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Card Games
There were no assassins for the entire night. Not a single one. Kind of a let down after all the preparation that Alyssa made. Disturbing Fela and Kasita to have a slumber party in a filthy jail cell—there was a vacant room opposite from the intelligencer that Alyssa had asked to use for the night—had been entirely unnecessary. Not that either of them seemed to mind. Really, it was just Alyssa who had been grumpy about it all, despite it being her own idea. The intelligencer hadn’t been all that…-
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Espire
The intelligencer had been far less useful than Alyssa had been hoping for. She could honestly not tell if she was being lied to or if the intelligencer genuinely didn’t know anything about the group of people. Alyssa had presented the idea that the people were still alive and had simply been detained in the hopes that the intelligencer would worry that one might betray Yora if pressed, but… In short, the intelligencer had done nothing but deny, deny, and deny. She didn’t know anything. She…-
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Better Bestiary
“Going somewhere?” Alyssa asked as she tapped her knuckles on the open door of Volta’s office. The doppelganger was inside, placing some items into a large trunk. Most of the items seemed to be raw materials. Rolls of cloth, mostly. There were a few other odds and ends as well. Cardstock for spells as well as vials of ink, a fairly thick blanket, and a few changes of clothes—which was somewhat strange as Volta’s clone appeared with clothes already on it. Then again, maybe the clothes were for…-
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Questions and Answers
“The old man hasn’t woken up yet?” A… person—Alyssa had trouble referring to anyone in this world as doctors—shook his head. “Not yet.” She had been a bit nervous about bringing the bearded man to the so-called medical professionals of this world. Her memory of the field hospital after the Juno Federation attack was still far too fresh in her mind. Leeches, no sanitation to speak of, people lying in the dirt with open wounds, people throwing up on each other, filthy blankets and…-
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Watchers in the Distance
The threat level of the city decreased over the following week. No new instances of demonic incursion appeared. That included both infected coming toward the walls and newly infected individuals within the city itself. Fela made frequent rounds to confirm that nothing strange was going on even in the far corners of the city. No giant pits had formed in the swamp or anywhere leading toward Owlcroft, at least not as far as Alyssa was aware. That was despite the massive amount of pentagrams accompanying every…-
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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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Bring in the Dead
Alyssa couldn’t believe that she had been kicked out of the planning process for Irulon and the solution to the soul problem. Sure, she might have been less helpful than she had thought she would be—which had already been low to start with—but kicked out? It had something to do with Irulon’s latest idea. The princess was excited. Beyond ecstatic. She had gotten some idea overnight that would apparently solve everything for everyone—referring to herself and the dragon, of course—but needed…-
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Irulon II
The world was a strange place. Or perhaps it was reality itself that was strange. The world seemed so much smaller than she had once thought. With Alyssa, she had empirical evidence of other worlds. Theoretically, she had even been to another world, though having been locked in stasis at the time, she hadn’t even breathed a single breath of another world’s air. A missed opportunity to be sure. There was something wrong with the world. Irulon didn’t know what, even now. But ever since she was a…-
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Staffing Problems
Every muscle in Alyssa’s body was tensed up as she stared down Adrael. It hadn’t been long since she had last seen the Archangel. Two hours. Maybe three. Back in the field of ash, Alyssa hadn’t been concerned about her. Spectral Chains worked on angels and Adrael clearly had not been gearing up for a fight. The same was no longer true. Adrael floated above the surface of the water, shield in hand. Her entire body looked almost as tense as Alyssa was. Although the ruby shield obscured her left arm,…-
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Bathhouse
If there was a more blissful feeling than taking a long, hot bath after getting sweaty and dirty, Alyssa didn’t want to know what it was. Everyone who had gone to the Justice was sitting in a deep pool of water within the Illuna guest house, just relaxing. Not even the slightly murky water ruined the experience. Using the not-quite-power washer spell, Alyssa and Irulon had mostly cleaned out the ash in their hair and from the draken and Fela. It wasn’t perfect, which was why they had all decided to…-
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