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It's just another ordinary day when you first come in to work. You are working at Sega, the company that rules Japanese arcades with an iron fist, but any job will stop being exciting once you've been doing it long enough. And you've been working here for a while. Though in hindsight, that's...

LAST LIGHT OF A DARK AGE "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as I am known."...

Exemplar. It's one of those capital-letter words that has different meanings based on geography and context. In one kingdom of mortals, it might be a title granted to a great champion; in a text from another, it's a lower-case sort of word, simply denoting great skill. But in Planar scholarship...

(Heavily inspired by Mythic Bastionland, look it up, by Chrid Mcdowall, it's not finished but pretty dang neat, Elden Ring, and weird old fairytales) The chosen child died in their cradle, sickness came in the night, and slowy but with more cruelty then any knife, the chosen one had passed...

It burns. Oh, how it burns. Agony, agony, agony, agony. It is unlike anything you have ever felt before. Your mind grapples for something, anything to which to begin to compare, anything that can even begin to let you understand the sensation. Every inch of your body sizzles and sparks as it...

Time. Space. Reality. It's more than a linear path. It's a prism of endless possibilities. Where a single choice can branch out into infinite realities. Creating alternate worlds from the one you know. I am-- "HEY! WHO'S IN HERE?!" GYAH--?! A figure tumbles to the ground, the darkened...

The Boot on Zaun's Neck Vi promised us it would be a quick and easy job. Just sneak into some rich Piltie's place, rob him blind, and sneak back to Zaun before he even realized what'd happened. She'd gotten the tip from Ekko, so we knew it was legit. Get in, get the loot, and get out. Easy...

We all know of mass effect stories but this one this different the system alliance find on mars a copy of mars and find out is like a mass raley that go to the Star Wars so is you job? Is help lead the system alliance in galaxy far far away Timeline: pick age of the galaxy the system alliance...

Location: Pine Hills Academy, Grand Rapids, South Dakota Time: Late June, Evening --- This was one of the proudest days of Shannon Dotson's life. Before her was a small graduation ceremony. The three graduates of the small school stood next to each other in their graduation caps and gowns on...

You are the weavers of the grand tapestry that is the world's story, dedicted to making a interesting and story-rich world, together you will use the bits and pieces of the little world before you But all that is in your hands is the string of the tapestry and the tools of thy trade, not truly...

That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Necromo to be born? - Celestial Wisdom Maximilian Liao, apocryphal You awaken. Hands feel numb. Fingers move in your consciousness but...

A Silver Age has been proclaimed, and their arch-rivals, the Dawi Zharr, humbled in a grand campaign. The Dawi stand proud as the head of an alliance spanning a continent. Yet, their memories of former greatness gnaw at them as they gaze upon the echoing, empty halls—the remains of a once far...

Mal Riley and his Quest to Destroy the New York Yankees: A Rebooted Tale SV, join a young boy and his family's quest for Baseball Revenge against its greatest Franchise! The first time you ever saw a baseball, it was when your older brother was playing for a little league team when you were...

Islands of Adventure- A Magipunk journey of discovery and heroism! Intro Long ago in the ten Elemental Realms there existed the legendary Adventurers Guild who from their Isles of Hope defeated the Empire of Shadows and led the Ten realms into an era of peace and prosperity with every inhabitant...

It is the 41st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries the Emperor of Mankind has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the master of mankind by the will of the gods and master of a million worlds by the might of His inexhaustible armies. He is a rotting carcass writhing...

The year is 2059. The first human born on Luna has a child of their own. One world becomes Two. The year is 2067. Humanity lands on Mars. A flag is proudly hung on that planet that so long dominated the minds of millions, and the words coming from Emmet Muhammed will inspire billions more. For...

The City, capital T, and capital C. A massive beast on the verge of death shuddering on for just another day, with Wings as organs and the Head as the throbbing pulsing brain. The twenty-six Nests under Wings bask in their light while the twenty-six Backstreets languish away from them. People...

The mountains of Sar'do-Nor rise like jagged teeth against the sky, their peaks shrouded in mist. Once, these heights stood as a testament to the strength of those who dared to claim them—a fortress of stone and iron, unyielding and eternal. Now, the stronghold lies weathered and weary, its...

Frankly, you were kicking yourself for even thinking it; it was unfair and frankly just gloomy. Even after expenses you had a few hundred extra bucks in your pocket, even after expenses. You shouldn't be kicking yourself over the ol' Parker Luck. Most guys and gals in New York would consider...

Order’s -> Order of Battle -> Formulating a Plan -> Operational Phase 1 (Skirmish) -> Operational Phase 2 (Main Battle) -> Operational Phase 3 (Rear Action) -> After Action Report -> Retrospective The distanced chatter of muscat fire, interrupted by the dull booming sounds of the canons, is...

Xander is, despite everything, the heart of the group in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It's a show you know and love, for all it's many and various flaws. You cheered with their victories and cried with their tragedies. That's why you know without a doubt that Xander was key. He kept morale up, he...

It has been two months since the last letter came. The pall over the village is unimaginable. The wives worry, the children fear, the husbands ready to march even if they are not Warriors- Yet the Young ones remain. Warriors not even 20 winters old. You are one such child. With strength...

Enter ARASHI and FURUTA, stage right. Each wears a school uniform of dark blue with white ties. On their breasts is a black mountain tipped in pink. ARASHI All the lands have their story of the birth of magic! In beautiful Japan, it is said that when Ninigi descended to the earth from heaven...

Part 1: Death is not the End It was going to be okay. That's what you wanted to tell them... no what you needed to say. You wanted to reassure them that everything was fine, that the world wasn't falling apart, even as the edges of your vision blurred, and reality itself seemed to fray at the...

Welp you died. Thats sucks... But then you hear a voice "Skibidi Bop Bop bop yes yes skibidi-" You didnt want to hear anymore more of it so you ran and ran... But then a flash of color appears and... You are alive again. You see a wierd head with a wizard hat sticking out of a purple...