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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.

I'm going with Story A for bracket one. I thoroughly enjoyed both but A went for quality over quantity with the characters and that made it the slightly better read. The language used was really good too. I'll vote for bracket two a little later (or never if the procrastination demon takes over :P )

Hmm, my review for 'The Laconia Incident' was featured during the contest but it was created before I joined. That's why I tallied it for half points.

There are quite a few SPAG issues in the text: tense shifting, incorrect subject verb agreements, sentence fragmentation to name a few. I'd highly recommend checking out the articles in the Help & Info tab. I was making a lot of these mistakes too and the articles by Gower in particular were really helpful. As for the story itself, it's a little bit too cliched. I do believe stories can use common tropes as a foundation and subvert them to make an original experience, but you didn't get to that part in this text and that makes it a bit unsatisfying to read.

I'm available. Let's do this! :D

If the mods think you are Daiki, they usually have a very good reason for that. In general, making alts is frowned upon by most members of this site so this display won't really win you much favor. At this point, I'd recommend taking a break from the site. Or alternatively like Will said, you could try to be productive with reviews or short stories.

A difficult choice! I thoroughly enjoyed both these tales, but I think I'm going to give it to Story B. I just loved that B set up the arrival of the stranger who owned the dog before the actual reveal happened. The ending felt more satisfying because of it.

CavusRex vs Stargirl and Me vs Liminal have already been scheduled. I remember Mizal saying she wanted to give the dome a break afterwards.

Hmm, I have mixed feelings about the first one. I like the images you painted with your words throughout that story. I thought the language used did a really good job at that. I do feel, however, that that story would've greatly benefited from having some exposition to ground it. I have no idea what the whole thing with the dancers is about.

I kinda liked the second one. The rest are just a bit too surreal or way too degenerate for my tastes.

AI for ideas is fair, I suppose. An author could refine such seeds of ideas in their own mind to create high quality works. I don't agree with the art generators though, mainly because it replaces low level artists who are starting out. The issue with that is Low level artist + time + effort = high level artist Sure AI will only replace artists at a lower skill level, but among them are the ones who are supposed to become the future greats of art. Promoting AI in art might lead to a future where people with higher level of artistic skill become non-existent. It kind of feels like killing the golden goose to get at the eggs, y'know?