Its easy to know where the Lakota are found. Getting to them is another thing entirely, as I cross the land on foot with Conan at my side. The old soldier is nervous, some instinct of his making his hackles raise as his eyes flit back and forth beneath the trees. In sharp contrast, I was the very model of calm outwardly. My mind took refuge in the mental habits of Riddle, a fortress empowered with Occlumency and its meditative habits helping me isolate my more emotional bits and pieces that w...
2024-04-11 01:27:21 +0000 UTC
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"That feels a bit excessive, doesn't it?" I remark lightly. And then with the following rejoinder, I add aloud for all to hear.
"Especially as the next full moon is six days from now."
A beat passes. Everyone considers it and to his credit, the distraught Amos lowers his gun and looks incredibly frustrated at himself as his mount snarls.
"Ah hells. I-I'm sorry. I was so worried and angry, I just about took it out on y'all. But my son really is dead and I got no idea what'...
2024-04-11 01:25:49 +0000 UTC
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"Ain't that a name and a half! So, Mr. Riddle! What kinda research you doing?" He seemed incredibly jovial and most odd of all, bore what looked like a revolver on his hip rather than a wand. To my confusion, he only grinned as if he knew something I didn't as he chuckled and waved a hand.
"Seems mighty strange, don't it? I'm a squib. But that don't stop me none! 'Course, most of us out here are wizards but me and my kin, we don't take shit from anyone! Turns out, most disagreements te...
2024-04-11 01:23:24 +0000 UTC
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We traveled slowly. After the impromptu wake we had for the few who had fallen, as well as disposal of those who had attacked us, we left and took routes none could easily travel. In that respect, the Romani culture coupled with the werewolves nature helped immensely. I became privy to passages and flight routes that were otherwise, not for outsiders to witness and the trust they put in me was humbling.
When we were hungry, we camped and lived off the land and if we wanted for any part...
2024-04-11 01:21:38 +0000 UTC
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I am Tom Riddle but at the same time, I am not. Nowhere was this more exemplified than my wand, which looked more like a worked bit of bone than what it actually was. Thirteen and a half inches, yew. Pheonix feather core. As I waved it to help me and Fenrir gather up the maple sap, I thought about the magic I would cast and the fact that I could do so with the wand, despite not being entirely Tom in personality. Unless of course, the merge ensured that we were for all purposes, one and the sa...
2024-04-11 01:20:23 +0000 UTC
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Ah.
They were all werewolves. I think? I'm not entirely sure, but a group of random wizards attacking a caravan out in the middle of nowhere does have that certain ring of plot. More so, when I run into possibly the most psychotic monster that would grace Voldemort's little goose-stepping fan club, responsible for Remus's curse and suffering upon suffering to others.
Now currently an awestruck child, trying his best not to stare at the wand I have in my hand. His grandmother and...
2024-04-11 01:17:35 +0000 UTC
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There was only one answer to give to an old man hoping to lure you to his castle, with what was your wildest dreams.
"No."
I think the swiftness of the reply was what surprised him, as Dumbledore peered at me in mild confusion before he asked. "May I ask why?"
Why? Because I hated what younger Tom...Or me I guess, did? Because it meant hopping headfirst into the hateful cesspool that Tom had only been an instigator rather than the cause of, or maybe because British food w...
2024-04-11 01:15:47 +0000 UTC
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"Oh, I'm a lumberjack and that's ok! I sleep all night and I work all day!"
With the song accompanying me, I continued to cleave the logs into usable firewood, enjoying the physical labor and feeling far happier than I had in a long time. Magic was wonderful, like playing Gmod without limits but more importantly, there was that feeling of knowing this was my little sanctuary. Canada had proven to be an excellent choice of locations, far away off the beaten path that I didn't have to wo...
2024-04-11 01:13:05 +0000 UTC
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The year is nineteen-fifty-three and the world turns as it always has. Stalin has died and the dictatorship he has built is crumbling, repercussions echoing through both worlds. Racial segregation is being hotly contested in the United States and to my personal shame and distaste, my own society is trailing far behind in that regard to the point it hasn't even gotten to the debate stage yet, and of course-mundane society is leaping ahead rapidly.
Colored televisions had been out for a ...
2024-04-11 01:10:22 +0000 UTC
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Pyrrha Nikos stared at the stream of smoke and gave a sharp whistle. Just like they trained, Icarus took flight as he flew on ahead, letting out a little screech behind him. Ruby as they kept running let out a little tsk of mild frustration as she spoke aloud. "I'll make a camera for him next time. We can fit it around his neck and monitor what he sees through our scrolls."
"That would come in handy." Lie Ren agreed as he kept an eye to the outside of their formation before he asked. ...
2024-04-09 17:17:58 +0000 UTC
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"You do know I'd have done this for free, right?"
In my office, Qrow raised an eyebrow across at me as one of my tentacles poured him out a drink and slid it over. He had taken to my original form surprisingly well, if not with a few off-color jokes at Tai's expense and as he sipped his drink, he froze and stared at it before I rumbled with amusement into his mind.
"Apple juice. I know you prefer to be more sloshed at this hour, but I require you more attentive and less drunk."<...
2024-04-09 16:12:09 +0000 UTC
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To be a farmer was a simple life, but a fulfilling one.
In a world where every day was a gift, Oscar Pines found himself, if not entirely content than at least happy with his lot. The wilds of Remnant were dangerous after all for a reason, though lately from the news filtered through a neighbors old television set perhaps 'crazy' might be a better one. Even now, talk of the Vytal Festival was a subject often wagged about by his elders, all discussing whether or not the images played du...
2024-04-09 16:09:33 +0000 UTC
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It was strange, knowing that Ruby saw no distinction between any form I took and the Illithid one I was currently using. Right down to the way she squirmed before my eyes, her emotions and thoughts everywhere before I gently patted her hand and leaned slightly down to look at her in the face.
"Breath, child. Relax. Now... What can you share?"
Ruby did so, her thoughts calming down as she spoke quietly. "This morning. All of us were staying at dads place. Then I went to get every...
2024-04-09 16:08:08 +0000 UTC
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It seemed like so much time had passed, and yet so little.
Quadling City had seen its fair share of combat, the Vulcan Defense Protocol coming in handy as every statue had come alive, my golems working alongside the Elementals to attack the Grimm that had descended from that thing that burst from the mountains. In addition, coming in clutch were the temples of Cuthbert of all things. Large enough to act as places of refuge, protected, strong... And for some reason, despite emotions run...
2024-04-09 16:06:19 +0000 UTC
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Mercury woke up to the sound of birdsong.
He was warm, comfortably so and the sensation was so alien, the boy had to wait a little bit before he could realize what it was. And then everything else began to flood back as memory returned and he groaned, one hand moving to rub over his face as he swore. It had all gone wrong and there was no longer any sort of help left. Cinder was either dead or arrested, the White Fang had been shattered and of course, Neo and Roman had long since jumpe...
2024-04-09 16:04:51 +0000 UTC
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The world is shrouded in darkness. A strange construct of Mithril and engraved with arcane runes floats, before Grimm claws reach out and the head of a Beowulf swallows it whole. Four lights-Red, Yellow, Black and White glow and swirl, spreading out across the world of Remnant before it zooms out. Holding a crystal ball, a witch smiles as the shadow of an Illithid looms ominously...
2024-04-09 16:02:16 +0000 UTC
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Taiyang pulled back.
Jorgen came roaring out of the hole in the floor and brought his claws down our direction, not even bothering with the blades he gained from Hell. And he wasn't targeting me this time. Taiyang smiled, everything seemed to slow down as I realized I couldn't do a thing but try to block it the only way I could.
Without hesitating, I grabbed him and turned to interpose, and I knew this was going to hurt.
I had no regrets. Maybe I'd survive with my new aur...
2024-04-09 16:00:18 +0000 UTC
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Jorgen.
Memories bled into my life, both my lives as we decimated the school around us. In-game, we had both taken to gaining power and had jockeyed for the position of leader, which only really shifted to me once I had the Hadean Signet in my possession. With the context of memories from C'gorath, I discovered something entirely new. My fondness for my friend was eclipsed by the sheer hatred I had for Jorgen.
Jorgen, who had already been an Asmodeus worshipper long before we we...
2024-04-09 15:58:44 +0000 UTC
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It was as if the world had gone mad.
The city was burning once more, Vale fighting back against two enemies as Ruby watched in the distance a number of golems and Patches forces holding off devils and grimm alike. Further on, barely discernible she could see a storm engulfing the island of Patch and see lightning crackle and strike rapidly and she knew that the defenses had activated. One after the other, all of them were fighting as hard as they could.
Her friends by her side i...
2024-04-09 15:57:11 +0000 UTC
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"HOLD THEM BACK! HOLD THEM BACK!"
Cardin Winchester roared, the boy carrying a shield emblazoned with the emblem of a blue dragon as he deflected shots from the approaching Atlas-controlled troops. Behind him, the rest of his team would be dragging away the wounded, as fresh forces marched forward, snarling in challenge as the scent of ozone filled the air from the discharge of lightning gauntlets.
When the invasion began, the Lightning Horde had emerged from the skies and struc...
2024-04-09 15:53:37 +0000 UTC
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Fighting a pit fiend was like riding a bicycle; you never truly forgot your first.
Granted, back then Ozpin had the benefit of his full power to bear against him, as well as the added arcane powers and talents of Salem, Yanca, Roland and Atlanta as well. The first was now his enemy, Yanca had long since vanished and Roland's descendant and the children of Atlanta were by and large either of little power or not suited for this foe before them. Not yet at least and bypassing the devil's ...
2024-04-09 15:51:00 +0000 UTC
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"KICK HIS ARSE, LITTLE DUDE!" Alyss roared from her seat, the dhampir all but jumping in place as in a seat next to her, was an odd looking warhammer.
On the other side, Elrick grimaced, the half-orc ignoring the looks from the natives in favor of the battle itself, which even despite the magic was... Somewhat new, even for Remnant. On a battlefield that was half ruins, half twisted forest, two of their schoolmates were clashing with another.
Lightning surged, bolts of electrici...
2024-04-09 15:45:22 +0000 UTC
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Five dragons, ranging from ancient to adult stood in the courtyard and around the area now. Up close, it was easy to tell how they got their reputation. They weren't monsters so much as a force of nature, encased in iron and given wings. Like Fang as well, I could tell something else from a glance-every one of them had Class Levels. Tiamat was really interested in this afterlife if she was willing to invest this much into it, and as I looked at them, I found myself drawn to the other half of ...
2024-04-09 15:42:21 +0000 UTC
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There was a deep, profound silence as I took in the threat made against me and my comrades. Credit where it was due, you had to be a particularly ballsy bastard to make that threat in the face of an adult dragon. And for a moment, I felt more like C'Gorath than I'd ever been before, as if I was looking down at a particularly mouthy germ from a petri dish throw a glove into my face.
Then memory from my old life waved a mental file, dusty and ancient and I remembered who he was. General ...
2024-04-09 15:36:17 +0000 UTC
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Cuthbert looked like Clint Eastwood and it was really putting me off my game.
He also seemed quite content to let me lead, the both of us sitting across from each other as Summer looked from one to the other in confusion. Fang, bored after a few seconds would be sleeping, curled up like some massive, scaled cat before I finally spoke.
"How are you even here?"
Cuthbert shrugged at that as he spoke. "I just am. Just as I'm in Toril, watching over an acolyte who prays his fi...
2024-04-09 15:34:32 +0000 UTC
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Alright. I had to think carefully about this as well as what it entailed.
The first being that in this place, Hell and the Abyss knew about Remnant a long time ago and were only stymied by the efforts of-and I can't believe I'm saying this, the Grimm and those who retained their sanity like Summer. Presumably there were more, but if so, I couldn't see it just yet. Second, the infighting bought time but there was practically nothing keeping the forces of my enemies of Hell from hopping ...
2024-04-09 15:32:21 +0000 UTC
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The sound of a kettle whistling felt positively mundane, and more than a little strange for me as I sat there.
In a rather clean (almost obsessively so) kitchen, I watched in my Illithid form as Summer Rose or a doppleganger using her face moved back and forth, fussily bringing out tea with a smile and shake of her hands that told me she hadn't had visitors in a while. As she did so, she'd glance at me in curiosity but held her tongue, waiting till she finally slid a mug over with a sl...
2024-04-09 15:29:42 +0000 UTC
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This was stupid.
Incredibly so, what I had planned. The metaphysical engine that was Remnant was broken, shattered and here I was tossing myself into the midst of it. This would have been a dangerous undertaking for a party of epic level characters but for a single one, even me? I would need caution.
On the other side of the world, there was a void of endless white, the astral plane in place as it should be. What it should have NOT been, was shattered as I saw it. Dotted in plac...
2024-04-09 15:28:25 +0000 UTC
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Dessiter was dangerous, not because he was a Devil but rather because he was a Contract Devil. As the name implies, his kind was responsible for the deals and image of trickery such creatures implied with stakes ranging from simple toys like a magic weapon at the right time, the ability to play beautiful music or even for the souls of an entire Kingdom. A smiling face and silver tongue that had honed itself manipulating all manner of mortals and would continue to do so, long after. More to th...
2024-04-09 15:26:06 +0000 UTC
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I buried her on my island. Somewhere high, with a headstone formed from the stone with the words engraved, 'Here lies Amber. Loved by someone.' It was an act that let me calm down and not go bursting into a situation that would see me into yet another incident I'd regret, mere days later. Ozpin would have his due, but I'd be a poor partner if I denied Taiyang his pound of flesh and as I breathed out, I settled back and put my mind to work.
Fact. Ozpin had chosen someone to be his new F...
2024-04-09 15:24:46 +0000 UTC
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