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Challenge #04920-M171: A Deal With... You Know

Friends on the Other Side -- Spare AMitA Prompt

Well hello there, new friend. What's your name? Very nice. Pleased to meet you. You may know me as Tolgrolaz, and I am very pleased to help you. You have to be desperate indeed to contact me. I know. Life is difficult. The very forces of the universe are against you. You've tried everything, and I have the infinite pleasure of being your last resort.

I'm not offended in the slightest. We're friends, now.

I'm the kind of friend who can fix things for you. You came to me with a problem beyond your control. I can help you. I can give you... special abilities. Power that can get you out of a pickle. But of course nothing is free, my friend. Don't fret, now. Everything has a price. You sacrifice to the gods and they do nothing for you. You pay taxes to the Lord of your country and they barely know you exist. All I ask, is a few little favours.

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Challenge #04919-M170: The First Druid

Things that go bloom -- Spare AMitA Prompt

[AN: Ask me about The Drama(tm) over on my Discord if you really want to know. It's... complicated. And dense.]

Magic came to Alfarell when the stars fell. So too did a lot of creatures from the Plane of Magic, later named Nanogh. Some became Elves, some Brauniin, and some became Wudsgaad. The Elves sought to tame the world, the Brauniin chose to help the 'lesser' creatures[1] in secret... and the Wudsgaad

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Challenge #04918-M169: Soft Bubble Life

The Fabulous Lives of the Unencumbered -- Luna

There is an old saying: More money than sense. It speaks specifically to the charmed lives of the rich and powerful. Those who don't see the silver platter that everything comes to them on. To them, it's as invisible as the air they breathe.

Submitted for your education: Klaratynne Shiffohen D'Arbuette.

Every morning, they rose and shone. Well rested and revitalised as their bedchamber was designed to give them every ease. No matter which

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Challenge #04917-M168: A Secret Third Option

The year and a season since Vigdis met Odilio has proven fruitful, the warrior maiden assembling a sizable band and a string of victories, thanks to her uncanny ability to outmaneuver her enemies as though she has an eye in the sky. This presents a problem, as if the curse is broken, Odilio can no longer scout for her.

Perhaps Freja can allow the lad to become a male Valkryie?

Follows on from: https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04894-m145-making-the-effort

Search for [Swan]

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Challenge #04916-M167: Offered Change

The Curse wasn't broken yet, but as he aided in navigation, the one that Cursed him had watched. Taking pity, while he slept, his body grew larger, more robust, the pain of the changes lasted mere moments. He was no longer the cursed Swan prince, he became Vigdis's War Eagle. Though he would need to learn to actually fight properly to continue to aid her.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04894-m145-making-the-effort -- Anon Guest

[AN: Well this is going to be tricky,

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Challenge #04915-M166: As You Wish

A traveler comes upon an incredible find, a Djinn’s bottle! The traveler eagerly rubs the enchanted vessel, only to discover that the bottle is empty. Good news, the vessel is accepting new entrants with all the powers that implies. Bad news, the vessel is in the middle of nowhere and not very large on the inside… -- Deathshead419

Something had turned a once-great city into ruins, but the drifting sands and bones of the buildings gave no clues. The plants that

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Challenge #04914-M165: Meat of the Matter

Jay stood near a teen he had been asked to watch over while Mr Sunshine finished their mission. The kid was on his knees losing his lunch.

"I was terrified." / You fought and killed them anyway.

"Am I a coward?" / No, a coward runs. A brave person acts even when terrified. You saved lives.

"I don't want to do that again." / We're going to try to ensure you won't have to. -- Anon Guest

The bad part of the scene was that

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Challenge #04913-M164: Life Like a Nursery Tale

A powerful spirit, yet fairly young, is similar to Mistress Dark in ability. Instead of challenging her, however, it asks to be educated instead. -- Anon Guest

Everyone knows Greatfather Langeven stops by every house with a child to deliver gifts on Midwinterfeast Eve. A lot of people had been learning that Kinderfreund and Helpmeet come for the Unwelcome children to gift them what they truly need.

Sometimes, even though they are childhood gods, they come too late.

The little match girl's

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Challenge #04912-M163: The One in the Mirror

A strange rift opens up showing a world where the powerful Wraithvine is as cruel and as arrogant as any elf could be. WITH all of hir abilities intact. The gentle one must confront, contain, and close the rift before that one enters hir world. -- Anon Guest

Always be wary of magic mirrors.

Some are useful, but most of them are traps made of vanity and narcisism. They will show a deepest desire, but that yearning is forever out of reach.

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Challenge #04911-M162: Faekindred Delivery System

For six weeks melodious harp music wafts into a villager’s bedroom every night. In the seventh, the villager enters the woods, finding a satyr playing beside a brook, who gives a most unusual reason for the song… -- Deathshead419

It was beautiful music, Grisel couldn't deny it. Even as they lay awake when they should be sleeping because the music was keeping them from their dreams. And it was Summer, so shutting the window to block the sound was not an

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Challenge #04910-M161: Follow Instructions

Deep in the heart of windswept plains is a temple with a great hoard of gold. All who enter may take a single coin from the supposed Goddess’s shrine. A woeful fate is said to befall any who take more than their fair share. What is the woeful fate? As the supposed Goddess statue is actually Eris, the answer may surprise everyone involved. -- Deathshead419

There are gods you pray to for their mercy. There are those you do not speak

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Challenge #04909-M160: Treasure in Strange Places

An old treasure is found by a space salvager. A locked case full of old diaries, music boxes, books, and photos. And a letter that reads "This was my life among the stars. I lived happy here, I died of old age happy here. Solitary is not always lonely, and being with others TOO much is not always comfort." -- Anon Guest

There's a lot to find in Sargasso systems. Stellar objects that had no natural satellites, so varying civilisations dumped their

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Challenge #04908-M159: Deserved Reward

An all-service spa offers Wraithvine and hir friends the works. Hair Washes, trims, scale-grooming, hoof-polishing, the works. The price? One copper per being. Why so low? It was all about helping people have a good day and be comfortable. Though, people who were rude and entitled WERE charged an "entitlement tax". -- Anon Guest

[AN: I should be keeping track and I have been a naughty bean about doing that. So. The stories this relates to in order: Strictly by Chance, Impact

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Challenge #04907-M158: Essential Learning

Wraithvine and hir friends have a training day, learning magic and self-defense. -- Anon Guest

Of all the places to practice magic, most mages recommend areas with an abundance of granite. It's hardy, resilient, and largely proof against most magics. It also makes an excellent scratching post for Dragons.

For combat lessons, the teacher prefers an area with soft ground so that the student doesn't hurt themselves when they fall. Or, if available, lots of padding. Wraithvine could conjure the padding as

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Challenge #04906-M157: The Impact of Concerns

A dragon offers Bibrid, Wraithvine, and their friends a ride across a canyon. The price? The group has to groom their claws in return, which have gotten a bit overgrown. -- Anon Guest

Wandering by oneself, Wraithvine mused, was easier since ze only had hirself to worry about. Wandering with immortal companions was similar, since the stakes were relatively low. Wandering with a newfound family... brought out all hir worry-wart aspects where they were the least helpful.

At least Chance was inclined

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