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A strange and foreign sensation, almost like one of his own instincts and yet distinctly not ripped through his body. Somehow, he had the sense that he was not alone, like someone had his back and they would help to protect him. It was the sort of feeling one might have when in a fight when they...

There was certainly no shortage of Goblins in this portion of Brisshal. Erick almost wished for the overabundance of bandits that the Faldaren neck of the forest was infested by, though even that posed its own problems. Because of their very nature, goblins heckled the bandits out here just as...

There was no shortage of bandits in the forests of Brisshal, both in its Eastern reaches that lay in Faldaren and to the West, in Astorea. On the Eastern side things were more controlled, hunted and regulated by the Kingdom, kept reasonably safe for the Starfallen to begin their journeys. The...

For some reason, Erick couldn't help but be reminded of the training montage on Dagobah as he levitated a pair of twigs with little more than "the power of his mind." The only thing missing was a tiny green bunny rabbit Jedi who spoke in riddles and mocked him when he made mistakes. Astramancy...

The scene still played back in his head, devoid of color. Flesh and bone contorted in a way they never should, encumbered by the exertion of a force far greater than they were ever intended to experience. His hands moved freely, weaving the expansive cosmic energies to his will. Without ever...

Growing up in the Midwest, several things were commonly accepted as a rule of nature. The obesity epidemic everyone recognized but no one acknowledged (and he doesn't talk about it, because it's rude!), taking turns in the grocery store real slow (just in case), and "lemme just slide past you...

What it meant to be alive was hardly one of the topics Erick wanted to broach that day, or any other day. There were times in the past several years that the person behind his avatar was not sure there were any meaning at all assigned to it, and recently up until the day he found Terrasphere...

Unlike most of the folks he met, Erick had no interest in weapons from the start. The game in no way forced martial abilities onto a player, and in many ways, it left the door open for them to craft a skillset that did not rely on them at all. While it might be more difficult in the long run...

He took another bite and savored the new, different, but decidedly very good flavor. Nothing remotely like what his mom used to make, but then, his mother was more of a frozen TV dinner sort of Midwestern gal who was home one or two nights a week. Homecooked meals were more the exception than...

"Oh, yeah, of course!" he replied without hesitation. There was no way that he was the only one who had learned about this game and made the dive, nor was he selfish or stupid enough to believe otherwise. Erick was doubly worried that others were slowly- or quickly, or perhaps more quickly-...

"Owwww!" he let out when the girl clocked him over the head and gave him a firm talking to. She was hardly as stern about the whole ordeal as Pietro had been, which he was thankful for, and the others seemed willing to let him off the hook, so he decided not to push his luck. Instead, when she...

The other player spoke and moved quickly, which in some way Erick had to admire. He was so confident and sure of himself and what he wanted to do that anxiety did not hold him back from charging straight toward his goals. Or toward the things that would help him achieve his goals, as the case...

Stars flickered into being across the sky as the two trudged back toward the village. Erick stared at his feet while Pietro lambasted him for his foolishness, but in the end, both men returned no worse for wear. A loud thump at the door signaled their return to the others as the older man kicked...

Pietro smiled and thanked Harukami for her willingness to heal them if something happened, then hurried off to catch up to Erick before nightfall. It was a tall order. In lieu of Pietro, several of the other laborers stepped in to give help to the female traveler. "It's not much ma'am, but thank...

Active New Meetings, Ambitious Ventures Of weapons and choices Completed In Parallel Ocean Avenue Treasure Hunt With Great Power Hiatus None Planned None Ash Vargold - the first person Erick met in Terrasphere, and a friend. Harukami - shared a job and some dinner in Dunnstads. She...

"Sounds like her mind's already made up," Erick joked with a smile. Pietro looked defeated for a moment and shook his head before finally he made up his mind. "Alright, alright, I'll go talk to her," the man looked from one adventurer to the other, then sighed. "But don't be expecting to work...

Continued from here. The chill had yet to pass after Ash and Erick parted ways. Honeyhome presented as the generic forest town that you might find in a fantasy novel, with women and children at play without a care in the world as the men toiled the day away. If they noticed him, they did not...

Erick sucked in a breath as he watched her catch the bag and slump to the dirt. "My bad," he muttered as one of the workers chastised them for roughhousing. He wanted to apologize on her behalf because it was an honest mistake, but the others did not seem to give it a second thought. They had...

"Yeah, I'm in no hurry to experience death," he laughed nervously, and if death was as serious of a predicament in this world as the other man mentioned, his anxiety would only compound from this point forward. Erick made a note to double down on the research he considered doing earlier when...

It unnerved Erick that Ash was so committed to the story. The man genuinely seemed like a kind person and he gave the newcomer no reason to think that he would lie or mislead him about something so serious, and yet, this world was so beautiful. Everything about it felt so good. Almost too good...