When Sun Bao was little, he used to love ghost stories. His grandmother would oblige his desire for the gruesome and tell him all matter of horrible tales. His parents absolutely hated it, but Sun loved his grandmother, and his grandmother loved him.
“Before your grandfather and I came here, we used to live in a small house in the middle of the forest. We used to see all sorts of things there. Your grandfather would go out to chop wood and he had to be careful of the Yaoguai that woul...
2020-06-10 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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January 1st, 20xx
This isn’t exactly my New Year’s resolution. I don’t even really see the need to count the years these days. All I want to do is write down my account before anyone misconstrues my place in this world, and history paints me in a harsh light. I am a loving husband and doting father, and I’ve worked for my truth until the end.
When the Veils first appeared, o...
2020-06-10 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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When Sun Bao was little, he used to love ghost stories. His grandmother would oblige his desire for the gruesome and tell him all matter of horrible tales. His parents absolutely hated it, but Sun loved his grandmother, and his grandmother loved him.
“Before your grandfather and I came here, we used to live in a small house in the middle of the forest. We used to see all sorts of things there. Your grandfather would go out to chop wood and he had to be careful of the Yaoguai that woul...
2020-06-09 21:01:00 +0000 UTC
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As a photographer, Sun Bao, had worked an odd variety of jobs to make ends meet. He’d worked at a chain photography studio, trying to get families together in order to capture the ‘perfect moment’ for a christmas card. He had done crime scene photography, having seen things grisly, heartbreaking, and enough slabs of dead bodies to turn him off meat all together. Wildlife photography had been fine, save for the fact he was allergic to bees and one outing had him in the emergency room.
2020-06-09 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Viggo and I have decided to take things slowly. It’s been a long time for both of us, and we want to be friends before jumping into something serious. Not to mention Viggo has his daughter, Selka, to take care of. Ever since our first date, I’ve been a bit confused about that whole situation. He called that dog the sitter, which could have been a joke, but I’m not sure it was. I just keep telli...
2020-06-09 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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As a photographer, Sun Bao, had worked an odd variety of jobs to make ends meet. He’d worked at a chain photography studio, trying to get families together in order to capture the ‘perfect moment’ for a christmas card. He had done crime scene photography, having seen things grisly, heartbreaking, and enough slabs of dead bodies to turn him off meat all together. Wildlife photography had been fine, save for the fact he was allergic to bees and one outing had him in the emergency room.
2020-06-08 21:01:00 +0000 UTC
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I came back home about a month ago. I’d been gone for a long time, traveling, working, whatever came up. I came back to recuperate from an accident I had while on assignment. I had been traveling for so long I had forgotten what settled felt like. I’d been staying with my great-aunt while I was here.
Hobbling around the house with my bum leg, my great aunt gave me a cane her father used to walk with, though she said she’d beat my ass if anything happened to it. This old house is f...
2020-06-08 20:00:01 +0000 UTC
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I took a night shift job because I thought it would be easier. I’m up late anyway, and I might as well make some money for it. After a few years of not really doing anything, getting out to work, even at a convenience store, is pretty exciting.
I didn’t expect things to be so lively at night, though. I figured I would see the usual night lurkers like drunks, teens, exhausted types, cr...
2020-06-08 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Winnie gives me your quick history, how you’re shy but sweet, how you tend to be nervous, and how you’re a hopeless romantic at heart. I send you a text message to say I was still willing to help you with poses if you wanted. You didn’t reply for a while, but eventually got a message back.
“I’m sorry it’s so weird. But I won’t make you do anything that would make you uncomfortable. I just need a few poses and then I’ll be okay, you won’t ever have to see me again.”
2020-06-05 21:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Recently, you had started seeing someone you met on a dating app. He was a Rakshasa, charming, sweet, and very handsome, not to mention he had a good career. It was a surprise to you that someone like Gael was so interested in you. He co-owned a wellness center where he also worked as a yoga instructor. For a while now, Gael had been asking you to attend his class on the weekends. You’ve had excuses for each one, visiting friends or your mother, sometimes shopping. But this weekend yo...
2020-06-05 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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It’s been a long time since you came home. For a long while now you were helping take care of your ailing grandmother. Now that she’s doing better, your parents have called you back home in time for a ball. It’s not exactly what you’d want to be doing - you much prefer living out in the country on your grandmother’s estate. You have more freedom there, more time to be yourself.
You’...
2020-06-05 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“You bet.” Gael grins. As he turns back to the other girls you see a dissatisfied look on their faces, but they continue to steal his attention regardless. You feel a bit proud of yourself, so you go and get a treat before heading home.
Once home, you hop into the shower. As you’re getting out and starting your skincare you get a text from Gael.
“I’ll be heading your way soon. I’m going to get us some lunch, what would you like?”
Yo...
2020-06-04 21:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Growing up in Hearthway Hollow you couldn’t have asked for a better childhood. You felt safe there, especially after having spent your first few years in hiding. Your father and mother had married, yet you and your father had to remain a secret, as your mother was part of a pack of werewolves who despised humans. When your sister was getting ready to be born, your family ran to Hearthway Hollow. There, you were able to have a somewhat normal existence.
You had three siblings, yo...
2020-06-04 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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The clinic looks very sterile from the outside, all white stone, flat, sleek, and unassuming. The big red sign out front is the only thing that stands out, and otherwise one could easily walk by without paying it much attention. You have to wait to be admitted by the staff, and if you don’t have an appointment or seem suspicious at all, you aren’t let inside. Several extreme factions have tried t...
2020-06-04 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Enoch stills over the coffee press and glanes back your way. “Something lovely.” He stops and clears his throat. “Not to give myself away. But uhm-” he starts the kettle. He then motions to the supplies he brought it. “I wasn’t sure what you liked. So I sort of went overboard.” He clears his throat again. “Let’s begin work shall we! I do hope you were better able to form your ideas.”
“I was. I even did some research.” You walk over to the desk and pull out your s...
2020-06-03 21:00:02 +0000 UTC
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I was angry after my meeting with Adolar and Ren, mad enough to want to break anything in my path. Not long after that, though, I met with the current reigning Joker, Uriah Finch. He had once been a performer like me, and had thought my way of changing the mood of a room would be necessary for the role I would play with the future of the four families.
“You can make people happy very easily, your jokes and your charm are good skills to have when dealing with some very volatile people....
2020-06-03 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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A few weeks ago, I got a job to do some remodeling at an old house. Apparently a tree fell into one corner, destroying the front porch. It’s an easy enough job, and luckily the weather won’t be too hot.
The only problem is the woman who hired me. Like an idiot, I fell head over heels at first sight. Alanna is a vision with long dark hair, thick eyebrows, and perfect skin. She’s a makeup a...
2020-06-03 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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I’m angry after my meeting with Adolar and Ren, mad enough to want to break anything in my path. Not long after that, though, I meet with the current Joker, Uriah Finch. He was once a performer like me, and thinks my way of changing the mood of a room is necessary for someone in the role I could play in the future of the four families.
“You can make people happy very easily. Your jokes and charm are good skills to have when dealing with some very volatile people.” Uriah tells me. ...
2020-06-02 21:15:01 +0000 UTC
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The Pips is a city in Miror which has sort of excluded itself from the rest of the kingdom. It’s not really a city in that regard, but it prefers to be called that rather than anything else. Rather than be run by the law of royalty, it has developed its own sets of rules that the people have come to abide by. The enforcers of these rules are the Suits; four families who have taken control over the city and its populace through various means. The Zuanshi, the Le Coeur, the Vangas, and the Ve...
2020-06-02 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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You’ve been with Othello for a while now, working as his guard while sharing his bed. You’ve rarely stayed in one place for long, so this stability is nice, although it seems Othello has been enjoying it more than you. He’s a flirt and charmer, but you’ve been the first long-term relationship he’s had, and the domesticity is growing on him.
“Darling, can you hand me the rose oil?”...
2020-06-02 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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“I’m almost done,” she huffs. She’s wearing a flowing red dress trimmed with white fur and belted in the center of her narrow waist. “They won’t let me smoke inside.” She tilts her head back and blows more smoke from her lips. “I didn’t think anyone would be out here.” Her voice is gravely, but hushed.
“No worries.” I lean on the banister closest to her. “I tend to not really care about these things, but when someone is hanging off the wall several storie...
2020-06-01 21:00:02 +0000 UTC
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January 1st, 20xx
This isn’t exactly my New Years resolution, I don’t even really see the need to count the years these days. All I want to do is write down my account before anyone misconstrues my place in this world and history paints me in a harsh light. I am a loving husband, doting father, and worked for my truth until the end.
When the Veils first appeared to us, or really, when we first realized they were here, we barely understood them. Over the years, as more an...
2020-06-01 20:01:01 +0000 UTC
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There is a strange hospital on a craggy cliff, and now you consider it home. Thanks to Asha and Dr. Nemo, you’ve found a small corner of the world that feels comfortable to you. Dare you say, even safe?
With some training and supervision, you start to take on administrative tasks in Dr. Nemo’s clinic. Each day you’re grateful to be able to help Nemo. You remember Asha’s worries that he...
2020-06-01 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Looking at that image, it felt like I was a child again, sitting on the beach. I was looking at something so much bigger than myself, a void that was endless and unknown. I grew terrified of that image the same way I was of the ocean. It wasn’t something, it was alive to me. It was a creature, a monster, and it was inside the people I knew, the people I was trying to help.
That first night when I got home, all I could do was cry, and I couldn’t even tell my wife what was the matter....
2020-05-29 21:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Viggo and I have decided to take things slowly. It’s been a long time for both of us, and we want to be friends before jumping into something serious. Not to mention Viggo has his daughter, Selka, to take care of. Ever since the night of that first date, I’ve been a bit confused about that whole situation. He called that dog the sitter, which could have been a joke, of course, but I’m uncertain if it was. I just keep telling myself that has to be what it is.
We’re both fairly bu...
2020-05-29 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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I am soon to become chieftain of my village, and I am embarking on a hunt that will establish me as a provider and protector.
Deep within the woods there are creatures that, while grotesque and terrible, have become essential for the village. They have near-translucent skin and bones that glow. They look like spectres in the night, and use this property to hunt and kill whatever they can get th...
2020-05-29 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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I hop to the office to clock in my break. “A lot of reasons, none I have time to share right now. We’ll discuss it later.”
I pop out of the office just as Viggo steps into the store. He’s dressed in a dress shirt and slacks, so he must have just come here from work.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t call you back.” He kisses my cheek as we greet. “I figured I would stop by on my way home.”
I motion back to the door. “I just clocked out for a break, we can sit...
2020-05-28 21:01:00 +0000 UTC
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I’m trying out acrylic charms. I need to find the best way to mail them and I want to see how well they wear, but this is something that could be coming soon.
2020-05-28 19:18:11 +0000 UTC
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I really like Atticus, but I’m taking things slow with him. The first time we go out together, he takes me bowling. I’ve never been to a bowling alley before in my life, but I have fun. Atticus teaches me how to play, and he wears a brightly colored button-up shirt with flowers and flamingos on it.
“I know these things are kind of tacky,” he says as he wipes some spilled chocolate...
2020-05-28 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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“Is that for your, uhm, dog?” I ask hesitantly.
Viggo glances and waves to the wolf creature. “He has a fondness for spicy ones, and after tonight, I think he’s earned the bonus.” He pays for the beef jerky then heads to the office door and knocks. “Amil, come on out.”
The door swings open and Amil is standing there with a sour look on his face. “You didn’t have to bring the dog.”
“He’s pissed at you, of course I did.” Viggo pats his brother’s bac...
2020-05-27 21:01:00 +0000 UTC
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