Adventures in the Space Between Universes
Tannis backed up into the corner. There was nowhere else to run, so Tannis had decided to hide. She’d thought that being a Temthan athlete, a powerful sprinter, would have guaranteed reaching the exit and escaping, but she was wrong. It was never that easy. And as her group had been stalked down and slowly … Read more
“How did the date go?” Abius span around to see who was talking to them, and they were surprised to see that it was another Rethan. Abius had just left the Cheesy Bee and was making their way back home on foot, taking a little shortcut down a dark side path, when they’d heard heavy … Read more
“So… you want to be a House Fighter?” While Arkiir didn’t seem nervous on the outside, on the inside, they were shaking. But Arkiir was a Rethan, they were not allowed to be nervous. “I do, yes.” Sitting before Arkiir was Tanok Stormcloud, the House Master, technically the highest ranking gladiator of the arenas, who … Read more
“Was it you who requested that name?” Leviks four eyes flicked open as he looked up to see who was talking to him. He had been sitting in silence at the newly opened Monument of Fallen Heroes at the Great Arenas, in front of a particular statue. While the person honoured by the statue was … Read more
“So how was the date?” “How… how did you know?” “Did you get laid?” “What?” “Did you?” Abius leaned forward and growled, ever so slightly. Timik wasn’t intimidated at all, but Levik found himself emitting a small squeak. “Timik, stop being an ass!” Kass tutted. “You KNOW Rethans aren’t like Temthans. They’re shy!” “Okay fine, … Read more
Abius had been sleuthing around for a while, waiting for the perfect opportunity to approach the cute new yellow-plated Rethan gladiator. But all of a sudden, Abius found that they… didn’t need to do any of that. Just after they finished a beast match, they exited the arena, only to find their potential friend Arkiir … Read more
Abius sighed to themselves as the five other Rethans all headed off. What had originally meant to be a one on one training session with the new Rethan gladiator who was learning to be a sub for the main teams had turned into a full on lesson with not just Arkiir, but captain Gathin and … Read more
Abius grunted in annoyance as they stomped into the gladiator showers and bathrooms, having just finished a Thirteenth Night match and, yet again, they were accidentally covered in blood. While all the public bathrooms were unisex, with the toilets all having heavy dividers, since one normally had to get naked to have a shower, the … Read more
“We’ll be fine, don’t worry!” Kass was excited. Levik was nervous. Levik was also shapeshifted into the form of Timik, pretending to be the top Temthan house fighter. Waiting for them on the other side of the arena were Viktor the Vorrible, a Vrekan gladiator, and Vezon Taintmind, a new Lanex gladiator representing the Perpetual … Read more
Abius stared at the water ahead of them, really not looking forward to their upcoming battle. They felt like they were being punished somewhat, as Abius had never done a battle in the water against another gladiator before. But there Abius was, about to fight Lord Tromos, the former House Master, now the Raptor and … Read more
“That was a really nice ceremony!” Kohra mused as he sipped a glass of diet cola. He had wanted normal cola, but apparently full sugar cola was rare in Rethan territories. Sitting with him were the handful of other non-Rethans, namely his brother Levik and Elkay, the former All-Ksa, that had been invited to the … Read more
“So, you’re retiring completely?” Kass asked as she rolled over and eyed the beautiful Skyan lying next to her. “Yeah.” Psiksi’s answer was brief. He was distracted, mostly staring at the ceiling, lost in thought. He and Kass had decided to have a quick little date, mostly just ordering take away food and chilling out. … Read more
Timik felt off as he entered the Parthenon Arena. It was evening, the shadows were long and the sun was slowly setting. As always, Timik was armed with his great sword, Crown Breaker, and his standard little pistol. More and more matches were requiring ranged weapons now, which bothered Timik because his aim wasn’t the … Read more
The Dasoudi Arena wasn’t normally used for venator battles because it was very uneven and full of trees, but the trees were starting to get old and rotten, so it was decided to hold some large, destructive battles in order to celebrate the arena closing down so it could be rebuilt. Today’s battle featured a … Read more
“So you’re… leaving?” Levik stuttered a little. “You’re going somewhere else?” Psiksi nodded as everyone sat down at the table in a quiet Temthan restaurant. With Psiksi and Levik were Timik, Abius and Kass. Admittedly, everything was too small for Abius, but they seemed content to just sit on a spare stool rather than a … Read more