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I stumbled my way out of the tower and down to the arch where I had acquired my runic tattoos. When I got there I realized I had no idea where I was headed. I needed to get back but wasn’t even close to knowing how to do that.
“Now what!” I grumbled tossing my arms into the air. At that moment a ripping sound shattered the silence as the Realm ripper mouse stepped into existence. I stared him down as he smirked at me.
“Seen enough hunter?” it asked mischievously.
“You have a knack for turning up at times like this.” I replied. He raised an eyebrow at me.
“Follow me then.” he said as he split the air between us. “This will be the last time you see this place Plankrun.” There was a look in his eye that I didn’t like but he was indeed my only way back. At least
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Z-Tower Chapter 42
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The bishop waited for me to get on my feet, he would make no move unless I made one first. I stayed on my knees watching as my trap circled in for another go but it was blasted back once again. The bishop hadn’t even twitched. His eyes swiveled back to me, taunting me to come closer. My trap made no more attempts on the mouse. Its energy was draining and it had become clumsy.
I called for my traps retreat, but it was blasted three more times before it made it safely to my end of the checkered room. The trap took its stand behind me as I scrambled to my feet. The Bishop still hadn’t moved. I took to the shadows with my trap as my defense and tried to make it along the wall as far as I could manage. The bishop was no fool though; he sent pawns in search for me in the dim
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The bishop waited for me to get on my feet, he would make no move unless I made one first. I stayed on my knees watching as my trap circled in for another go but it was blasted back once again. The bishop hadn’t even twitched. His eyes swiveled back to me, taunting me to come closer. My trap made no more attempts on the mouse. Its energy was draining and it had become clumsy.
I called for my traps retreat, but it was blasted three more times before it made it safely to my end of the checkered room. The trap took its stand behind me as I scrambled to my feet. The Bishop still hadn’t moved. I took to the shadows with my trap as my defense and tried to make it along the wall as far as I could manage. The bishop was no fool though; he sent pawns in search for me in the dim
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The pawns floated off the ground a few inches and waited for the first move. They didn’t look powerful, but I knew they weren’t alone and more would come. I pulled out my trap and whispered a spell to enlarge it. My knight took his place beside me. The shadows of the room danced and played across the walls. I made my move forward.
The pawn across from me moved forward as well grinning at his brothers as he did so. They were cunning, they wouldn’t be easy to trick like my fellow man. This was their game and I was just another player.
My knight stayed put as I took another step but before I situated myself I was ambushed. The pawns rushed in, more than the required amount for a game; dozens of them coming from nowhere. I was
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The pawns floated off the ground a few inches and waited for the first move. They didn’t look powerful, but I knew they weren’t alone and more would come. I pulled out my trap and whispered a spell to enlarge it. My knight took his place beside me. The shadows of the room danced and played across the walls. I made my move forward.
The pawn across from me moved forward as well grinning at his brothers as he did so. They were cunning, they wouldn’t be easy to trick like my fellow man. This was their game and I was just another player.
My knight stayed put as I took another step but before I situated myself I was ambushed. The pawns rushed in, more than the required amount for a game; dozens of them coming from nowhere. I was
Friday, December 30, 2011
P-Realm Chapter 40
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I stretched my arm out in front of me. The runes were a flat black, not like the Ripper’s runes that glowed bright blue. I knew that he said it would be best to not touch the runes on the wall, but could it really hurt to finally understand the language around me? I looked at my untouched arm before stretching it out once more to touch the left wall. The instant my fingertips brushed the symbols the runes on my right arm exploded in a blinding flash of blue light.
I felt the runes being carved into my left arm, I watched them fade from the wall once more but appear again on my arm. One rune at a time, the pain felt like forever, but it was quickly finished. I made a fist and held up my arm, it glowed dully then faded again to black, with a tint of transparency as if not
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I stretched my arm out in front of me. The runes were a flat black, not like the Ripper’s runes that glowed bright blue. I knew that he said it would be best to not touch the runes on the wall, but could it really hurt to finally understand the language around me? I looked at my untouched arm before stretching it out once more to touch the left wall. The instant my fingertips brushed the symbols the runes on my right arm exploded in a blinding flash of blue light.
I felt the runes being carved into my left arm, I watched them fade from the wall once more but appear again on my arm. One rune at a time, the pain felt like forever, but it was quickly finished. I made a fist and held up my arm, it glowed dully then faded again to black, with a tint of transparency as if not
P-Realm Chapter 39
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The mist was suffocating. Who would want to live here? I stood carefully taking it all in. there was a silence here, so deep that I knew I was alone. Not knowing where to go or what to do, I took out the stolen page. The whole thing was devoted to alternate realms, some with lots of detail. Some realms were considered dead, empty. Others were dangerous, meant solely for the banishment of wrongdoers. I could only wonder what type of realm I stood in.
On a hill a ways up there was a crumbling tower. Some long dead monument of a lost kingdom. I felt the earth beneath my feet crunch and give, void of life. The mist swirled around my body as
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The mist was suffocating. Who would want to live here? I stood carefully taking it all in. there was a silence here, so deep that I knew I was alone. Not knowing where to go or what to do, I took out the stolen page. The whole thing was devoted to alternate realms, some with lots of detail. Some realms were considered dead, empty. Others were dangerous, meant solely for the banishment of wrongdoers. I could only wonder what type of realm I stood in.
On a hill a ways up there was a crumbling tower. Some long dead monument of a lost kingdom. I felt the earth beneath my feet crunch and give, void of life. The mist swirled around my body as
Plankrun Forbidden Grove Chapter 38
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The Acolytes stood there, hungry and powerful, waiting for my first move. What they wouldn’t give to have a hunter on their side to control, and to manipulate. What I wouldn’t give to be free. I shook my head to calm my inner voice.
Upon the stone table I noted the pile of little blue stones. The Forgotten Book had mentioned things like this before. It called them ancient runes. They had an unknown origin, and I had a suspicion the acolytes brought them here.
“I wouldn’t stand in that doorway for too long hunter.” said the Lich mouse from behind the
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The Acolytes stood there, hungry and powerful, waiting for my first move. What they wouldn’t give to have a hunter on their side to control, and to manipulate. What I wouldn’t give to be free. I shook my head to calm my inner voice.
Upon the stone table I noted the pile of little blue stones. The Forgotten Book had mentioned things like this before. It called them ancient runes. They had an unknown origin, and I had a suspicion the acolytes brought them here.
“I wouldn’t stand in that doorway for too long hunter.” said the Lich mouse from behind the
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Z-Seasonal Garden Chapter 37
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I tore the island apart; the mice ran in fear of my wrath. I could no longer pursue them myself; instead I had to use my traps. Mice were very smart and very stupid at the same time. Something about cheese had them coming back for more even if it meant they’d risk death to get it. So, I relaxed in the spring and let my creation do all the work.
I had never been one of power; actually I was usually the furthest from it. I was an average spellcaster, and was never close to royalty, but now I was the one calling the shots. I first had to bend to the will of the seasons, and then I bent back. If I thought spring took too long, I brought along summer, or if fall was too dull I’d reign in a torrent of snow. It was out of the vermin’s hands. I felt the
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I tore the island apart; the mice ran in fear of my wrath. I could no longer pursue them myself; instead I had to use my traps. Mice were very smart and very stupid at the same time. Something about cheese had them coming back for more even if it meant they’d risk death to get it. So, I relaxed in the spring and let my creation do all the work.
I had never been one of power; actually I was usually the furthest from it. I was an average spellcaster, and was never close to royalty, but now I was the one calling the shots. I first had to bend to the will of the seasons, and then I bent back. If I thought spring took too long, I brought along summer, or if fall was too dull I’d reign in a torrent of snow. It was out of the vermin’s hands. I felt the
Z-Seasonal Garden Chapter 36
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I was no longer a hunter, no, I was a predator. The garden had changed me, warped me into something it wanted me to be, forced me to become something new. I was a lot stealthier, constantly moving, never letting them gain the upper hand. I worked my way through the different mice at a rate I thought unobtainable before.
I had to use magic’s I never thought I was capable of, on mice I use to think powerful. Bah! This was my garden now, and soon I would take the tower. I let revenge push me to the edge and back again, but in doing so I had to let go of everything else. I had to forget Plankrun and his chosen path on the mainland. I was not allowed to dwell on it I had to change as the seasons changed around me. I had to learn.
Once I mastered the magic I was able to live quite comfortably in the garden. I was able to push the rain away from me, forming a safe dome of dry air around my body. Summer was nothing when I
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I was no longer a hunter, no, I was a predator. The garden had changed me, warped me into something it wanted me to be, forced me to become something new. I was a lot stealthier, constantly moving, never letting them gain the upper hand. I worked my way through the different mice at a rate I thought unobtainable before.
I had to use magic’s I never thought I was capable of, on mice I use to think powerful. Bah! This was my garden now, and soon I would take the tower. I let revenge push me to the edge and back again, but in doing so I had to let go of everything else. I had to forget Plankrun and his chosen path on the mainland. I was not allowed to dwell on it I had to change as the seasons changed around me. I had to learn.
Once I mastered the magic I was able to live quite comfortably in the garden. I was able to push the rain away from me, forming a safe dome of dry air around my body. Summer was nothing when I
Z-Seasonal Garden Chapter 35
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The next thing I became aware of was the lack of feeling in my legs.
I built up a wall of snow to block the wind, but that cost me my hands. I couldn’t feel any part of me any longer. The cold was consuming me. How long had it been, how many minutes, hours, days, had I been trapped? Magic was out, I tried it but nothing worked. I blamed the cold, it over took my
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Winter
It was cold….that was all I knew.The next thing I became aware of was the lack of feeling in my legs.
I built up a wall of snow to block the wind, but that cost me my hands. I couldn’t feel any part of me any longer. The cold was consuming me. How long had it been, how many minutes, hours, days, had I been trapped? Magic was out, I tried it but nothing worked. I blamed the cold, it over took my
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
P-Catacombs Chapter 34
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======================================================================= When I at last hit the bottom steps I was thrown back into darkness. Remembering the Keeper’s candle I had snagged I pulled it out to light it. The flame was unusually bright but I expected it was just because any type of light would be brighter than usual in the darkness. Only as I used the candle, I noticed other things about it. Like how it wouldn’t light every hallway; the flame would go black. I felt like somehow the candle knew I was lost and was leading me to a place I would want to be.
Because I had no particular destination I let the candle guide me. Only taking the paths it lit up and avoiding the darker, threatening passages. Deeper and deeper into the depths of the catacombs the light guided me. I probably walked miles. Tunnels and passages crisscrossed in every direction and I
======================================================================= When I at last hit the bottom steps I was thrown back into darkness. Remembering the Keeper’s candle I had snagged I pulled it out to light it. The flame was unusually bright but I expected it was just because any type of light would be brighter than usual in the darkness. Only as I used the candle, I noticed other things about it. Like how it wouldn’t light every hallway; the flame would go black. I felt like somehow the candle knew I was lost and was leading me to a place I would want to be.
Because I had no particular destination I let the candle guide me. Only taking the paths it lit up and avoiding the darker, threatening passages. Deeper and deeper into the depths of the catacombs the light guided me. I probably walked miles. Tunnels and passages crisscrossed in every direction and I
P-Mousoleum Chapter 33
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======================================================================= I stared at my shiny new trap. The moon was nearly down and dawn would be upon me soon. I just sat back relaxing, listening to everything around me. The Mousoleum had been very quiet most the night. The Acolytes had put fear into anything living.
My trap sent a tingle through my hand as I touched it to place it on the base. It was a beacon of blinding light, standing taller than any of my regular traps. I used many different forgotten spells to forge the scraps into something usable. And even more spells to project the beads power out onto the
======================================================================= I stared at my shiny new trap. The moon was nearly down and dawn would be upon me soon. I just sat back relaxing, listening to everything around me. The Mousoleum had been very quiet most the night. The Acolytes had put fear into anything living.
My trap sent a tingle through my hand as I touched it to place it on the base. It was a beacon of blinding light, standing taller than any of my regular traps. I used many different forgotten spells to forge the scraps into something usable. And even more spells to project the beads power out onto the
Z-Seasonal Garden Chapter 32
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======================================================================= I sat on the stone steps outside the tower door in disappointment. The key had been too small, just as the first had been. I shivered as the threat of winter approached. I was far from properly dressed, and only had a small travel cloak folded and shoved into the depths of my pockets. I pulled it out and wrapped it around me before descending the ancient steps.
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I began to lose track of the days. As the seasons changed it made days seem like years. And before I knew it fall was gone, each dead leaf blown out to sea and the snow came in mounds. The waves crashed below me and they started to look very welcoming. I wasn’t sure how far I was from another
======================================================================= I sat on the stone steps outside the tower door in disappointment. The key had been too small, just as the first had been. I shivered as the threat of winter approached. I was far from properly dressed, and only had a small travel cloak folded and shoved into the depths of my pockets. I pulled it out and wrapped it around me before descending the ancient steps.
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I began to lose track of the days. As the seasons changed it made days seem like years. And before I knew it fall was gone, each dead leaf blown out to sea and the snow came in mounds. The waves crashed below me and they started to look very welcoming. I wasn’t sure how far I was from another
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Z-Seasonal Garden Chapter 31
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======================================================================= I sat on the stone steps outside the tower door in disappointment. The key had been too small, just as the first had been. I shivered as the threat of winter approached. I was far from properly dressed, and only had a small travel cloak folded and shoved into the depths of my pockets. I pulled it out and wrapped it around me before descending the ancient steps.
I began to lose track of the days. As the seasons changed it made days seem like years. And before I knew it fall was gone, each dead leaf blown out to sea and the snow came in mounds. The waves crashed below me and they started to look very welcoming. I wasn’t sure how far I was from
======================================================================= I sat on the stone steps outside the tower door in disappointment. The key had been too small, just as the first had been. I shivered as the threat of winter approached. I was far from properly dressed, and only had a small travel cloak folded and shoved into the depths of my pockets. I pulled it out and wrapped it around me before descending the ancient steps.
I began to lose track of the days. As the seasons changed it made days seem like years. And before I knew it fall was gone, each dead leaf blown out to sea and the snow came in mounds. The waves crashed below me and they started to look very welcoming. I wasn’t sure how far I was from
P-Catacombs Chapter 30
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======================================================================= “There you go Plankrun. Easy does it”
I didn’t recognize the voice, but I felt someone lift me from the ground. A tight bandage had been wrapped around my middle while I had been unconscious. My head swam as I sat there; I kept my eyes shut trying to calm the nausea in my stomach. It was when I felt fur brush against my arm that I snapped open my eyes.
Kneeling beside me was a mouse I had yet encountered. Glowing runes covered his whole body; like tattoos they wrapped around his arms, legs, and chest. The marks even made their way down to the tip of his tail and a few across his face. It was a sight to take in. As I stared at the mouse I watched the
======================================================================= “There you go Plankrun. Easy does it”
I didn’t recognize the voice, but I felt someone lift me from the ground. A tight bandage had been wrapped around my middle while I had been unconscious. My head swam as I sat there; I kept my eyes shut trying to calm the nausea in my stomach. It was when I felt fur brush against my arm that I snapped open my eyes.
Kneeling beside me was a mouse I had yet encountered. Glowing runes covered his whole body; like tattoos they wrapped around his arms, legs, and chest. The marks even made their way down to the tip of his tail and a few across his face. It was a sight to take in. As I stared at the mouse I watched the
P-Catacombs Chapter 29
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======================================================================= Curiosity ripped through me as I made my way back to the stone steps that would lead me back to the sanctuary of the Mousoleum above. As I walked I came across different passageways, halls I longed to explore. Hundreds of hunters could explore down the ancient passageways and probably never break through the secrets of the Catacombs.
Having those thoughts reminded me of my journal. I pulled it out and in the dim light; below the flickering of tiny dying candles I drew a rough map. The steps that guided me down and then the passage I was in and the ones branching off of it. It was the only safe way for me to explore and not
======================================================================= Curiosity ripped through me as I made my way back to the stone steps that would lead me back to the sanctuary of the Mousoleum above. As I walked I came across different passageways, halls I longed to explore. Hundreds of hunters could explore down the ancient passageways and probably never break through the secrets of the Catacombs.
Having those thoughts reminded me of my journal. I pulled it out and in the dim light; below the flickering of tiny dying candles I drew a rough map. The steps that guided me down and then the passage I was in and the ones branching off of it. It was the only safe way for me to explore and not
Monday, December 26, 2011
Z-Seasonal Garden Chapter 28
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======================================================================= My first catch in the Seasonal Garden, as I started calling it, sent a jolt of joy through me. Without hunting, this place was nothing but a nagging mystery. I watched from a distance as my trap came to life and tousled with the new mouse. The mouse had a glove full of seeds, he tossed the glowing balls of life at the ground near my trap and they instantly sprouted tangled plant like weeds, but the knight sidestepped them easily and took down the mouse with one swipe of his jousting pole.
I recovered the unconscious mouse and placed fresh cheese upon the trap that had returned to its still form. I breathed in deep, pulling spring air into my lungs. I was enjoying the weather after the rain gave it a rest, but that probably meant summer was coming and that was bound to be
======================================================================= My first catch in the Seasonal Garden, as I started calling it, sent a jolt of joy through me. Without hunting, this place was nothing but a nagging mystery. I watched from a distance as my trap came to life and tousled with the new mouse. The mouse had a glove full of seeds, he tossed the glowing balls of life at the ground near my trap and they instantly sprouted tangled plant like weeds, but the knight sidestepped them easily and took down the mouse with one swipe of his jousting pole.
I recovered the unconscious mouse and placed fresh cheese upon the trap that had returned to its still form. I breathed in deep, pulling spring air into my lungs. I was enjoying the weather after the rain gave it a rest, but that probably meant summer was coming and that was bound to be
Z-Seasonal Garden Chapter 27
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======================================================================= I held up my new creation. My chess piece shined silver in the snow. I had fused together the magic of each of the separate pieces into one powerful trap. It just needed one more thing. I reached into my pockets with cold hands and pulled out a small blue feather. I felt a sudden jolt of energy rush through my body as I held it. Most wizards would kill to have one of these, and I had two. Placing the feather on the head of the knight had an immediate effect. I was glad too, for I had no living shards in my pockets.
The knight and his horse walked in circles around me before coming to stand upon my base. A base that suddenly looked feeble next to my new trap. I racked my head a bit trying to think of a new way to craft a base. We’d never crafted bases before, but there was a first time for everything.
I reached into my pocket and pulled out an old book. Runes glowed dimly on the binding and the pages whispered dark secrets of the past. It was the Forgotten Book, Volume 1. I only hoped Plankrun still
======================================================================= I held up my new creation. My chess piece shined silver in the snow. I had fused together the magic of each of the separate pieces into one powerful trap. It just needed one more thing. I reached into my pockets with cold hands and pulled out a small blue feather. I felt a sudden jolt of energy rush through my body as I held it. Most wizards would kill to have one of these, and I had two. Placing the feather on the head of the knight had an immediate effect. I was glad too, for I had no living shards in my pockets.
The knight and his horse walked in circles around me before coming to stand upon my base. A base that suddenly looked feeble next to my new trap. I racked my head a bit trying to think of a new way to craft a base. We’d never crafted bases before, but there was a first time for everything.
I reached into my pocket and pulled out an old book. Runes glowed dimly on the binding and the pages whispered dark secrets of the past. It was the Forgotten Book, Volume 1. I only hoped Plankrun still
P-Catacombs Chapter 26
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======================================================================= "Come, won't you join us?" said the Acolyte pointing to his companion who had returned to muttering over the Sorcerer's corpse.
I carefully got to my feet keeping a good space between myself and the other mice. I backed against the wall being careful not to make any sudden movements.
"There, that's it." The Acolyte turned to the stone where the Sorcerer lay. As I watched, the flesh of the mouse melted off leaving nothing but bone behind. I held back vomit as I stared appalled. Both Acolytes carefully re-clothed the dead mouse. Replacing its old red robes with blue fabric that draped over the bones in layers. They then strung a belt around the middle and fastened a jagged blade to
======================================================================= "Come, won't you join us?" said the Acolyte pointing to his companion who had returned to muttering over the Sorcerer's corpse.
I carefully got to my feet keeping a good space between myself and the other mice. I backed against the wall being careful not to make any sudden movements.
"There, that's it." The Acolyte turned to the stone where the Sorcerer lay. As I watched, the flesh of the mouse melted off leaving nothing but bone behind. I held back vomit as I stared appalled. Both Acolytes carefully re-clothed the dead mouse. Replacing its old red robes with blue fabric that draped over the bones in layers. They then strung a belt around the middle and fastened a jagged blade to
Sunday, December 25, 2011
P-Traveling Chapter 25
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======================================================================= I Made my way out of the pagoda in low spirits. The mice scampered quickly out of my way unsure of what happened in the Pinnacle chamber but unwilling to find out. When I reached the familiar tree row I stopped and rested. Alone, and weary I slept. I knew where I had to go next and to do it on my own would probably kill me, but I had to find those mice, those Acolytes.
Morning broke all too soon. Before I left I wrote a bit in my journal as well as read from the Forgotten Book. My journal entries were becoming fewer and fewer, this was beyond what I had been assigned. I let the ancient book fall open in my lap randomly once I had finished my writing. I flipped the page and
======================================================================= I Made my way out of the pagoda in low spirits. The mice scampered quickly out of my way unsure of what happened in the Pinnacle chamber but unwilling to find out. When I reached the familiar tree row I stopped and rested. Alone, and weary I slept. I knew where I had to go next and to do it on my own would probably kill me, but I had to find those mice, those Acolytes.
Morning broke all too soon. Before I left I wrote a bit in my journal as well as read from the Forgotten Book. My journal entries were becoming fewer and fewer, this was beyond what I had been assigned. I let the ancient book fall open in my lap randomly once I had finished my writing. I flipped the page and
Z-Seasonal Garden Chapter 24
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It was freezing, that was all I knew. I opened my eyes but saw nothing but white, I was disoriented at the sight. I could feel the wheels in my brain ticking as it tried to sort out what I was seeing. Snow, no, a blizzard. A torrent of white powder was slamming me in the face, cutting through my clothes and my body.
"How" I chattered, as I stood shaking. To my right I saw a spark of blue light, and there by my trap stood a mouse. He held what looked like an icicle with a blue glowing orb on top. He tilted his little hat at me before another gust of wind sent the frozen piece of cheese flying. The mouse caught it in its paw, sniffed it once then
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It was freezing, that was all I knew. I opened my eyes but saw nothing but white, I was disoriented at the sight. I could feel the wheels in my brain ticking as it tried to sort out what I was seeing. Snow, no, a blizzard. A torrent of white powder was slamming me in the face, cutting through my clothes and my body.
"How" I chattered, as I stood shaking. To my right I saw a spark of blue light, and there by my trap stood a mouse. He held what looked like an icicle with a blue glowing orb on top. He tilted his little hat at me before another gust of wind sent the frozen piece of cheese flying. The mouse caught it in its paw, sniffed it once then
Z-Seasonal Garden Chapter 23
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rolled over, my arms feeling numb as I lifted myself from the hard ground. I wasn’t really sure where I had ended up. I knew I was still in the Kingdom, I'd made sure I wouldn’t appear outside the Kingdom, but I was no where familiar. I was at the edge of a small pond; behind me were a few trees, already changing color for the fall.
"Odd." I whispered; it was after all only midsummer. I could see a small bridge in the distance leading to another small piece of land with a single bright orange tree. My mouth dropped when I realized what I was looking at. The land mass was floating, connected by the bridge. The chunk of land next to me carried a tall tower, a crystal floating on one end of it, and rusty mechanisms on the
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rolled over, my arms feeling numb as I lifted myself from the hard ground. I wasn’t really sure where I had ended up. I knew I was still in the Kingdom, I'd made sure I wouldn’t appear outside the Kingdom, but I was no where familiar. I was at the edge of a small pond; behind me were a few trees, already changing color for the fall.
"Odd." I whispered; it was after all only midsummer. I could see a small bridge in the distance leading to another small piece of land with a single bright orange tree. My mouth dropped when I realized what I was looking at. The land mass was floating, connected by the bridge. The chunk of land next to me carried a tall tower, a crystal floating on one end of it, and rusty mechanisms on the
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Furoma Chapter 22
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I knelt over my trap to examine the mouse I had captured. It didn't look much like the other battle mice. There was a pile of splintered wood at its cold, dead feet. Perhaps it was just a worker. I took out my journal and began to draw him, trying to block everything else from my mind.
"You really shouldn’t come out here on your own." I jumped as Zugzwang poked himself out of the bushes.
"Well, I couldn't much stand sitting in that grove of trees anymore." I said as I snapped shut my journal and pocketed it.
"It's just not safe for us here. I know these mice are on high alert. Why do you think we haven't seen much? They are looking for
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I knelt over my trap to examine the mouse I had captured. It didn't look much like the other battle mice. There was a pile of splintered wood at its cold, dead feet. Perhaps it was just a worker. I took out my journal and began to draw him, trying to block everything else from my mind.
"You really shouldn’t come out here on your own." I jumped as Zugzwang poked himself out of the bushes.
"Well, I couldn't much stand sitting in that grove of trees anymore." I said as I snapped shut my journal and pocketed it.
"It's just not safe for us here. I know these mice are on high alert. Why do you think we haven't seen much? They are looking for
Furoma Chapter 21
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Zugzwang spoke swiftly over each of his chess pieces. His words were like liquid as he spoke. Both his palms glowed when he touched the final piece, the knight. The whole process had taken hours, and Zugzwang's appearances had been frightening. Each new incantation brought a darker shadow over his eyes. I could see how wizards were usually feared.
Suddenly the chanting stopped and Zugzwang sat clutching the tiny piece. When he let it go it floated between his glowing hands.
"Plankrun," he said, causing me to jump, "I'm going to need a living shard. I have one in my
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Zugzwang spoke swiftly over each of his chess pieces. His words were like liquid as he spoke. Both his palms glowed when he touched the final piece, the knight. The whole process had taken hours, and Zugzwang's appearances had been frightening. Each new incantation brought a darker shadow over his eyes. I could see how wizards were usually feared.
Suddenly the chanting stopped and Zugzwang sat clutching the tiny piece. When he let it go it floated between his glowing hands.
"Plankrun," he said, causing me to jump, "I'm going to need a living shard. I have one in my
Monday, December 19, 2011
Furoma Chapter 20
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Zugzwang and I stood at the entrance to Furoma; right at the gap in the enclosure of trees that surrounded the area. The wind rustled the grass and the leaves but all else remained quiet. The Pagoda stood towering over the training grounds, looking freshly built and cared for.
"It doesn’t make sense." I mumbled to Zugzwang.
"What doesn't make sense?" he asked looking over at me.
"This place, it was built years ago right? Well, if no one has inhabited it, it should be falling apart and overgrown. But look at the grounds, they are freshly cut and the hedges are trimmed and the
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Zugzwang and I stood at the entrance to Furoma; right at the gap in the enclosure of trees that surrounded the area. The wind rustled the grass and the leaves but all else remained quiet. The Pagoda stood towering over the training grounds, looking freshly built and cared for.
"It doesn’t make sense." I mumbled to Zugzwang.
"What doesn't make sense?" he asked looking over at me.
"This place, it was built years ago right? Well, if no one has inhabited it, it should be falling apart and overgrown. But look at the grounds, they are freshly cut and the hedges are trimmed and the
Digby Chapter 19
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"Ouch! That hurts!" I growled as the healer worked on my back.
We had gone back to Digby for some recovery before heading to Furoma. Zugzwang had less damage than me so he sat in a chair in the corner as I was patched up.
"That Lycan did quite a number on you sir." said the plump little healer. "If I'm not mistaken you will scar here."
Zugzwang laughed "At least now he'll appeal more to the ladies. Scars always make the man." he winked at me.
"Good luck explaining yours." I said throwing a spare pillow at him. "I think if the women hear about
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"Ouch! That hurts!" I growled as the healer worked on my back.
We had gone back to Digby for some recovery before heading to Furoma. Zugzwang had less damage than me so he sat in a chair in the corner as I was patched up.
"That Lycan did quite a number on you sir." said the plump little healer. "If I'm not mistaken you will scar here."
Zugzwang laughed "At least now he'll appeal more to the ladies. Scars always make the man." he winked at me.
"Good luck explaining yours." I said throwing a spare pillow at him. "I think if the women hear about
Friday, December 9, 2011
Mousoleum Chapter 18
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"Plank, Plankrun." Zugzwang's voice was distant and hazy but at least I could hear him, it meant I wasn't dead. He shook my shoulders and my eyes snapped open.
"Ugh, how long was I out?" I asked propping myself up on one elbow. My head swam as I moved.
"A few hours." he said, relief washing over him. "Look Plank, we need to leave, we can't stay here, it's too dangerous."
I nodded my agreement, which sent new waves of pain through my skull. I winced. "How much cheese did I lose?" I asked.
"What? Oh yeah, well, a lot. The Vampire mouse really went for that cheese, something he appears to like more than blood. We don’t have much left. I salvaged what I could from your pack, and stitched up the rip in it."
"Thanks." I said feeling rather annoyed. Once I was able to think and move properly, the anger came. Anger for having lost most my RB stock, anger for the pain I would now have to put up with until I
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"Plank, Plankrun." Zugzwang's voice was distant and hazy but at least I could hear him, it meant I wasn't dead. He shook my shoulders and my eyes snapped open.
"Ugh, how long was I out?" I asked propping myself up on one elbow. My head swam as I moved.
"A few hours." he said, relief washing over him. "Look Plank, we need to leave, we can't stay here, it's too dangerous."
I nodded my agreement, which sent new waves of pain through my skull. I winced. "How much cheese did I lose?" I asked.
"What? Oh yeah, well, a lot. The Vampire mouse really went for that cheese, something he appears to like more than blood. We don’t have much left. I salvaged what I could from your pack, and stitched up the rip in it."
"Thanks." I said feeling rather annoyed. Once I was able to think and move properly, the anger came. Anger for having lost most my RB stock, anger for the pain I would now have to put up with until I
Mousoleum Chapter 17
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Zugzwang and I settled ourselves behind two rather large headstones, on the other side sat our traps waiting for the hunt.
"Do you ever think you'll go back?" I whispered to Zugzwang after an hour of sitting.
"I don’t know, I kind of like Gnawnia, I'm not looked at like a dangerous magician." he said thoughtfully.
With a grunt I pulled out the horn from my bag. Zugzwang told me to hold onto it for a while. Swiftly I placed it to my lips and blew the horn. A single noted danced from it and played in the air around our hiding spot. We both stiffened as a mouse approached our traps.
The Radioactive Blue Cheese glowed ominously from either trap, lighting up the body of the creature about to approach it. It was as if the mouse was wrapped in cloth. Stumbling forward, it tried to snatch up the cheese.
As we watched from our hiding place we became completely aware that the mouse wasn't alone, nor was it one of a kind. In fact there were hundreds just like it, mummies walking, stumbling towards the
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Zugzwang and I settled ourselves behind two rather large headstones, on the other side sat our traps waiting for the hunt.
"Do you ever think you'll go back?" I whispered to Zugzwang after an hour of sitting.
"I don’t know, I kind of like Gnawnia, I'm not looked at like a dangerous magician." he said thoughtfully.
With a grunt I pulled out the horn from my bag. Zugzwang told me to hold onto it for a while. Swiftly I placed it to my lips and blew the horn. A single noted danced from it and played in the air around our hiding spot. We both stiffened as a mouse approached our traps.
The Radioactive Blue Cheese glowed ominously from either trap, lighting up the body of the creature about to approach it. It was as if the mouse was wrapped in cloth. Stumbling forward, it tried to snatch up the cheese.
As we watched from our hiding place we became completely aware that the mouse wasn't alone, nor was it one of a kind. In fact there were hundreds just like it, mummies walking, stumbling towards the
Mousoleum Chapter 16
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We spent four days in Digby before setting out again. The first day back we gave the scientists the ok to head back to the Lab. Without even a word to us they walked out of Digby and left us standing there at the gate.
"Well they're a jolly bunch aren’t they?" said Zugzwang glaring in the direction of the scientists.
We hit up the newly erected Trapsmith and cheese Shoppe first before finding my father. We were lucky, the scientists had relayed info to the trapsmith on what would be best in a trap for mice here and elsewhere down the road.
"The Digby Drillbot!" said the trapsmith as we stared it down.
"Looks powerful enough." I said grinning. "What do you think Z? Wanna get a pair?"
The trapsmith was overjoyed to be selling two Drillbots at one time. He went to the back of his Shoppe to pack up our traps, leaving Z and I to look around a bit. While Zugzwang stared down the
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We spent four days in Digby before setting out again. The first day back we gave the scientists the ok to head back to the Lab. Without even a word to us they walked out of Digby and left us standing there at the gate.
"Well they're a jolly bunch aren’t they?" said Zugzwang glaring in the direction of the scientists.
We hit up the newly erected Trapsmith and cheese Shoppe first before finding my father. We were lucky, the scientists had relayed info to the trapsmith on what would be best in a trap for mice here and elsewhere down the road.
"The Digby Drillbot!" said the trapsmith as we stared it down.
"Looks powerful enough." I said grinning. "What do you think Z? Wanna get a pair?"
The trapsmith was overjoyed to be selling two Drillbots at one time. He went to the back of his Shoppe to pack up our traps, leaving Z and I to look around a bit. While Zugzwang stared down the
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Laboratory Chapter 15
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We spent several more days scouring the Lab for any clues to what awaited us out there. We caught many more steel, bionic, and granite mice, but also encountered the new Mutated grey and white mice. Knowing that the Monster mouse had a craving for radioactive blue cheese we avoided using it and left our packs outside away from where we slept.
"Dear king, I fear after this my notes will not make it back to you so I want to be thorough. Journeyman cannot handle the lab. There is plenty of mystery to this place that Z and I are still trying to sort out. One thing is for certain the Monster mouse will only come when Radioactive Blue is armed, though I hardly think our traps could handle his power. I will include with my notes a few pages I have picked up from the floors of the lab, research that the mice have dropped, and some radioactive potions. New drawings of these new mice are also included. We leave for Digby in the morning where I will see that a runner brings you my
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We spent several more days scouring the Lab for any clues to what awaited us out there. We caught many more steel, bionic, and granite mice, but also encountered the new Mutated grey and white mice. Knowing that the Monster mouse had a craving for radioactive blue cheese we avoided using it and left our packs outside away from where we slept.
"Dear king, I fear after this my notes will not make it back to you so I want to be thorough. Journeyman cannot handle the lab. There is plenty of mystery to this place that Z and I are still trying to sort out. One thing is for certain the Monster mouse will only come when Radioactive Blue is armed, though I hardly think our traps could handle his power. I will include with my notes a few pages I have picked up from the floors of the lab, research that the mice have dropped, and some radioactive potions. New drawings of these new mice are also included. We leave for Digby in the morning where I will see that a runner brings you my
Laboratory Chapter 14
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"Caution! Do not imbue a radioactive blue cheese potion unless prepared for the consequences. Once imbued, may the King be with you. The undead wait."
I read allowed the piece of scrap paper to Zugzwang. We had only just managed to enter through the locked door when I found it. Scorch marks seared the edges like it had tried to be destroyed, but I could still make it out.
"Calls for one Radioactive Blue cheese potion." I told him looking at the page.
"Well, for now let’s heed its advice aye." Zugzwang said flipping over a damaged book.
"It looks to me like they were trying to clean house." I said rolling a test tube across the floor.
"Yeah, probably. At least they were, until something else wanted to clean house too." Zugzwang said
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"Caution! Do not imbue a radioactive blue cheese potion unless prepared for the consequences. Once imbued, may the King be with you. The undead wait."
I read allowed the piece of scrap paper to Zugzwang. We had only just managed to enter through the locked door when I found it. Scorch marks seared the edges like it had tried to be destroyed, but I could still make it out.
"Calls for one Radioactive Blue cheese potion." I told him looking at the page.
"Well, for now let’s heed its advice aye." Zugzwang said flipping over a damaged book.
"It looks to me like they were trying to clean house." I said rolling a test tube across the floor.
"Yeah, probably. At least they were, until something else wanted to clean house too." Zugzwang said
Laboratory Chapter 13
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"If you continue on Plankrun you will be completely alone. We don’t know what is out there outside of the lab and Digby."
The scientists had been giving us the run around all morning. Zugzwang and I had arrived early hoping to get hunting again soon. I had sent a runner back to the king informing him of our current goal and our past findings. And now we were getting no cooperation from the scientists. They had completely lost control. A hole in the wall outside had only proven to me that it was out of hand.
"Well, could you at least tell us what is in here?" I asked exasperated.
"Well, um…" I watched as each scientist got shifty eyed.
"You have your average mouse, Granite, Bionic, and Steel." said one scientist.
"But you also have Mutated grey, and white mice." said another.
Zugzwang and I looked at each other skeptically.
"I will assume that you have caused the "birth" of the mutated mice?" asked Zugzwang to
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"If you continue on Plankrun you will be completely alone. We don’t know what is out there outside of the lab and Digby."
The scientists had been giving us the run around all morning. Zugzwang and I had arrived early hoping to get hunting again soon. I had sent a runner back to the king informing him of our current goal and our past findings. And now we were getting no cooperation from the scientists. They had completely lost control. A hole in the wall outside had only proven to me that it was out of hand.
"Well, could you at least tell us what is in here?" I asked exasperated.
"Well, um…" I watched as each scientist got shifty eyed.
"You have your average mouse, Granite, Bionic, and Steel." said one scientist.
"But you also have Mutated grey, and white mice." said another.
Zugzwang and I looked at each other skeptically.
"I will assume that you have caused the "birth" of the mutated mice?" asked Zugzwang to
Monday, December 5, 2011
Digby Chapter 12
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"What… how…" spluttered my father. He was graying with age, but still looked as strong built as he always had been. My mirror image, except for my hair and eyes, I inherited my mother’s dark hair, and hazel eyes.
I felt the kid within me want to scream and yell at him. I wanted him to explain why he never came back; I wanted him to answer for his crime. But my adult self knew better, after dealing with that beast outside I knew he would not have been able to return.
"The King sent me." I said flatly.
"Son…" I could tell he was at a loss for words. His eyes flickered over to Zugzwang. "Who's your friend, son?" With the feel of shock subsiding, I relaxed. The anger in me faded as my father
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"What… how…" spluttered my father. He was graying with age, but still looked as strong built as he always had been. My mirror image, except for my hair and eyes, I inherited my mother’s dark hair, and hazel eyes.
I felt the kid within me want to scream and yell at him. I wanted him to explain why he never came back; I wanted him to answer for his crime. But my adult self knew better, after dealing with that beast outside I knew he would not have been able to return.
"The King sent me." I said flatly.
"Son…" I could tell he was at a loss for words. His eyes flickered over to Zugzwang. "Who's your friend, son?" With the feel of shock subsiding, I relaxed. The anger in me faded as my father
Digby Chapter 11
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Zugzwang sat on the ground in the meadow leaning on one arm while poking a stick at the Deathbot he had been purposely making go off four an hour. He rather enjoyed watching it shoot its mini, missiles, lasers and guns into the dirt.
"Could you please stop doing that, for five minutes" I snapped trying to focus my attention back on my map. It was a blazing hot day and we had miles yet to travel before we made it to Digby. We had to pass clean through the mountains and follow an old path straight up to the Town of Digby. We planned to hunt when we stopped and rested, but with the racket Zugzwang was making I figured we scared all the mice away by now.
Funnily enough we hadn't. White, brown, and Grey mice nearly ran right up to us. Zugzwang even caught one with his hands when it came to close. He laughed as it squirmed trying to get away. I folded my map in thirds and gave up.
"We are supposed to follow this path straight through the mountains but it hasn’t
Traveling Chapter 10
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Zugzwang sat on the ground in the meadow leaning on one arm while poking a stick at the Deathbot he had been purposely making go off four an hour. He rather enjoyed watching it shoot its mini, missiles, lasers and guns into the dirt.
"Could you please stop doing that, for five minutes" I snapped trying to focus my attention back on my map. It was a blazing hot day and we had miles yet to travel before we made it to Digby. We had to pass clean through the mountains and follow an old path straight up to the Town of Digby. We planned to hunt when we stopped and rested, but with the racket Zugzwang was making I figured we scared all the mice away by now.
Funnily enough we hadn't. White, brown, and Grey mice nearly ran right up to us. Zugzwang even caught one with his hands when it came to close. He laughed as it squirmed trying to
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Zugzwang sat on the ground in the meadow leaning on one arm while poking a stick at the Deathbot he had been purposely making go off four an hour. He rather enjoyed watching it shoot its mini, missiles, lasers and guns into the dirt.
"Could you please stop doing that, for five minutes" I snapped trying to focus my attention back on my map. It was a blazing hot day and we had miles yet to travel before we made it to Digby. We had to pass clean through the mountains and follow an old path straight up to the Town of Digby. We planned to hunt when we stopped and rested, but with the racket Zugzwang was making I figured we scared all the mice away by now.
Funnily enough we hadn't. White, brown, and Grey mice nearly ran right up to us. Zugzwang even caught one with his hands when it came to close. He laughed as it squirmed trying to
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Tavern Chapter 9
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Zugzwang and I sat smug at a table in the Tavern that night. We had just spent the day relaying notes to the king, who later decided only Journeyman would be allowed into the Mountain for hunting. After spending time with the King both of us went down to the Trapsmith to purchase our new traps. When we told the Trapsmith we wanted 1 NVMRC and 1 Deathbot he about had a heart attack. No one had been able to afford his biggest traps and so no one had got them. He pocketed our gold with a big grin on his face.
When we sat with the traps on the table the Tavern gathered round to have a look. The Deathbot shined in the
Mountain Chapter 8
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The first day in the Mountain was the hardest. I was plundered every other hunt.
"What are we doing WRONG?!?" I yelled kicking my trap a few feet. My fresh Brie had been stolen by a mouse I was unfamiliar with. I'd seen different mice run under rocks here and there but never got a good enough look. I managed to catch many more gold mice than I had any where else but they were old news.
Zugzwang didn’t fare much better. "This would be so much easier if we didn’t
Town of Gnawnia Chapter 7
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I was once again seated at the kings table my pages of notes scattered everywhere. He was scrutinizing them eagerly.
"Well done Plankrun! Well done. With your help I'll be able to give the trap smiths a heads up and new things can be developed.” said the King as he laid down my sketches of the Harbor mice.
Zugzwang sat in a corner with a smirk on his face clearly bored. The King glanced at him now and then itching to know more, but Zugzwang had already shared all he was prepared to share. And most of it was the same things he had told me.
"Sire, if I may, can I suggest that we don’t let certain hunters out of the Town unless they are absolutely ready. Some of these mice may be too crafty if you are not
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