Whispering shadows surround us like a permeating aura, stemming from darkness that fills the whole breadth of floor sixty-six like ink in a jar. But it’s not like the floor that skitters, no, this place is different. It’s not just dark, it’s as if we stared at the sun for so long that our e...
2021-05-01 06:58:01 +0000 UTC View PostFresh rubs her tired eyes, yawning as she stretches herself out in her bed. The girl’s lower back pops and she yelps, the tension in her body falling slack as she stops her stretching and sinks back down into her mattress, exhaling a long breath.
Taking a moment to breathe in a...
2021-04-30 18:33:37 +0000 UTC View PostMidnight moonlight shines in through the caked, dust painted windows. The dull glow that barely manages to creep in, intermingling with the light of the lantern that the girl has dulled by half closing the shutters on the small device. She holds it up above her head, shining it around the room an...
2021-04-30 09:07:43 +0000 UTC View PostFresh stands outside, just next to the dungeon gate. But her eyes don’t look towards the dungeon, rather she scans the ring of houses around the plaza, looking for what it is that’s bothering her. It’s the middle of the night. The rest of the last day was quiet and uneventful, but she was h...
2021-04-30 07:31:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe eclipse shines up above us, the fake sun and the moon of the dungeon layering over one another as they spin around the ceiling. Intersecting beams of pale light shine out from the both of them, soaking the world below in a strange, mystical hue. Two great, radiant objects attached to the roof...
2021-04-30 06:26:17 +0000 UTC View Post“Basil! What’s it like to be a priestess?” asks Fresh, standing behind the counter on her way to collect another load of armor to bring upstairs.
Basil thinks for a moment, before answering with a smile. “It’s a lot of work, but it’s very rewarding,” says the woman....
2021-04-29 14:18:38 +0000 UTC View PostWe stand there, four eyes transfixed on the shimmering mirror of the large, reflective crystal we stand in front of. A sharp ambient light seems to shine around us, yet there is no visible source. I tilt my head, looking at the visage of the armored skeleton shining back out towards me, who does ...
2021-04-29 06:06:54 +0000 UTC View PostFresh looks at the ectoplasm and then down to the bundle of spring-green slime that she had asked Basil to buy for her. Goo from slimes, which were apparently common enemies just past the graveyard down in the dungeon. Popping the corks off of both small bottles, she pours the contents into a pot...
2021-04-28 08:48:48 +0000 UTC View PostBy somewhere to belong, I obviously didn’t mean inside of me.
But that doesn’t stop the slime-girl that is sloshing around inside of my hollow armor, from slipping in and out of my bones as she… does whatever it is that slimes do when you aren’t watching them. I’d prefe...
2021-04-28 06:45:36 +0000 UTC View PostFresh looks at the mountain of teeth in front of her. “Jubilee, I don’t know if there are enough goblins in the dungeon for us to keep this up,” says the girl.
“What do you mean?”
“Well, with all the daggers and the new weapons and now this sword, we...
2021-04-27 08:17:55 +0000 UTC View PostSomewhere to belong -
I kick off of the next wall, doing my best to not ever touch the disgusting goo that covers the floor. Doing my best to avoid the lurching bodies and the outstretched hands that rise up from the slime to reach for me, my mud-stained, wet, tattered cape billo...
2021-04-27 06:09:25 +0000 UTC View PostI edited the last two chapters to make the transition to paying off the debt a little more gradual
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Repaid - {4998} Obols] !
-{ 0 Obols Remain Due}- !
The barkeeper nods to them both with an unus...
2021-04-26 09:58:56 +0000 UTC View PostI know what I have to do. But…
I look at the entrance to the next floor above me, as I stand on the precipice of the staircase in abject horror at what lies beyond. They’re all dead, right? The hero-party already came through here, so I’m safe, right?
Right...
2021-04-26 05:50:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe day flies by quickly and an exhausted, but somewhat less troubled, Basil leaves the store for the night, as Jubilee and Fresh finish up the last of their tasks for the day. The lanterns are all sold out, including the display piece and the shelves are picked clean. The two of them have made a...
2021-04-25 08:33:05 +0000 UTC View PostIt is a father’s role, to teach his children to overcome. Strictly archetypically speaking, that is.
I leap to the side, as the great maw of the undead dragon strikes into the ground, shaking the world as his skull crashes into the rock, displacing a flurry of snow, sending it ...
2021-04-25 06:17:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe day goes by fairly quickly as the three of them work. Fresh finishes her projects upstairs, putting Jubilee’s room in order and then finishing her work on their shutters. She isn’t sure if these will stop a vampire from coming in from the outside. But they might slow one down at the very ...
2021-04-24 17:33:44 +0000 UTC View PostFresh lies awake, tossing and turning as the sounds begin to collect outside. The tapping. The rain returning once again. She flips over, looking at the lantern she had made before that is set against the wall of her room and her eyes find their way over to the chain-lock on her door, just double...
2021-04-24 10:00:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe snow crunches beneath my boots as I walk over the metaphorical mountain. You might be wondering, guy, how can there be a mountain in the dungeon? Aren’t you underground?
It’s a small mountain, okay?
It’s more of a… play-mountain, contained in a giant ...
2021-04-24 06:37:39 +0000 UTC View PostFresh lays on her back, swirling the bottle of ectoplasm around above her head. Her eyes are locked in fixation onto the faintly glowing white-goo that is sloshing back and forth inside of the glass jar.
“Ghost-goo. Ghost-goo.” She narrows her eyes. “Ghost-goo-ghost-goo-gho...
2021-04-23 11:14:14 +0000 UTC View PostI look at the sphinx blocking the way.
“Get out of the way, Sphinx!” I yell at it, pointing my lance towards the creature blocking the sandstone corridor.
The sphinx tilts its head. Its, or… ‘her’ face - which is that of a black-haired human with pointy...
2021-04-23 09:01:30 +0000 UTC View Post“Work here?” asks Basil, somewhat surprised.
Fresh leans in. “Yeah!” The girl rubs her head. “Jubilee and I can’t keep up with the work on our own forever. It’s really exhausting.”
Basil fidgets, looking around the store uncertainly. “I’m not ...
2021-04-22 14:54:50 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s just a road.
I run down the way that cuts through the floor which is filled with a thick, dense bramble. Thorns the size of my head, sprouting out of gigantic, coiling green vines fill the space on either side of the way that I follow.
But apart from...
2021-04-22 06:12:05 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s the middle of the night and Fresh looks through her grimoire, thinking about recipes for a stamina potion, as she taps her chin with her other finger. The tip of which is wet from opening the book. Jubilee has gone to bed and she sits downstairs alone, thinking about this future project. B...
2021-04-21 15:26:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe day ends without anything else of notable excitement happening and Fresh falls asleep in an instant, after finishing her work. Still feeling deeply exhausted from the night before.
Waking up early, feeling much better after a night’s rest, if not a little frazzled, Fresh wa...
2021-04-21 09:28:50 +0000 UTC View PostFloor seventy-three sucks.
I pull myself out of the waist-high muck that is bubbling around me, as I trudge through the pool of mud, the wet, thick coagulation seeping through and into my boots and legs. Thankfully, all of the giant leeches are dead. Double thankfully, I don’t ...
2021-04-21 06:40:16 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re up early,” says Jubilee as they come down the stairs.
Standing behind the counter, Fresh looks over to her friend with tired, but fulfilled eyes. She had spent all night down in the dungeon. It was tricky work for her, with her low health and stats. But the cursed d...
2021-04-20 10:54:36 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s all been a lot.
I run up the staircase towards whatever lies beyond, my tattered cape billowing behind me as a symbol of my conviction, the soft fabric blowing so gently in the winds that I myself create by movement. Movement. Climbing. Struggle.
It’s be...
2021-04-20 08:27:49 +0000 UTC View PostFresh tosses and turns in her bed, pulling the blankets around over herself uncomfortably as she fidgets, unable to fall asleep. It’s the middle of the night and she turns over again to her other side, having lost count of how often she had already unsuccessfully tried to fall asleep in this po...
2021-04-19 15:48:30 +0000 UTC View PostBmmmmmmmmm-
I spread my arms around, kicking with my legs as I press my body into the wet sand of the beach. Can you hear the water too? It’s so relaxing. I feel the heat on my back, the rushing sound in my ear that hums with a gentle drone, I feel the wet sand press itself inw...
2021-04-19 06:40:48 +0000 UTC View PostThey close the shop early, putting up a sign. After having searched through the bins, Fresh now looks upstairs, crawling on her stomach as she scours the floor of the pantry. Jubilee comes in, having locked up below.
“Anything?”
“No,” says Fresh meekly, c...
2021-04-18 09:44:02 +0000 UTC View Post