This is it! The first ever Melee of Hysteria concludes and the participants for the first ever Dance of Hysteria are decided! Enjoy the action, dear readers, and come back soon for the exciting conclusion of Volume 3. Just two more issues left to determine who will write the rules for interactions between Fonlanders and the beings of Prime 5.
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This week:
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As the clock winds down, Hysteria lays out the plan for what follows the Melee.
Hysteria’s Moon: “As a reminder, the participants still remaining on center court at the end of the Melee will advance to the first ever Dance of Hysteria, a single elimination tournament. Participants will draw numbers to determine their opponents, and then we will break for fourteen days and reconvene here.”
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The Game Masters are bonding. The Melee is almost done, and bonds have been forged.
The Game Masters: “We won’t all be together again for the Dance, but some of us, maybe. Hysteria will announce official rules for the Dance soon, but I think each participant will choose a DR, or designated roller. You’ve done that before Agiel.”
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Tracia and Metatron square off, but will they clash in the final minutes of the Melee? Pultine has a face to face with an old enemy. And the Queen Rowen has a showdown with an archangel.
The Divine Essence: “Much of the fighting stops when Metatron and Tracia face off on center court. The energy shifts, churning like a slow tornado in the center of the octagonal space. It seems that all eyes are on Metatron and Tracia as they converse. Pultine and Lorv stand just behind Tracia, and Michael and Gabriel approach to stand behind Metatron.”
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Zazel and Empyreon continue their work of thinning the participants, but when Empyreon attacks late in the game, everyone is on the edge of their seats wondering if he has killed his opponent. And Coffey worries about an old friend she hasn’t seen in two centuries before they arrived at the Melee.
Vistas of Endla: “Zazel manages to knock Umbriel out of bounds, but Empyreon hits Lofet hard and he tumbles to the stone floor of center court. Coffey sees his body land and if not for Raius, she would have flown to his side.”
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Ariel and Leilar continue their quest with Mensah and Badú. But things don’t go as planned, and the quest gets complicated in ways that neither of them imagined.
Agent Orange (Limited Series): “Mensah is like an Fonlands fanboy. He’s read all of the Umbatia scrolls about the Fonlands and the ways that Fonlanders have settled Earth. That’s how he came across the story of Jeje’s pipe.”
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Zacchaeus is on the disc of Sakpata and the Needy is happy to explore a new corner of the Fonlands. Zacchaeus is eager to reunite the Needy with Xêvioso so he can get back to his life, but there are hungry dwellers of the disc of Sakpata who might throw a wrench in that plan.
Finding Xêvioso (The Deft Hands of Zacchaeus Limited Series): “Sakpata’s jewel shines down on Zacchaeus as he makes his way along a rocky path. The jewel is the sun of Sakpata’s disc, and even though it is deep red, its rays are yellow-white. The terrain of the disc is mostly brown stone and there are patches of light blue moss that seem to glow even under the bright jewel overhead, but there is a path of red stone that Zacchaeus follows.”
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It’s the PRL Serials Volume 3! The hot, hot, hottest RPG in this universe or any other.
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PRL Serials 