John is a man with an ordinary job, working from morning till night and his only hobby is collecting antiques. As John was getting out of bed one day, the pointed antique on his nightstand sank into his hand and the blood got on the antique. The blood-smeared antique shone with a faint light and changed some rules all over the world.(Rules added at the end.)...
The downpour seemed to come out of nowhere and your afternoon walk was quickly abandoned in favour of a second-hand book shop. As usual your partner became absorbed in scouring the shelves, so as you waited you decided to have a quick poke around the antiques shop next door. While aimlessly wandering around the piles of old furniture, books, and other items...
Hours later, after three gravity-drive jumps to make sure that the Executioner wasn't following them, the convoy and its star-fighter escorts arrived in the fringes of the Sullus system. Spread before them was the largest massed Kriegsmarine fleet in the history of the Reich. Whistles and sounds of admiration could be heard on the comm. "I knew that a call...
Ru Laredo found her commanding officer in Hannover's Officers cafeteria, nursing a fizzy drink. Sliding into a seat behind him she said, "I thought you didn't drink." "I don't. Alcohol makes me sick, not drunk. Besides I can be perfectly melancholy on my own." "You're not getting pre-battle jitters on us Captain?" she grinned. Aiden managed a grin of his o...
The next week I spent in Greenville. Again on Wednesday night there was a casual question about whether I would stay in Greenville until Friday. I assured Barbara that I would probably leave for Atlanta about noon on Friday. What I didn't tell Barbara was that I planned to make a round trip to Atlanta Thursday. I rented a car in Greenville and drove south....
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While going home one day, you say an old man begging for some money. Feeling pity for him, you gave him some money. He thanked you and asked you if you want to change your life, since you didn't have anything else to do, you started listening to him. He told you about an app that would change your life. He asked you a hundred dollars for it but when he saw y...
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Introduction Eban. With it's long history as a resort Island where wealthy black businessmen could come and play with many of it's gorgeous white women. White couples were recruited around the country with the prospect of making a great deal of money for their two year stay at Eban. Women that were previously married who worked at the resort had to obey the...
The Summoning Circle is almost complete. Six months you have toiled on it, making sure to keep your room locked to keep it a secret. You wipe your face clean of sweat, fearing that drops of moisture would fall on your hard work. It is only your paranoia that makes you do so, since you are drawing with enchanted chalk. Enchanted chalk never runs out, and cann...