Tag: 100-days challenge
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Patina – Chapter 77
This was it. The Hunter pulled the cannon up on his other shoulder. Damn this thing was heavy. Next to him, Cloria raised her protective torch, the crimson smoke reduced now to a single ribbon rising straight into the shite sky. “There’s nobody here,” she commented, passing her hand nervously on her gun. The rows…
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Patina – Chapter 76
“This was supposed to only be for emergencies,” the Hunter mused, pointing at a seemingly-featureless spot on the ground. They had cleaned it off from snow and all five of them looked at him with a question in their eyes. “I suppose this is what you call an emergency, face down the chief of the…
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Patina – Chapter 75
Not a moment too soon, Sadja gave a light pull on the ropes. They still held fast, but they were getting thinner and thinner. If she ever came to the end of this, she did not want to see a rope ever again. At the very least, she was becoming quite apt at getting out…
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Patina – Chapter 74
More than anything, Elissa feared the old cities. She had to pass through them if she wanted to keep to the fastest route. The threads she pulled threatened to wriggle out of her grasp at any moment and the exact placement and time of Verna’s rendezvous with Cloria’s old crew was still fuzzy. Somewhat up…
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Patina – Chapter 73
Sadja gritted her teeth, holding the piece of dried meat they had given her. It smelled sickly sweet and she would have preferred to eat anything else. Even the poor vegetables from the moth-people home, or the strips of meat the Hunter had given her had been much much better. Not to mention canned food.…
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Patina – Chapter 72
The bowel-like corridors spread ever deeper, leading Verna into a forgotten treasure trove. This did not just use to be an outpost. Her hands reached for a rusty table, over which lay small plastic toys, their paint long-since lost to mold. She lifted a rubber duck and gave it a small squeeze, but not a…
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Patina – Chapter 71
Cloria did not like this. She stood by the Hunter, gun at the ready, even as he looked far too calm and relaxed for her tastes. These might not be Eerie, per se, but they did bear the scars of the forest. Transformed due to a curse, perhaps? Or passed too much time under the…
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Patina – Chapter 70
Elissa had never been out in the forest. It was worse than she believed. Every step of her porters made the palanquin wave and shift, so that she was having a hard time sitting there and meditate. The moment they left the protective walls of Belacqua, the veil that every year fell on every Augur’s…
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Patina – Chapter 69
Sadja did not have much time to dream. Every time she came back, they were quick to stun her once more. She tried to hide it, but sooner or later the sled would hit a rock, or take a sharp twist, and she’d let out a surprised yelp, or shiver too much, or she’d frown…
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Patina – Chapter 67
Cloria held her head with both hands. Her breaths came in short spurts as she tried to process everything the Hunter told her. This was… beyond madness. “We never knew anything about it,” she said in the end, looking at him for support. He could only shake his head. “It is what it is. I…
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