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The Clockwork Falcon - part 12: Wind of the Heavens
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The face disappeared into the normal everyday dust. "You did see that didn't you?" "Yeah, I saw it. A lot of good a pile of transient art will do us," bemoaned Serrena. "I think that was...
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Wolves' Legacy 3: Chapter 8
Fire to Fire "(Artios, we are ready)," said one of the hellhounds to the heavily augmented hellhound. Artios, a cyborg, led the ambush to Arbal, the same town where he managed to defeat his rival. His purpose there was the same. It was to...
For'se, Gentleman Kobold!
Click. Click. Click. Heels on stone, a great jacket on a little body, a cap hiding the face from prying eyes. Too short to be a dwarf, but the smell of soot and coal was present, as was an over-sized flintlock pistol thrust into his belt. Click....
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