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Sun 1st May 2022 08:08

Mind Splinter

by Never Nestknitter

Since there's something controllin' the minds of things, we knew we had to go into the Ankheg tunnels to destroy it. Soon after we went in we heard someone sayin', "get out of my head!" It turned out to be a Tiefling Mage. He had one of those mind controlling shards in his arm. I remembered that ring we found outside, and asked if his name was Isqaph'l. He said it was. I knew we'd have to tell him his husband was dead, but decided to hold off on that. Mostly because he started tryina fight us. We all tried different things to try to get that mind controlling shard outta him without hurting him. We tried restraining him, we tried attackin the shard... finally Rankle got it out, and it shattered. Isqaph'l stopped tryin to fight us, and asked us about his husband. Arc told me I was the best one to tell him the truth. Well like I've said before, I'm not so good a peopling, so he started yellin at us and told us we were useless. I pointed out his husband was obviously more useless as he was dead an' we weren't. That didn't seem to appease him though, and Arc took back what he said about me being better with people.
 
We came to the meteor and there were two shards on the ground by it. Abby, who not more 'n a day ago yelled at everyone about being rash, jabbed one into his arm, and walked right into the rock! Now, I think we shoulda come up with a game plan first, but clearly that weren't gonna happen, so I went right in after Abby. It was pitch black inside. Rankle and Arc came soon after. We waited a while... and finally I stuck my head out and told the others to hurry the hell up. Barg came in after that an' told us Rerae wanted to stay with Aubrey and Rakie. I couldn't see a thing, but would come ta find out there were ankhegs, a tunneler, and a mind shard all that we had ta fight off. All hell broke loose. Mid fight I went deaf. I think some of the others did too. Also we couldn't speak, which meant no spells. Arc fell, an I did my best to protect him. I can't let another charge die on my watch. Then I went unconscious. Then I wasn't., and neither was Arc. Arc Shattered that ole Mind Shard. and a short sword falls out of it! Apparently it can make it so you can see when normally you wouldn't be able to see. Mighty useful sounding. Oh, and it goes by the name of, "Mind Splinter!" Sounds creepy. I bet it's cursed.

Continue reading...

  1. Onward
  2. The Adventure Begins
  3. Overcoming Fear
  4. Cousin Companion
  5. The Change Within
  6. Metal Ruins
  7. There and Back Again
  8. Haunted House and a Hag Hut Oh My!
  9. Home...
  10. Telling my Truth
  11. The Death of Never Nestknitter
  12. Meteor Mishap
  13. Mind Splinter
  14. Missing
  15. Barg's Orcs
  16. ...
  17. My Family
  18. Ciendris
  19. An Awakening?
  20. Flower and Travels
  21. My Most Recent Failure
  22. Terrible Days
  23. A New Friend
  24. Barg & Phindwillas
  25. Barg's Back
  26. The End of Asharreth
  27. A Conversation with a Giant Dead Tree
  28. Family Visits
  29. Shady Folk
  30. We're Spies!
  31. Nirksi's Safe House
  32. Nirksi's Safe House part 2
  33. It's Been a While
  34. Titles and a Keep
  35. Mad as a Box of Frogs
  36. Not Knitted Nest
  37. Into the Light
  38. Are all Angels Bitches?
  39. A Year in the Life
  40. Double Knight
  41. Feeling Lost
  42. One with the Earth
  43. Let's Do the Time Loop Again
  44. Into the Shadowfell
  45. I Don't Want to Lose Arc...
  46. The Road to Kiivj'gakh
  47. Four Years
  48. Bittersweet
  49. The Festival
  50. Oops
  51. The Guide Revealed
  52. Betrayal
  53. Horror
  54. The Beginning of the End
  55. Goodbyes
  56. Ch-ch-changes

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