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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.

Live me not

unpublished

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.

Ah, I see. You could even draw inspiration from current events should you choose to go that route. I'm looking forward to reading it. :]

Nice! What setting is it? Historical, fantasy or something else?

It would fit honestly. I had reread my review and had actually called it a historical story game in the first line lol.

In hindsight, most fantasy stories can probably be moved into some other category more often than not. Authors should probably only use that tag if it doesn't fit in any of the other genres.

Soo.. do I change Of Dreams and Daemons to Love and Dating then?

I appreciate you including Of Dreams and Daemons. Glad to hear you enjoyed it so much. :D

As for numbers not mattering.. I feel like many site members think that being a Warden/lacking commendations or points makes such individuals justifiable targets of ridicule. As long as a significant number of such users exist, the numbers do have greater significance than just being acknowledgements as they also serve the purpose of acting as a shield against such ridicule.

Personally speaking, I'm somewhat of an amateur when it comes to writing. I want to get better at it which is why I'm sticking around. Once I get to a level where I can consistently write commendation worthy stories, I'll be able to contribute better to the order.

Speaking of which, congratulations on getting your first story commended. That is a very impressive feat.

Got it. I'll keep these in mind. Thank you both!

Thanks for the read through! I'll make the corrections and can keep these remarks in mind going forward. :D

Though, I will confess... I'm not really sure how to do the showing vs telling thing. ToT

I'll guess Will11.

Nice catch! Thanks. I'll correct it right away.

When writing non playable characters, I try to think of the goals they're trying to achieve every scene. Since that doesn't change across branches unless the protagonist directly intervenes, their behavior tends to be consistent mostly.