Adventures in Time, Space, Life and Death
“This is the third time you have called, Shadowclaw…” Retvik grunted as he picked up the phone. “What do you want?” “We want a status update on Dawnbreaker.” “He is recovering and spending time with his brother. You are very insistent on getting Dawnbreaker to return to you as soon as possible.” “We need him … Read more
“Hellooooo, Souldrainer speaking, who is this?” While Retvik had always been the face of the Missing and the Thantir in general, it was normally Litvir who did more of the admin stuff. He also took most of the phone calls, because Arkay seemed weirdly funny with them. Sure, it meant Litvir using his somewhat silly … Read more
Terrorbane: Hello, Dawnbreaker. Your superior, Lightstalker, informed me that you are alive and well and requested I check in on you. When are you returning back to base? Dawnbreaker: Uh… Dawnbreaker: Sorry. I’m still kinda messed up by what happened. Terrorbane: Your ship was thrown into Patagenic, though Phantai territories, and you were hit by … Read more
“You are fully healed up, you are free to head back to the Alsyr whenever you are ready.” “Uh, thanks…” Psiksi looked up at Retvik, who had just removed the bandages on his hand and incinerated everything. He felt uneasy. As if he was both at home and away from home at the same time. … Read more
Psiksi was utterly overwhelmed. For at least two year-strings, he’d believed that his universe was destroyed and he was the only accidental survivor. But it turned out that his universe was remade and reborn into something new, and there were other beings who had survived. Various twists of fate had meant they’d all grouped up … Read more
At some point, Dawnbreaker had clearly passed out. The strange, tickly pain, the thumping voices in his head, the fear that he was being taken over, it had been to much for Dawnbreaker and he must have fallen unconscious. How did Dawnbreaker know that? Simple. He was no longer in his ship. Instead, he was … Read more
Someone somewhere down the line had lied. This was supposed to be a simple mission. Go to a location, destroy some Corruption, get out. Not a single person had told Dawnbreaker that he’d be facing a Voidborn covered in Corruption, who was lashing out and flailing wildly. That would have been fine if they were … Read more
The Kentarasa pentacluster was an unusual one. It was mostly empty, apart from the centre, which was filled with many tiny universes and the Life Goddesses that ran them. Outside the Sparkling Aria, Kentarasa had little in it, apart from a Darkspawn, a Voidborn birthing area, to the north, and two Decay Lord sects to … Read more
“Heya, Kuta.” Arkay didn’t look up as Kuta approached, then sat down on the pier next to him. They had just finished their Decayling studies, and since Kuta had done a few Decayling exams already, there was no need to redo them. At the same time, Kuta didn’t have much else to do, and was … Read more
“Well, I’m pretty sure I failed.” “Oh, me too.” “Me three!” “Uh… me four?” Nyssi eyed her fellow Decaylings, then tutted. “We are so lame sometimes.” “Nah, it’s cute!” Kayel smiled. “We’re like four peas in a pod. Best friends forever. Always-friends, like Retvik says. We’re like the perfect team, forever and ever and ever. … Read more
“Hey, Itaviir!” Itaviir glanced down, then glanced to his side. Being the tallest member of the Thantir, the only person he spoke to at eye level was Galyn. So hearing Arkay’s voice and not seeing someone half his size was weird. “Oh, you are being a Beh’en again.” “Heh, yeah. I have shapeshifting powers, might … Read more
“Oh, hello, you’re that Lightblade, right? Saw you at that stupid Justar party.” Phos Astrir, codename Lightblade, one of the leaders of the Phantai, had just exited his ship, flanked by his three personal assistants. But standing before him was a stunning yellow-plated Beh’enu wearing black armour. Phos felt like he knew who this person … Read more
“You were a teacher once?” Galyn asked as he cradled the baby Beh’evok, trying to get it to go to sleep. “Yep. My career path was kinda weird!” Kayel smiled. He had been on baby-watching duty for the last hour, and Galyn was back to take over. He had tried to persuade Galyn to take … Read more
“I am genuinely concerned about how many vok here want to keep Beh’enlu…” Retvik grunted as he and Litvir filled out some paperwork. It turned out, sect leaders needed to report back to Deathven proper on a regular basis. Galyn used to do this stuff so Retvik and Litvir didn’t need to, but the appearance … Read more
“Alright, kiddo, contract’s signed, you’ve paid up, here are the keys, she’s all yours!” Letharus was trying to remain cool and collected on the outside, but as he clutched the shiny, golden set of keys in his hand, internally, Letharus was insanely excited. He was now the proud owner of a tiny but hardy ship … Read more