The Hugoverse

[WP] The Legendary Hero and his "A" team of adventurers (a knight, a wizard and a ninja) have been captured by the Dark Lord and now it's up to his "B" team (a bard, a thief and jester) all lead by the Hero's mom to rescue them and defeat the lord of darkness once and for all. [ Link to post .] "Mrs. Guzman, can we take a break?" Mario, the clown, asked. He stopped walking and lingered behind the rest of the group. "I can't travel as fast as the rest of you," he added. The rest of the group halted, and the tall woman that led them turned around to face the clown.  "My name is Willa in here," she made eye contact with Brad the bard, and Ralph the thief to remind them also. "We can take a short break here, but you're specced wrong if you can't keep up." "Yeah, I know," Mario grumbled to himself while he sat on a log. "I just figured out that I'm an Agility tank, not at Defens...

[WP] You are an immortal truck driver whose Sisyphean task is to drive until a hitchhiker kills you. No matter how insane the hitchhikers look, you can't seem to get them to do it.   [ Link to post .] "...roger that. This is Easy Pickin's signing out." Paulie 'Easy Pickin' ' Ramone draped the curly black CB wire on a hook affixed to the dash. Then he turned to properly greet his new passenger. "Sorry 'bout that." He tilted his head toward the CB. "Weekly report, and let me tell you..." Paulie dragged the back of his hand across his brow to wipe away imaginary sweat. "Whew! That's what I love about this job, no micro-managing, you know? But, don't think it's all good. No sir." Paulie's attention swung between the road and the tan woman with sun-bleached hair he met at the gas station. Her shorts ended well above her knee, but the bulging black backpack she carried on her lap blocked most of his lecherous ...

[OT] Sunday Free Write [ Link to post .] Dirge stepped into the quaint, bright shop. Her black and orange lolita style skirt disturbed the still air as she crossed the threshold and the resulting breeze encouraged motes of dust to play in the sunbeams. Hundreds of specs flowed through bright yellow light to collect upon the various guitars, lutes, and other stringed instruments that lined the walls. Dirge's eyes eventually roamed to the center of the room and she noticed a large wooden table. It displayed several wind and percussion instruments organized by type. A tall, wispy woman appeared in Dirge's peripheral vision. She approached the raven-haired girl with a friendly smile and a golden halo hovering above her head. The gleaming ring seemed affixed to a specific spot above her messy green bun, its bounce matched every bob of her head as she walked. "Welcome! Can I help you find something?" the woman asked. She stopped at a respectable distance from Dirg...

[WP] You wake up at a supposedly haunted and abandoned asylum closed for its atrocities. Its walls and floors, previously covered with white tiles, were now turned green with mold and black with scum. You are a cleaning obsessed janitor. [ Link to post .] "HELLO??!" Carl Pinney woke on a cold metal table. He sat up and searched the dark room he woke up in for any sign of someone else. He glanced upward and noticed the lights were on, despite the darkness of the room. Black grime soiled the ceiling lights, and the walls seemed to be covered with variations of the same black scum dotted with dark green spots. He swung his legs off the table to stand, but the slippery floor made it difficult to find his footing. He did not realize he was barefoot, and the lack of footwear prompted him to check the rest of his clothing. He patted down the white hospital gown. It felt unfamiliar, but he failed to recall anything before he woke up in the room.  "Damn floor needs a scrubbi...

[WP] The prisoner is lead on the platform. The crowd is unusually quiet. As the noose is placed around the neck, a tear drops from the executioners eye. With a muffled "Thank you", only meant to be heard by the condemned, he pulls the lever to open the trapdoor. [ Link to post .] "Change has come to our kingdom," King Willen addressed the gathered citizens. " I brought change to our Kingdom." He held a hand up to the sky; it glowed with brilliant red light. "I know many of you will find it difficult to adapt, but let me reassure you that while the transition may be difficult, I am doing this for the future prosperity of our kingdom." The glow dissipated from his hand, then he pointed toward the swinging corpse. "It's time to let the past die." The king retreated to his chambers to the sound of silence. No applause followed his speech. The executioner pointed to a man at the front of the crowd, the man stepped forward to grab th...

[WP] an essay written by a fantasy student [ Link to post .] What I did on my Summer Vacation by Crag Blackgut This summer vacation was the best ever. My dad works the dragon stables at the castle and he let me go to work with him some days to feed and take care of the dragons. Other days I helped my older sister study for her entrance exam. She wants to be a cleric, and she said she needed to practice a lot of healing. It was a busy summer but I still found time to hang out with my friends too. This was a great summer and I feel like I learned a lot to help me start off the school year on the right foot.  Like everyone else, I've seen dragons at festivals. But, seeing them up close is very different. My dad did not let me get near the big ones, but he let me train with one of the young ones. A lot of people don't realize that the stable hands, like my dad, teach the dragons how to fight. He let me put some armor on then he put me in a training pit with a white ba...

[WP] In a crime-ridden city, only fools dare to mess around with the Blackrose Church. This is the story of how you met the Blackrose Nun and her followers. May God have mercy on your enemies' souls. [ Link to post .] Penny closed her eyes and turned her head to avoid the thug's foul breath. The large naga pinned her against a brick wall with his arms, and she felt the tip of his snake tail caress her inner thigh.  "You took a wrong turn," the naga said. He did not know where she wanted to get to, but his statement was no less true. If she was lucky he would only rob her. Penny felt the tail inch higher up her leg.  "You shouldn't make assumptions," Penny said with a slight smirk. The naga's tail inched up her leg enough for her to grab, his green reptilian eyes went wide when she gripped the wriggling tail. "I was actually looking for you ," she said. "Word on the street is you know how to find the Blackrose Church," She s...