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      21 – Getting to the Bottom of Things

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      by Tower Curator “You got a good look at her?” “A good look?” Erika would have laughed if she were in a better mood. “Was kind of hard not to, what with her being all nude. Would probably have gotten a much better look if not for the stress and adrenaline and all that stuff that comes with being in a fight.” “You into women?” Erika turned, giving Daniel a heavy frown. The two of them were helping her unload a large dresser from the back of her pickup while Carter watched from the sidelines.…
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      21 – Breaking the Bounds of the Ethereal Realm

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      by Tower Curator Erika’s good mood did not last long. As if attracted by the fight with the pale-tattooed man, flocks of metallic birds swarmed overhead. If there had been a sun in this place, they would have blotted it out. As it was, Erika didn’t know why she could see with no obvious source of light and, frankly, did not care. “Reload!” Erika shouted, passing her spent gun to one cultist whose name she still had not learned. They took it from her and passed her a loaded gun in return, which Erika snatched up,…
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      20 – The Cult of the Dead God

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      by Tower Curator Erika sat in the rear seat of The Warrior’s enchanted van, glowering out the window as they traveled away from the bird city, back toward the long, black cobblestone bridge. “Am I the only one who thinks we shouldn’t be headed toward the giant monster chained up under a bridge?” The Stalker asked, echoing Erika’s thoughts. Nothing about the situation felt good to Erika, but she didn’t exactly have better ideas. They were headed back to where Erika found herself after appearing in this…
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      20 – A Dire Situation Forces Alliances

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      by Tower Curator The situation shifted so abruptly that Erika felt like someone had plucked her from one timeline and thrust her into another. The Art and The Aeon abandoned their fights entirely. The former sprinted across the room, worm-like tendrils extending beyond her porcelain body to wrap around the wrist of the newcomer. Erika didn’t know if she had been trying to protect Rick, but she managed to grab the nude woman just before the woman grabbed a stunned Rick. The Aeon ceased teleporting around with The…
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      19 – The Shattering of Bones Makes a Great Deal of Noise

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      by Tower Curator Erika felt nervous. Her shoulders were a bundle of tension, and the errant twitches of her foot as she tapped it against the ground did not help. This wasn’t her first fight, nor was it her first fight with supernatural beings. The Church had surprised her on her very first night out investigating these things, the museum had all those cultists, the maggots probably counted even if they didn’t put up much actual fight, and she had her little… spar with The Stalker. Something was different about…
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      19 – The Binding Chains

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      by Tower Curator The van jerked and shuddered, throwing its occupants around, as Erika tried to get them back to the ground. She kept one hand tight on the parking brake, depressing the release button and easing it forward, only to rip it back again once they started falling. It was slow, uncomfortable, and giving her a headache, but they were moving. If there was a better way down, The Stalker wasn’t saying. “Can’t believe he’s dead,” The Stalker said, gripping the handhold over the rear seat. “I…
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      18 – Searching Through Realms Abroad

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      by Tower Curator “Do you know anything about this place?” Erika asked as they slowly drove along the black cobblestone bridge. Now that they were moving, she had a little more mental space for taking in the new realm they were in. Periodic raised archways stretched high into the red-tinged mist, each decorated with tall, inhuman statues made from polished obsidian. A gnawing unease settled on Erika’s shoulders as they passed one particular statue, feeling like she was being watched by the multitude of eyes peering…
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      18 – Decisions Play an Important Part in All Futures

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      by Tower Curator “The Stalker is moving to join us,” Michael said as the group took the stairs down. “She can guide us to avoid potential pursuers,” he added after a moment, presumably more for The Hunters. The Warrior would know of her abilities and what they could be used for. “Avoid them?” The Warrior said, sounding surprised. Her eyes hardened. Where before, she had been upset over leaving her furniture behind, something about her expression now set Erika on edge. She opened up a yellow faux-leather…
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      17 – i – The Stalker

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      by Tower Curator The Stalker pulled a dress from her closet and looked it over. Black and lacy, transparent in all the right places to be enticing. Was it too much? She held it up to her chest as she turned to her mirror. It would certainly accentuate her curves, but… It was too flirty. This was a business meeting. She wasn’t sneaking off to meet The Hanged Man again. The Stalker tossed the dress aside, lumping it in the pile with all the other clothes. Why was everything she had so slutty? It was The Hanged…
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      17 – Another Brick in the Wall

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      by Tower Curator “This feels weirder than normal,” Erika said as they blazed down the streets of Chicago. Carter bending time wasn’t usually all that apparent. The effect gradually fell off as physical distance increased, leaving a rather large bubble around him where people could get more time per time, thus accomplish more, move faster, or otherwise just experience time a little faster than normal. From her perspective, nothing normally felt different either. She could drive the speed limit from her relative…
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