Day: July 30, 2016

Karl-Anthony was first to reach the plateau. At its far end, there was indeed a fire burning in a pit, but now he could see that there was also a small wooden residence built along the one of the plateau’s sides. The full midday sun exposed its every detail even at this far distance. He…

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The swirling clouds of sand had made the way forward extremely difficult to discern. They would make incremental forward progress along what they thought was the path, only to be forced to backtrack when finding themselves surrounded by rocks on all sides. Hope of ever finding the whereabouts of the wizard while embroiled in this…

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The three wayfarers reached the base of the Cloudy Mountains early the next evening, just as the sun was dipping below the horizon. Their jagged peaks, usually snow-covered but now barren, cut angrily into the sky. “What say you, old sage?” Karl-Anthony asked Kevin. “Which path shall we take? The one that lies ahead of…

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Karl-Anthony bustled about his bedchamber, throwing a few articles of clothing and some non-perishable foodstuffs into a woolen sack. Ricky stood to the side, watching his king with increasing dismay. “You mean to trek to the abode of the wizard king as a common traveller? Should you not be assembling your army?” Stopping to stare…

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Karl-Anthony Towns, king of the land of Minnesota, glowered as he stared at one of the windows of his hall. He was draped in a vestment made of a whole polar bear pelt, but it was too warm for him, and he cast it aside. “Not all is right with the world, Ricky,” he grumbled…

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