Fresh stands with her hands against the stone railing, feeling the cold evening air which has been absorbed into the rock, run up her fingers. Her damp eyes stare out over the infinite expanse that is visible from here, wandering over the endless forest that seems to stretch on like a boundless s...
2021-06-24 14:23:15 +0000 UTC View PostAs I rise up towards the next floor, I hear something exciting. A whistling. But it’s not a whistling born of pursed lips, of soft flesh blowing wind as if to project a kiss. It’s not the whistling of a hard wind, shearing against a sharp rock. It’s a smooth, heavier whistling. Like music. ...
2021-06-24 06:24:24 +0000 UTC View PostThey had gotten to floor six of the new dungeon on their first outing before they returned to the adventurer’s guild where they ate their fill of greasy bar-food. Fresh made sure to tip the little fairy woman generously. But she isn’t sure if she is doing her a favor or not, as the fairy has ...
2021-06-23 09:30:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe raging inferno towers all around me, as the jungle burns in the heart of the firestorm. I run through the thick, wet foliage that hisses loudly as the scorching heat licks against it. Mud and black-water splash beneath my metal boots as I push on through the dense canopy, trying to fight my w...
2021-06-23 06:45:53 +0000 UTC View PostYour body constantly regenerates itself at a rapid pace through an extremely intensive, calorically expensive process.
Thanks to the mold in your eyes, they are p...
2021-06-23 05:19:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe air is filled with a resonating whistling which stems from the strange creatures ahead of them. They resemble the small kobolds from the higher floors, but they are larger and their bodies are permeated with shards of the crystals all around them. The fluff of the exterior of their forms is n...
2021-06-22 11:33:50 +0000 UTC View PostThere is a heavy scraping sound as the ‘man’ pulls the plane over the surface of the sandstone sculpture. Coarse shavings fall to the ground and I stare at him as he moves his leathery, gray arms back and forth, running the plane over the body of the unfinished sphinx over and over. The sharp...
2021-06-22 08:22:55 +0000 UTC View PostShould Fresh come clean to Basil and Shamrock about her being cursed? Or is it better to maybe not bring it up just now, while things are still so turbulent? =)
2021-06-21 14:41:34 +0000 UTC View Post“I think it looks nice!” says Fresh excitedly as they all stand together just outside of the house that Jubilee had pointed out to them. They are inside the mountain tunnel by the dungeon. Water of the stream which runs from the dungeon gate towards the entrance of the city flows a few steps ...
2021-06-21 11:43:46 +0000 UTC View PostWhy am I bad? I try really hard, you know? The shaft of the lance strikes against my head as I knock on my cranium with it, perhaps a little harder than I should. The dull thudding sound rings out, echoing around the empty void that is filled with nothing but chains and dead meat. I work really h...
2021-06-21 07:50:43 +0000 UTC View Post“Jubilee! Jubilee!” yells Fresh excitedly, as she runs up to her friend, seeing them standing in the road together with Shamrock, who she also says an excited hello to. “Look at all of the stuff we found!” says Fresh as she turns around to show Jubilee the full bag on her back. Basil catc...
2021-06-20 10:15:51 +0000 UTC View PostThere’s nowhere to go but up!
Well, I mean, I could also just go back down. Or left. Or right. Or uh… sideways at an angle. But you know what I mean. I’m trying to foster an encouraging environment for everyone to grow up in, okay? I am brother, it is…
Wa...
2021-06-20 06:50:45 +0000 UTC View Post“Look! Look over here!” shouts Fresh excitedly as she tugs on Basil’s hand, dragging the priestess behind her as they make their way through the new city. Several hours had passed since she had woken up on her own and gone wandering, by the time she returned the others were awake and ready ...
2021-06-19 12:59:55 +0000 UTC View PostWho am I?
I take a step back, my eyes are wide with fear and disgust as the thing that reaches, reaches. Give them back. I take a step back, moving away from the encroacher as its meaty tendrils slap all around, as it feels the stones trying to sense the vibrations from my beatin...
2021-06-19 07:14:26 +0000 UTC View Post“Okay. Draw the knife down along its stomach,” says Tango, pointing to the small carcass that the girl hovers over. Its head lays at an awkward angle, as its broken neck no longer holds it in place correctly.
“Like this?” asks Pen, pressing the sharpened rock down along i...
2021-06-18 12:40:13 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re doing good so far,” says the voice of the fountain. Fresh looks around as she floats in the black-water. Is she?
“Everything went wrong. It was really close,” argues the girl as she floats as a disembodied presence in the light-less ocean. The fountain yawns lou...
2021-06-18 08:45:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe purple reflection that refracts around the crackling ice stares up at me, its visage distorting in all manner of strange contortions. I call for the stranger, but they don’t respond, perhaps having sunken too deeply beneath the ice to be saved. The prismatic shimmering of the crystals which...
2021-06-18 06:55:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Wow…” lets out Fresh in silent wonder, as they cross through the precipice of the gate. The giant entry-way towers above them. Its crystal-lit shadow envelops them whole as they cross the boundary, as if the aura of a dungeon portal were swallowing them.
Despite it being d...
2021-06-17 16:43:24 +0000 UTC View PostA gentle stream of water runs down the rock, splashing quietly as it strikes down against the stones below and as I walk, I graze my fingers along the surface of the wall, feeling the gentle trickle drip over and between my fingers, as it follows its solitary journey down to the darkness below. S...
2021-06-17 13:57:15 +0000 UTC View PostThey seem to have reached a plateau of sorts here on the other side of the bridge. The thin mountain road quickly widens out further and further as it presses inward towards the heart of the mountains. The gray and lifeless harshness which was all around them on the lower rung, seems to be entire...
2021-06-16 12:50:44 +0000 UTC View PostI tap my finger against the body of the large, glassy crystal that lies atop the work-bench. A sharp ring echoes out all around me, as the sound reverberates around the empty room of the tomb. Gazing down, I look at the heap of bones that lies slumped over a table, the collection held only roughl...
2021-06-16 08:24:03 +0000 UTC View PostFresh clutches herself, wrapping her arms tightly around her body as she shudders. The shaking of her body triggered by the cold wind which rushes past her. The surprisingly frigid gale tosses her matted hair against her neck as it surges all around them. The current strangely twists in the air a...
2021-06-15 08:54:59 +0000 UTC View PostI’m a little bit scared of tomorrow, you know?
Pushing through the wheat-field that sways, billowing in the gentle breeze of the kind summer wind that is trapped beneath the surface of the world together with me. The breath of life filling the empty cavern as it constantly trie...
2021-06-15 06:26:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe night comes to an end and once again they set off, marching towards the west in a loose grouping. Fresh does her best to stay in the front, not wanting to be the one to slow them down as they push through the forest. Despite everything, spirits seemed to be higher now than the days before. Pe...
2021-06-14 09:57:58 +0000 UTC View PostWhat is your secret little egg? I tap my fingers against the surface of the shell, pressing my ear to the side as I listen to the noise coming from inside. A wet hand swipes at my own, pushing it away to stop my tap, tap tapping. Sticking my tongue out, I flick it at her, taking the time to smell...
2021-06-14 06:38:04 +0000 UTC View PostFresh has been dabbling more and more into cooking and brewing actual food rather than just potions. Should they consider selling food/drinks at their new location? (Assuming they arrive alive) Or should they just stick to 'traditional' item shop items? =)
2021-06-13 19:58:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe rest of the night had passed without anything of note happening. Basil and Shamrock sat around the fire, eating their soup out of glass bowls, one of them clearly feeling much more awkward about it than the other, who simply poured it into his helmet. Fresh and Jubilee sat on the side, a tree...
2021-06-13 09:06:37 +0000 UTC View Post“Wow! Will you look at that!” I mutter in awe of the giant egg that sits before me. Lifting a finger, I gently poke the shell. It’s an odd mixture of firm, but pliant. Like a soft rock. A sweltering heat rages all around us, but it’s kind of nice. It’s not like… lava hot. It’s just,...
2021-06-13 07:11:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe four of them stare out over the giant lake. The distant shore is still visible from this side of the water, but only barely so. Only the blackened silhouette of the far off tree-line gives credence to its presence. If not for them, Fresh would be sure that the lake simply goes on forever. The...
2021-06-12 09:03:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe blade of the lance scratches over the stones as I finish drawing my ‘X’ in the grid in the lowest square in the middle.
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O - -
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The slime thinks for a second, her goo wobbling around as...
2021-06-12 07:08:06 +0000 UTC View Post