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I'm Still King

Ramtor chanced a quick glance over his shoulder at Meridell Castle. Already, there was a ripple of activity at its entrance, a clamour interspersed with the sounds of steel.

by precious_katuch14
Grundo Jokes

"Dr. Sloth has returned!! He’s coming to get you!!" A group of young Grundos ran through the Recreation Deck of Virtupets Station, screaming and laughing as they continued to shout nonsense.

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Life and Taxes

Bob sighed and tapped his pen on his desk repeatedly, staring absentmindedly down at the stack of papers. He looked up at the clock and pushed the bridge of his glasses up his nose. Collab with halondrus

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Like Two Drops Of Water

A young Red Kyrii princess drank coffee quietly at her study. "Milady?" Her ears perked up at the call. She saw a Desert Kacheek servant. "Yes?", she replied. "You have mail from your cousin, the King of Qasala."

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The Tale of a Trash Can Dinner: A Varwolf Conspiracy

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"I'm Still King" by precious_katuch14
Ramtor chanced a quick glance over his shoulder at Meridell Castle. Already, there was a ripple of activity at its entrance, a clamour interspersed with the sounds of steel. Then, the Blue Bruce plunged into the forest, his robe billowing behind him. He mumbled an incantation and allowed a magical glamour to settle over him, allowing him to blend into the trees and undergrowth. As he strode onward, his foot caught on a gnarled root half-hidden in the dirt, and he cursed under his breath as he waved his staff to obliterate the footprints he had left in his flight, letting dry leaves settle over them, letting the soil hide them away. How? he grumbled mentally as he forged forward. A novice wizard, and an upstart peasant who calls himself the son of Sir Reynold? How could they…how were they able to fight their way to the castle, break the curses I laid over the land, and…and… He stopped, leaning against a dead tree to catch his breath, his staff topped with a lapis lazuli crescent hanging limp by his side. Then Ramtor...




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