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New Horizons: Chapter 6 One well-placed sword-thrust later, Brinsley looked up from his work just in time to catch a microsecond glimpse of Volere Darchon’s cloak before it disappeared behind a closing emergency door. Volere was not Brinsley’s most immediate concern however, as the guards were now starting to collect their wits after the chaos [ READ MORE ]
New Horizons: Chapter 5 High above, behind the observation window, Volere Darchon was giving some commentary of his own. “I see my champion is in an exceptionally playful mood today. He’s actually letting that fool down there think he has a chance.” The soldier who had the unlucky distinction of being Volere’s discussion partner on [ READ MORE ]
New Horizons: Chapter 4 A few minutes later, Brinsley crouched in a corner, dictating under his breath into his recording unit and sipping from a cup of tea in between sentences. “After I left the prison floor, the scope of this trap became evident. The stairs ended at the next floor, and as soon as [ READ MORE ]
Day 6 – 3:00am Brinsley walked through the door and into a tunnel, in one hand holding a stick with a bent paper clip stuck to the end, and in the other holding a rock on a string. As he walked, he kept the rock bouncing off the floor and walls in front of him [ READ MORE ]
Day 4 Brinsley walked down the side of small country road that ran through the woods, lamenting the decline of everything good in the world since the last time he had gone adventuring. The recorder he had was perfectly capable of reading brain waves and picking up an internal monologue, but he liked talking aloud [ READ MORE ]
Day 1 “What happens to old heroes? Everyone assumes they get their precious and legendary ‘happily ever after’, but it doesn’t always work out that way, because some of us can’t give up a life of adventure. Five decades ago, my adventuring crew broke up, and ever since then I’ve been looking for a purpose. [ READ MORE ]