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The Obivec Isles: Battle for Abbaden [Lore Rich, Lots to Explore]

I'll throw in some interest. :3

Cataclysms : Earth Divided

Interested. :)

The World of Lasgoul [High Fantasy Interest Check]

Color me interested. ^_^

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Layla Young

"I had every right in the book. She is one of the children after all," Layla looked unamused and unstirred by Corann's tone. "Besides, I probably saved your lives. They were gathering. They wanted her. I could hear the greed in their hearts. The prospect of a newborn hybrid was too good to pass up. If I had not moved us, it would had been a possible bloodbath outside of the school. And that would definitely have turned her, probably gone insane as well from it."

She crossed her arms as the mention of the guardians. "Should I worship whatever created me? Then should the children worship me and a few fellow witches? I think not," she said coldly before sitting down in a meditative stance. Layla let her mind stretch out as she took in the hints from the girl's mental state that she wanted to run. She let her. There was no point in keeping her here. The dome was wide, and no other humans, special or otherwise, was inside of it. Those that were when she cast it had been compelled to leave.

Neither of them would be able to get out without her permission, they didn't have the strength for it. Corann could, possibly, but it would be expensive for him to do so. Druids were idiots after all, using blood magic for their ends and needs. Even if they themselves did not call it that, it was essentially magic powered by life, thus blood.

She had hoped that they would stay within the barrier after the child hit it with her week fists. She had given up, which was good, but then Corann approached and Layla sighed. She was thinking of using a projection to make them stay within. Who knew what kind of hunters would be after them if she let them out? She bit her lip as she contemplated her options.

Before she could make up her mind though Corann went to action and started channeling his magic. "You fool!" she hissed out into the air. The idiot was using a far too powerful spell for his body. Why was he using up his body like this? If he had just asked nicely and given her his plan, she would had let them out. Or if he had just carried her trinket she could had kept track of them easily and been able to teleport in if trouble arose.

Layla was thinking of inserting more power into the barrier. To give it resistances towards the elements. To prove how fruitless it would be to try to escape by force. But knowing him, Corann would probably exhaust himself until he could not walk just to prove a point. She sighed and shook her head and cut the feed into the barrier, lowering its tolerance towards damage. She decided to test Corann, to see if he could actually break through the spell at it's base value. She heard a crack and soon after the barrier shattered. She felt a mixture of proud and sad at the same time.

She stood up and reached out towards her side and pulled out a staff from thin air. She smacked the base against the ground and a hawk appeared from the ground. "Follow them, report on everything they do," she said before disappearing in a cloud of smoke. She was back home again. Today had been way too exciting for her slow lifestyle. But she feared that things would get a lot more hectic from now on.

The Wolves Of Red Lake (Reboot)

Patricia Isaac

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She stretched her back slightly. She wondered if she was getting too old for riding this low bike. It was her pride and joy, but it did take it's toll on the body after a while. No matter though. Can't show that in front of the kids. Pat made her way over to the group and stood slightly in the outskirts, not wanting to seem like she was intruding. Perhaps it was not 'cool' to hang out with her? Who knows what kids think these days. Perhaps she was overthinking it all, and should approach the circle closer?

While she was trying to make up her mind Riley hopped into the RV along with the others riding in it and ended her inner monologue. She sighed inside of her head and closed the visor to hide her blush of embarrassment and got on the bike once again. She was a damn fool, that was as clear as the sky above. These kids, they put her out of her comfort zone now that it wasn't related to the school. It was a camping trip, where she would share a tent with her loved one. Not only that, but she'd have to hide it from everyone else. Pat knew they were all good kids and probably would not rat them out, but you never know, or who might show up during the trip.

Pat revved the bike a few times to get the motor back up to warmth before she slowly started driving after the RV. What would she not give for this to be a trip just with Riley? Taking a cruise on the bike along with a tent and essentials. Going somewhere where no one knew them for a week or so. Just being with each other. Waking up to Riley's lovely smile and a soft kiss.....

The bike bumped violently as she hit a root that sprawled across the road. She cursed loudly inside of her helmet. That could had ended up really badly. She had to focus on the here and now instead of dreaming away to a different world.

After a few minutes they arrived at the site and Pat sighed deeply and got off her bike. It would need a good cleaning after that road. Pat crouched down in front of the bike and inspected the wheel. "No damages..." she murmured to herself as she inspected the whole bike. A slight scrape was the only mark she could find, but that was fixable with some polish.

Pat stood up and opened up the seat compartment and took out some polish and three different rags along with a small bucket. She walked down to the lake and got some water before walking back to the bike and crouched down and started cleaning off the dirt and grime off her bike. After that it was time for the polish. It might seem silly to others, but it was one of her ways to drift off into her own world. To have no worries or cares in this one.

Kim Hansson

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Today was taking a turn for the worse in her book. Or rather, it was like a rollercoaster. From good, to bad, to good, to bad. Hopefully it was going to end on a good note for her. She chuckled quietly. That was her life though in a nutshell. From shit to good to shit again, always up and down.

Kim slung the purse over her shoulder after closing it and looked around. Most of the people here were gone. Which she considered to be a good thing for the most part. Quieter, quiet was always a good thing. There was someone here though that caught her attention. A blonde lady, possibly slightly older than herself. Didn't she recognize here from somewhere? School? No, impossible. TV? Maybe. She had always been bad with recognizing faces.

But there was a strange pull from the woman. Something inside of herself told her that this one was special. Somehow it was, like, calling out to her. "Ouch." Kim scratched the scar on the back of her neck. It felt like it was burning, and itching a lot along with hurting a little.

It had not acted up for ages; why now? She didn't know, nor really did she care. But there was a....curiosity about it all. A thirst to know exactly why it happened now. She sighed to herself and slowly made her way over towards the woman. It burned a bit more the closer she got. Perhaps it was just placebo and she was imagining it all?

She bumped into the woman and there was a flash in front of her eyes. A picture of something, and a sharp pain in her scar. Kim felt confused, almost scared as she mumbled an excuse me and quickly made her exit from the café.

Kim got back into the car and rubbed the back of her neck before turning on the ignition and drove off back home. It was time to see what Maya was up to. If she was even there still. She might just had left already. Kim had taken a bit of time on this round trip after all.

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And I finally took my thumb out of my ass. xD

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Busy life :3

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Layla Young

Layla closed her eyes and rubbed her temples. This was going nowhere. The child was terrified. With everything happening to her. The new scents, the new...hunger. The appearance of two strangers out of the blue didn't help much either. Neither since Layla had heard Corann say a few things before, and with what the child replied with... It was all becoming a big headache right about now.

She sighed deeply and touched her fingers to her eyelids before opening her eyes. They had a purple glow to them as she looked around the area. No one from inside of the school were making their way out, which was a positive. There were a few curious eyes watching them though from windows. Her hand waved towards them and they looked away, seemingly lost interest in their little gathering outside.

"Things are getting crowded," she said in a quiet voice and looked out towards the rest of the city. She could see people approaching, 'children', here for the hybrid she assumed. A hybrid was a formidable force, especially if tamed to your will. A young, inexperienced and scared girl would not be too hard to convince to follow in their footsteps. The world was so greedy.

"I'm sorry, but we need to move," Layla said in a louder voice as her body turned back to it's normal colour and the lines on her face started glowing. "We'll tell you all about what you are soon enough. There are too many prying eyes around." Layla reached out with one hand towards each of them and started drawing in the air. Symbols started appearing where her hands were tracing and soon after both Madison and Corann started glowing with a soft purple. A few moments later they vanished from the school.

To those not experienced with being teleported it would feel like the world is twisting, that nothing is the right way up before the world suddenly shows up again and you're not where you last were standing. Instead of the familiar scenery of the high school was now mountains. When they 'impacted' Layla quickly pressed her hands against the ground and a sphere expanded out from where she was standing until it covered the three of them along with some of the scenery.

Layla stood up slowly and took a few deep breaths as she calmed down. It wasn't often that she got this 'excited', so to speak. "Before you ask....we're on top of a mountain, with a protective sphere around us so no one knows we're here, but neither can we leave. I'm Layla Young and I'm a witch, so to speak, what you just saw was magic, and I'll leave the rest for Corann to explain. He is better at such things."

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Layla Young

On her way to the store she sighed softly and turned her steps and started walking towards the local high school. There was a disturbance in nature there. She already knew that there were plenty of 'children' who both attended and worked there. However this presence was different, hybrid. Those were a rare breed indeed.

What she met at the gates were however something different. A druid out of his sleep, along with a dog. Another rare sight indeed. "Corann! I see that you're still praying on young girls outside of establishments. When did you wake up anyway?" Layla was smiling for once. She did have a soft spot for this one, even though she did not agree with the druid ways.

"Here for the hybrid I assume. Have you told her what she is yet? That she's not human any longer? I hope that you're aware that it's within my authority to end her. She disrupts the balance of the races, but I've never bothered too much with that.

She scratched her cheek. She had spoken directly into his mind, as to not scare the girl even more. "If she grows too much for you to handle, then give her to me and I'll change her back to human, or whichever race she prefers." She handed him a small trinket. "A way to contact me if a complication arises."

Her attention once again turned towards the girl and she cast a calming spell on her mind and inserted a suggestion, a feeling that she could trust this, strange man with the dog, for now at least. "That's all the help you're getting now. If you need me, just talk into the trinket."

She did not feel like sticking around here any longer than this. If it hadn't been him, she might just had taken the girl away from here.

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Layla Young

Layla was in a deep trance, meditation so to speak. She was staring at the screen in front of her. Popcorn in a bowl resting on her lap as she took a handful every now and then. She was watching the previous year's series of A Game of Thrones with glee, the season finale was showing. "Do it! Come on; do it!" She was watching the maid talking about how his sons were already there. Until the grand reveal, which she already suspected, was Arya before slaying Walder. It gave her such great satisfaction to see the bastard finally dying.

She stood up after finishing the entire episode and stretched. She had been sitting here for way too long. It was time for her daily exercise, but today she was going to do something different. Layla closed her eyes and focused on the surface and then let herself drift towards Carson City. The city was buzzing with activity, like one would expect at this time of day. Her mind wandered towards a parking house. Layla scanned the place and found a toilet that was empty and waved her hand in front of her and drew a circle.

The circle quickly became a portal where she could see the other side. She smiled softly and got dressed and walked through the portal, making sure to hide her colour first. She quickly exited the bathroom and nodded at the lady waiting in line for her before passing. Today was a special trip for her. She was going shopping. While she had no need to do any shopping, she grew some thing and could make the rest with magic, it did feel good to do some regular shopping and use things made the natural way.

Her first stop was the local witch's place. It wasn't often that she went there, but it happened every now and then. However when she arrived she already smelled trouble. Could these children never get along? She had hoped that when they were created that they would get along a lot better. All cursed, or blessed, with the same fate. But she guessed that people would never get along with each other as long as there was another person on the planet. You'd think that with her experience she would not had created them all, but nah, she just had to go and do that.

It haunted her a little bit. She has the power to take away their immortality, but then everyone past natural lifespan would die, and she had enough of genocide for quite some time. It didn't matter really. Even if she did offer it to all of them, most would probably reject, and the rest would be afraid that she'd do it anyway. Or that's what she thought at least.

Layla sighed as she walked into the place. "Excuse me children. You're blocking the way," she said and slipped past the trio. "Make sure to behave around here." Her voice was empty, hollow, yet strong. There was a lack of emotion in her voice as she spoke.

She walked up to Callie after she got done with her customer and smiled softly. "Hello child. I'm almost surprised to see you still being around here. With everything going on I thought that you'd leave this city already. Witches always get the bad end of it." Layla looked around the shop for a few moments before nodding. "I'll have one of each potion and a little of every herb like usual. Just put it in a few crates and load it into the portal under the counter." She leaned forwards and placed her hand on the counter and a smaller portal appeared on the other side with money visible through it.

"Take as much that you think is a fair price. Also, my place is always open if you need somewhere to shelter from the coming storm," she said and turned on her heel and walked out from the shop. Layla stretched her body. It was time for grocery shopping and get some 'real' food in her stomach for once.