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The Vanguard Institute – Part 10
Rhesus stared at me the whole time. He would open his mouth and then close it. Kis wandered a round the perimeter of the clearing the farmhouse stood in. He stomped out small fires as the embers drifted away from the fire.
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52 Miles!
Tomorrow starts Pride Month! So I thought I’d share some a fun race. AJ’s Facebook offered up an interesting challenge for Pride this coming month. Move 52 miles however you want and help fundraise for the Trevor Project. Trevor Project is a great resource for LGBTQA+ kids. And it holds a special place in AJ’s…
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The Vanguard Institute – Part 9
As we passed by the pile of dead bodies, or what we thought were dead, the larger goblin reaches up and tries to grab Nyx’s ankle. It groaned its last words, “go’sht yeyish kasalligi.” It’s hand fell from Nyx’s ankle, eyes wide and the words hanging in the air.
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The Vanguard Institute – Part 8
Sasha made breakfast from a portion of our rations. It was not his usual fare but you made do with what you had. It was hot and filling and that was all that mattered.
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The Vanguard Institute – Part 7
Giant fucking wasps! And here I am deathly allergic to them and I still stood up and fucking fought them. Needless to say I wasn’t surprised we beat it. Nor that Rhesus was the first to fucking go down, he was always careless.
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The Vanguard Institute – Part 6
I was lost in my head most of the day. I had always known Sasha’s sexuality was fluid. When you can be anyone you want to be it makes sense. But he kept his flings away from me — out of protection or something else maybe, I didn’t know, but I rarely met the girls,…
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The Vanguard Institute – Part 5
There was a moment where I watched Nyx lick his lips and stare at me with longing. The moment was broken by hollering. Rhesus always had bad timing.
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Stickers!
Everyone likes stickers right? AJ’s daughter is one hell of an artist. She’s improved so much and has started selling stickers. It would be most awesome if you checked out her store and passed it along to anyone who might be interested. Buying would be super cool too. There is only one at the moment,…
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The Vanguard Institute – Part 4
Sasha caught up and tried to talk to me. I was still lost in that vision. The world felt different seeing things from that vision. It was colder now, even though the weather was still a nice spring day. I felt a connection to things I didn’t really understand. And Sasha watched me with careful…
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The Vanguard Institute – Part 3
Things were always interesting around Nyx. Today was no different. Normally the horses loved him. Normally even the most skittish one would calm down. Rhesus must have pissed Willow off and she retaliated against everyone.
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The Vanguard Institute – Part 2
I was so late. Sasha was going to kill me. Saleh might too. It was an important day and I’d seen Glak. She’d been trying to learn the sling shot. I only stopped to give her a pointer or two. But I got distracted. Thankfully she reminded me and I rushed off to get where…
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The Vanguard Institute – Part 1
The second bell rang and the sun was halfway to noon warming the grounds below. I stood in the shadows of the Training Center waiting for Nyx. It was a big day. We were about to embark on our final test to join the Vanguard. Something Nyx and I have wanted since we saw our…
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New Way/Direction
As you’ve noticed AJ fell off again. We had plans, we always do. We were going to rewrite The Ascendant stuff, but AJ’s already done that so many times, and she’s on a solo tabletop role playing game kick right now that leads into the writing and we’ve yet to find that perfect place to…
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Batteries
Ant growled after the phantom appeared. The fear passed over my body and I let it go with easy. But Ant and Nox looked terrified frozen in their places. I didn’t hesitate and pulled the calming aura around me and reached into the apparition and calmed it. Alex moved to pry the crystals and I…
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Silver Tube
The thing. Or was it more the blob? Whatever it was was dead. We came away no worse for wear. The thing moved slowly enough that we could stay away from it. But it really seemed to like Alex there at the end. It was amusing seeing him covered in goop. Though Nox didn’t let…
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WTF, Man Eating Gelatin Mold
He was just going to fucking step off the edge. Take it on faith. No fucking way! Thankfully Ryan had a better head on him and gave him a better idea. Now they all had walked the narrow path over the giant gapping chasm of complete darkness and were standing on the other side of…
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The Chasm
I managed to get in a breather. It helped. I felt a little better after having been bitten by vampire. And now we had a gapping whole in the ground. Ant growled. “They wouldn’t have sent us in if we couldn’t get across.” “Magic maybe?” I sat down close to the chasm’s edge but I…
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Trial
More than an hour passed and they rested in semi silence. Ant and Alex both growled while Nox dosed softly in his corner, likely accustom to sleeping anywhere he could catch a wink. Ant was oddly active for the sun beaming down on the roof above. The utter darkness back home was unusual but also…
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Children
Watching them was worse than watching my mother and father. That was eye stabbing, now I wanted to claw my eyes out. Ryan turned and watched me with an all knowing grin on his lips. “What?” I asked. He shook his head. “Nothing. We can leave anytime.” Nox was making his way back to the…
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The Fire Inside
“Do you have translators?” I asked Ryan and Ant. “Yeah.” “We should probably hide the tech and use the comm stubs so we don’t stand out as much.” Ryan nodded. He and Ant both started patting themselves down their pockets looking for their gear. I crooked my finger at his blue eyes. “Let’s see if…
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Prisoners
Things only went from worse to even worser. That’s not a word and that’s the point. This wasn’t even conceivable. Fucking vampires? And he let him bite him? Wasn’t he afraid of turning? And then he has metal burned into his skin? I was way out of my depth here. This thing in front of…
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