Much like a parent with a preternatural sense of when his kids were causing trouble, Riardin showed up less than five minutes later. Rob didn’t bother trying to defend the scene: himself with his wounds still not fully Regenerated, Keira with the angry-smug expression of someone who had gotten ...
2021-04-21 07:45:20 +0000 UTC View PostRob missed a lot of things from Earth, but at the moment, what he missed most was his cell phone camera. They say that a picture tells a thousand words, and the look of collective shock on the seven elves’ faces as he threw down the gauntlet was worth at least a couple hundred. Riardin managed ...
2021-04-21 07:43:00 +0000 UTC View PostKeira and Rob were making their way to the ranger training grounds when Rob piped up with a question. “Out of curiosity, why did you choose the Warrior Class? What made you want to go all-in on greatswords?”
“...um...”
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~Several Decades Ago~
Rob idly tapped his foot against the ground as he waited. Waiting, as it turns out, was something he was going to have to get used to. That hadn’t been an issue when he was stumbling around a deadly forest, not knowing where he was going or what was behind that tree or if he’d lost track of t...
2021-04-21 07:40:39 +0000 UTC View PostA deluge of outdated system messages flooded Rob’s vision as he awoke. His eyes widened as he sat up from the couch he was laying on and scrolled through the list showcasing the internal bludgeoning his brain had been put through while he was unconscious.
51 localized Brain Damag...
Status Effect: Hopeful (Mild) has changed to Hopeful (Moderate)!
And weren’t those just the most beautiful words he’d ever read.
Rob had expected there to be a whirlwind of activity after the voting had ended in his favor. Loud protests from Alessia, fierce deba...
“So what do you want to do tonight?” Jason asked. “Heard there’s going to be a party on 4th
Street. Could be a good time, assuming it doesn’t end up like the last one.”
Rob grimaced. “It’s a shame the world will never know who set off those fireworks.”
Jason gav...
A gentle breeze caressed his cheek.
His campfire crackled in the silence.
The moon shone down with warmth.
It was all wrong. Too calm. Too peaceful. Too normal for what he’d just heard. The entire world had just been pulled out from under his feet and life had the ...
Figuring out what to do with Men’ta’s body ended up being a grim, mentally-exhausting stumbling block. They couldn’t leave his body behind for later retrieval as it would be summarily eaten by spiders – or any of the other carnivorous beasties roaming the woods. It made Rob imagine a fami...
2021-04-21 07:00:46 +0000 UTC View Post“In the interest of distracting myself, do you mind if I ask a few questions?” Keira asked. She was looking a little better than before, but in the way that sticking a band-aid on a cut made it better. Rip the band-aid off too quickly and you would expose the wound to the elements again.
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Rob ran, and he didn’t know where.
He had no delusions that he could outrun the elves if they came for him again. They would be on him like a pack of lions cornering an infant gazelle. Nor did he have any destination in mind, or even a hunch he was following.
He ran because he did...
“We must kill the Human.”
The Elder’s proclamation sparked another round of debate. Emotions flew about the room like debris in a tempest, tossed about aimlessly and without any regard for collateral damage. At least, that was how Riardin viewed it. An outsider to the village would h...
On the third day, he almost died. It wasn’t even his fault this time.
Rob woke up from his nightmares to find that his HP and Stamina were sinking like a rock. The culprit was no mystery; he was coughing up a lung and shivering like a babe in winter. He drank water and ate berries – th...
HP: 99 / 210
Stamina: 35 / 90
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HP: 100 / 210
Stamina: 37 / 90
Rob shut his metaphysical eyes and closed the character sheet. An unbidden sigh of relief hissed through clenched teeth. Despite everythi...
“Seriously? You said that to a professor?” Jason snickered. “Not trying to earn any brownie points, are you?”
“Hey, he was being a dick,” Rob shrugged in response. “What was I supposed to do? Sit there and take it?”
“...yeeeeees? He can make your life a living hell...