Category: 2023 Interim Shorts: Pultine’s Greatest Hits
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Seek and Destroy – 2 –
“Hasah is not the ruler of Xaxax,” Rusa explained. “He’s the military leader for this nest, so he directs all of their defenses. The Nest of Aexea is the largest of this hemisphere and he secured the area around it when their enemies attacked. He is celebrated for his tactics and for his bravery.” “And…
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Seek and Destroy – 1 –
“He’s about this tall,” Pultine said casually and she lifted her hand a foot over her head. “He has wings like mine but they’re brown and don’t retract. He was wearing his jade tinted armor, metal plates on his chest and limbs, it’s very impressive. It’s all my fault he’s here…” “Then he can thank…
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Low – 5 –
Pultine eventually cooled as she levitated in a corner of the formation. Her wings flapped in a blur at her back and her arms were crossed at her chest as Yana finished construction of the armor. Pultine often slept that way and she was asleep as she cooled because burning at such a high temperature…
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Low – 4 –
Yana leaned against the dark anvil in a corner of the formation, inspecting her tools that dangled from hooks on the wall as the forge blazed and sent waves of heat through the comfortable coolness of the large space. Her long, webbed fingers were nimble, even with the sharp talons at the ends of each,…
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Low – 3 –
“The siafu are everywhere on the disc,” one of the gold digger ants explained to Rusa. “But only chosen leaders are allowed in the Chamber of the Unseeing All-knowing, so we are the only diggers who come here. We are the siafu crowns.” “What exactly is this place?” Rusa asked. The majority of the gold…
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Low – 2 –
“We are navigating the rock formations,” Pultine whispered, narrating the scene for Rusa who had no real appreciation for the journey on which he and Pultine embarked into the darkness of the Chamber of the Unseeing All-knowing. “Can that thing see with those shiny eyes?” Rusa whispered. They were walking because it was easier to…
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Low – 1 –
“I pride myself on my strength,” Rusa Gawol said shakily, the light from the torch he bore quivering against the dark cave walls as he failed to control his nerve and calm the fear that made him tremble. He kept close to Pultine in the smothering darkness that was only interrupted by the light from…
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PRL Christmas Special – Part 2 of 2
Forgiveness – 2 – In the town square, the ruins of rhadswiis were low rise buildings of gray stone that crumbled around the edges, giving the town a weathered feel, but there were strings of bright, multicolored lights lining the structures and hanging from the tall and thin wooden trees. There were makeshift statues of…
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PRL Christmas Special – Part 1 of 2
Forgiveness – 1 – Jeris fly through the last of the sunlight, casting shadows on her face even at a distance. She doesn’t listen to them, but she can hear their conversation. Out here, the jeris were mostly recent adults who worked hard in the ore mines to afford housing in the converted ruins of…
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December 29, 2022
Oh dear reader, how I’ve missed you. Welcome back to the 2023 Interim Shorts period. We hope you had a good Christmas; I’ve been slowly recovering from the flu this past week and it forced us to reconfigure our posting schedule. You didn’t miss it, it’s late but somehow still on time; the first ever…