This will be the day we've waited for
This will be the day we open up the door...
Well, or something like that. Today was the day Road to Purgatory started and I was pumped. All projects had been finished and spectating the flame-war had become boring, with no new drama to la...
2020-12-23 14:26:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe week after getting my capsule had been a busy one. On one hand, I wanted to get the few remaining work-projects done so I could jump into Road to Purgatory with both feed, on another hand I wanted to perfect my capsule home-space, on a third hand I wanted to watch the flame war a large ...
2020-12-22 17:34:08 +0000 UTC View PostTravelling with a large group of well-armed and ready to fight orcs had the expected effect on the local wildlife. Even our normally smaller, yet powerful, group had a major deterring effect on curious critters, but the orcs took that effect and dialed it to eleven, maybe even twelve. According t...
2020-12-21 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe next month was hell. I knew I'd get the latest piece of gaming-hardware, I knew when I would get it and all I could do was wait. It was akin to waiting for Christmas, only worse.
At least some amusement was provided by my old team, as their growing pains were quite severe and there was ...
2020-12-20 13:11:48 +0000 UTC View PostMaybe I should have realised that a game with the name “Road to Purgatory” involved a whole lot of roads and walking on them. Not that we truly had a road to march on, it was a foot-path with pretensions of grandeur, created by people walking across the land and later maintained by t...
2020-12-18 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings, dear Traveller
This thread is for the discussion of the latest vision-shard that managed to cross the world from Mundus into our world, showing a battle between orcs, centaurs and their respective allies. Wh...
2020-12-16 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThis time, it was my turn to watch Sigmir slowly wake up and I felt a smile creep up on my face, simply because it looked so adorable. Once more, I was struck by the immense contrast, that a person so powerful, so wild, as my Sigmir could look so calm and peaceful in their sleep and upon waking u...
2020-12-14 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostLooking up at the stars, I had to chuckle to myself. Preparing and eating dinner on a small stretch of sand in a bend of the river had given me some time to actually think and make me realise just how ridiculous the idea was. Visions of me, dressed in tight, black clothes and masked with a balacl...
2020-12-11 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWaking up cuddled up to Sigmir was always a pleasure. Her smell, the warmth of her arm wrapped around my back, the solid muscles cushioning me, they all worked together to give me a sense of content peace. As I squirmed a little, just shifting my position while rubbing myself against her body, I ...
2020-12-09 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostOnce I was finished with the mundane tasks of maintenance in my apartment, I went back into the capsule, lying down on the comfortable gel-backing and closing my eyes. I was still confused and a little unsure about the recording I had watched earlier, the actions taken by Lenore and me together a...
2020-12-07 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“We will accompany you then, as your guests.” I accepted Dura Firebringer’s suggestion after a moment of consideration. There was a part of me that was cautious, maybe paranoid, because of the look on her face but a long-honed instinct within me was smelling a chain-quest, an opportunity to...
2020-12-04 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time the last orc was reasonably well, the sun had fully risen above the valley, bathing us all in its burning rays. Part of me wanted to simply pull back the covers, so to speak, to conjure up enough mists and clouds to block the hateful light but sadly, I did not have that power, at leas...
2020-12-02 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I started to channel power into the downed orc’s body, I almost instantly realised my mistake. The first effect my power had was that his teeth started to chatter, reminding me that I had been careless, that my Astral Power was always tinged with Ice and, as I noticed when paying attention...
2020-11-30 17:16:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe contrast was stark and that my spell had done more than just conceal the area was incredibly obvious. The whole valley was covered in grass with a few shrubs visible, at least where Dura Firebringer and her explosive spells hadn’t burned that away, but the area where the mist had been was...
2020-11-27 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostWaking up was not fun. The alarm going off in my head managed to jostle me awake but I still felt like my mind had been hit by a truck, sore and like my head was a number too small for my brain. I didn’t want to get up and would have preferred to simply stay cuddled up to Sigmir, resting on her...
2020-11-25 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostWe carefully made our way around the valley, paying attention to our surroundings. We had no way of knowing whether the wolves in the forest had all joined the attack on the orcs or if there were some left, just waiting to take a bite out of us. Prudence and vigilance was what would keep us alive...
2020-11-23 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostWatching Adra and Rai start their climb into the valley, I had to nod to myself in approval. The climb would normally be easy, especially if you had dry ground and good lighting. They had neither, turning the steep slope, broken up by rocks, cracks and roots into a treacherous obstacle that neede...
2020-11-20 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAs we were contemplating the sensations we received from the centaur in our claws, the howling of wolves added to the pandemonium of the region. The previously calm and quiet night was now anything but, especially as the orcs had begun their attack earlier, that much had been obvious thanks to bl...
2020-11-18 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostTwo centaurs, lightly armoured and with weapons at their side rest comfortably near a fire, not quite keeping watch but being awake and aware to raise the alarm, if one of the outer guards raises a disturbance. Around them, tents made from canvas create an orderly camp, with clear paths for swift...
2020-11-16 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostAfter looking our new body over for a moment, we decided that we needed a name. There was power in names and we were neither Morgana, nor Lenore. We were both, yet neither, a whole that was greater than the sum of its parts. Our moment of contemplation lasted for a mere moment, knowledge of the u...
2020-11-13 17:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a light meal, a shower and a little exercise, I logged back into Road to Purgatory, a grin on my face. I couldn’t wait to see what the night would bring, whether my plans would come to fruition, whether the magic Lenore and I had cooked up would work as designed. Testing yourself against ...
2020-11-11 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe negotiations had been fast and furious, both sides trying to get useful concessions, while keeping in mind that time was of the essence, that we needed to make use of the night, if we wanted to get things done. They quickly agreed that the plan that kept both groups separated was the better o...
2020-11-09 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“So, tell me, what is the situation? I’ll assume you made camp early for a reason?” I asked, needing to know the tactical situation to make informed decisions.
“The Centaurs made camp, maybe an hour ahead of us. On the face of it, they made a major tactical mistake, moving into a va...
2020-11-06 17:16:15 +0000 UTC View PostI had to give it to the orcs, they were disciplined. While they were individually relaxed during their march, the scouts and other parts of their formation were serious and vigilant, ready to spring into action at a moment's notice, buying the troops the time to react to a potential threat. In ad...
2020-11-04 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostApparently, orcish was a good language to curse in. The invective spewing from Dura Firebringer after I explained to her our theory about the centaurs being just one part of a larger force was impressive, the translation-ability I gained from Lenore working overtime to not only translate the word...
2020-11-02 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTalking to another spellcaster was always interesting. In the case of Dura Firebringer that was particularly true, due to the opposite nature of our powers and approach, something that allowed me to compare and contrast her ideas and concepts with my own.
As such, it was late in the night w...
2020-10-30 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“What a mess, indeed.” Dura muttered, once I had fully explained what I had seen, even if I had been vague on my methods.
“I know you and your group planned to travel onwards tomorrow but would it be possible to remain with us for a day?” she asked, after thinking for a moment, givi...
2020-10-28 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Did you notice?” I asked Lenore, slowly disentangling my mind from the scrying-construct we had created and used to observe the centaur-camp. It had worked quite a bit better than anticipated, either thanks to having experienced flight, albeit from inside my Hallow, or because I had crossed ...
2020-10-26 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostIn the evening, it became apparent just how serious the orcs were about pushing their speed. They kept going, even after the sun had mostly set, marching on in the twilight, only setting up a rudimentary camp just before the light had truly faded. And even then, they mostly split into smaller gro...
2020-10-23 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post