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Extinguished

by Tower Curator — “It seems as if they are genuinely after some of the monsters. Not to enslave, but to have them work for Yora. Inspired by ‘that hellhound that’s been running around Lyria’ apparently,” Alyssa said with a glance to Fela. The hellhound looked up from her jerky for a moment, offering a shrug. “Not sure that I believe that fully, but it is what the Yora intelligencer said.” Rokien leaned forward, rubbing at the hairs on his bovine chin. Fezzik started to mirror his motions, stopping…
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Bring in the Dead

by Tower Curator — 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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Better Bestiary

by Tower Curator — “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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Research Complete

by Tower Curator — “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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Oops

by Tower Curator — Izsha and Dasca took off without Alyssa needing to say a word. Fela chased after on foot, trailing slightly behind. They charged through the tunnel of shed skin. Even the normally smooth Izsha was bouncing up and down enough that Alyssa had to keep her head down to avoid hitting the top. She wasn’t sure just how tough the shed skin actually was. It might shatter if she hit it. But, at the same time, it might shatter her neck. Or skull. At least there weren’t any low-hanging obstacles. No…
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Hilltip Watchpost

by Tower Curator — A hundred monsters marched away from Illuna. The number didn’t represent absolutely every monster that had arrived at Illuna roughly a month ago. Some, like Iona, had decided to stay behind. Not many. Five, perhaps. Ones who had been treated well by the humans and found something worth sticking around for. Inversely, a few dozen humans went with the marching monsters, bolstering the number. The march was much more of an energetic thing now than it had been on the way to Illuna. Everyone was in much…
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Better with Friends

by Tower Curator — The few humans inside the outpost were, understandably, quite panicked by the sight of a massive snake completely encircling their small building. Less panicked now that Alyssa had arrived to help defuse the situation, but she could still see a bit of a jittery tension to their movements. They had known friendly monsters were on their way. More than one communication had gone out to them over the past week. The caravan had been expected. The snake had not. It was a good thing that no one at the…
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The Farmer

by Tower Curator — “So you’re just going to avoid him all day today?” “I’m not avoiding him. We have separate things that need doing is all.” “What about tomorrow? The next day?” “I didn’t spend every waking moment with him before. Nothing has changed since then.” Alyssa glowered at Kasita and the mimic’s incessant questioning. “Just relax some. We’re here to talk to Jason. Brakkt’s not going anywhere.” “He’s going to Illuna. And he isn’t going to be back for three days? Are…
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Meet and Greet

by Tower Curator — Alyssa closed the door to Svotty’s office, stepped over one body, moved to the desk, and sighed. Was it a bad sign that she didn’t feel ill anymore? When she had killed the two in her home, she had felt queasy. Not just queasy, but she had actually thrown up. Now, even looking at the mangled body lying on the floor, Alyssa didn’t feel much but exhaustion. She had had a bit of stomach churning ten minutes ago before Tenebrael had shown herself. Now? Nothing. Things had gotten out of hand. So…
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Espire

by Tower Curator — 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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