Expendable

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"A fight!" Gabs said with a grin. It got wider as three men stepped their way, drawn by the one guy dropping his drink.

"Oh, I wanna help you," Gabs replied, stepping up next to Alastrina, already cracking her fingers. "I haven't had a good scuffle in weeks since they let me outta the stockade. Sorry, can't guarantee ya I won't tear your arms off to beat you with, hope you tattooed your names on 'em, they get hard ta sort out afterwards."

"But hey, I'll let you have the first punch!" she added, barely suppressing her bloodlust. If they struck first, it became self-defense. Maybe some of that reading was worth it.

A New Day; Cozy Fantasy Village Life

Just some musing on magic in this.

I'm thinking that in order for an air wand to work, it must first gather together the air element from its surroundings, am I right? So the handle must be hollowed out and a piece of clear quartz is put in there. The spell is then carved as runes into the wand, while the handle acts as insulator. As the spells are cast, a bit of the quartz is consumed, and perhaps when exhausted, the wand itself is consumed, becoming ash.

The more powerful the spell, the thicker the wand handle has to be, until you reach staves. Master-level wands have to be that big in order to write out the complex spells and is filled with amethyst. It also means there's a longer charge time - or is it constantly charging from the area around it?

We know if you have a tome and attuned to the element, you can learn to cast elemental spells - but then there's still the problem of gathering the appropriate mana from the surrounding area. Perhaps an amulet would help? Like obsidian or morion for those summoning the dark? This could be jewelry - a ring, a bracelet, a necklace, or earrings. Jewels encrusted into a sword or knife hilt, perhaps?

I was asked if Ned's wool cloak was magic? So would that also need some element appropriate for the element to be used? Either fibers woven into the cloth or say a piece of agate as an attached amulet?

Blackguards!

Sorry to have missed this.

CLOSED - Survivor: Cryke 6DJ6

You were driving along this rural road in the middle of the night, past farmer's fields, when suddenly your car sputtered and died. After trying vainly to start it, you reach for your cell phone - but it's dead, too.

That's when you see a bright light shining down on you. But you don't hear the sound of a helicopter - just a strange hum and your car lurching as it rises into the air...!

You're dimly aware of being stripped while surrounded by other people standing in line and being put on a conveyor belt. Warm jets of water bathe you, following by scrubbing by creatures in white suits, then rinsed and dried. Next are several injections - although in one case, it feels like they're pumping big something into your right arm while a golden beam shines down on your face as you black out. When you awake, you're dressed and sliding into a room where a creature in a jumpsuit asks you a series of questions. And while you can understand the questions, you just have no idea what language they're in, it's no language you've heard before.

Finally, you slide out at the end then very docilely allow yourself to lie down in a padded box. One of the attendants hands you, of all things, a Monopoly playing piece in your favorite color. As you look up, the lights flicker...

...Instead of the warm overhead lights, you see a gray metal ceiling high overhead, your statis box having slid out of the rack and is now laying in the aisle. A crack in the metal wall near you is letting in sunlight, and you can see grass and trees beyond, but there's something odd about the trees. Weariness overtakes you, and you fall asleep.

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Congratulations, you now know that there is intelligent life out there in the galaxy. Sadly, it's kidnapped you and you're now in the belly of a crashed interstellar freighter on a desolate but fortunately inhabitable planet. You are one of the first to awaken out of the stasis boxes, and by the look of things, you've been here for a while.

The weirdest thing, however, is someone left a Monopoly game in your statis box.

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I'm looking for at least four players. Interested?

Umbra Rose Condos

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See! Monsters are better than humans!

@BunniesOfDoom

Some are, yes. The problem is that monsters are concerned mostly about themselves, and not human concerns. I remember this story about this girl who wants to get the attention of the prince, and so stands out in front of this poor, unsuspecting earth dragon and screams for help as the prince is riding by. Poor creature never stood a chance.

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If all you're using is a series of single-spell wands, you must have to carry them in like a quiver on your hip, or slim pockets sewn into a vest. Perhaps even in a golf-cart?

And how do you identify the wands? Are the handles carved? Painted various colors so like Red is Fire, Blue is water, etc?

How embarrassing is it to grab the wrong wand, scream "Fireball" and watch as your green wand raises an earthen wall between you and your enemy?

Umbra Rose Condos

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Umbra Rose Condos

Tonight's menu:

Fried rice and spam
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