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Strixes Interlude: The Inspector
The Inspector As he was brought into the room, Inspector Calares watched him closely. The young man sat down with that calm demeanor of someone sure they weren't going to be executed. It wasn't an act and that surprised him more than anything else. If he was in that young man's position, he wouldn't have been able to remain so calm. If this interview went poorly, if the higher-ups decided he was guilty, Sanctus wouldn't just kill him. He'd be subjected to tortore as a tratior to Swordp, a fate arguably as bad as hell. Of course, they would never send his soul to hell. His superior went to great lengths to ensure their people had a frame of reference to what happened to traitors. This man would be made an example of and Inspector Calares sure as he didn't want to be the one to send him there, but he had a job to do. If he failed, they'd turn their sight on him. The young man didn't say anything. He just grinned. Inspector Calares didn't meet his eyes at first. He picked up his note
Strixes Final Reborn Gamer Preview
Chapter XVI: Save Lady Beauvale! Kill the Bandits Part 1According to the time, it was just after one in the morning when we returned to the Infernal Forest. Looking at my friends, I was surprised to see that they were holding up well.For a hardcore gamer like me, staying up all night was no challenge at all, but none of them seemed to be that kind of gamer. Amos played a lot of games, but he didn't strike me as the type to stay up well into the night. He was a kid with parents, he didn't have the opportunity to throw his life away.Yet Amos didn't seem to mind. Even Euphie, who had no prior gaming experience as far as I knew, didn't seem to have any trouble staying awake. I wonder if it had something to do with us moving our bodies as we fought. We weren't sitting down in front of a screen, we were moving.Moving virtually, anyway.I wasn't about to look this gift horse in the mouth. If they could stay up and keep playing, who was I to tell them to stop? Deeper in the forest, we cou
Strixes Rebirth: Wandering Wolves Preview
(Chapters 9 - 15)The next day, my dad woke me up before sunrise. In the quiet of the darkness, we silently prepared. "Follow me.""We're not going to split up?""Maybe once we find their encampment, but you don't know the Redwayne Forest like your old man. Stay close."The plan was simple; we'd search for any patrols or signs of life. If we ran across a patrol, we'd ambush them. Otherwise, we'd follow the signs. The sun had just come up when I first spotted them, but it was still too dark to get a good look. Now that we were closet, I could see three people laying against the thick tree, sitting on their asses."Are they asleep?" I whispered.Pierce readied his sword. "If they are, it's our lucky day. Don't move." My dad could move through the brush a lot quieter than I could. So I waited. I felt sorry for them. They decided to take a nap and when they woke up, they were going to to be in chains.I waited for Pierce to send the signal, but he stared at the bodies for so long that I
Strixes Wandering Wolves Chapter 16
(Final preview chapter, for awhile at least)Until we left the forest and the encampment, Euphy was quiet. Maybe she was in shock. Maybe the bandits did something to her, but she was quiet. She only stared at me the whole time. Once we got her in the wagon and on the road, that started to change.The further and further away we got, the more alive she became. It turned out that Euphy wasn't a quiet and withdrawn girl; she was a tsundere. A real-life tsundere. I thought tsundere were confined to the pages of mana or anime. I never expected to come across a real tsundere.My first clue was when she hit me. I made a joke about her red hair looking like ketchup (it didn't) and she socked me good. It was a stupid joke, but it didn't deserve a punch. My father laughed it off and that prompted Euphy to laugh.She seemed excited about everything. Apparently, Euphy had been a pampered noble girl, because she had never left her father's dukedom before. She hadn't left the estate she grew up on
Strixes Sword Black
As far as the public knew, Sword maintained a clean reputation. The experimentation and borderline torture were all kept locked behind closed doors. Only those with certain security titles were allowed to know.Of course the complete suppression of information was nigh impossible. There were rumors about the black sites and what happened to the strains in them.But that was all there was. Rumors. Nothing tbat could be confirmed.Sword did not operate black sites and neither did it work with criminal filth. That was below them, went the official line.The truth of the matter was different. Sword operated a vast network of informants, of which more than one criminal was employed.Morgan hadn't joined Sword out of some deep rooted respect for the agency. She was a practical sort. She would takeg advantage of what she could.So when a witness report came in about lycans and strix in the city, she sent th3 scum bag money promised.
Strixes The Call
I covered my face as yawned. The yellow school bus came around the corner. It wasn't even seven yet, but I lived in Fieldbrook, which meant that I was one of the first, if not the first, students to get picked up, Though the sky was starting to lighten, the day was still dark, and once again I found myself wishing I lived in Neptune or Pluto or hell, even Jupiter. I'd be able to sleep in another forty minutes, and it'd be easier to hang out with my friends."I really need a car," I mumbled as the school bus pulled up to a stop in front of me. The door opened and the bus driver Rosa smiled."How are you doing?"I stifled another yawn as I climbed aboard. "Tired."She laughed and I made his way down the empty bus to the very back. Dropping down on the right seat and I turned my body so I was laying down instead of sitting.Turning on the headphones, which connected to my linker, and I put on French language music to listen to.The vocals of the French singer came alive and I closed my e
Strixes Interlude: A Promise Called
The glistening waters of the Versailles Ocean seemed to stretch on forever. It was why Aaron always rode his motorcycle down the highway after school, just to catch a glimpse of its gleaming waters. At the start of May, the ocean would look so calm and peaceful. Summer was approaching, and it wouldn't be long until it was warm enough to swim in the sea.After a second, he turned his attention back to the highway. The last thing he needed to do was crash. If he caused a scene, his dad might make good on his threat and send him to a penile town. If there was one place in Acroya he didn't want to end up, it was a penile town.Aaron turned his turn signal on and turned down the off-ramp from the highway. He could see the sands of Sequoya beach as he drove straight into the parking lot. He searched around and found a bike rack at the far end of the lot. He cut the engine once he stopped in front of it and pushed the bike into the rack by hand.He tapped the control screen and the four clam
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(This will be the final Wandering Wolves preview chapter for a while. Enjoy it and tomorrow we return with Strix and the side story)Chapter XVII: The girl with auburn hairIn the early morning light, the valley was beautiful. As the sun rose, mist rose from the trees and covered the mountains. It wasn't the color-changing fog of Attea's creation, but a common, white mist. As the sun got higher and higher into the sky, the mist started burning away. The lack shimmered in the sunlight as a breeze gently rocked through the valley.There was something ethereal about this place. Someone out of an anime or fantasy book. I lived my whole life in San Francisco. When I was younger, my parents took me to see the Redwoods, but that was the only time I left the city. It was very long. To me, the world had become a concrete jungle.Wind Port was a lot better to look at, but it was still a city. Where ever we were, there wasn't a single sign of civilization. And it was beautiful. This place looked