Transcendence. Torments of Nate Deon

ter

vy patter. Not that I was asle

in.

and I wondered if

t the window from the corner of my

to it and

he street; only the light from the magic stone lanterns that shone on the

while sinc

ed to my right then left to try and tell what time of

g but thick dark clouds and inside them flashes of blue-white; and

pink sun rays that slipped through the gaps in the clouds in that distant led me to believe the sun had risen not long ago

om observing the clouds

faintly bounced around off the walls and street. There I caught a glimpse of

her waist and took the dress off. Without anything under her she stood, naked, facing towards me; and let the harsh water that poured wash away the litt

ck to my seat th

am- shriek, a woman's

.? Something mu

d sprinted away. A few lights got turned on in the rooms of the buildings below and people st

on the chair, slipped into i

caught Allora in her work dress holding

ther doesn't hi

f me coming cl

Is everythi

I heard the shriek either, even through the lou

say because it'll ra

" I

by and sh

at I'm sorry you're going to have to patien

.

the overturned chairs and the ston

I should be

ked over to the counte

he inn. Starting with sweeping she

any longer. I dropped off the

ocked." Allor

resses, a demihuman tiger girl, soaking wet

ed again." She sa

? What happened? Hang on a second."

idn't

l and hands it to the de

r wh

rted. Just when I was about to starting I heard a scr

lose. They both sound vague. L

he

it's

at

n do. It's alr

ing wrong?

Dismembered corpses." Why was she hesitant? Dismembered cor

he

across the street."

left and saw people gathered out in the rain see

dy pile of dismembered corpses lying there a few feet into the open under a roof. There were four pairs of l

ne this? -As if I

e know who

not s

themselves trying to fi

a, nor Fane." Whispered

ere they thinking?" Grumbled a

the oth

seen together at the i

lians... Could they have been the four

e the only four that stood out the wa

could it be the strong scent still around this whole place? I don't have a

r the obvious reason of being new and suspicious in to

only one c

nd it wasn't the first... so

a was already changed into a new, dry dress and helping Allora ready the place for a day's work.

er to the

eady reached for a towel from under the

er

er that I d

hat ha

s ne

I

ened her mouth to spe

ustrations on their comrades and civilians. When they are done they tend t

ing the person body tends to perform involuntary actions; facial muscles tense up, subtle incontrollable muscle movements, breaking out in cold sweat, and the

.

ubt these hunters have the gall to do something outrageous

. They

nswers out of them but something held me back and before I knew it I turned and wen

e in check. With the reaction I got from them I was in the right... I had no much use of my senses apart from my hearing so I couldn't

eel any

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the little gi

me on the chair I head for the door.

y,

anly voice behind me. It's

t n

g to you ki

man, bald, well kept beard with side burns and taller than I am. Everything abo

ew who have human-like skin with a tint of red. They have one or more horns sticking out of their foreheads. They may have musc

tatement she looked so buff that if not for her face

diots. What do th

you aren't w

chest at me. In your head you think we ar

Why

ur game and we don't li

be off in a couple of days, rest assured. So you

all but I don't want th

ged. Every pore of his body is seethi

rtass? Who the hell

a man's body, black

dy. Now l

walki

little

top as he grabs hold

ulder to hold his hand with

the he

s wron

without lo

at the table. It feels a bit uncomfortable since I don

side that touched me-half his body-became stiff.

. Honestly he's calm for an ogre, they are mostly aggressive. I guess everyone is parti

at and you'

look he's fr

no one will try anything since they know she's mostly

top at the entrance to give a quic

erent; people are merrier

er. Even the Elven kids, who were proud, even in the

mons spell it's weirdly delightf

ple feel and or show remor

or they are just without remorse. Allora and the other girls seemed to be down, with a few select c

lve I can con

to do anything about that, what could they? They are pitted against a de

ely shops on each side. The bars are buzzing

s packed with h

clank..

erberated with heavy soun

he had acquired from years behind the forge-ha

hazy from the heat that came from

f the door, hallowed with shelves, inclined and stepped. Ov

e counter, leaning on the very walls the counter did. It held ornaments

gs and other tools were perfectly arr

overlapped by the banging of the hammer. Thud... A familiar b

ammer about to strike the hot metal again when he noticed a customer in the room,

n? Must have been

an I do you