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A Single Grain Three years since they had all been chosen as Chroma Knights, a massive threat surged from the eldritch dimension into their own. An army of monsters led by a new, unknown leader, had swept over the southern lands of New Zealand, reaching for Nebula City. Recognizing the threat, the Nebula team led by Blue Cartesian petitioned for any and all Knights they could reach to lend their strength in the coming fight. A small group answered the call, but no one knew if it would be enough. All they could do was hope what they amassed could stem the tide. In the high mountains laden with snow, the group were helping escort civilians to the city. They had just rescued them from the front lines, thanks to their scouts finding where the enemy was moving. There were maybe twenty of them, composed of the Nebula team, the Guangzhou team, Anabel, Gerome and Leilia, Sebastian and Viktoria, Lexi, and August. Certainly not enough to fight an army, but it was enough to manage

Nebula City. A tranquil, normal place with simple joys and beautiful scenery. As a city of New Zealand the sights are certainly the highlight for anyone visiting. But those living there had their own challenges to overcome. Coming down on a hardware shop, the doors burst open as a young teen seemed shoved out and collapsed onto the ground. Pursuing him to the entrance, a man with black hair with red tips and glasses, wearing a dark jacket and pants shouted, “And don’t let me catch you here again!” The offending teen stumbled to his feet before running down the street. Scoffing, the man muttered, “Shoplifting punk.” Before he went back inside, a lady called, “Hey Kazi.” Looking out, he saw someone with purple hair tied up in a ponytail with an eye patch over her right eye and wearing a purple jacket and gray slacks came over to the man. “Something’s happening at the hospital. Looks like eldritch.” “The fun never stops,” Kazi mumbled to himself. Then he told the patrons inside

Cast list: Sebastian Cortes as Ebenezer Scrooge Rand Jacobson as Bob Cratchit Elise Wang as Emma Cratchit Lexi Young as Frenica (Fred) Anabella Castel as Isabel Jared Bloomington II as Jared Marley Staci Alexa as The Ghost of Christmas Past Kazi Carter as The Ghost of Christmas Present Kain as The Ghost of Christmas Future Sarisa Wolt and Leilia Tranyevskaya as the Donation representative Giada Jacobson and Sterling Jacobson as the Cratchit children Iris Halo Christmas Carol Marley was dead. Dead as a doornail. But it was difficult for the people to notice the absence of the shrewd and terrible money lender. For you see, there was his partner to worry about. A miserly old man, colder than the coldest winter. A heartless old coot who dropped the temperature of everyone around him just by being in the same room. Ebenezer Scrooge. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It was Christmas Eve, and Scrooge was walking the

Iris Halo: Surge He grappled for the surface as water swirled and rushed past him. Rand desperately fought to live as the murky waters grabbed at him, threatening to plunge him further into the water. Brambles, branches, debris, and all manner of haphazard objects thrown in by the wave knocked into him, threatening to break every bone in his body. His mind was panicking, but he did his best to quell it. At last, he breached, sucking in life-giving air. He fought to stay afloat, looking around at the carnage that was encircling him. Cars were being carried on the currents, trees were either standing tall or falling over, and everything from bicycles to tables were being tossed around like toys. He needed to anchor himself. As he looked, he felt a searing pain across his side. He cried out briefly, but then went back to finding refuge. He did not call out. He didn’t know who was out there. He didn’t even know if anyone was alive. It all happened so suddenly. Not even he was safe from

Once Rand’s business with the Light Dragon was finished, he hurried to Lookout Landing. It was a good thing too, when a Blood Moon suddenly arose out of nowhere. It wasn’t even the right timing for it, as Rand had kept track of how often the Blood Moon rose while they trekked across the land. He made it to the top of Purah’s study to find Link and Purah herself looking through a telescope pointed at the castle. The guys each took a turn, seeing Zelda standing in front of the castle. Purah didn’t know what she was doing up there, but the two warriors were aware of the truth. And it was time to confront it. Inside the castle, ‘Zelda’ led them around the place with them trying to reach her. Each time they did, she disappeared, and monsters would emerge to ambush them. Despite the odds, the two had no trouble fending off each attack. But after fighting the last enemies in Zelda’s old room, they both heard her voice beckoning them to the throne room. And before they left, they saw someone

After the others returned and recovered, Zelda and Rand ended up at the Temple of Time related to the Zonai. The Knight hadn’t been the same since the battle. He still wore the scabbard for his sword, but he kept Slipstream in a pouch after it was destroyed. No one knew the technique to forge this particular sword, not in this world. But Rand couldn’t bear to part with it. It was his only connection left to his home. While they were at the Temple of Time, they found a strange light at the altar towards the very back. When the two went to investigate, something came from within it. After a bit, it was revealed to be the Master Sword, but heavily damaged. It glowed and made a soft sound that Zelda interpreted to mean Link was well back in their time, where the sword came from. This led Zelda to making an important decision. But… “Absolutely not!” Rand immediately refuted after her proposition was made. “But it’s the only way for me to help him,” Zelda protested. “Undergoing

Several years later, after much reconstruction effort, Zelda, Link, and Rand journeyed below Hyrule Castle to investigate a mysterious gloom affecting the people. What they found made what they faced before seem mild in comparison. On the way down, they ran across ruins that Zelda believed to belong to an ancient race known as the Zonai. Her research seemed to indicate as much, but she was curious why they would be beneath Hyrule Castle if the people came from the sky. As they descended, Link’s Master Sword began to shine, indicating a dark power as they went further in. In one chamber, they found murals depicting a great war that Zelda said depicted a battle against a figure known only as the Demon King. Some of the murals were blocked off, so they could only see part of the story. But that’s when they went deeper, and found something truly terrifying. Arched back with a glowing hand grasping at their chest was a mummy of some kind. Withered skin and sunken eyes, it certainly looked

Tears from the Wild Rand grunted as he started to come to. Immediately, his mind began to wonder where he was now. What kind of world he wound up in this time. He had been skipping places for so long, he was slowly losing his grip on where he came from. The only assured thing he had was his memory of Elise. She was the only one that kept him grounded during his treks. He blinked his eyes open to find himself in a dark cavern. Everything seemed to be made of stone, but the walls had some weird lines with dots on them like constellations. He got up and looked around to see more of where he wound up. It was a chamber of sorts. There was a pedestal near the doorway, glowing an almost amber orange color. It seemed a little futuristic considering it looked to be made of stone like the walls. He looked behind him to see some sort of pool with a strange, blue water. He slowly rose to his feet, noticing there was a figure of somebody in the water. Was he in a tomb? But then the water

War torn Day 3,193 It is rather strange to consider how life takes the unexpected turns you never see coming. You expect to see your enemy and just take their life. That's how it should have been. Yet, when that idea gets uprooted, it's hard to really grasp when all you've known is to fight. Our unit's mission was simple: investigate an energy signature and acquire it for Keves. Simple task. Well, Agnus made that difficult when they chimed in with their own agenda. When we found the source of the energy, we confronted the Special Forces unit of Agnus and we all fought to a near stalemate. Until a guy calling himself Guernica Vandham stopped us. Saying we don't need to fight each other. It started to make me think when he said that. Even more when Noah voiced the thoughts he only ever shared with me. I know Lanz and Eunie consider themselves closer with him since they all trained together from their first term, but it was a humbling prospect to be given that in confidence. Then

Serpentine Sisters *This story does contain some material that might be upsetting to some readers. Reader discretion is advised. Resting within a small valley, nestled by stone walls all around, sat the sleepy town of Drowsen. This humble little village saw few travelers and even fewer strangers. It was quaint, quiet. The kind of place you would go to for peace and quiet. Not the place where someone goes looking for adventure. But in this case, one such adventurer was indeed here for a reason beyond the peace. Slithering in on a gray, diamond back snake tail was someone with the upper body of a woman. In her late teens with fiery orange hair tied in a side ponytail and hazel eyes, olive skin, wearing leather armor, a Yuan-Ti came into town, looking at a piece of parchment depicting a request. Coiling her tail under her to sit and contemplate, Esther muttered, “Let’s see. It says that I can find the person who made the request here. But couldn’t they at least tell me where I’d find