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Challenge #04634-L250: Oceans Rise...

King Nydon has been defeated, the usurper and his elf compatriot have entered the palace, all his works in ruins. He strolls around chamber where his great arts are stored, and weeps for himself. -- Deathshead419

[AN: In reference to this: https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04632-l248-better-than-perfection ]

All things considered, there were worse punishments for a deposed ruler than house arrest. There was a distant realm where, according to the tales, the overtaking ruler cut off his father's nose as a means of punishment[1]. And there was the classic public execution. So Nydon should be very grateful that he was alive, whole, and merely imprisoned under the watch of his former, faithful guard.

He didn't feel very grateful. He felt like they'd locked him in a storehouse because his parlour was gradually filling with his commissioned works of art.

Wasn't there a line in one of the depressing poems? Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair. Nydon had banned it because it was too gloomy.

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Challenge #04633-L249: The Price For the Prize

A conman infiltrates a convent to pilfer the coffers. What could go wrong? When the ladies cloistered inside harbor a dark secret, well, everything... -- Deathshead419

They had to be hiding vast treasures, based solely on the premise that it was expensive to look that plain and simple. It was an accumulation of little signs that pushed Teliff the Slick to investigate finding their treasure trove.

The sisters were well fed and kept fit. They were always so clean and neat. They

Challenge #04632-L248: Better Than Perfection

Madness! Two counties in Beruvan have risen against the most gracious and able king Nydon, declaring for an imposter prince who dares to claim a name similar to his Goose Cursed daughter. Worse still, a conniving elf and traitorous twin mages are with him. Nydon dispatches his most loyal troops, certain their leader (who always showed affection to the princess) will do what needs to be done. -- Deathshead419

[AN: Referring to an earlier tale here: https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04607-l223-ultimatum-solution

Challenge #04631-L247: The Wolf You Don't See

Comrade Dvochev has been a ruthless enforcer of the revolution. Royals and their dogs, Bourgeoisie and their mercenaries, Traitors to the cause and their foolish hangers on, even Old Friends and their families.

But now the boss’s eye is falling on Dvochev himself. Might be time to take a long vacation overseas and get lost while doing so, as retirement packages for those in his position are usually measured in caliber… -- Deathshead419

The mistake that all revolutionary idealists make, the

Challenge #04630-L246: Rebuking None

Wraithvine and hir companions come to a large clearing where a person and their small makeshift family consisting of multiple races are attempting to build an entire hospital by themselves. Aid is offered to ensure this place and dream of healing becomes reality. -- Anon Guest

A Druid, a Doctor and a Dedicat walked into a ruined Yggdrasi house-tree... there was also a devilborn stripling and assorted halfbreds, so it automatically lost potential for levity. Besides, that was three months ago. The

Challenge #04629-L245: Fated Rest

A strange Inn where even Fate itself couldn't interfere. The place was simply called "Respite Rest". A place where fate-bound heroes, adventurers, and individuals like Wraithvine and Bibrid could take a nice, quiet, vacation, shop in the small stores attached for clothing or supplies, bathe in hot springs, and not worry about some major catastrophe. At least until they checked out of the Inn and returned to their travels. -- Anon Guest

The Inn had not been there moments before. It may

Challenge #04628-L244: The Better Choice

They force their friend to sleep, because its that, or the friend is going to end up getting very sick and for all their grousing, the group love him as a brother. Then they agree to help find the adventurer, and find out a darker truth. That wasn't an adventurer, but their true parental. And baby brother wasn't dead. Nor was the one he thought was his father.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04518-l134-heroic-motivation -- Anon Guest

It took a potion, three

Challenge #04627-L243: Money With Menaces

The Drunken Horns was a tongue in cheek name for an excellent eatery run by a family of Hellkin. And when members of the watch tried to harass them, the local royals, all human, happened to be there having dinner. It was their favorite place to unwind. Needless to say, the local watch soon learn that these royals do NOT like such behavior at all. -- Anon Guest

This is the restaurant Dzak built. This is the chef with the crumpled horn

Challenge #04626-L242: Slow to Learn

She had been so very young, so very spoiled, when she was pulled out of the rubble. She tried to act like her family taught her to act, and she'd faced scolding for it, though she was never spanked. She tried to cry and stomp her feet like she'd seen some kids to do get their way, that didn't work either.

The day she started saying please, thank you, and helping others out of her own free will, she found people were

Challenge #04625-L241: Just Like the Stories

I will take your Curse, but for a price. The price is THIS. You must make a decree making the mistreatment of anyone "unwanted" punishable by suffering the same fate they give to the "unwanted ones". None must ever be allowed again to go without at least basic health care, food, clean water, and at least basic, good shelter. Ever waver in this, and our pact ends and these flowers will return to you. Me? Don't worry, the universe provides me with

Challenge #04624-L240: A Terrarium of Remedy

There are ways that are not cures, but it can ensure the lungs no longer fill. Though that does mean your chest is going to hurt like hell for quite some time while you heal. It's not 100%, true. But at least it'll no longer threaten to drown you. Though you may find you get ill more often at times.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04537-l153-please-dont-make-me-laugh -- Anon Guest

My room is so full of medical fog that I don't see the

Challenge #04623-L239: With This Ring...

Unable to find a ring beautiful enough, he dedicated a lot of time to learning to smith jewelry. Using all he remembered of what the fae liked, though it seemed as though his hand was guided, he made a very unusual ring. When placed upon the hand, he learned that day, he had become wedded.

OOPS! Well, there were worse fates.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04566-l182-bonded-bargain -- Anon Guest

The bad news was that there was a fashion for ugly, clunky

Challenge #04622-L238: A Tangled Thread Woven

Young Scruff finds a new family, a new caretaker, a new parental. Wraithvine learns why the child was so alone. The large city where they were found learns why their kind was so needed, when Wraithvine returns, to find the forest nearly overrunning the place.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04605-l221-murder-by-the-seaside -- Anon Guest

They say that no two Wudzgaad are made the same. They say that those particular Faekindred could communicate through the leyflow. They said that Faekindred are just born

Challenge #04621-L237: An Honour-bound Quest

On that day, they lost something formerly important to them. But as they looked upon the peaceful city, then to their body, and the mage standing beside it, they smiled.

"Thank you, Wraithvine. You freed me. And in my next life, for I believe I will be allowed to keep these memories, I will be able to have the strength to to free others from the curse I once bore." -- Anon Guest

There's only so many things that will keep a

Challenge #04620-L236: Lasting Impression

"Why didn't you kill him?"/That's your job, I'm not a killer.

"But you delivered him to me."/That was my job. Besides, I'd be too merciful, and after what he did....

"They will help all of you recover."/This lady with the kind eyes who gave me a hug with her tail already has helped a lot. -- The New Guy

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Challenge #04634-L250: Oceans Rise...

Challenge #04633-L249: The Price For the Prize

Challenge #04632-L248: Better Than Perfection

Challenge #04631-L247: The Wolf You Don't See

Challenge #04630-L246: Rebuking None

Challenge #04629-L245: Fated Rest

Challenge #04628-L244: The Better Choice

Challenge #04627-L243: Money With Menaces

Challenge #04626-L242: Slow to Learn

Challenge #04625-L241: Just Like the Stories

Challenge #04624-L240: A Terrarium of Remedy

Challenge #04623-L239: With This Ring...

Challenge #04622-L238: A Tangled Thread Woven

Challenge #04621-L237: An Honour-bound Quest

Challenge #04620-L236: Lasting Impression