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Five-Minute fiction - 00:38-00:43

You need to press your advantage, Alabaster said as he stooped to retrieve the fallen sword. You hesitate in striking and it costs your moments, and though they may be brief one such moment could cost you your life, or anothers. So, do not hesitate.

Is there not a time when hesitating is necessary? Am to so blindly follow the sword...
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Five-Minute fiction - 22:53-22:58

Bar the door! someone cried and Thanus threw himself against the heavy oak door of the chapel. It bucked with the force of the blow that struck it and the men struggled to keep it shut.

Stand aside, another voice said. It spoke with an inherent authority and Thanus hesitated. The door bucked again, the wood splintering under the press of...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:36-23:41

Shut up and just run! Thanus yelled as they crested a hill on the outside of Thyer.

What other choice do I have! Gerard yelled back.

Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Thanus bellowed.

The two men broke into a sprint discarding items of equipment as they ran. Before them the immense agricultural fields of the city of Thyer stretched out...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:41-23:46

Grim winced as his fingers dug into the edge of the roof and he felt one of the stones begin to give way. His feet flailed wildly below him and he fought to control the motion but his legs, acting of their own accord, decided now was the time for dancing a jig. He strained, pulling himself so he could see...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:17-23:22

Ill be quite frank with you, I dont actually care, Hawthorne said as he shut the door and the lock clicked over.

Youre just being a big baby! Amanda yelled. She banged against the glass viewport that was pointed at head height in the door but the thick plastic-like glass absorbed the impact of her blows and disseminated the sound into...
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Five-Minute fiction - 22:58-23:03

The snow crunched underfoot as Thanus slipped from the tree and moved toward the ring of stones called the Philosophers. The immense basalt slabs had been a part of the forest for nearly the entirety of Thyers existence. No known records existed from before the citys founding but the stones were omnipresent in the myths and legends of the tribes that...
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Five-Minute fiction - 01:20-01:25

Thanus pushed the door open slowly. It was heavy and the hinges creaked with age. Minuscule motes of dust danced in the smokey light of the torches that lined the walls. This part of the citadel seemed a darker place. A place forgotten, left to the ravages of time. But it did not feel neglected. Torches burned in brackets in the...
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Five-Minute fiction - 00:23-00:28

Sit still! If you move around too much youre liable to lose something, Hansen said as he stroked the razor down along Thanuss cheek.

The blade burned against his skin but Thanus could do little to resist the Servant. Fever wracked his body he tried to toss and turn but only the weight of three of his compatriots kept him pinned...
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littlejohn22:
I see your home town is in Cobourg... I grew up there.. now I here you are going to England... happy trails eh...
garrattj:
Thanks very much.
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Five-Minute fiction - 00:19-00:24

To this point I have done nothing but give you warnings on what you will face as a servant of the Gallows. It is not an easy life that much is true, but that does not mean it cannot be somewhat comfortable. The servants are provided with more than any other citizen barring those of the richest classes. Food, shelter, and...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:57-00:02

The sword is not a weapon. It is an extension of your physical self. It can things your body cannot, but without your body these things cannot be done. But it is a treacherous weapon. If used against you it can spell your doom. So, you must understand it. You must know it. You must break it. Its your will must...
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