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Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 137: Death
The small box contained a key to something. The key was bland, and ordinary. If Corey wasn't a curious Nancy he might have overlooked it and thought nothing of it. But the question he got stuck on made him analyze the key even more. What would a bounty hunter be doing with an ordinary key? And why would he keep it in a box? The box looked far better and possibly more expensive than the key. The question pegged Corey over and over until he couldn't take it anymore. They skimmed over the contents of each bag, in a hurry to find something that would need a key. Laverna had to take a break to text her new lover and Corey hadn't eaten anything. Of course food was for the weak so he focused intensely on his search. More questions came with each item that he found. They made some kind of puzzle. Corey tried to fit the pieces together, yet he was failing at something. Taking a moment back, to rest and refuel his brain, Corey asked NewAge for a package of the game. He read through the bad g
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 138: the reunion
The shock of finding out that most of the gamers that he had met online, the gamers who plenty of people obsessed over were no more. It made Corey angry first Erogo was fuckin with his past trauma, then for some reason he started killing people off. Why? What did he stand to gain from doing that? Most of the gamers were just kids. Even someone like kat was considered a child. She was still very young. Not as young as him. Even though she was alive, Corey felt she was hanging off the spectrum. She didn't look too great, she puffed her chest as she sobbed. He had a moment where he felt so bad for her. But this was none of their faults. A greater power was at play. Corey paused to ask himself, could it be possible that Erogo was creating an army with those gamers? That sounded ridiculous because the god had more than he needed. So what was the point of killing so many?What did those people do to him?Corey waited for NewAge to bring him some good news about the dead gamers. Corey could
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 139: Ugly treasures
"Who is she?" Yumiko asked, somehow when Corey went to get dinner-The door broke down and Borba shoved her hand in, grabbed him by the throat and dragged him out of the room shouting at him for not eating anything- yeah, somewhere along being forced to eat, Yumiko had snuck into his room. She was sniffing Kat, turning her around like she was a piece of fabric. This is part of the reason Corey like Yumiko, she had zero tact. She didn't bother to word things perfectly and she didn't understand ninety percent of everything she goes through. Kat let out a strangled sound. "Can she put me down? I'm still trying to see if I believe this is real or not?" Kat eyed Corey. In all her life of simping on the gamer, she didn't think he was this handsome because of how secretive he was. Revealing his face was a no go. And he hardly spoke out loud but she had gotten to like him due to his brilliant game plays. Now she was in front of him, he has powers, her best friend is alive, and there's this
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game Chapter 140
If Corey had a dime for every time he was abruptly woken up, he'd be ….. quiet broke but really frustrated. This time it was Verosika who woke him up. She had jumped on top of him while he slept. Laid no mercy to his chest. Corey grunted, and pleaded for the patience to not attack the person who broke through his sleep by throwing them out the window."Wakey wakey. We have a dilemma."Corey rolled over, and dropped Verosika on her back. She made a moaning sound, before screeching when he dropped his weight on her went back to sleep. "Corey you're smothering me, you ass!""Not my problem." He mumbled. She squirmed, and hit his shoulders several times but he wouldn't even budge. Soon Corey was able to pass off to sleep, only to have it disrupted again when the door flew open. Pamela made her presence known, kat tracking slowly behind her friend. "Corey, Mikayla said we have a quest to do and we're finally there. Verosika, what are you doing?" She rasped. The imp queen rolled her eye
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 141: Mother Dearest
"If two plus two is four. And four plus four is eight. What in the cosmic is this?" Mikayla voiced what everyone was thinking. The quest had been unexpected in such a way that corey could not describe. They'd arrived at a classroom. The so called puzzles they were supposed to solve seemed nonexistent as three teachers filed into the room, and told them to take their seats. They would have to volunteer each level on who would solve the problem. Which meant just Misha, Corey, Mikayla, and Pamela would be swapping. Pamela wasn't even sure why she volunteered. Well maybe it was because the other women flatly refused. Borba claimed it was unethical for an orc to do such menial task. Verosika said queen aren't nerds. Which Mikayla took offense too. Gogo said out loud that she was definitely not book smart, so unless they wanted to fail they would leave her out of it. Eleanora had no clue about math or anything, dragon mages were not taught that. And Kat said nothing but Pamela answered for
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 142; Don't talk about scars
Gogo wasn't meant to see the actual wounds, and Corey mother threw up. Having seen the actual damage she had caused due to her codependency made her feel worse than a monster. The sores were almost painful to stare but gogo kept her eyes on them. Corey wasn't paying any attention to who was watching him, he was feeling vengeful glaring down at his mother like she had cursed him. In a way, she definitely cursed him. She was supposed to be his guardian, instead she chose to turn on him. If Larry had left her after a week, she likely would have married someone far worse. His mother had really bad taste. And Corey always suffered for it. "Corey, I'm sorry." She vomited again. He only glared, this was even half of his injuries. The scars he used to have around his back and chest had healed over the years, they were hardly visible. But his arms. They suffered refusing to even heal. "Look at me." Corey commanded and his mother sobbed. This was her personal hell. Having to see the actual
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game Chapter 143
Kneeling by the window, Corey spun a pen in his hand. He was in a rut. Hate brewed within his stomach at the memory of seeing his mother. Hate that he didn't like. He didn't want to feel. But for the past three days, whenever he woke up, Corey would pause and just think about this mother's face. She was in the game. She didn't even know how. And so was Larry. The people he hoped he wouldn't see were all here. The pen spun faster as his thoughts continued to dive deeper. The women were respectful, they didn't bother him too much and they didn't show their pity but Corey could feel it. They were thinking about his inks differently. He had started wearing sleeves, and hiding them because they drew attention. Corey glared at the pen until it snapped. He spun the two split pieces, his mind somewhere far away. Yumiko was the only one who didn't get that Corey needed some space to get his emotions underwraps. He couldn't sleep. He couldn't eat. Just seeing his mother had sent him into a d
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game Chapter 144
NewAge: COREY THAT QUEST COULD HAVE HELPED YOU.'Hard pass.'NewAge: IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED A GOOD DISTRACTION.'Soft pass.'NewAge: YOU'RE AN INSUFFERABLE LITTLE SHIT. 'Firstly, I'm not little. Secondly, I'm not taking any quest like that.'NewAge: A QUEST JUST JUMPED INTO YOU HANDS AND YOU'RE SAYING NO TO IT. YOU DIDN'T EVEN SAY NO, YOU PRACTICALLY THREW IT OUT THE WINDOW. ARE YOU FUCKING NUTS?'Nope. I need a more adventurous quest. Something that'll force me to tap into my power.'NewAge: OH WOW, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY OFFERED YOU A CHANCE FOR THAT! HE'S GONE MAD! "Corey?" Kat's voice snapped corey out of his little game. He was having fun messing with the system. For once it was the other way around. The door crept open, and Corey laughed internally. NewAge was swearing at him. And it was fun. The system truly was his friend. It was annoying as shit. Easy to poke fun at. When it wasn't pissing Corey off. "What's up?""Uh?" She dropped her eyes into his lap, where Yumiko was curled u
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