Wraithvine's Wanderings

A 207-post collection

Challenge #04883-M135: Divine Real Estate

An older god. One who had been old when the world was new. From before even the time of the dragons, before the elves came into existence, whispered gently, and not unkindly, to Wraithvine. "If your body is ever destroyed, you, your home, and your cat, will be joining us in the immortal plains. So that your work in the world that you so love, will never end." -- Anon Guest

In the beginning, the legends say, there were Dragons. The Great Gold and Great Silver Dragon swam forever in the sea of the Endless Beyond, which was known as Nu. The Great Dragons swam and played, and soon needed a place to bear their first clutch, but Nu was dark and empty...

They are host to all things made and known, now, but they are still there, in the darkness between the stars. The sky at night is their temple, and few sacrifice or pray to them. Yet they are there. Waiting.

Technically speaking, Nu is everywhere. They visit the worlds they hold gently, and only when the sun cannot be seen.

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Challenge #04882-M133: Taming the Wild Child

Wraithvine is trying to help a panicked child who ends up biting him in their terror. He does not pull his hand away, but rather, soothes and forgives the little one. -- Anon Guest

Of all the evils a modern world could commit, one of the top ten was dumping snare wire in the wilderness. Wraithvine considered it part of hir duties to find and destroy it whenever ze wandered through any part of nature. Judging strictly by the howling and snarling,

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Challenge #04878-M129: Unexpected Rescue

They ran as fast as the wind toward Wraithvine and Bibrid, tackling both to the ground just as a magic arrow flies past the three. The arrow's power seared the being's back, the percussion caused bones to be broken. But, despite the immense pain, they said in a soft whisper to the two. "I'd tackle you again like this in a heartbeat, you're worth it." -- Anon Guest

Of all the strange powers to have from birth, Scramble's ability to freeze time

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Challenge #04874-M125: Educating a Royal Pain

The Swan Prince Odilio Magustine Jestarion Francas has learned from Trudy that there is no easy way out of his curse. His only hope would be to earn the love of a lady. But what can a swan offer a damsel or maiden fair? Perhaps something to do with flight could open the door he’s looking for…

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04851-m102-with-adequate-reason -- Deathshead419

The kiss of a virgin wasn't hard to obtain if you didn't mind the slobbery attempts

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Challenge #04871-M122: Clutch Clowder

A basket of kittens is left at the doorstep at one of the rare times that Wraithvine's portable tower is visible to those around hir. The mother had died of illness, and the person caring for them finds they don't have the skill, patience, or fortitude, to bottle feed and tend all six. Which requires getting up every couple of hours to feed them, then tending to them to get them to go to the bathroom, then keeping them warm, and feeding

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Challenge #04867-M118: The Seeds of Ghosts

Deep in the boggy fen country, a village where cremation is customary is haunted by specters of the burned dead. These ghosts encroach closer and closer to the realm of the living with each passing night. The Elders send a letter, pleading with Wraithvine for aid against their supernatural tormentors.

Wraithvine sets out sure that this is caused by some readily explainable phenomenon, either by man-made hoax or mundane magic or perhaps a scorned local God. The Truth is far stranger than

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Challenge #04865-M116: End an Angry God

An ancient inscription upon a Stele has brought Wraithvine to another monument upon the shores of a primordial lake. Here ze finds an aged icon of a long forgotten god and the pronouncement upon his pedestal which has waited all this time… -- Deathshead419

Wraithvine should have become used to finding quests in museums. People left messages for hir to unriddle long-term problems, or seers put things in hir way. Ze could never tell. Either way, they were very good at leading

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Challenge #04825-M076: Cold Comfort

The god was not angry at Wraithvine and the child, but it was angry. A cold anger of betrayal. It was also angry a child had been used. The cold spurred them on, but while it could, it did not freeze them, and did not make the child AS cold. Its curse would last until its eye was restored, it was restored to where it came from, its betrayers were delt with, and justice was served. Which order? Who knew?

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Challenge #04823-M074: The Wager of Import

Wraithvine lost a bet with a family that runs an orphanage. What did they want in return? A magical pouch of edible and medicinal plant seeds that never emptied no matter how many were planted. They would never again worry about not having enough to feed the kids. -- Anon Guest

[AN: personally believing this is some kind of test by the orphanage because of mummers and fraudsters pretending to be hir. Only Wraithvine would purposely lose a bet to help an

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Challenge #04822-M073: A Glass For Your Health

Ereshkygal has directed Wraithvine to a most unusual place, a vineyard growing plants partially in the human and fae realms. The wine vintage it produces makes those who imbibe translucent for a few hours with no other effects. It's unclear if this is harmful, no one seems to have been so far, but the Goddess must want something of the unusual vintage… -- Deathshead419

In eons past, say the stories, the Great Dragons pulled stars from the Plane of Magic to toss

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Challenge #04821-M072: Drop of Death

Ice from the south pole's glacier which once had been trodden on by a dragon, a diamond stolen from a queen's tiara in the midst of a dance where she finds her love, the lock of a babe's hair taken at midnight whilst the father does paperwork, the tooth of warrior freely given before he wins victory.

What in the world potion will these make? -- Deathshead419

Impossible ingredients make an impossible potion. Something to do that which could not otherwise be

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Challenge #04820-M071: Emergency Response

A mother begs Wraithvine with impassioned letters to cure herself and her children of a debilitating disease. When ze arrives, it turns out that they are suffering from seasonal allergies… -- Deathshead419

The date on the letter was only five days ago. Wraithvine was shocked. The runners in the Order of Couriers really lived up to their name. They had to have a few linked Circles in the Everdark. They couldn't possibly jaunt through the centre of the world.

Could they?

Wraithvine

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Challenge #04817-M068: Serious Play

The village is in pandemonium as it's the winter festival and it's time for the annual snowball fight. Snowballs lightly colored so the color stayed on those struck. Those struck were 'out'. And just to be fair, since the one meant to judge it was down with a very bad cold, Wraithvine was asked to judge it. And ze and hir friends were asked, as well, to come enjoy all the festivities, music, food, and fun the event had to offer. --

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Challenge #04792-M043: Graceful Assistance

They lost their sight to illness, severe cataracts formed from high fever, and could barely see more than the occasional shadows in the grey haze of their world. They met Wraithvine and Bibrid by accidentally bumping into them. Fortunately, neither was offended when asked if they could be touched so the being could see them. -- Anon Guest

Red-rash fever had put his world into a permanent fog. Barin could see light, and if he was close enough, the vague shapes of

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Challenge #04790-M041: Deathsbane

Medicine is badly needed for burns, and nerves to be soothed. The forest fire was a bad one, even for the winter months. Though none were killed, there were many injured needing treatment. -- Anon Guest

Once again, the young ones were crying out against the tradition of living in trees. The fire was clear evidence that Elvenkind should -ha- branch out from inhabiting forests. Even if they had perfected the Yggdrassi for family dynasties and thus ended the conflict with the

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