 UTC View PostIt is natural to die, you know?
But that doesn’t mean I want to. It’s natural to sleep, it’s natural to cry, it’s natural to hurt, but that doesn’t mean I want to do any of those things. So I guess I’m just not going to, is that so wrong? I don’t think it is. Beside...
2021-07-02 09:15:33 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you sure this will work?” asks Jubilee, looking around nervously to make sure that nobody is watching them. Surprisingly, no doors are opened along the street, no windows are lit up and no faces peek out of any shadowy glass panes. Despite the noise, everyone here is either fast asleep o...
2021-07-01 18:26:42 +0000 UTC View PostHow do you think you get someone to like you, guy?
Is it by being nice? Or do you have to be pretty? Maybe you have to be interesting? Or maybe you just have to be really, really cool?
“Psst-“
I swing my arm out, shooing away the gribbler. Bu...
2021-07-01 16:42:37 +0000 UTC View PostFresh floats. Her senses are entirely drowned out by the roaring water that rushes past her head. What happened? It’s so cold. Did she die? She thinks so. It’s been a while. This is only her second time dying, right? Well… maybe technically her third time.
Basil pushed her....
2021-06-30 09:04:03 +0000 UTC View PostI feel everything.
Lifting my hands out to my sides, I hold my arms out extended and feel the soft breeze flowing all around me as it creeps through my dusty bones. I feel the entirety of the empty space that I find myself in. I feel the warm air, creeping through the gaps of my ...
2021-06-30 06:47:35 +0000 UTC View PostAssuming things don't go horribly wrong now. (They might) Should they open the new shop ASAP and worry about product development 'during the journey' or should they focus on making a large inventory first before opening? =)
2021-06-29 13:20:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Hot! Hot!” yelps Fresh as she juggles the little orange ball back and forth in her hands. She quickly drops it down onto a plate. The small thing squishes together a little, as it flops down against the glassware surface. Fresh frowns, letting out a sad sigh as she stares at the next failure...
2021-06-29 13:12:19 +0000 UTC View Post“Woah, look at that!” I say in excitement as I point towards the glass tube that runs along the ceiling above our heads. The stranger says nothing and doesn’t look at what I have pointed out, opting to simply keep on walking forward with his pole-axe dragging behind him. I tilt my head, loo...
2021-06-29 08:17:42 +0000 UTC View PostThey all fall asleep that night in the same room, much to Fresh’s delight. The girl smiles, clutching her blanket tightly with her fingers grasping the edge of the soft fabric, as she turns her head over on her pillow from side to side, looking at the sleeping people who surround her. It’s ba...
2021-06-28 14:16:13 +0000 UTC View PostHe’s so cool, guy, look at him.
I watch as the stranger rises up the staircase ahead of me. There isn’t enough room for us to walk side by side, so I let him go first. The truth is, I just wanted to watch him without him thinking that I’m weird. There’s something about hi...
2021-06-28 07:37:38 +0000 UTC View Post“So is this safe?” asks Basil, looking at Jubilee and Fresh. “Taking money from such… unsavory sources.”
Jubilee stares at the woman, somewhat dumb-founded. Lifting a hand, they point at Fresh who is standing next to Basil, carrying some wood across the room that she ha...
2021-06-27 09:46:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe angry man and I stand on the edge of the quarry, both of us staring up at the fabricated night-sky that is painted onto the ceiling above our heads. A paper moon hangs there, high up in the air and behind it is a magical crystal set into the rock. It shines through the construction, giving it...
2021-06-27 07:19:08 +0000 UTC View PostA cool, stagnant air rushes to meet them as they open the thick, wooden front-door of the house just outside of the mountain dungeon. The soft current isn’t as cold as the air of the tunnel outside the building and as that lazy cloud of dusty miasma drifts past her, Fresh feels a tussle of her ...
2021-06-26 10:38:19 +0000 UTC View PostI press my foot against the stone wall next to us and use my leaping ability to kick off of it, sending me sliding back over the stones. The hollow armor rattles, clambering together as my movement sends him flying to the ground where he shatters apart, just as I come to a halt a few yards away. ...
2021-06-26 06:53:05 +0000 UTC View Post“There’s something else,” says Jubilee, rolling the bed-roll together in their room in the adventurer’s guild.
“Huh?” Fresh looks over at them, staring over Basil’s back. The priestess is hunched down forward and fighting to roll her bedroll together, but it keeps u...
2021-06-25 11:54:29 +0000 UTC View PostI think we lost him, guy. Leaning against the wall, I look back around the corner. I don’t see him anymore and I certainly don’t hear the scampering of any more little feet. Haha. Oof. Awkward. I think we had a real misunderstanding there, I really should learn to articulate myself better. Bu...
2021-06-25 06:38:16 +0000 UTC View Post