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IsaacinOpus Minus 1Jay Eight-Legs: Leg the LastA boom rolled in, resounding off the great, bare flank of the volcano into a clap of thunder, then dissipated, lost in the endless sea and…Nov 4, 2022Nov 4, 2022
IsaacinOpus Minus 1Jay Eight-Legs: Leg the SeventhA hundred symbols fluttered on a hundred banners, each brighter than the last, until the eyes could see nothing single but only the united…Nov 3, 2022Nov 3, 2022
IsaacinOpus Minus 1Jay Eight-Legs: Leg the SixthSurprisingly, it did not attack them. It just gurgled in a back-of-the-throat, phlegmy kind of way. Jay was nothing less than perplexed.Oct 29, 2022Oct 29, 2022
IsaacinOpus Minus 1Jay Eight-Legs: Leg the FJay considered the situation as he deftly patched up Gib. The Warlock’s blade was made for slicing, so the stab wound was not truly…Oct 27, 2022Oct 27, 2022
IsaacinOpus Minus 1Jay Eight-Legs: Leg the Third“Arr, an Ochtarrr ye be, eh? An’ that light blue be meaning yes? Ye’r a savvy one an’ no mistake, Eight-Legs!”Oct 26, 2022Oct 26, 2022