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2024-10-29 19:42:56As the darkness consumed the night sky and the stars started to shine brighter tonight like if it was mocking Arwin. She hated the stars but instead, the darkness and the moon mesmerized her. She heard the fluttering wings of a raven when it did fly to her window; she suddenly remembered what the witch said earlier that day.
The raven had black plumage, beak, and legs. Legend says that ravens came from the primordial darkness bearing immense magic when awakened.
Arwin caressed the raven as it slyly struts as if it was seducing or intimidating Arwin; she smirked as she whispered out, “Bad omen and death, huh? I see ravens as cunning and intelligent instead.”
She watched the raven when it flew away, and she scoffed, “But alone.”
Arwin closed her windows and checked on the raven totem that the guild master gave her before; it wasn’t glowing as it did before, so she thought to herself, ‘Well, the guild master did say that it was a faulty totem anyways. Th
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The doctor was rummaging through his medical supplies with a sense of panic as Timothy lost a lot of blood. Mark gently patted the doctor’s back and said, “Calm down, doc, we won’t lose him.” Mark instructed Rosa to put pressure on the wound. The doctor soon gained his composure as he treated Timothy’s wounds; the doctor suggested, “We need to land in a nearby town; at this rate, he’ll die, Arwin.” “But we can’t!” Gloin protested, “They’ll catch up to us, and we’re ALL dead!" Rosa pushed Gloin in anger and said, “Are you suggesting we let Timothy die?! You pathetic selfish dwarf!” “Who’s really selfish between us, Rosa? It’s all your fault that Timothy’s dying! You didn’t trust Arwin and called Silas to help you out if all fails! You know full well that Silas wouldn’t take it happily that you betrayed him!” Gloin replied The doctor and Mark were infuriated with Rosa, “You did what?! You contacted Silas?” “I only did that because what a
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Arwin smiled as she saw Timothy; she remarked, “Good to see you on your feet again, Timothy.” Gloin invited Arwin to dinner as he said, “In celebration of hell rejecting Timothy’s application, Rosa cooked us another fine meal! Mark caught some fine pigs lost in the forest.” This caught Arwin off guard; she asked, “In the forest?” “What? Are you deaf now or something?” Mark mocked Arwin, so Arwin laughed awkwardly and tried to change the topic, “So… what are your plans after fixing the ship?” “Hmm, Rosa and I might find a place to settle down, but for now, I guess we could stay here, lay low a little, you know?” Timothy replied, stuffing his mouth with some pork belly, causing everyone to have a good laugh. Gloin replied as well, “Yeah, I guess we can stay here for a while. It’s not that bad staying here with you weirdos.” “Look who’s talking!” The doctor laughed as he continued, “But I agree; I’m planning to stay awhile to learn more f
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Arwin walked further in the forest, the rest of the crew started to feel a little off – like a tingling sensation of nostalgia that they can’t exactly point out. Arwin tried to keep her focus as she navigated through the trees marking them with a sigil to remember the path they just took. To everyone’s surprise, Rosa halted and said, “Everybody stop, don’t move.” “Why Rosa? What’s the matter?” Timothy worriedly asked, remaining where he was as instructed. Rosa explained, “This forest. It’s changing- as if it’s adapting to our fears and past continuously sucking us deeper. It knows what makes us tick, and it’s using it to its advantage.” “What do you mean?” Arwin asks “Quick, what do you see?” Rosa asked from everyone. Timothy was the first one who replied, “A… forest and it- it’s snowing.” Arwin was next, “A forest…filled with the people…I killed.” There was a brief silence, but then, Rosa asked Gloin, and Gloin replied while t
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