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Irwin's Journey 339: Tap and Bang
Irwin was still staring at his card, wondering about the bottom line, when a jarring sensation hit him. For a moment, he felt like he was in two places, his mind dizzy. Then the familiar sensation of his otherself reasserted itself as it seemed to flow away, separate from him.A moment later, two of ...
Irwin's Journey 338: Soulscape infiltration
Irwin looked at Boohm, not sure what to say."He's looking at me, isn't he?" Boohm said, his voice as loud as ever, his dull eyes narrowing as he looked roughly in Irwin's direction. "Don't you dare think this is your fault, captain! Instead, you should be angry. I failed ...
NaNoWriMo/Writaton 2024 (relates to Irwin's)
EDIT1: SO, I'll just update this message to get more info to you guys instead of posting more. So far, the reactions are roughly split between something with Scifi and a story to expand the backstory of Irwin's. Although I eventually want to write some of those backstories, for this Writatho...
Irwin's Journey 337: The Machine
Greldo listened to the sounds slowly die down, sitting beside Scintilla, who was surrounded by her and Irwin's five remaining kids. Zan had returned to his lap and fallen asleep while Soot was finally asleep, hugged by his mother, who hadn't let him go since seeing he was wounded. She was so...
Irwin's Journey 336: Raging Inferno
Glow shook himself, trying to stay conscious as the Niox teleported them in bursts across the surface of the moon. Each moment that they reappeared, his arms felt like they were being pulled out of their sockets. Just as he felt he couldn't hold back the encroaching darkness anymore, they reappe...
Irwin's Journey 335: Off switch
Stone splinters erupted out of the walls as a deafening guitar screech echoed between them. Footlong fissures and cracks appeared, shooting down along with the source of the sound.Irwin watched with a tiny bit of satisfaction as the stone table cracked, then shattered apart under the initial barrage...
Irwin's Journey 334: Ugly surprises
Irwin ran after Sadita, wondering about the oddity of being wreathed in flames and likely being the coolest point in the surrounding area. As they moved, he'd experimented with extending his flame, and it was now billowing two feet all around him, draining away the fire within another ten feet. ...
Irwin's Journey 333: Fighting fire with fire
Irwin waited quietly, watching Zan. She and the rest of his family stood in one of the training areas near their house. Irwin knew a few of the Blademaidens were watching them from the walls and other areas while Boohm was likely looking from somewhere. That said, none had come over, letting them do...
Irwin's Journey 332: The Card
"It was incredible! Though it did become a bit loud at the end," Zan said, sitting on Irwin's arm as she waved her arms around.Irwin hummed, having a hard time keeping his attention on his daughter and not on his otherself, who was hovering with Ambraz above his soullake. Zan had been gu...
Irwin's Journey 331: With Grace
Two days after he and Greldo had returned, Irwin was staring at the card that lay on top of Ambraz. The image of a curved sword that was glowing within its yellow borders exuded a complex, winding web of soulforce that matched the multi-layered resonating song that was softly reverberating through t...
Irwin's Journey 330: Plant or beast?
Irwin took a deep breath of the much cooler air as he looked around the watery moon. Unlike Smolderball, Jellyfish Moon had a temperature closer to what Irwin knew was perfect for most species. That said, except for the massive Draighneán Neamha, on one of which he was standing right now, there was...
Irwin's Journey 329: Embers
"I'm glad we didn't run across this on our own," Mia whispered to Flux.Glow was poking his sword into the unmoving form of the primate."Scaledmonkey," he declared, putting all of his paltry weight on his blade, which was still not piercing the scaled skin.Irwin sighed, then n...
Irwin's Journey 328: First Hunt
"So… what are template cards?" Greldo asked.Irwin pulled his gaze away from the sand below his feet."Do you remember what I told you about Derlin cards?" Irwin asked."Yeah, that crazy story about a race of rabbits that live inside cards and grant wishes?"Irwin grimaced, rem...
Irwin's Journey 327: Hide it or else
Irwin watched the moon as he hung in the odd place just between it and the gas giant. He was already feeling himself falling toward it, but it was so slow it wasn't distracting. Not compared to looking at the moon.Covered in vast brown-leaved forests split apart by vast regions of green liquid, ...
Irwin's Journey 326: The Voice of Purple
Rindiri slowly walked through the room and saw that many of the captive smiths were looking at them, faces hollow and covered in gruesome wounds. She had expected screams and shouts to let them free, but none of them let out as much as a groan. Somehow, their quiet suffering made it worse.The crying...
Irwin's Journey 325: Terror dungeon
"I'll be fine," Irwin said as he stood beside Scintilla in the tiny sloop.Crumblecrag was far below them, and a glance down saw the few tiny dots that were his friends and family, seemingly unmoving right below them."If that's true, why can't I follow you?" she asked."...
Irwin's Journey 324: Time Dilations
Irwin reappeared in the yellow clouds, this time unsurprised as he began dropping down. He pulled the small, four-man boat out of his soulscape. As soon as it appeared, he grabbed it and pulled himself inside. The odd shape of the boat caused them to start spinning as he pulled himself to the helm, ...
Irwin's Journey 323: A grinning Greldo
Irwin examined the instability of the soulforce before him. The massive explosion of the Chaos Whale hadn't done any noticeable damage to the closed portal, and after inspecting it a bit more, he turned to the others.Mia stood with Zan and Ti, huddled close to Scintilla, while the three boys wer...
Irwin's Journey 322: Boom goes the whale
"They are almost in there," Greldo shouted over the constant angry screaming. "A few more got stuck, but I don't think they are going to get free!""Alright, then, let's get out of here," Irwin shouted back, rubbing his head.The two of them were sitting on a fleshy rid...
Irwin's Journey 321: Circling the dead
It was quiet in the room as Rindiri waited for Scander to look up from the report he was reading. Rindiri had expected Castibal to start complaining as soon as they returned back and came up with a lot of rebuttals, but it hadn't been needed. The annoying guy had simply handed Scander a paper, t...
Irwin's Journey 320: Onward to the Teeth
Irwin hummed contentedly as he stepped back from where Zender knelt on the ground. The boy's eyes were burning orbs of silver while he was looking in wonder at his own hands."Ohhhh!"A soft, impressed crooning came from the Ignitzians who were watching. Irwin glanced around to find a few ...
Irwin's Journey 319: Names
"Alright, let's start with Zender, as he seems ready to explode," Irwin said as he stood in the center of his smithy."About time we do this," Ambraz grunted. "We need more strong people."Irwin looked at his companion in surprise, especially because of the slight feelings ...
Irwin's Journey 318: Mountains
Rindiri glanced over the helm, watching Youritz hover above the front of the deck, his eyes closed and gleaming. His arm was still jotted forward, pointed straight into the storm that howled around them. Even after sailing through it for days, most of the crew rarely dared come up deck, fearing the ...
Irwin's Journey 317: Tiscian's Glare
Irwin focused on the chaotic jumble of activity in the courtyard. Ignitzian Blademaidens and other soldiers were running around, some heading to walls, others slogging away from it. More were heading into the tower, carrying backpacks. Helm was keeping the airship a few hundred feet up as they searc...
Irwin's Journey 316: Fluttering in the breeze
"Are you sure you don't need another day of rest?" Scintilla asked."No," Irwin said, quietly listening to her cards resonate again.Ambraz let out a dry snort. "Are you sure you are prepared for the pain?"Scintilla's eyes gleamed as she stared at the Ganvil. "I'...
Irwin's Journey 315: On the otherside
Rindiri sprinted through the narrow passage, dodging a puddle of mud. The shouts and running from behind were distancing slowly. She dashed around the next intersection into a wider alley, than continued through another set of passages that were so narrow she felt her shoulders bump into the buildin...
Irwin's Journey 314: Glow
Dead, pain, and anguish.The tiny being wanted to curl in upon itself. First, it had been alone and stuck, knowing barely anything but the endless passing of time. Fait, very distant memories of before sometimes haunted him. Those were filled with joy and something else, but that was so long ago, alm...
Irwin's Journey 313: Hard choices
Irwin watched in awe as the Earth Titan hung in the Pyroflux above him. He didn't even notice the absence of the horrifying resonance from the lure as he watched it spin around. Its rugged, rock-covered fins flailed futilely, only resulting in spinning it faster. It might have looked funny if it...
Irwin's Journey 312: The lure
"How much longer!"Irwin looked up to see Scintilla pace around, the fire in her hair flaring up in agitation."No idea," he said, looking up and around.They had returned to Canadensis over a day ago and were now sitting near the edge of the forest. A stream of Pyroflux gently rippled ...
Irwin's Journey 311: Going down
"No, you misunderstand," Tiscian said, interrupting Scintilla. "I want you and Irwin to go through the exit portal and flee.""I understand, but we aren't leaving," Scintilla said, arms crossed as she frowned at her mother."Are you…. Daughter, if you don't leave ...
