Zalan woke the next morning before the sun had even risen above the horizon. He felt alive, lucid, and powerful, especially compared to his state the afternoon before. He breathed in deeply, flexing his arms and reaching for his phone in his pocket, not quite having given up the habit yet. He patted his empty pocket and scoffed to himself before sitting up. The sig...
2024-02-03 17:47:53 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a few barbs were thrown between Yelsa and Fran, Rep decided to simply ignore them and continue the conversation between Gorb and Zalan.
“What were you doing in Pludon?” Rep asked Gorb. “That is many weeks’ journey.”
“Yelsa is in search of an Elemental. We heard rumors of an Air Elemental living at the top of the mountain. The rumors w...
2024-02-03 17:44:16 +0000 UTC View PostZalan felt the moment that Rep was struck by the lightning. Zalan was using Rep as a crutch and the electricity flowed through Rep like a missile tearing into Zalan’s soul. The energy was overwhelming, a burning, straining sensation, easily enough to kill both Rep and Zalan.
Except that Zalan felt the muscle of Elemental Power now.
It was so ...
2024-02-03 17:43:07 +0000 UTC View PostIn the seconds it took Zalan and Rep to get under the cover of a decrepit, crumbling building, the torrent of rain pounded atop them with flashes of lightning and roars of thunder filling the city. Rep peeked his head out and darted back inside when another strike of lightning illuminated the area. Zalan leaned himself upright against a wall, breathing heavily after m...
2024-02-02 05:23:44 +0000 UTC View PostZalan swallowed painfully hard as Rep’s eyes rapidly flit between Zalan and the Elemental watching Zalan closely from above. The three of them constantly looked at the flow of blood from Zalan’s hand. Rep was biting the inside of his lip hard, his concern taking a physical toll on him. Rep was shifting in place madly, feeling like he should be doing ...
2024-02-02 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostZalan took a bold step into the lost city, its crumbling exterior evidence of it having been eroded by winds for years before he and Rep took on the journey to lay eyes upon it. They surveyed the entrance and buildings at a safe distance, ensuring there were no miscreants that had made this place a home of their own that intended to ambush them at the...
2024-02-02 01:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostZalan flailed and managed to strike the Roach’s leg as it came down, throwing it off balance. The creature still managed to make glancing contact, and Zalan felt the appendages drag away skin, burning his face with unbearable pain. His eyes could only see the sickly orange eyes of the Roach as well as the antennae twitching with glee. Zalan punched powerfull...
2024-02-01 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostZalan looked in wonder at the world beyond the walls, now that he had a time to appreciate it. The immediate area was sparsely populated by trees and bushes, mounds of sand in the distance, and perhaps even an oasis if he peered far enough. He couldn’t see any animals in the immediate area, but there was plenty of evidence of things living just beyond the walls. T...
2024-02-01 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostZalan absorbed the town as they walked by, surprised by the amount of people on the streets at sundown. There were lanterns and torches on every corner, keeping the city alight and bustling as people grabbed last minute items or meals for home. People seemed to be in good spirits, which made Zalan wonder whether that was an intended look of the dream w...
2024-02-01 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostRep and Zalan splayed out the books on the table in the center of Journey House, having been asked to leave Madam Hikma’s place as most people asking for advice went looking for privacy. It took a few trips, but Zalan and Rep were able to gather all the books on the table in the guild and sat across from one another looking down at the books with mild disdain. ...
2024-02-01 21:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe modest room they were led inside of had a long wooden table covered on all sides by varying stacks of books. Bookshelves covered the back wall, books scattered in all directions, presumably because they were often rearranged or grabbed for snippets of information. There was a set of seats on one end of the table to hold about ten guests at a time and o...
2024-02-01 20:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“So, why isn’t there a stat like Health on my abilities list?” Zalan asked, raising his wrist to get a better look at the lost skin scabbing over on the knuckles of his right hand.
“An interesting question. Do you have a health stat in your world?” Rep asked.
“No, we don’t have any stats where I’m from,” Zalan replied.
“So w...
2024-02-01 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostZalan ducked down, hoping to get out of the way when the Flamestriker swung its flaming claws at him, but it was clear that Zalan hadn’t moved nearly far enough. Zalan winced as the last thump of the creature's legs struck the earth. It dived at him with full force, snarling as it lunged forward with incredible speed.
There was another thump and Zalan flinche...
2024-02-01 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostZalan shut his eyes in fear, all but certain his life would end right now, without knowing anything about what was transpiring. Suddenly, he heard something thud in front of him. He opened his eyes and saw a young man with short black hair in a fading red tunic with his arms planted down on the swelling earth just as it erupted. Rather than exploding, the fla...
2024-02-01 17:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Zalan sat empty on the worn-out couch of his dimly lit apartment, his thoughts feeling so far away from him, yet consuming his every faculty. He stared at the ceiling fan lazily rotating above him with a dissociated focus.Tracking a single blade with his eyes, he found his mind stuck in rote loops, repeating questions that permeated through hi...