About Tower Curator
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Shards of glass hung in the air around Alyssa, swirling in a languid tornado. Each facet of each shard displayed an image. With her heightened knowledge of how the first high level spell she had ever used actually worked, she knew that it wasn’t displaying literally every possible action she could be taking at the moment. Had that been true, the shards would have been overwhelmed by different images of her standing around in ever so slightly different positions. There would be so many infinitesimally…-
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“Hm.” “Hm? Hm?” Alyssa hissed, snatching the binoculars back from Irulon to find out the extent of the damage removing that mask might have caused. So far, it didn’t look like too much had gone wrong. Both the demon’s hands were still clamped around the tip of the Justice’s sword. But every scrap of leather that had once bound her body had fallen away, turned to dust and ash that coated the molten ground surrounding her without actually being consumed. But the ash only entered into…
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“You don’t have to come. This is a bad idea.” “Not hearing you put forth any better ideas,” Irulon said, voice a bit terse as they walked over the top of the swamp. She had made a bridge from shifting shards of fractal glass, taking them right over the top of the knee-deep water. It was a strange spell. It looked like they should have fallen right through it. Or perhaps it looked like their ankles should have been flayed to bits. Yet it was solid enough that even Izsha, walking behind Alyssa…
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Iona tried to make himself look as small and as inconspicuous as possible. It helped that he was small to begin with. Not only was he still young, but gremlins were naturally small. The tallest members of his species generally only reached the height of a human adolescent. If he wrapped himself in a plain cloak and put up a hood to hide his turquoise hair and large ears, he might even be able to pass as a human child. He didn’t smell like a human, but that wasn’t a problem. According to some of the…
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The group of monsters continued on toward Illuna, this time with Alyssa at the head of the group, Brakkt at the rear, and Fela moving about and making herself seen. Brakkt in particular had his eyes everywhere, looking for any sign of the group that was chasing after the monsters. A quick Message to Volta had revealed that Martin, acting as the current regent of Illuna, was willing to meet with the monsters to discuss a possible peaceful resolution to their problems. Which meant that Brakkt actually had…
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“They don’t look like an army,” Alyssa said, lowering her binoculars and handing them off to Brakkt. They were a few hours away from the city now. Still well away from the Plains of the Dead, but close enough that the greenery wasn’t quite as omnipresent as it was around the city and the river that ran next to it. They had stopped at an old ruin of sorts. Some watchtower, perhaps. It once sat upon a hill, but now was only rubble save for a single flat wall that looked like a stiff breeze might…
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Alyssa felt like something was missing. She had never lost an arm or even a finger before, but what she was feeling at the moment had to be something akin to phantom limb syndrome. Every so often, she would find herself trying to close her eyes and check the souls around her only to be met with nothing but darkness. She had bought a rather large wool coat from one of the local shops, but it really wasn’t doing much to keep that unearthly chill away. She figured she would get used to it. The first…
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Alyssa stared at an array of spell cards laid out on the table in front of her, wondering just what was different about them in comparison to what she was doing with Tenebrael’s connection. And she was having a hard time coming up with anything. Aside from the obvious, of course. The cards needed the paper and a drawn pattern while all she needed to make use of Tenebrael’s magic was a verbal… prayer. But… wasn’t that what the Enochian on the cards was for? Spell cards had definite and…
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The demon swung her scythe directly toward Alyssa. Alyssa jumped. She flung herself through the air, slamming into a shocked Fela with all her weight. They hit the ground hard. Fela had it worse with Alyssa landing on top of her, but the fluffy hellhound was strong. She wouldn’t be hurt by a little tackle. That scythe would have hurt a whole lot more. Rolling off Fela away from the demon, Alyssa sprang to her feet with a Spectral Chains already forming at her fingertips. But the spell died…
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“How you doing today, Izsha?” The old stables were quiet today. Brakkt had taken the other draken out for some exercise and a bit of hunting. Only the tiger-striped Musca and the still-comatose Izsha were around. The former had been… unexpectedly protective, not wanting to leave Izsha for much. Not even for a good hunt. It was sweet. At least, Alyssa thought so. Brakkt thought Musca was sick. “Irulon is up and at ‘em. She’s still trying to translate her vision to proper words, but assures…
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