The Hoshiko Adventures

Hey guys and gals, 

I know it’s been a while since I’ve been active on here...University kinda does that to a person. Anyway this is just a note because I’m going to be running a dungeons and dragons campaign (primarily over discord) and am looking for players. You don’t have to have any experience or knowledge - just a couple of hours free every two weeks. 

The Butterfly Dice - Installment Two

Dear Daughter,

The Dragon may seem questionable at times, and you will wonder whether you are working for the side of good or evil. It is part of their plan, to make you doubt, and you will follow what they have predicted you will do.

When the kingsmouth incident first happened I was selected to be the agent of chaos for them. I was given no instructions just to add in more chaos for their calculations. When I finally got to the town the people were being besieged by waking horrors, horrors I suspect you have seen or at least have an idea of. I wanted to help them. I’d like to think I did.

However the dreams that plague you also rested on my mind. My sleep was never as restful as it needed to be, the unanswered questions constantly plaguing my mind disrupting my thoughts. The image of the moon blown through was branded on the underside of my eyelids. That strange alien gravel pushing against my back seemed ever present and real, I’m not entirely sure it wasn’t.

When I begun this letter I was talking about how you’ll do what the Dragon predict you will. My time in Kingsmouth and on Solomon isle as a whole confirmed that for me without a doubt. The first week I spent there was purely helping the survivors fortify and stockpile resources, the pain of willingly giving up everything I had was too fresh for me to distance myself from them. Not mention that they would willingly give me supplies and place to sleep for the night if I needed it.  

Once again, this is not about the secret world/secret world legends in a direct way. As such I will not be offended if you don’t read under the cut; but if you enjoy my writing then I would be very thankful if you did!

Good Girls Guide To Balancing Work And Play - Solomon Island/Day Two

Busy day today. Not that yesterday wasn’t busy but today was packed full of stuff. To start with, I had the worst nights sleep that I’ve ever had. The attack siren went off pretty much once an hour so the quality of my sleep was awful anyway, and that was without the fact that I was sleeping on cell floor - no mattress, no pillows. I didn’t bother eating breakfast after I’d given up trying to sleep. There just didn’t see much point.

I spent my morning quizzing the sheriff for the finer details of what happened with the town and the fog. Turns out it started shortly after a ship came into port; it was a local one but the entire town thought that it had been lost at sea. I also asked the doctor what he thought about everything that was happening. This time he was a lot more forthcoming, to the point that he openly gave me the location of the medical reports the he wrote after seeing the crew.

While I was asking questions Deputy Andy and the sheriff approached me with a list of missing citizens. Since I was going out into dead-man’s land anyway I said that I’d go have a look for them. Turns out most of them were dead, two of them were camped out in the (heavily illuminati) church, one of them was camped out in her house at the top of the town with a twelve gauge and a bonfire, and to my great luck one of boats crew members has survived somehow.

Well he’d survived but he was missing and the trail went cold at a locked manhole cover. To be honest I spent most of my day hunting for people then testing and trying to replicate the wards I found at the ‘church’. Not that I got far since my magical ineptitude kept getting in the way, however I think I stoped more undead from getting into or out of the graveyard. I also spoke to the sheriff and helped them escort some of the more injured people into the church so they could recover in peace.

The Butterfly Dice - Installment One

Dear Daughter,

I have realised that my position within this world may have ripples that even the Dragon can not predict. Most of your life has been spent living with one parent that ages slowly and one who disappears for months at a time, I think that it is time I informed you of my history and by doing so I hope it eases those ripples into a drop of water in the ocean.

Firstly you should know that I am not who you think I am. While my name is Cazna, Jarvi was not my original surname. It was Sheild-Sworn. The same name as the ancient scandinavian family I forced you to study, the family that sold it’s blood to the Templars. I was one of two heirs to the legacy of that family. The other heir was my twin; Drada. She was more of a woman then I could ever hope to be. I had forsake her because I could not see beyond the chaos that bound my hands.

I could not see past the burden of the blood debt owed for someone else's past sins, it began to suffocate me and twist me against the forced appearance of unity. During high school I discovered chaos magic. Although discouraged by my teachers and peers I became obsessed with perfecting it; foolishly hoping that it would open a way to change the very reality I lived in. It grew into my obsession. As I struggled to understand the innermost workings of my magic I became aware of it’s history, it’s discovery and the waves of quiet terror the Dragon had used it to create.

First things first, this is not about the secret world/secret world legends in a direct way. As such I will not be offended if you don’t read under the cut; but if you enjoy my writing then I would be very thankful if you did! 

Tips On How To Survive Zombies Using A Hammer..

1) Close The Distance

The advantage most other weapons give you is distance, you can out fire the living dead before it reaches you, but with a hammer you don’t have that luxury so the best tactic is to get close to your target and fast. Using a hammer is all about controlling the fight, and by closing the distance quickly you can use that momentum to hit your target harder and before they’ve had a chance to react.

2) Swing hard but swing fast

The worst thing that could happen to you would be getting a completely avoidable injury because you took too much time building up a big swing. Hit key points on your target’s body (the jaw, the knee, the back) to position them for a quick finishing blow to the head. Your enemy will not feel the exhaustion that you do, they will not feel the pain that racks your body, they will not stop coming until they are put down.   

3) The head is your friend

The head of your hammer is the final destination of the might that you put into your attacks. It can send targets flying across battlefields, it can break bone and mangle flesh and if treated properly it will save your life. Fighting zombies is an odd contact sport in which you must make the contact but ideally never receive any. The head of your hammer is used to create the contact…

4) The stick is your shield

While the stick of your hammer is used to break it. There will be moments where you can’t avoid an attack directly, it’s in these moments that you can use the handle of your hammer to block the attack. Provided it’s a solidly built weapon it won’t have problems standing up to teeth and claws, and by chomping down on your hammer they aren’t chomping down on you.  

5) Have another weapon handy

Like holy cow guys, I don’t think I’ve ever felt so proud of the stuff I’ve written before. My two IC pieces of writing have gotten a total of 34 likes and 7 re-blogs, from you guys which is amazing!

The original point of this post was just to say thank you for supporting my work. Sometimes seeing a piece of writing that you’ve spent hours on getting no or one like is hard to bare, it makes you lose confidence. But in truth thank to you I’m enjoying writing again; and with summer coming up I’ll have more time to play and to write. 

So to honor you and to celebrate my two months of freedom I’m going to do something special. Whoever likes this post will get the opportunity to ask me to do a piece of writing for them, it can be pretty much whatever as long as it’s related to TSW or SWL. Obviously what the piece contains will have to be discussed with me since everyone has their limits.