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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.

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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.

Please don't spam the forums. This is not a chat room.

Huh? No, admins commend worthwhile stuff that you do. I'm not an admin.

If you want to see how it works in practice, you can click on any user name and then click on the number under Commendations on the right to see where they've earned their commendations. The list should also have links showing what got commended. You can use those as examples of stuff that is worthy of being commended.

Oh, I was just talking about people who get too into the points stuff that they start cutting corners. Daiki was the most egregious example of that that I could remember. I'm not even sure that he read the stories he reviewed.

Reminds me of daiki... good times...

Hmm, yes. It would appear so. But I don't think you can hide behind the time pressure excuse anymore after writing two 6 length stories in three months. Well, regardless, I have a special offer for you. You can have your thunderdome prompt a week ahead of me. Is that enough of a handicap for you to consider it a fair fight?

It was a wild guess, lol. Even if it was you, I ain't judging. Some people just want to enjoy the story, I guess...

Also, if you're worried about biases, there is a very simple solution. Fight me in the thunderdome. Only the better writer will survive there. (Not now, though. I have to get my contest entry ready)

"I will have my next game commended and triumph over him again."

Yes, you probably will, considering your stories get commended in a week where mine require me to lobby about six months after they've been published just to get people to read it. It's funny how you're the one talking about bias here. Hell, you're so blind that you've even taken it for granted that your new story will get commended.