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Rigor Mortis
Every jar of light in the room exploded. The room was plunged into darkness. Being underground with no windows, the only light came from the thin cracks in the wood of the closed door that led back into the hall. Which wasn’t enough light for anything but a reference point in the pitch black. Alyssa’s heart jolted. She remembered! Every time she had entered the room during Infinite Regress, the Taker had done the same thing! Throwing herself to the side to avoid the dagger that was surely already…-
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Reunited
“So, first thing first I guess… I am assuming because you are here that you got rid of the Astral Authority?” Alyssa said as she walked along the street. She would have liked to have had this conversation in a bit of a more relaxed situation. She didn’t have to talk with Tenebrael over tea and crumpets, but standing around on the street able to talk face-to-face would have been nice. But she had other work to do and not a lot of time to do it in. She could have asked Tenebrael if she would stop…-
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Return
Alyssa had to silence her phone. She was honestly surprised that it had taken two days. Chris Altrac, the man she had rescued from certain death, was understandably confused. Unfortunately for him, Alyssa was trying to sleep during the day so that she could travel at night. They were almost back to Lyria, so she could meet up with him then. She should have been back by now, but her party wasn’t making quite as good a time on the way back as they had on their trip out to rescue Oxart. She blamed…-
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Retrograde Cognition
Retrograde Cognition was an interesting spell. It forced the caster into a coma-like state. But only from the outside perspective. Inside Retrograde Cognition, Alyssa felt like she hadn’t even moved. She stood right where she had cast the spell. Though standing was a relative term. She didn’t really have a body. Or her body was there, but she was no longer directly connected to it. Irulon was still next to her, as was the Pharaoh. Izsha and Fela too. The cart as well. And the bodies. The cart…-
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Rest Stop
Alyssa blinked her eyes open at the sound of shuffling feet, finding herself staring at the white walls of the hemp tent. It wasn’t her tent, Oz had assured her that several guests would be able to fit within the tent he was bringing, and he had been right. The draken could have fit in with little difficulty. Not that anyone wanted them inside. Even Izsha, who had been quite kind in how it treated her and her inexperience, still unnerved Alyssa just enough that sleeping with it would have resulted in…-
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Respite
“You stupid angel. I just want a stupid portal from here to Owlcroft. Ugh. Work damn you!” Alyssa let her arm drop with a groan. Her fingernails hadn’t even turned black. Five minutes of trying to make a portal and she had nothing to show for it. She didn’t understand the rules. Was it because time was stopped outside their little bubble? Was Tenebrael just screwing with her? Ugh. She needed Iosefael to come and explain again, or explain properly. She had thought that she was getting the hang of…-
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Research Complete
“It’s really my own selfish desire,” Irulon said. She sat at her desk in her quarters, looking over her notebook without writing in it. It was the first time Alyssa had seen her not write since she had taken up the pen immediately following their return from dealing with the Astral Authority. Every single morning, Alyssa checked in on her, asked if there was anything Irulon needed from her, and then went about with her own tasks for the day when she was inevitably rejected. Which was why she had…-
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Reflection
Irulon and Companion were not the same person. An important note to make. Sometimes, it was hard to tell. More than once, Alyssa had caught the two of them standing around in the exact same pose or shifting their weights at the exact same time despite them not facing each other. Frequently, they would both talk at the same time, saying the same words. It got especially strange when they would speak to each other, yet both would voice both halves of the conversation. Alyssa couldn’t say that it was the…-
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Quiet Pillars
Alyssa scanned the horizon, searching for any sign of Oxart. She looked through her binoculars, slowly dragging them from her left to her right. Deserts really were uninteresting. Maybe she was being unfair. Surely some people would like to go on a hike through a desert like this. Her brother or even her dad, for two examples. But not her. When hiking or camping, Alyssa definitely preferred a forest. Of course, it didn’t help that she wasn’t here on vacation. Taking a leisurely stroll through the…-
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Quick Experiments
Alyssa woke up much too early. She had a headache. Her throat felt a little sore and her eyes were dry. The woes of having stayed out way too late. Perhaps she should have expected it, but Rokien and Worrik had sat around talking with each other for hours. The topics they covered ranged from joyous assurances that they were both alright to mournful recounting of the deceased—names Alyssa hadn’t recognized, for the most part. She really felt awkward listening in on them. Most of the time, she sat off…-
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