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Warden

Don't get distracted!

The target has been decided. The deadline has been set. All that is left is for you, Adam Finch, assassin extraordinaire, to execute your mission. Success is inevitable. Because you are weapon made flesh, and nothing will stop you from completing your mis- Oh! Look! A story-game!!

There are 5 endings: 'Double kill', 'War in the shadows', 'Retiree rescue', 'Kiss of death' and 'Who let him cook?!'.

Submitted for End Master's Prompt Contest 4 for the prompt of: 'A story involving being an assassin'

Ignis and Aero

Aero, a 14-year-old inhabitant of the village of Albritton, wants nothing more than to read his enthralling storybooks in peace. When he hears of a Golem wandering in the forests near his village, he is more than happy to let the professionals deal with it, while staying within the comfort of his home.

Unfortunately for him, his adventurous brother, Ignis, has other plans.

Author's note: If you want to collect all endings, then there are six of them: The Wise, The Mourner, The Cleaner, The Knight, The Skeptic and The Magician. Certain choices don't have immediate effects but may influence the endings. Also, certain endings can be reached through multiple different paths.

Submitted for Sherbet's Summer's End Synergy Contest.

Special thanks to mrcrimsonclean for proof reading :]

Of dreams and daemons

Most would be willing to trade a great deal to catch a glimpse of what the future holds. Hannah de Reade, however, has spent her time in Lumintrone ignoring the omens that she sees in her prophetic dreams. All she wanted was some semblance of normalcy.

But when her dreams warn her of a daemonic plot, she is compelled to act against it, leading her to be invited as an honored guest to the Imperial Castle.

However, in a court filled with dark secrets, are her eyes that can pierce through fallacies truly a gift or a curse? You will have to take Hannah's side and guide her through this ordeal that will forever change her fate.

And perhaps you will change the fate of Lumina itself in the process.

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Author's note: There are nine endings. I highly recommend reaching multiple endings since you may not be able to experience the entirety of the plot with one read. While they are not central to the story, I should also warn that themes of domestic abuse and graphic violence are present in it.

In the news

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A newspaper delivery boy stumbles onto a criminal conspiracy!

Live me not

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An eternal flower for a dying princeling. The future of a kingdom weighed against the greed of a visiting merchant.

Tonio normally wanted nothing to do with nobles and their fickle ways. While they had more gold to pay, they were almost invariably terrible customers who were hard to please. But when the King of Spireshade made him an offer he couldn't refuse, Tonio saw the opportunity to make his most earnest desires come true.

But how far will a man go for the castles that reside in his dreams? How much will he sacrifice along the way? This is what the choices you make will determine.

I can take this one!

What a remarkably productive way to sabotage the competition! XD

I miss them too. Although, I guess my interactions above might have clued you in to that already. XD

No, I've had time to think about it and you are right. I don't necessarily think I'm being discriminated(not really sure that's the right word) against. Not consciously, at least.

But I do think a user's presence in the forums affects how interested people are in reading their stories. Add to that the simple fact that there will be a number of stories published in bulk at the end of the contest, and there is an increased chance that stories will slip under the radar. I still haven't read all the stories from the last prompt contest even though I wanted to.

I know I'm not a particularly interesting person. I don't really get into many arguments nor do I have any particularly strong opinions about anything. I also think it was unfair of me to demand that the mods treat every story equally considering how many tend to get published around a contest's end.

As such, I accept the arguments made in the previous discussion about this. Sometimes stories fall beneath people's notice. That may not necessarily happen because of malice. Given that that is the situation, I simply think the thunderdome is an objectively better place to settle feuds.

Speaking of which, I might as well ask. Are you ok with reopening the thunderdome? I know you had plans to reinvent it. We can wait if you had something else in mind for the reopening.

I'm talking to whichever one of you two is attempting to hide behind the other to avoid fighting me in a fair duel.

If you choose to avoid fighting me in such an arena, that tells me all I need to know.

I won't assume anything. I simply know there can be no bias in the thunderdome.

I've already explained my reasoning as to why the thunderdome has more value. The factor of anonymity will eliminate any conscious or unconscious bias.

Well, you've changed your tune as well. To be honest, I still think you're an alt of someone who has too much time on their hands. But if you really want to duel, we can do so after my match with SU.

Yeah, probably best for you to stay away. It doesn't fit your MO to actually do anything useful. Just stay on the sidelines and froth away.