290 Results in the "Vacant Throne" category
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Doorway
The time had come. With the ritual having come to an end and no pressing research or other problems bearing down on anyone, it was time to head out. Irulon wanted to get back to the Observatorium to look through their library on a whole variety of matters. Mostly on the topic of new ways to cast spells. She had plans to research how the formation of spell cards came about, despite knowing their general history, and wanted to make advancements toward more complex spell patterns that couldn’t be…-
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Donations
Alyssa’s breath caught in her throat. She clenched her fists around Tenebrael’s shoulders, hoping she wasn’t getting in the way of the wings. The ground disappeared from under her feet and Alyssa pinched her eyes shut. Wind dragged at her hair, pulling it back. Her shirt, a regular cotton tee, whipped about in the sudden gust. It was all Alyssa could do to hold on for dear life. The logical part of her mind said that Tenebrael couldn’t hurt her. Even if she could, she probably wouldn’t. But…-
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Doctors of Death
“Stop stop stop! What are you doing?” Alyssa tugged at her hair, feeling like she was going insane. “You just changed his bandages! He has a festering, pus-filled wound! You didn’t even rinse off your hands before going to tend to the next poor man.” Everything about this place reeked of the start of an epidemic. Figuratively and just possibly literally. The field hospital, which definitely was not worthy of the name, was little more than a single-room building with a dirt floor. Honestly, it…-
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Divine Inspiration
“I have gone on a brief walkabout of your world. It is quite the mess. But, I am pleased to inform you that it is not unsalvageable. How would you like to be brought up to a fully compliant status? It won’t be easy, but I think we can get you back to schedule in as little as one thousand three hundred years. Working with a competent Archangel, you’ll hardly have to lift a finger.” Kenziel’s tone had shifted to that of a used car salesman. Except, instead of slapping the roof of a car, she was…-
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Distractions
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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Discussions Over a Drink
“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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Dinner and a Feather
“Are you feeling quite alright? You’re looking a little green in the face.” Alyssa shuddered. A fairly juicy slab of steak that had been expertly grilled sat in front of her. It wasn’t alone, having come with a side of potatoes and bread. Of all the food that Alyssa had seen in this world, it was by far the best looking. It might not have a slathering of steak sauce or an unhealthy dollop of butter and salt, but it should have looked delectable. It didn’t. Staring at it, she felt queasy.…-
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Despair and Hope
Alyssa’s heart skipped a beat as she heard the garage door creak open. It was such a familiar noise. She honestly hadn’t believed that she was homesick, but being around so much nostalgia was trying. The footsteps through the laundry room were softer than she remembered. Is that a sign of depression? Or am I imagining things? She didn’t get a chance to consider her own question. “Mom,” Alyssa whispered to herself. The woman who just crossed the hall into the kitchen didn’t notice. She…-
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Dervish
Useful information was hard to come by in the camp. Not that Alyssa really expected otherwise. The whole point behind hiring people to hire people to do dirty work was to keep the original’s nose clean. That wasn’t to say that she found absolutely nothing. Inside the same tent that the Chief had occupied, Alyssa found a ledger. It didn’t list names or dates, but it did list a price and the… ‘goods’ that were sold. Some entries were actually material goods. Wolf pelts, a crate of apples,…-
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Demonic versus Divine
“Don’t engage,” Alyssa said as loudly as she dared. “Don’t attack. Don’t… You can see it, right?” “What in Tenebrael’s name is that?” Trik whispered. It wasn’t a direct answer to Alyssa’s question, but it was answer enough. “A Patience.” A member of the Astral Authority right in the middle of the city. It wasn’t doing anything obviously related to hunting Tenebrael, but maybe that shouldn’t be a surprise. Their original purpose was to hunt demons and fallen angels.…-
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