Caed and Gregor strode into the edge of town in the late afternoon. There were no actual distinctions between most of the buildings, so it took some time to find the man who posted the contract. They found him near the market, where sellers were still peddling their wares, but slowing down to close shop […]
Read more "Echoes of the Past"“You all know why you’re here,” Royce said, his voice bringing everyone in the room to attention. “Each of you has your reasons, but we’re not here to discuss that. We have been presented with a problem. End Times level problem. All of you have been selected for your expertise in one facet or another […]
Read more "Time Crimes"He’s pacing again. When you consider his other ticks, that’s tremendously bad. More than anything else, it’s his hands. They constantly twitch, stretch, and flex. When he’s angry, his fingers expand and contract, balling into fists from open palms. When he’s stressed, he pops his knuckles, repeatedly. When he’s anxious or nervous, that’s usually when […]
Read more "Idle Hands"The camp fire had been burning a couple of hours at this point. They settled on a small clearing between the trees off the main road to keep out of the way, but the firelight made them seen from nearly any direction. Willem didn’t think it was an issue, despite the problems they’d had the […]
Read more "Mercy"A war chant from a project I was working with. Still rough and needs to be cleaned up, but I like the dichotomy of it. It was very representative of the people who created it. Cry havoc Consume or be consumed Give into the beast or cull the herd Tread upon them or be trampled […]
Read more "War chant "The world around you has a history of its own, beyond the perspective of your existence. Just like you, the things around you have their glorious moments and their deep, dark secrets. Victors and the vanquished share something in common: the bloody, brutal war that led up to their definitive title. Your surroundings are both […]
Read more "Reliquary of the Damned"No one knows how it happened, much less why. Theories range anywhere from extraterrestrial invasion, which, given the presence of the Cloven and the Vice, is entirely likely, to unstable mutations that spread throughout the original planet Earth, eradicating our species at a terrifying, exponential rate. Genocide? Check. Zombies? Check. Extra dimensional tentacle monsters? You […]
Read more "What Are We Without The Sky?"Normally, when the power goes out, it’s a small problem, sometimes barely a problem. When you’re in a deep space research laboratory in orbit of an uninhabitable planet, having the power go out means that your life support systems are running on emergency power. When the power goes out here, the clock starts ticking towards […]
Read more "It Never Ends"The food could be better. I shouldn’t complain, but the fact of the matter is that we don’t have many options anymore. The more we scavenge from the surrounding buildings, the farther out we have to go. We’re stretching ourselves thinner every day, but it’s an unfortunate necessity to our lives now. We’ll have to […]
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Vox Tenebrarum Invictarum 