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Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game Chapter 147
Perhaps it was the sudden rain storm that cut off their path to the triads, or maybe it was Corey's inability to sleep that caused him to agree to Yumiko's idea of a sleepover game. He really had his regrets the second she pulled out the animal onesies fro everyone to wear. Corey wished he could not only retract his words, but that he could retract himself. He probably should have said no when she cornered him and told him he was going to be her favorite panda. He also should have said no when she suckered him with some adorable antics into baking cookies. God-damn it he should have said no tany things, and yet he didn't. Corey found that he fell for the oldest trick in the book. And it was all due to Yumiko. She used a trick he never suspected. When it came to the cookies, she said she would bake them herself. Then Corey saw her almost cut herself so he had to offer her a hand. Then he discovered she couldn't do anything so he did it all by himself. The onesie was the worst. She
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game Chapter 148
Mikayla gathered a more cookies onto the plate before she told Corey the answer. "The king will fall, you're correct about that being the missing word. But the domino fell twenty years ago when it first appeared. Killing millions of people. The only person who survived went into it, and he never returned. The triads are uncharted lands, they appear in the sky unexpectedly and they're given names based on the stars around them at night. They form a triangle. Imagine three islands just appearing above your head out of nowhere, you would freak out too.""If the domino fell, then why is this one called a domino as well? Oh right the stars." She nodded. "Yep, some of them are given the same names. So if the king will fall, then that means we need to search the king first. Whenever they fall, they destroy things. They they remain unexplored because people are afraid. We need to wait for the news of the king's fall, before we do anything.""That sounds about right. But Is that where I'll fi
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game Chapter 149
Arriving at the triads would have been a good idea if they were on the undead Luna. Because the king's island hadn't fallen yet. By Mikayla's suggestion, they returned to her ship to watch it. Corey was taking notes of the triads and how the triangle they seemed to form something weird at the center. At first the thought they formed a triangle, but now that he could see the shapes from a farther point. He was seeing more than just a triangle. The land beneath the king was an evacuated city. They were prepared for any of the triads to drop, so the very second it appeared, the leaders started to clear their people. Corey drew a sketch of the triad, sketching the crown of the king. And the dominos. They just had to wait for the drop to happen. Corey sat on the deck for two days. Only stepping out to bathe, and use the bathroom. His breathing was laboured, and his eyes were tired. But he was determined to get the next clue by watching the king fall. Sketching some more, Corey received a
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 150: i think I know him
"Welcome to the sentient ship. The king's triad. All life forms aboard this ship must be of the a specific sentinel, or else….." the robotic voice ends, and Corey drags Yumiko away from the screen. She had pushed something that he didn't see, he just hoped that the AI that spoke to her wouldn't report them or anything like that. Corey wanted to know so badly, why the entire ship looked like it had gone through war. The busted wires sparked, and sent little bits of raw electricity. Corey had to keep Yumiko away from touching them because she thought they were shiny. They heard a sound that made them stop. The sound of creature moving through the vents. Corey grabbed a small record player that he found on the floor, and pulled Yumiko into an empty room. Right before he heard metal on metal clanging. The sound came from the creature jumping out of the vents and Corey just knew it. He didn't need to be told. He pressed his back against the door, and NewAge was on full alert. The creatu
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 151: Restoring toby
There were a few situations where Corey's head has frozen because he couldn't process what he was seeing and this was undoubtedly one of them. Corey stepped towards the creature, not believing it could be his friend. But it had his friends eyes. And Corey had a really good memory. Every detailed piece of a person was stored in his brain like a catalog. He remembered the eyes, but the rest was definitely sentient. Which meant Toby no longer existed. There was no way Erogo would have such incompetent people. How can you fail at the simplest of jobs? Reprogramming a brain. In the human terms they called it manipulation. Corey took another step and the sentient backed up. That got his attention. Maybe he was wrong and the creature could actually had Toby's mindset. That would mean the woman on the recorder failed at deleting his emotions. The creature turned, and lumbered off. Corey was left standing, watching the empty trail. "We should continue moving." He said, not wasting any tim
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 152: Crash
Toby talked while Corey led them in a search to find the exit. The ship wasn't as busted as you'd think. It looked that way for the most part but the further they were, the cleaner it got. Corey felt no matter how smart he was, Erogo would always have some mystery that he couldn't explain. For example the triads. What was their purpose? Why kill millions of humans? What is the point?Corey wanted to figure that out. But each thought weighed on his brain. Giving him a migraine instead of answers. Blowing out a small gust of air he finally asked Toby to explain what happened. The tale didn't explain or clear any of the confusion. "I was playing that new game. The lock keeper, I'm not sure if you heard about it or not before you died but there were rumors circulating it. Still, it was a popular game and I wanted to be a part of the hype. I wanted to be able to gain some money streaming a game play of it. I should have learned from all the dead people and bad reputation that it had. Mos
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game Chapter 153
Toby could list one very striking thing about Corey that made him believe he was BG every time he saw it. Without thinking, Corey would turn into a blank canvas. It was disturbing. When the ship started and he felt them ascend he was terrified, he wanted to run away as quick as he could but he held the seat belt hoping it wouldn't just snap and send hi. To his death. His eyes managed to turn to Corey the second an AI announced that the ship was descending. He freaked. So we're several others. Corey looked empty. Like the thought of death and falling didn't startle anything in his chest which was even more worrisome. Toby had to wonder if the gamer was insane. Then he recalled a horror game they'd played together. How everyone screamed when they got scared. He watched Corey's character as he was approached by the demon lady. BG's mic was on but toby didn't hear a scream. In fact, Corey made a little sound that was close to a yawn. Fitting his expression into that yawn was the final
Surviving the Lock Keeper's Game 154: Worry
Erogo took a step out into the sun, watching the empty water below. He had spent years orchestrating the perfect plan. The perfect plan, he repeated to himself. Now that plan stood at a chance of being ruined and he was angry. Every day Corey felt still had the ability to breathe Erogo wanted to go directly to him and just kill him. That was all he could think about. Anger was his only motivation. What used to be bliss, what kind of fuckin god loses to a mortal? He kept throwing that question to himself. He had calculated everything. Every single detail. He'd searched up how the most players won the game, and yet somehow he lost. That was what worried him.Corey had done it effortlessly. He'd done it without even knowing. While the kid might believe that he was nothing special, Erogo would beg to differ. He had bamboozled the smartest, the strongest, you name it. He'd always won each challenge. But Corey broke that streak and now the doubt had entered his mind. He just needed a sec
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191: It can't end like this
Corey woke the next morning to the loud banging of something metallic. He could almost feel the danger before it arrived. He could sense the trap before he woke up, and NewAge provided him with no warning. That was the worst of it all. His stomach clenched, buckled with the tight feeling of despair slipping through the cracks of his chest. Something was here. An enemy that had put his system on hold. How was that possible? Corey shoved himself out of bed. Rushing towards the door of the bedroom, his fingers barely grazed the doorknob before it flew open. Scratching his nose as he ducked out of the way. Corey blinked, staring heavily at the figure that stood before him. Just yesterday, he'd been playing videogames. How did things roll from zero to one hundred? A dark figure pushed out from the door way. "We haven't been acquainted, Mr Feldman. But you're about to find out this is just the first phase of my plan."Corey wasn't given a chance to speak as the grimy voice of the man. T
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Author's note
Dear readers,I would just like to say thank you to thank everyone who has read this story so far. It's my first time writing a male leading story, and I'm not sure I did it right but I hope to get it perfectly some day. But this note isn't to tell you thank you, I also wanted to inform you that starting next month I will be taking a full month's hiatus from this story. It's not going the way I planned, reader wise. And I'd like a break from it to get my head cleared and gather some new ideas. I'll publish some chapters for the rest of the month. But after that, I'll be off on a break to return by June. Thank you for reading this note. And have a good day..
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190: Impressed by the best gamer
Taking a break was not something Corey wanted to do but he had no clue if taking another quest would benefit him at the moment. Likely because he was feeling the urge to be lazy. But where was the fun in that. Corey tapped his friend Toby while he slept. He seemed stressed, and on his screen was a failed level to a part of Clash of Thunder that Corey assumed they must have added in after he died. And apparently Toby was having issues with finishing it. Corey pulled out his chair from under the desk, plopped down on it. He pulled the headphones over his ears, and clicked on the replay on the screen. He wasn't adjusted to the set that Toby used for his gaming. But a quick two minute scan, and Corey knew where to keep his hands without having to remove his eyes from the screen ever. He sat feeling the old school joy he would normally get whenever he got home from school and settled behind his desk to play his favorite games. Or just to stream. Sometimes, he didn't even stream, he just
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189: They're on hiatus?
The new additions to the group were still on Corey's mind as he navigated through the lobby of a deserted and destroyed space ship. Dressed in a black suit to keep his oxygen from running out. His objective was to fix the ship, keep the oxygen and find out who the imposters were. There were a total of three that Corey had to search for. So he asked the women to all join in. Toby even agreed, he wanted a way to test out his alien form. No doubt so he could attack Corey, and the teen more than welcomed it. He was easy to intrigue sometimes. And for the rare occasion, rare but consistent, what should have intrigued Corey instead bored him.He took slow strides through the lobbies with Alisha by his side. She really had no complaints to joining his harem and Corey was slowly getting to know her personality. Almost like he was still getting to know Clio. Alisha was a natural hunter, she had skills that Corey didn't posses. Sure, he was a jack of all trades. But watching how she skillfully
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188: CONGRATULATIONS 🎉
The next day, Corey was apologizing to Toby. "How was i supposed to know he won trick you into marrying him? It was supposed to be a harmless joke." Toby glared at Corey. He'd gone from trying to think of a way to get himself a girlfriend to married to an orc dude that threatened to kill him if he ever left him. And he could tell Corey was secretly laughing at his predicament. No matter how many times he tried to act sympathic and sorry. It was clear to Toby that his friend was having a good laugh out of this. "If you're truly sorry, you'd use your powers to get me out of this.""Yeah, but the king would be so sad." Toby tossed his pillow at Corey. The teen didn't bother blocking it. He fell on his back then began cackling. "I'm sorry if I don't want to be married to an-"The door to his room opened, and Borba walked in. Her eyebrow raised. "You're not thinking of ditching my brother. You're his mate. Acceptance is your only choice. I chose Corey, and he didn't complain. We orcs ar
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187: Near death celebration
The missile was fast and Corey found that he could still laugh with his broken sense of humor in such a situation. Misha turned to him, incredilous expression on her face. Then she loosened up and laughed. As if on cue, Corey got a message from Borba. He teleported her to their position. She whipped around to see the missile before she could even greet Corey and tell him her brother was inviting him to enjoy an orc festival. She heard the coy laughter coming from Corey and Misha. Borba flung her mace at the missile. The wind blew against her skin as the weapon struck the tip of the sharp war missile. Making it explode. Her weapon flew back, and she caught it. Laughing curiously at the pretty site. She turned around and Corey looked in awe. From the background, it looked like a scene from an action movie. With the explosion in the sky, pieces of metal flying about. And Borba walking towards him. The wind in her hair, a smirk on her face. Corey wanted to snap a picture but all he did
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186: The types of bots
They'd found a place for Corey to fix Misha's button. And while he worked on it, getting another chance to look at her insides- no sexual innuendos there- he watched the city and spotted many types of bots. Corey was intrigued, and he was never one to really hide his fascination from himself. If he wanted to study something he would admit that much to himself. So as he settled carefully on the blanket, and Misha was stuck in a limbo like state unable to fully shake out of it and wake up until Corey was done, he asked NewAge to explain each of the bots and their purposes. He was already acquainted with the killer bots. NewAge: THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF SENTIENT BOTS THAT ARE CREATED ALMOST EVERYDAY. BUT ONLY TEN STAND OUT TO THE WORLD. WE'LL GO FROM AN UNEVEN LIST. 1: THE MEDIC BOTS; THESE BOTS COME WITH NO RANK OR LEVEL AND THEY ARE USUALLY THE EASIEST TO KILL AS THEY HOLD NO FIGHTING SKILLS. THE CREATORS DELETED THAT FROM THEIR SYSTEMS THE SAME WAY THEY DELETED EMOTIONS FROM THE KILL
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185: The warehouse
After reading the clue Corey went about his day, keeping it in mind that he would think about what to do with the aforementioned clue once he was done ne thinking about the lock keeper. Because the man kept him intrigued and on his toes. He wanted to know more. But Corey knew he would never find anything about the lock keeper without some help. Which was disappointing. It was still strange referring to an unknown force as the lock keeper, instead of the man he'd once known to be that. Erogo was just Erogo. Self centered and easily blinded by words. Corey went to bed almost too easily. Sometimes his mind and body surprised him. After what he'd seen, the question of how he could still sleep well was insane. Corey turned around in the bed, thinking about what his day would entail. But that changed when Misha broke into his room the moment he was done getting dressed for the day. She looked distressed. "Corey, I got another message. I think I need to go to that warehouse. Convince
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184: Check his mind
Corey sat his father down in Greta's den where the dragon was peacefully taking a nice nap. She had woken up briefly to sniff Corey's hand, and give his full body a lick with her long rough tongue. Corey had dried himself off the saliva and proceeded to walk circles around his father. He was watching the man as he tensed in the chair. Between the mighty dragon and a powerful kid that he knew was about to do something horrible to him. So he hissed, "Do you worst. I'll never talk."Corey laughed at the irony hidden in those words. "But I haven't even said anything, you're the one talking." His father tensed even more, and Corey was having too much fun making a fool out of the man. But how he could he not have fun? Corey knelt by his father's feet, and his eyes started to glow in a way that was nearly blinding. His father blinked severally and tried to process what he was seeing. Then his eyes rolled, in the most painful way possible. He wasn't given the opportunity to scream. Corey w
