About Tower Curator
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“The old man hasn’t woken up yet?” A… person—Alyssa had trouble referring to anyone in this world as doctors—shook his head. “Not yet.” She had been a bit nervous about bringing the bearded man to the so-called medical professionals of this world. Her memory of the field hospital after the Juno Federation attack was still far too fresh in her mind. Leeches, no sanitation to speak of, people lying in the dirt with open wounds, people throwing up on each other, filthy blankets and…-
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The threat level of the city decreased over the following week. No new instances of demonic incursion appeared. That included both infected coming toward the walls and newly infected individuals within the city itself. Fela made frequent rounds to confirm that nothing strange was going on even in the far corners of the city. No giant pits had formed in the swamp or anywhere leading toward Owlcroft, at least not as far as Alyssa was aware. That was despite the massive amount of pentagrams accompanying every…
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“Prince Brakkt, Alyssa, Kasita.” Martin greeted them in the manor’s foyer, wearing a comfortable robe instead of the more militaristic garments Alyssa had seen on him recently. Although he looked about ready to turn in for the night, he appeared to be in a good mood. He was far more relaxed than he had been at the wall the night before and was even smiling as he looked to Fela. “And hellhound. I apologize, I never actually caught your name.” “Fela.” “Fela, excellent. I do believe the…
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Two dozen infected had been chased into the swamp. Either the swamp slowed them enough for pursuers to slaughter, or the Astral Authority already out in the swamp moved to intercept. If she hadn’t known better, Alyssa might have thought that the Astral Authority was working to protect the city. In the distance, both to the north and to the south, Alyssa could see more lights flittering about. Likely chasing more infected. With the darkness, Alyssa couldn’t actually see any infected. It was too far,…
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“It seems as if they are genuinely after some of the monsters. Not to enslave, but to have them work for Yora. Inspired by ‘that hellhound that’s been running around Lyria’ apparently,” Alyssa said with a glance to Fela. The hellhound looked up from her jerky for a moment, offering a shrug. “Not sure that I believe that fully, but it is what the Yora intelligencer said.” Rokien leaned forward, rubbing at the hairs on his bovine chin. Fezzik started to mirror his motions, stopping…
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Dignitaries, such as those visiting from Yora or Irulon and Brakkt, had dedicated quarters almost directly adjacent to the manor of the lord of the land. Brakkt and Irulon weren’t staying in it, of course, choosing to distance themselves by housing with the guild instead, but they could request housing at any time. The building itself rather reminded Alyssa of a mother-in-law house. It was attached to the manor by a covered walkway, but was otherwise a completely separate building. It had its own guards…
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“I see,” Irulon said, scratching down a few notes in her notebook. Izsha, resting in a pile of straw within the monster camp, simply stared patiently. It was the third such interview session between the two since Izsha’s awakening. Alyssa had sat in for all three thus far, and all three had been roughly the same. Irulon had a list of questions which she posed to Izsha. Most were simple yes or no questions that Izsha could answer with a nod or shake of its head. Some were a bit more complex. How…
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“They’re what? I’m not sure I heard you correctly.” “Claiming ownership of the monsters.” “Ah. I did hear you properly.” Alyssa rubbed at her hair. It was getting a bit long again. She had only cut it once since arriving in Nod—Kasita had done it upon her request. A ponytail might do it good for a while, but she would eventually need to get it at least tidied up and trimmed. She might be living in a vaguely medieval world, but that didn’t mean that she had to ascribe to their…
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It took less than eight hours before Izsha was up on its feet. Two hours after that, the other draken took Izsha out hunting. Alyssa’s favorite draken was a bit slower than she remembered, but she supposed that was to be expected after effectively being comatose for a few weeks. They would watch out for Izsha. It was just a bit of a shame that Alyssa couldn’t go with them. Although she wanted to, she had promised to look into the missing monster children issue. Brakkt, surprisingly enough, was with…
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“Count. Folly. Lime. Dolly. Day. Sharp. Packed. Harp.” Even with portals opening all over the place, gunshots going off left and right, and the Astral Authority flying through the air, Irulon continued chanting random words. She hadn’t said that being interrupted would ruin anything, but the fact that she was still going instead of stopping to help defend against the Astral Authority said something about how easily she could stop. Alyssa definitely was not willing to take the chance that her…
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