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A City..?
The last vestiges of light faded beyond the mountains. A dark shadow swept across the land as a confetti of stars twinkled through the twilight sky. One moment, it had been as bright as day. The next, not so much. The formerly pleasant breeze shifted to a chilly wind, stinging against Alyssa’s face and neck. She hadn’t intended to stay out after dark. Upon setting out, she had vowed to begin the trek back to her… ‘home’ or whatever that building was if it got too late. But seeing the city in…-
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Supplies
“She’s still breathing,” Lazhar said, standing up from the bed and turning to Alyssa and Yzhemal. He moved away from the sleeping girl, dusting his hands together. “Whether she wakes or not? I cannot say,” he said with a casual shrug. “I warned everyone of putting out fires before sleeping. Lass is lucky she didn’t burn down my inn.” “She would probably have died,” Alyssa mumbled. Looking up to the twin with the beer belly—she didn’t actually know if they were twins or not,…-
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Closing Ceremony
Alyssa wobbled back and forth, nearly collapsing to the floor until that sudden feeling of wrongness that came with falling jolted her awake. Yzhemal worked her hard the night before. Waiting tables wasn’t exactly difficult work. The menu only had five items on it; porridge, bread, boiled vegetables, stew, and smoked beef. Oh, and ale, of course. Everyone had to have their ale. In fact, she had hardly served any real food if she included alcohol in the ratio. And the people… ugh. She should have…-
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An Unrefusable Offer
“How would you like to return to Earth?” Alyssa’s heart beat faster within her chest at hearing Tenebrael’s words. Earth? It had been so long. It felt like years even though it had really only been weeks. Returning was exactly what she wanted. To go home. To see her parents. And her brother. To reassure them that she was alright and not dead. She wanted nothing more than to open her mouth and shout that she would love to go. Which was why she hesitated. Standing in the desolate military…-
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Setting the Bar
Alyssa had expected another dingy alley. Shady bars were always supposed to be adjacent to alleys with flickering lights and eerie atmospheres. There obviously wouldn’t be any flickering lights in the middle of the day, but there should still be a spot for the alley once darkness fell. This bar had apparently missed the memo. The building looked relatively nice. A wood exterior, stained a rich amber, had an almost welcoming tone to it. The only thing Alyssa would identify as creepy would be the…-
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The Demon
The main room wasn’t so bad. Not so long as Alyssa held onto the staff anyway. The second she started down the closest hallway, she started to feel nervous again. The staff couldn’t even block out the source of her nerves. There was moaning. Had she said that to some of her coworkers back on Earth, they probably would have stifled some of their giggles… or they might have been brash and irreverent. But this wasn’t that kind of moaning at all. It was like… Perhaps it was just because of the…-
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Fiat Lux
Self-preservation was an interesting instinct. Not the fact that it existed—that was perfectly understandable—simply the way that the brain went about its task of keeping itself alive. For instance, Alyssa had to wonder exactly what was going through some poor villager’s head when they opened the door to leave their home for the day but saw a parade of frightening characters walking past. One gigantic dinosaur, one Darth Vader, one hellhound with literal fire pouring from her eyes, and three girls…-
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Illuna
The city of Illuna was, indeed, a city. It wasn’t as large as Lyria, but Lyria was known as the Grand City for a reason. It was still the largest man-made settlement Alyssa had seen since coming to this world that wasn’t Lyria. It seemed to have taken a lot of cues from Lyria’s layout as well. A wall surrounded the majority of the city, though it did have a significant number of buildings outside, sprawling the city beyond its borders. A few towers were stationed around the wall as well, though…-
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Iona
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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Idyll
Alyssa woke to blinding sunlight, an unfamiliar ceiling, and the drums of war thumping inside her head. Without even moving a muscle, she closed her eyes and tried to will away the pounding. It didn’t work. If anything, consciousness only made it worse. Her tongue stuck to the dry roof of her mouth in an unpleasant manner. Sweat coated her body despite her feeling a little chilled. Even with that chill, there was a warmth to the side of her body, with her left arm being weighed down. By…-
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